Comments on: Clothing Management

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:20:26 +0000

Once your closet is cleaned out the trick is keeping it that way. I keep a shopping bag in the bottom of my closet and anytime I come across something that doesn’t fit right or I know I won’t wear anymore I toss it in the bag. When the bag is full it gets donated to charity or put in a garage sale.

By: Torrey

Torrey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:53:13 +0000

I don’t know if you have already covered this, but I came up with a way to organize my jewelry that I am actually finding very useful and easy to maintain. I keep my jewelry in a drawer in the bathroom. That’s because that’s where I look in the mirror to decide what to wear with my outfit, but I would suggest setting this up wherever you dress and check out how everything looks together — maybe the bedroom. Anyway, I have two drawer organizer trays that I can stack one on top of the other in the drawer. In the top one are the items I wear the most by category – one compartment has all plain, silver earrings, one long compartment has all necklaces with matching earrings, and the matching earrings all go in a compartment next door. There’s a space for plain chains, a space for earring backs and necklace extenders, a space for pendants and the earrings that match. The silver is also separate from the gold. There’s room in the drawer next to the stacked trays, and that’s where I put larger items that won’t fit in the tray compartments — big necklaces, bracelets, etc., as well as items like pearls that I keep in a protective pouch. I also have my silver polishing cloth in there.

When I undress after the work day, I stand in the bathroom and take off my jewelry and immediately put it away. It makes finding things sooooo much easier, and allows me to see everything I have, so I find I am wearing more different pieces of my jewelry now.

By: April

April — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:49:53 +0000

You should do one for cosmetics and the like…this is great ^_^

Another tip I’d offer: Don’t spend more than 60 seconds deciding rather or not to keep something. That was my problem for a long time…I’d spend five minutes on it, only guilt-tripping myself into keeping the item.

Tonight I went through my closet and just started chucking things I knew didn’t fit me and things I figured I could live without. It took me an hour to go through some 200 shirts and I got rid of more than half of them, and let me say…it feels really good.

By: grannyj

grannyj — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:21:26 +0000

if there is anyone out there with ideas on storing and displaying mk cometics please let me hear from you!! thanks

By: grannyj

grannyj — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:03:15 +0000

thank you for the great ideas and for the site.
just reading the different comments is a big help!
i will be back to find more help.

if there is anyone out there

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 04:05:20 +0000

Oh my how you make this sound so easy. On the other hand geographic locations do make it difficult to store seasonal clothing. I live in a tropical environment in the deep south where this week we are in freezing temps but next weeks forcasts are looking like we’ll be in the mid to upper 70′s. Here we have clothing for events rather than seasons. I have several Christmas sweaters, sweatshirts, jackets, t-shirts, dresses & party wear. I also have a few Thanksgiving themed shirts, sweaters & t-shirts. We have pirate themed clothing for our two week pirate festival. And last but not least we are not short on Mardi Gras clothing in the traditional purple, green & gold. I found that the best way to keep all of these “event” outfits and accessories together is by using good garment bags. I put everything for each event/holiday along with it’s matching accessories in one garment bag. I then labeled the bags accordingly: Christmas, Funerals, Thanksgiving, Mardi Gras Casual, Formalwear…….on the side that faces me when I open the closet. Out of use clothing garment bags go into the hall closet and current event clothing goes into the main closet. It’s great to live in the south where it’s one event after another. LOL This has made it so easy to retrieve the necessary clothing quickly and easily. My closet holds everyday clothing used for work and my dresser holds my jeans and casual clothing. Even in summer I always keep a jacket in my car just for those freezing grocery stores.

By: sheri

sheri — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:31:58 +0000

Jenne you are such a gifted writer. I really needed the tip on turning the hangers backward. I think that will really help me a lot

Thanks again you smart little head messy you.

By: Darby

Darby — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 13:23:31 +0000

Hi, I just found your site yesterday, and I love it!
I have a suggestion for anyone who is in a space crunch where clothing is concerned. We have summer clothing and winter/school clothing. When school starts all the summer clothes (like shorts and sleeveless t-shirts and sundresses) are packed away under the bed. This gives me an opportunity to sort through and give away anything the kids have outgrown. It also helps us figure out what clothes we need to buy for the coming winter.
We do it again in the spring when it gets too hot for long pants.

By: Lazy Susan

Lazy Susan — Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:08:17 +0000

I heard this tip for helping top of which clothes you need to get rid of that you are not sure if you still wear or not. After organizing your closet. Put the hangers in backwards and in 3 to 6 months the hangers that are still backwards are clothes you have not worn, and need to be revaluated. As if you really wear then or not. I tried this and it seems to help so far.

By: Jenne

Jenne — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:05:58 +0000

Hi Jennifer! I am working on some office stuff, but some things that have helped me immensely are:

sort junk mail as soon as I get it out of the mailbox. I put all the money, credit card, loan junk mail in the burn box (others might shred it.)

Then I take the bills and such out of their envelopes and throw away all the junk the banks and credit unions find necessary to stuff in.

I pay my bills online, so as soon as I verify the amount, I file the bills away.

I will definitely expand on my paperwork/ office handling… that’ll be my next topic! I hope this helps to start.

PS– Don’t burn out!!! Thanks for the compliment on my site!