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Tidying up the dressing room. How to quickly and correctly restore perfect order in the closet

Do your clothes jump out of your wardrobe when you open the door? Are you already desperate to meet your favorite shirt, buried under a pile of various T-shirts, T-shirts and trousers?

With the help of a few non-standard tricks, you can save the current situation. A closet from a black hole, in which everything you need disappears, will turn into an ideal assistant for storing things.

The first step must be taken responsibly and confidently. Analyze everything that is in your closet. Throw away or give away things that are small for you and have been without your attention for more than a year. The rest just leave it on the floor.

Wardrobe ready for remodeling

Now we sort a bunch of things on the floor by color. So the closet will look not only aesthetically more attractive, but will also be of great help in finding the right item when there is a catastrophically short time to pack and you need to rush about business.

Color spectrum

An original way to store shoes on shelves and racks. Bring each pair of socks to the heel. Alternating shoes and sandals in this way will allow you to use much less space, and, accordingly, you will get much more shoes on one shelf.

Alternative storage

Place hangers and hooks in the closet at different levels, so you use every centimeter of space. If you also adapt rings to the rod, as for curtains, then the number of things placed in one closet will increase much.

Not a millimeter of extra space

All clothes made from materials that wrinkle easily (cotton, linen) should be hung up. Blouses and skirts, dresses and trousers, jackets and jackets are best stored on hangers, more durable knitwear and shirts should be stored on shelves. This method will allow you to organize your wardrobe in accordance with your needs and it will not be difficult to find the right thing at the right time.

The perfect order is simple

Use as much space as possible at the top. For bulky or seasonal pieces, such as a winter coat or formal wear, place tension rods, shelves, hangers and hooks all the way to the ceiling of your wardrobe.

Fits everything in the house

Use all available free space between the walls. Pegs glued to the inner door of the cabinet will save the day for restless handbags and scarves; ties and hats will gladly find a home there and settle down for a long time.

Handbags as in the window

Do not forget about the furthest corners of the furniture, they will also serve as a place to store various items.

All nooks and crannies are involved

Do not hide beautiful scarves and ties in the depths of the wardrobe. Hang them on the wall opposite the closet door on pegs or hooks with glue and admire the colorful color scheme and original decoration of the room.

All beauty - to freedom!

Shoe storage systems can be created using shelves installed in the lower compartment.

Shoes are in perfect order

If shoe racks seem too bulky for you, install lightweight and durable shoe racks instead.

Way to save space

Pull-out shelves or open drawers are convenient and easy to see. They will allow you to push your collection of sneakers into the farthest corner of the closet, but you can also get them out of there with ease.

Every shoe has its place

Retractable hooks are a very convenient addition to any wardrobe. Allows you to organize all the accumulated colorful scarves and shawls in an organized way.

Scarves and scarves "on the hook"

Small things will feel great in specially designed compartments. Divider strips can be made from gift boxes or thick cardboard. The solution allows you to store items more organized.

Divide and rule

The dressing room design can be complemented by drawers and baskets, which are convenient for storing rarely used items or seasonal items. To make it easy to find what you need, stick labels on the boxes with the name of the contents. Transparent boxes eliminate the need to sign them, you can see everything in them even without stickers.

Labels, containers and more

Old suitcases will also come in handy in such a difficult task as storing things. Seasonal clothes, winter coats, duvets will perfectly wait in the wings in them. Bonus - these suitcases can become designer bedside tables.

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Many are familiar with the situation when a carefully put in order in the closet with clothes cannot last more than a week. The problem does not depend on the size of the wardrobe or financial possibilities - large spaces and unlimited funds can only increase the chaos.

Clutter leads to the fact that the owner of the problem closet constantly has nothing to wear, clothes deteriorate, and shelves full of things create a sloppy impression. One of the basic principles of feng shui is violated: energy cannot circulate freely in the room. You can, of course, not believe the Eastern teachings, but one thing is clear: the inconvenience associated with the lack of organization can seriously spoil the mood from day to day.

