How to Clean Out Your Closet

Cannot find a single thing in your closet?  All of your "favorite" items are hidden by things that you have not worn in YEARS?  It may be time to go on ahead and clean out your closet!  Go on ahead, set an entire day (or weekend, depending on the size of your closet/mess) and clean out your closet! 

• Purge your closet.  This is the first step in getting organized.  Take EVERYTHING out of your closet. 
• Sort through your clothing, shoes and whaetver else has been lurking in your closet.  Sort them in three piles:  keep, dump, donate/sell.
• When you are done sorting, go through your keep pile again.  Do a second look and ask if it needs to be in the dump or donate/sell pile. 
• Get rid of your dump pile ASAP.  Donate your clothing to charity, post on ebay or take to a consignment store before you have time to second guess your choices. 
• Organize your keep pile.  Consider purchasing extra rods, shoe organizers, shelves or over the door hangers for organization.
• Assess the stapce.  Make sure you use every single inch in your closet for storage.
• Group like items with like items.  It will make things easier to find in the future.
• Do not use wire hangers - they cut the life of your clothes in half.  Use plastic or padded hangers for your clothes.
• The hardest step is trying to keep your closet looking organized.  Try to set aside a couple of hours a month to just do a quick assessment of your closet.  This will help avoid major time consuming closet overhauls in the future.