Tuesday Ten: Cleaning Out Your Closet!

This Tuesday I decided to talk about closet cleaning. It's Spring so it is actually time to clean out the closet and get rid of some things that we all don’t wear anymore, or that don't fit anymore. When it comes to cleaning out my closet, I never want to, because there is always too much stuff and not enough room for anything. I do have a small closet. I like to transition from time to time, from spring to summer and fall to winter. Does this always work, yes it does. Living in Michigan, we never know what weather we are getting. It can be 95 degrees out one day then the following day is like freezing cold with a blizzard. So sometimes it is better to keep some winter stuff out until the weather starts being mean to everyone. So I have come up with 10 things that you can make your closet be a show piece. Let's take a peek. 

1. First thing first, Clean out your closet to have a clean slate. That way your closet can be in a fresh state. Sometimes closets deserve to have at least a cleanout maybe once a month. 

2. Clean out your bins, baskets, and drawers that were once in your closet. 

3. Put all your hangers in a pile of their own. (little tip, look at your hangers and then look at the clothes that you have piled on the floor if you don’t have enough hangers then you know you have too many clothes.)

4. Go through your clothes and put everything in their own pile of shirts, pants, shorts, skirts, etc. Everything needs to be put in their own separate pile. 

5. Grab a pile of something and go through it and figure out if you are to wear it. You know what they say if you don’t wear it in 6 months, toss it. It is just taking up space in your closet. A space that you can use for something else. 

6. Look into your closet and figure out if you have room for everything. If not then you didn’t do a good enough job to get rid of things that you don’t use or wear. 

7. Take your bins, baskets, and drawers back into your closets, and put them in the place that they are supposed to be. But sometimes it is better to rearrange them to fit into the new working space. 

8. If you like me, I like to put my clothes in color and what they are. Pants with pants, Shirts with shirts, dresses with dresses, but in color order, pink with pink, black with black. I think it works better because you can easily find everything that you are looking for. I like the way I can see everything with just one glance. 

9. Once you have everything all sorted out, start putting everything back together. Just remember this is your closet, so you can put it how you want it. If your closet is big enough you can put it in a boutique-like closet and use it like a showpiece. 

10. Now that you are all done with everything and putting your closet back together. Ask yourself, do you like it? My answer is always no. 

So what does your closet look like? Are these tips helpful? Please leave comments below. 

xoxo Alexis