What is the secret of perfect dressing rooms? How to clean up your closet once and for all? Let's try to answer these questions in our article.

Analyze and remove redundant

It happens that in the wardrobe there are a lot of clothes, but there is nothing to wear. According to observations, women most often wear those things that are in front of their eyes. If the jacket is hidden in the bowels of the closet, the likelihood that she will be dressed is minimal. Agree, usually we don’t have much time to choose clothes, and no one will dig up deposits of crumpled things, hurrying to work in the morning. So it turns out that we wear only a few sets, and the rest just take up space and become covered with dust. If the situation repeats itself again and again, then it's time to get rid of the excess.

The most important secret of order in the closet is the absence of unnecessary and unnecessary things. And first of all, you need to develop the habit of preparing your wardrobe for the beginning of each season.

Seasonal wardrobe changes

As the seasons and temperatures change, the clothes we wear also change. In autumn, light dresses, shorts and sandals become useless. And vice versa - you can't do without warm sweaters, tights and jackets in winter. There are also clothes that are worn all year round - for example, jeans, knitwear.

After the onset of cold weather, summer things will lie like a dead weight on the shelves, occupying a place where clothes for the season could be conveniently located. In addition, delicate fabrics can suffer from constant friction if, for example, blouses hang on hangers next to sweaters that are constantly taken out of the closet.

In order for the clothes to retain their appearance and the wardrobe to be convenient to use, you need to clean out of season things at least twice a year, moving actual clothes to the empty shelves. You can store summer blouses, dresses and shorts in a pantry, in another closet or on the highest and hard-to-reach shelves. The main thing is that things should be neatly folded in one place and packed, for example, in a box.

Full revision

To clean up the closet completely, you also need to free it from all useless things. Eastern philosophy teaches us to let go of the old so that there is room for the new.

An overstuffed wardrobe makes it hard to put things together properly and steals all the fun you can get from choosing clothes. Tightly folded sweaters, T-shirts, cardigans do not allow air to circulate inside the closet, things are stale, there is a smell, moths and mold.

So, the order in the closet begins with a strict revision of the contents. You need to remove absolutely all things from the wardrobe and sort them into three large parts:

  • clothing that emphasizes the dignity of the figure and has no defects;
  • items that have not been worn for the past nine months, are damaged, stretched or do not fit in style, color or size;
  • unnecessary things that are very difficult to part with, about which there are doubts.

The clothes from the second part should be parted immediately. Dresses, trousers, sweaters that were modern a few years ago are unlikely to wait in the wings. Of course, fashion is back, but usually with slight variations, and old-fashioned things will not look like a hit of the season anyway. Also, do not hope that you will be able to lose weight by several sizes and put on your once favorite dress. And if something was bought spontaneously, does not fit with anything and has never been worn, it has no place in the closet.

Wardrobe items that do not fit the hostess, but look good, can be donated to charitable organizations, sold over the Internet, presented to relatives or friends. Heavily damaged clothing should be thrown away immediately.

In the closet everyone has things that are especially hard to part with, for example:

  • very expensive;
  • donated by loved ones and relatives;
  • having symbolic value.

To make it easier to overcome doubts about such clothes, you can go for a little trick: put it in a box and put it away for a few months. If during this time there is no need for things, then you will not want to return them to their places. You can again review the postponed clothes and determine its future fate.

The remaining things that can be worn with pleasure are returned to the wardrobe freed from trash. Taking advantage of the moment, you need to properly wipe the shelves and walls from dust and ventilate the cabinet. And now it's time to get acquainted with the little tricks that allow you to maintain order in the closet.

