Closet is done

Turns out I have even more clothes than I thought. Surprise, surprise. I bet most of us would say the same if we truly sat down and laid them all out. Really, there was no way I could wear all of the clothes I had, partly because some of them didn't even fit.

Here is where I started.


This is the pile of stuff I actually wear day to day (which is why it is in a pile).


This is the rest of my closet.


And this is my dresser.


I began by just dumping everything on the bed and sorting into piles. 1. Throw away 2. Give away 3. Possibly sell (will probably just give it away though, to get it OUT of the house) 4. Keep. From there I sorted my keep stuff into seasonal and type of dress. Quick aside: I have three big totes of random "winter" clothes in the basement that are really just stuff left over from when I lived in Maine. Now it is hard to figure out what to do with a giant wool sweeter when it never even comes close to - 30 degrees. So that project is for another day. It is more memorabila stuff than clothing at this point.

Once all items were organized, I cleaned out the closet space and started adding stuff back in. Here is what I ended up with. Keep in mind I am not on "Wear this, not that" or whatever it's called. I'm a simply dressed person or as my NYC living fashion designer best friend from LA says, I have no sense of style. I like it that way. So just take note of the amount and organization of the whole thing, not the actual articles of clothing.



I have nothing in my dresser and I am happy about that. Those drawers are annoying to open anyway.

I'm pretty happy with the results. I have two giant trash bags full of Goodwill items along with another box of "possibly sell" stuff and a small trash can I filled with things that should have been thrown out years ago.

I still have more than I need, but at least I am headed in the right direction and it feels good.

Peace,
Mama Soup