The weather might be a little on the hot side still but now is a great time to begin preparing our closet for the transition from summer clothing to fall. There is nothing fun about trying to pull an outfit together when our closet is full to overflow and we cannot bring new items in for lack of room.
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Today, we are going to offer up some great tips for cleaning out your closet and getting it ready for the transition to fall wardrobe weather. This can be a fun, stressful, and exciting time all rolled into one.
Get Motivated
First things first! Find some really great music to keep you motivated. This may be something serene, but more likely a huge dose of Beyonce may just be the ticket to get you in high gear. Whatever it takes to get you moving will work. Although the idea is daunting we recommend that you pull everything out of your closet and we mean EVERYTHING! This is the best way to look at each piece of clothing and your many accessories and decide do I like this or “What was I thinking”? This will likely take up a great deal of floor space but this is the only way to truly clean out and purge to make room for those items we really love and will actually wear.
Prioritize
As you go through your items you will want to prioritize. This can be done by creating three piles, keep, donate, throw away. For your keep pile put only the items you really love and will continue to wear. In the donate pile place items you no longer want or need that might bless someone else. Your throw away pile will have items that are torn, stained, or non-repairable. Some items such as heavier coats, jackets, and sweaters may need stashed in another location.
Purge
One very good rule of thumb to follow is the “One Year Rule”. If you have not worn it in at least one year it is very likely that you will not wear it again. As you purge this rule should help you in making hard decisions. If you have things with the tags still attached you must ask yourself why you have not worn this item even once and then decide if you will or if its time to bless someone else with it.
Another good tip for deciding what to keep and what to discard is to have a really good and trusted friend go through the process with you. Having another opinion can help us make the tougher decisions sometimes.
Organize
Before beginning to put things back you will need to peruse your closet and assess how organized it is. There are many great closet organizers available at container stores that will help you make the most out of the space you have. After all if you simply pile it all back in the chaos will start over. There are also some great shoe organizers, hangers, and pretty baskets for storage.
Once you have cleaned, organized, and purged we know you will feel great and truly be ready to begin the next phase of transition which will be to transition from spring/summer to fall wardrobe.
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