Space organization

Everyone determines the principle of arranging clothes in the wardrobe on their own: someone may find it convenient to arrange by color, for someone it is better to place entire sets on hangers at once, for example, choose a top for trousers, a skirt for a blouse. However, there are general rules that will help any housewife better organize order in the closet:

  1. In order for clothes to take up a minimum of space, they must be ironed and folded.
  2. Things should always lie strictly in their places.
  3. Separate shelves should be allocated for each family member.
  4. All hangers in the wardrobe should be the same. It is better to choose plastic or wooden ones with round hangers.
  5. Stacks of clothes do not need to be stacked above 20-25 cm, otherwise they will collapse and mix.
  6. Shoe boxes can be pasted with photographs depicting their contents. This makes it much easier to find the right pair. Or you can use transparent containers. Read more about shoe storage in this article.
  7. Jewelry can be stored on cabinet doors by attaching it to a strip of fabric.

Watch the video below to see how to clean up your closet.

Proper shopping

Keeping order in the closet will help the correct approach to shopping. After a strict audit of the wardrobe, you need to make a list of things that need to be supplemented with it. Having such a hint with you, you can avoid impulsive purchases. If the thing you like is not on the list, you need to mentally imagine the contents of the updated wardrobe and understand what things it can be worn with. If you don’t have a single suitable pair for a new thing, you should think about whether you really need it.

The right approach to shopping helps to keep order in the closet: avoid spontaneous purchases and do not choose a lot of the same things

And one more good advice on how not to produce a lot of the same things in the closet. Let each new thing replace one component of the wardrobe, the time of which has already passed. So your things will always be under your control.

Putting things in order in the closet is not difficult, and the result can change a lot. Control your things and your life!

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It's good when all the hangers in the wardrobe are the same (for children's things, of course, they are smaller). It is better to choose plastic or wooden ones with round hangers.

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Maintaining order in the closet with clothes and shoes is not the most difficult task. It is enough to put things in their places after use - and the goal is achieved. But often the closet space is used far from optimally and extremely illogically, things are placed on the shelves without observing order. There are frequent cases when freshly washed clothes do not get into the closet, being placed on the backs of chairs and other furniture. Hence the constant chaos and the need for weekly cleaning. But it is enough just to properly and conveniently organize the interior space of the cabinet.

Perfect order in the closet begins with getting rid of unnecessary things. Divide the contents of the cabinet into several piles:

  • things that you use often;
  • things that do not suit you, do not fit or have not been used for more than a year;
  • worn out things that have lost their appearance.

The last pile should go to the trash without any regrets. You can give the second pile to friends or donate to a shelter. The remaining things of the first pile will go to storage in the closet.

How to properly arrange sorted things in a limited closet space? Group them according to any of the following criteria:

  • by type - the simplest and most common way to sort things. At the same time, T-shirts are located on a separate shelf, skirts have their own corner, and shirts are placed next to the shirts. The same applies to underwear, socks, scarves - each type of clothing is allocated a shelf or drawer. Such an organization will allow you to quickly get the right jeans, without breaking a stack of bed linen or blouses;
  • belonging to family members - when the things of dad, mom and children are located in a common locker, it is better to give each a separate shelf or a bar for hangers. If space does not allow you to roam, you can resort to using hangers of various colors: for example, blue for dad, red for mom, green for a child;
  • by color - this method of placement has its advantages. You can arrange the tops of the outfits in light to dark order and the bottoms in dark to light order to make it easier to make sets, or group everything by shades in the order of the colors of the rainbow. One way or another, this method will significantly save time and cheer you up;
  • by purpose - one of the ideas for placing things in the closet is sorting them according to situations (clothes for work, parties, sports, walking with children, special occasions);
  • according to the season - it is recommended to store things of different seasons in different corners of the closet, and those that are not suitable for the current season should be put away in the far corners or on the upper shelves. When the seasons change, things simply change places, while maintaining order in the closet.

