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your closet look? If you can't see the floor or hang up even one more shirt,
now is the time for action. Do you really need all five pairs of old worn-out
running shoes and all those dresses in different sizes? (Remember that if you
actually lose the weight to fit in those smaller sizes, you will want to buy
new clothes anyway!). Donating to a worthy charity is the best plan. You clear
out your closet and others benefit from the items that you seldom, if ever use.
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Here's a plan for
bringing order to those closet messes:
1. Do one closet at
a time. If you try to tackle them all at once, you'll get
discouraged.
2. Before you start,
survey the land. Ask yourself these questions: What are you
storing in the target closet? How can it be better organized? What's out there
in storage products that can help you? Then, make a trip to your local home
store and buy the storage containers you need.
3. Get rid of stuff!
Be brutal. Here's the Molly Maid rule of thumb: If you haven't worn it, used
it, touched it or needed it in the past year, ditch it! If the item falls in
the category of "beloved memories" then start a container for memorabilia and
store it in the attic or basement rather than clutter the closet with it.
4. Organize the
charitable donation items. As you clean each closet, start bins in
the basement for collecting clothes for donation so you can just make one trip
to your local clothes closet when you're all through. Use one bin for clothes
and one for shoes. But keep this in mind-no one wants your rags. If the
clothing or shoes are stained, torn or otherwise not re-usable, they belong in
the garbage. Make sure all donation items are clean.
5. Keep it clean.
Once you've got it organized, keep it that way. Every month, take a look at a
different closet, decide what can be tossed or better organized, and take care
of it right then and there.
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