Organizing closet

[browneyedhunni85]

I'm on vacation all next week so I'm sure some of y'all bitches might get tired of me. Anyway I have several things I would like to accomplish next week and one of them is organizing my closet and dealing with clothes that no longer fit. I bought a huge Rubbermaid container today for items I want to store. I'm sure I will have a few piles: Donate, consign or store.

I also need some organization tips. Thanks ladies!

[nannerl]

I did this about a month ago, and it felt SOOOO GOOOOOD!

I basically did this:

www.realsimple.com/home-organizing/organizing/closets/clothes-closet-organizing-checklist-00000000002177/index.html

I think the main thing I would say is if you have a hard time getting rid of things like I do, bag the stuff up and store it, and if you don't miss the items in 6 months to a year, take the whole lot to donate without going through it again.

I also have stuff in there that I've had for years, and I had to ask myself "is this something a mom would wear?" (seriously, some of my stuff was hanging around from college--15 years ago! )

I organized by occasion, with everyday wear stuff closest to the front and special occasion stuff to the back.

I'd also recommend looking into shoe boxes for special occasion shoes... so much easier to store than the cardboard ones.

Special bonus: I kept a list of everything that was tired and needed replacing, and then treated myself to some internet shopping!

[browneyedhunni85]

Thanks Nanner. Some of the stuff I had been saving was very Abercrombie & Fitch type stuff that I will never wear again or probably never fit in again. It's going to consignment.