Rules for placing things

To maintain order in the closet was easy, when placing things, it is important to follow simple tricks:

  • skirts, trousers are best placed on hangers, after washing and ironing. Such storage will allow you to put on a thing without losing time for ironing and keep a presentable look for a long time. To save space, choose multi-tiered hangers with clothespins, they can hold up to five things. Below you can find a photo of how to make such hangers yourself. You will need locks from metal cans from soda or beer. A lock is put on the hanger, the next one is threaded through the lower hole of the lock;
  • shirts, blouses - this type of clothing is recommended to be kept on hangers, and if things are subject to deformation, choose hangers with soft shoulders;
  • knitted things - it is better to place them folded on the shelves, the vertical position exposes them to stretching;
  • socks, underwear - they are best stored in cardboard boxes or drawers, twisted into tubes. You should not roll the “snails” out of the socks: this way the elastic on one sock will stretch, and the pair will not look too neat. Each tube is assigned a separate section. It is best to sort the linen by color. Stores offer ready-made organizers for underwear and socks, which are boxes divided into cells of the same or different sizes, but you can make them yourself from strips of cardboard. To save drawer space, you can choose hanging organizers that are easily attached to the inside of the cabinet door or on the side wall. Place bras on hangers attached to cabinet doors. So any model will be in sight, and the procedure for choosing the right thing will take a few seconds;
  • shoes - it is wiser to store leather shoes in boxes. And how to quickly navigate among the stacked boxes? You can leave each pair with its original packaging and, for convenience, stick a photo of the pair placed there or a sticker for notes with a clear description on each box for convenience. And you can cut a window on the side of the box and close it with a film. Place the boxes at the bottom of the closet, taking into account the frequency of use of each pair of shoes. True, this method does not save much space. Transparent plastic containers will help out, in which you can place several pairs of shoes for the season. High boots can be stored on hangers with clothespins on a special bar at the bottom of the closet; trouser hangers are also suitable for this purpose. Place slippers and sandals without heels in fabric pockets sewn by yourself. A canvas with such pockets can be hung on a cabinet door;
  • bags - these accessories can be sent to the top shelves of the closet. Store them upright to avoid creases and cracks. Stuff bags with paper to keep them in shape. To save space, clutches can be placed inside larger bags. Hooks for bags attached to the back wall of the cabinet will help to significantly save space;
  • belts, ties, scarves, other accessories - these accessories will fit perfectly on the cabinet doors. For this purpose, a towel rack is ideal, it can accommodate several hooks. Such an organization will save space and time when choosing an accessory. Small wardrobe items can be folded into small boxes; shoe boxes can also be used for these purposes;
  • bed linen - in order to easily navigate the existing bed linen and quickly find what you need, it is recommended to lay it out immediately in sets. It is enough to put a duvet cover and a sheet inside the pillowcase - and the set is ready!

Such simple rules will allow you to quickly put things in order in the closet and easily maintain it.

Bed sheets

Underwear

Ties and belts

Help hostess

So that putting and maintaining order in the closet is not a heavy duty, furniture and home goods manufacturers create additional storage systems. As a rule, these are racks consisting of additional shelves, hangers and rods that can be placed inside a closet or dressing room. They can be made of metal, plastic, chipboard, dense fabric. The following tools will help keep things organized:

  • additional rods for clothes on hangers;
  • racks (metal, fabric);
  • vacuum bags for storing seasonal items, pillows, blankets. Such storage undoubtedly saves space: the volume of clothes is reduced by a factor of three;
  • mesh wire or plastic boxes for small items (scarves, hats and gloves);
  • wicker baskets;
  • organizers with pockets for storing small items.

Now we know how to clean up the closet. Here is some more useful information on how to organize space with maximum efficiency:

  • To make the best use of shelf space, try to group items of similar size. Separately place what can be stored in boxes;
  • if the closet shelves are wide enough, divide the clothes into two rows. At the same time, the piles should not be placed too close to each other: in order to get the right thing, you should not disturb the adjacent piles, otherwise the order in your closet will not last long;
  • If possible, use hangers of the same size and color. Such visual uniformity will not distract attention and create a sense of perfect order;
  • there should be a mirror on the closet door or next to it so that you don’t have to leave the room when trying on, otherwise things will be scattered around the house in a hurry;
  • rarely used items can be put in suitcases and placed on the top shelves;
  • before folding things for long-term storage, they should be washed and thoroughly ventilated in the fresh air;
  • the closet and the things in it require periodic ventilation so that extraneous unpleasant odors do not linger on things. You can place remnants inside, wrapped in pieces of cloth, or eau de toilette probes in the form of soaked napkins;
  • all internal surfaces should be cleaned of dust every month;
  • if it is still not possible to maintain the planned optimal arrangement of things in the closet, we put things in order once a week;
  • you should not throw dirty or wrinkled clothes into the closet; for these purposes, you can select a separate box or basket.

