So you're a pack rat? Set aside a couple of hours to
home clean out your closet. All it takes is a little
organization to bring order to the chaos.
Instructions
Things
You'll Need:
Cardboard
Boxes
Clothes Hangers
Lidded Storage
Bins
Plastic Storage Drawers
Closet Organizer Parts
& Kits
Closet-organizing
Systems
Markers
Multi-purpose
Labels
Markers
Cardboard
boxes
Step 1
Start with a clean room,
or you'll make an even bigger and more intimidating mess as you clean
out the closet.
Step 2
Choose one area
of the closet to focus on, such as a shelf or the floor, and begin there.
It will make the task seem less daunting if you break it up into manageable
parts.
Step 3
Get three boxes and mark
them 'Garbage,' 'Out of Place' and 'Charity' or
'Garage Sale.'
Step 4
Buy some
stackable plastic bins with lids.
Step
5
Evaluate each item you remove from the closet. Ask yourself if
you have used the item in the past 12 months. If not, it's time to
think seriously about getting rid of it.
Step
6
Put things for Goodwill, the Salvation Army or another charity
in the Charity box. Or if you have enough stuff to warrant a garage sale,
set it aside in your Garage Sale box.
Step
7
Stash things that belong in other rooms in the Out of Place
box. (Give these things the 12-month test, too.)
Step 8
Put as much as possible into the Garbage box.
It's cathartic!
Step 9
Sort the
items you want to keep into categories, such as 'High School
Memorabilia,' 'Johnny's Artwork' or 'Winter
Accessories,' and store them in the bins. Be sure to label the
bins.
Step 10
Label one bin 'Odds
& Ends.' In it store found parts, orphaned gloves and other things
that may eventually be reunited with their counterparts.
Step 11
Stack the labeled bins neatly on the shelves
and floor of the closet, making sure the ones you need to get into
regularly are accessible.
Tips &
Warnings
Give yourself a time limit. If
you plan to spend 1 1/2 hours
cleaning, don't do more
than that. It will still be there later.
Some charitable
organizations will come to your house to pick up unused
items.
Get permission to throw away things that do not belong to
you personally.
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