How to clean out your closet

How to Clean out Your Closet | What to do with the clothes you don’t want?

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How to clean out your closet

By adopting a ruthless approach to your closet-clear-out, your wardrobe will be much more organised, but the rest of your house probably won’t, as you start to accumulate small piles of clothes that you’ve decided not to keep. What do you actually DO with those clothes, though? Obviously if they’re genuinely past their best, and no longer fit to be worn, they can safely be binned – or, better yet, recycled, if you have a facility nearby. If you have items which are still in good condition, meanwhile, you might want to consider donating them, so that someone else can benefit from them. Finally, you can always try selling them: there are lots of different options available to allow you to do this, and I’ll be discussing some of them in an upcoming post, so check back soon for more tips on how to clean out your closet – and what to do with the clothes you get rid of.

What about you: ant tips on how to clean out your closet?

4 Comments

  • I’m undergoing a similar phase with my wardrobe… I’ve been getting rid of most of my high-school clothes, but I’ve also revalued some of them!
    I also agree on the frumpy bit: if an item makes you feel ugly, donate/sell it, there is no use in wanting to wear it in order not to ‘waste it’, but feeling like a refugee escaped from the bombs in the process!

  • When we moved house 2 years ago, I had a massive clean out of my closet. I was ruthless. Anything that hadn’t been worn for two years went. Shoes were treated the same way (aside from my Jimmy Choos. I’m never getting rid of them even though I never wear them because they are too high to walk in). Now I look at my closet, which mostly consists of dresses, about every six months and think about what I’ve worn and what I haven’t. If I’m unsure, I try it on, and usually know straight away why it hasn’t been worn and that it should go.

    Really good stuff goes to consignment, good stuff goes to charity, crap stuff goes in the bin.

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