The order in the closet does not depend on the size of the furniture, but on the ability of the hostess to correctly place the contents and maintain everything in its original form. The listed rules and original ideas will undoubtedly help resolve this issue and save you from unnecessary trouble.

“Putting order in the house, you put things in order in life,” says Marie Kondo, and many examples of happy transformations indicate that everything happens that way.

A 30-year-old Japanese woman has already managed to help thousands of people around the world clean their homes once and for all. Her book "Magical Cleaning" became an instant bestseller and has been published in more than 30 countries. And last year, Times magazine included Marie in the 100 most influential people on the planet.

Being a “born cleaner”, as the girl jokingly calls herself, she read housewife magazines from the age of five, and when she got a little older, she seriously began to search for ideal methods for creating an ideal order. Having tried hundreds of tricks in practice, Marie created her own system - not just a set of rules for organizing, but a real training that turns even an inveterate dirty person into a neat person.

According to Marie Kondo, keeping the house in order is very simple. To do this, you need to perform only two actions - decide what needs to be thrown away, And correctly place what we want to save. If you do not make mistakes, then the effect of the reverse action does not threaten us - the chaos of the house and wardrobe will never return.

“The backlash happens because people mistakenly think that the cleaning was done thoroughly, when in reality they only partially sorted and put things away for storage,” says Marie and offers her action plan.

Cleaning it all up in one go

Put things in order in one fell swoop, as quickly and completely as possible - first secret perfect cleaning. With speed, you will immediately see the result of your efforts and not lose inspiration, while moving in small steps will only lead to frustration: "clean a little every day - and you will clean forever."

Never turn cleaning into an endless boring chore! “Cleaning is a special event that happens once in a lifetime.” In the future, you will only need to put things away in the places where they should be, and this will eventually become an unconscious habit.

Creating an ideal life

Before you take inventory of your wardrobe, think about what kind of lifestyle is closest to you, how you would like to ideally live. “If you skip this step, then not only will you delay the entire process, but you will expose yourself to a much higher risk of rebound.”

What would you like to do? What cheers you up? What clothes do you feel best in? Dream and visualize - the more thoughtful and detailed the image, the better the result.

Throw away, throw away and throw away again

Complete disposal of trash - perhaps main secret to avoid clutter. Here, Marie Kondo does not allow any compromises: each item must be evaluated and resolutely sent to the garbage bag if it does not pass the test. You will be surprised how much unnecessary stuff has accumulated in your house - as a rule, these are dozens or even hundreds of 50-liter bags.

A prerequisite for decluttering - patience and consistency: “Don't even think about putting things away until you're done with the process of getting rid of what you don't need! Kondo warns. “Failure to follow this order is the only reason people fail to make consistent progress.”


Love, not calculation

How do you decide what things to get rid of? Most of us act rationally. Marie Kondo offers a very different approach: "Keep things because you love them - and not "just because"! Feel free to leave out the arguments “I may need this later” or “throw it away - wastefulness”. Indeed, as practice shows, if you wish, you can find an application for any subject.

“The best way to decide what to keep and what to throw away is take each item in hand and ask yourself, “Does this bring joy?” You need not just open a wardrobe and, having cast a diagonal look at it, decide that everything in it delights you. You must take every piece of cloth in your hands. When you touch a piece of clothing, the body reacts to it.”

The habit of leaving clothes you don't like to "relax" in them at home not only leads to clutter in the wardrobe, but also steals joy. Hours spent at home are precious time, so do not reduce its value by wearing out what you do not want to wear "on the way out."

