closet
PREPARE
No matter how large or small your closet is,
when it’s overflowing it creates headaches!
The first step to organizing your closet is to
prepare a staging area divided into three
categories: Keep, Donate and Sell. You
should go through your closet and decide
if it’s something you’re going to keep,
donate or throw away, or sell in a garage
sale, if you’re up for that. Eliminate items
that don’t belong in the closet and ask
yourself the following questions as you sort:
♦♦ Have I worn/used this in the last
6 months?
♦♦ Does this still fit/work?
♦♦ Do I really need this?
LABEL
Labeling is always a good idea! When organizing toys, or items that are grouped
together, labeling bins, baskets and boxes keeps them organized and prevents them
from getting lost. I’ve done this in my own house with medicines. With little ones in the
house I wanted to get all medicines up high, out of reach. I noticed when someone in
my house would get sick, finding the medication was frustrating, so we’d just go buy
some. Before you know it you’re overstocked (which is expensive) and some stuff was
expired because it was hard to find. I got small plastic storage bins, separated out the
medications and labeled them with Children’s, Stomach, Cold/Allergy, Eye, First Aid,
etc. This allowed us to get rid of expired stuff, see what we actually had and evaluate
what we needed, all while keeping it organized on a top shelf in the linen closet.
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