“True waste is not to throw away things that you do not like, but to wear them. Precisely because there is no one at home to see you, it makes much more sense to reinforce a positive self-image by wearing the clothes you love.”

Cleaning based on location (e.g. today in a closet, tomorrow in a chest of drawers), from Marie Kondo’s point of view, fatal error. Because most of us have the same type of things stored in several places, and often throughout the apartment. In such conditions, it is very difficult to assess what things should be left behind. In addition, the same work in different places does not add enthusiasm and makes cleaning endless.

Marie recommends think in terms of category, not place. Instead of putting things in order on some shelf in the closet, set a goal to sort out, for example, shoes or underwear. Bring all the things of one category to one place and only after that start working with them - then nothing will slip unnoticed.

It is better to start with those categories for which it is easier to decide what to throw away and what to keep. When it comes to more difficult things, you will feel much more confident.

Tops (shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts, etc.)
Lower parts of clothing (trousers, skirts, etc.)
Clothes to be hung on hangers (jackets, blazers, suits, etc.)
Socks
Underwear
Handbags, etc.
Additional items (scarves, belts, hats, etc.)
Specialized clothing (swimming suits, uniforms, etc.)
Shoes

If you follow this order, you will do all the work without a hitch and achieve visible results surprisingly quickly.

Every thing has a special place

After the selection procedure, your wardrobe will breathe much more freely - as a rule, no more than a third of the clothes of the original volume remain. Now it's time to put it all away! The main rule here is to find the most suitable place for each item and learn how to immediately return it back as soon as you finish using it. As a bonus, you will get not only order, but also what can be attributed to the "magic" of cleaning: "Things that have their own place, where they return every day to rest, are more filled with life."

This requirement may sound intimidating, but in practice it is quite simple. “Your place for each thing needs to be determined only once. Try it! The results will amaze you. You will stop buying more than you need. Items you own will no longer accumulate."

Items of the same type should be kept together

As Marie Kongo says, her storage method is extremely simple: “keep all the items of the same type in one place and don’t let storage space creep around the house.” You can break things down into just a few categories, but be sure to follow this rule.

Feel what things should be together and choose the most suitable place for them.

If several people live in an apartment, everyone should have their own storage space. This is extremely important and ... miraculous - even small children become tidier, having a separate place where all their belongings are located.


Maximum simplicity, no special tools

In these days, when a variety of devices for facilitating storage are offered in abundance, such advice is bewildering. But Marie Kondo insists: give up sophisticated strategies, simplicity is the best solution. And as an optimal storage container, he suggests using shoe boxes and transparent plastic boxes.

“I tried all kinds of storage modules, but never found anything that was free and at the same time superior to shoe box. It scores above average in all of my criteria: size, material, durability, ease of use and appeal.”

Store vertically

Marie Kondo pays special attention to this moment, and many have a method KonMari associated with vertical storage. Stacks of things are a sure way to clutter, says Marie. In addition, it is extremely uncomfortable and leads to the formation of wrinkles in clothes due to the pressure created by the things lying on top.

“I store everything I can in an upright position, including clothes that I fold and put “on edge” in drawers, and tights that I roll up and put in cylinders in a box. The same applies to stationery and writing materials: whether they are boxes of paper clips, tape measure or erasers - I put them upright. Even my laptop sits on a bookshelf like a real notebook.”


The main storage method is folding

For many of us, storing clothes on hangers is the most familiar method, but according to Marie Kondo, it is far from optimal. Hanging is much inferior to folding in terms of space saving. “When folded, you can fit 20 to 40 pieces of clothing in the same space that you need to hang 10 items.”

Marie recommends using your gut feeling when deciding which clothes to fold and hang up. There are things that really protest against folding - for example, designer clothes or made from lightweight fabrics. In this case, prepare hangers, and in the rest - fold.

Folding is a form of dialogue with our wardrobe. Gently smoothing clothes, we make them stronger and fill them with positive energy. “Correct folding tightens the fabric, smoothes out wrinkles, makes the material stronger and more resilient,” says Marie Kondo.

Folding is an art, but take the time to master it. To help you - Marie's book and video tutorials, which are freely available on the net. The main task is to create a simple rectangle, for each thing choosing the type of addition that suits it.

Hanging properly means keeping clothes of the same category side by side, dividing the closet space into sections for suits, dresses, jackets, etc. “Things, like people, tend to feel better in the company of “like-minded people” who are very similar in type to them. By applying this rule alone, you can achieve noticeable improvements in the organization of your dressing room.

Arrange clothes in the up and right arrow

Energize your wardrobe - hang your clothes so that they "take off". To do this, place heavier items on the left and lighter items on the right. “Lines that are directed upward to the right give rise to a feeling of greater comfort. By using this principle to organize your wardrobe, you can make it look much more inspiring.”

Heavy things are long, dense and dark things, as you move to the right things will become shorter, lighter and lighter. The categorization will look like this: outerwear should hang in the far left corner, followed by dresses, jackets, trousers, skirts and blouses. This is the basic order. According to the principle “from heavy to light”, clothes are placed inside each category.

“Some may doubt that attention to such small things can bring about a profound change, but why waste your time doubting when the application of this delightful magic can keep clothes in order? It won't take you long to reorganize your wardrobe, so trust me and give it a try. But do not forget that in the beginning you must reduce it, leaving only those things that you truly love.

And remember - properly done cleaning has a magical effect, as it puts in order not only things. Many of Marie Kondo's clients, after "rebooting" their home, have realized what they really want to do and what gives them joy. “Cleaning is a way to take inventory that will show us who we really are.».

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Experts advise to sort out the wardrobe at the beginning of each season. For what? Firstly, because any cleaning is a new energy in life. Secondly, you will free up space in the closet by removing from it those things that are obsolete. Thirdly, upon revision of the wardrobe, you will discover new combinations of already familiar things, thanks to which your images will become more interesting and diverse. And finally, fourthly, you will make a list of things that you need to buy.

website outlined 6 steps that will help you effectively sort out your wardrobe so that every thing in it works for you.

Step 1. Get everything out of the closet

First, you should completely empty the closet or cabinets, not forgetting the drawers, chests of drawers, top shelves. All clothes should be carefully dumped on the bed or on the floor and damp cleaned in the closet, dusting each shelf.

Step 2. Sort things seasonally

Hang things that are not appropriate for the current season. Out-of-season items and shoes can be folded into boxes on the mezzanine, thereby freeing up additional space in the closet. Before doing this, it is advisable to put them in order and wash the things that need it.

Please note that many things can be worn at any time of the year - they do not need to be weighed far.

Step 3. Sort the clothes corresponding to the current season into 4 groups

Things corresponding to the current season, and out-of-season things, as well as shoes, must be sorted into 4 groups:

  • leave in the wardrobe;
  • put in order - these are the things that need to be dry-cleaned, for fitting and repair in the atelier, remove spools, wash or remove stains;
  • give / sell;
  • raise doubts.

When sorting out clothes and shoes, do not forget about accessories: belts, scarves, scarves, hats and jewelry. It is also important here to get rid of obsolete, worn and irrelevant things, as well as to properly organize storage. It will be a shame to realize that this necklace or this scarf would greatly decorate your image if you remembered their existence.

Step 4. Try it all on yourself

Try on absolutely all the things in front of the mirror that you plan to leave in the wardrobe, put in order and that you have put aside in the "doubtful" group. Over time, a thing may no longer sit on the figure, requiring adjustment, or simply look out of date. When examining things with spots, holes and spools, be honest with yourself: is it really possible to put these things in order and will you do it?

Carefully hang items that remain in your wardrobe on separate coat hangers. Jeans and knitwear that can stretch out are best placed on shelves.

Step 5: Follow our checklist if you're not sure whether to keep an item

Make lists of what you need to buy and stick to them when you go shopping. This will help you avoid rash purchases and spending, especially during discounts and sales. It will also help to create a “working” wardrobe, in which not a single thing hangs idle, because there is nothing to wear it with.



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