We just moved, and the most daunting task - the job we left for absolute last - was cleaning out our closet. And we're no clotheshorse, it's just that it can be really difficult sometimes to discern between what you wear frequently and what you dream of wearing frequently. That's why we love this tip from ReadyMade, which simply and easily allows one to weed through a closet like some kind of clothes roto-rooter...
To start, put all your clothes in the closet with the hangers facing the wrong way on the rod (hooks out). As you wear your clothes, hang them back up with the hanger facing in the right direction. After six months (their suggestion, but we might wait a year as some clothes are seasonal) donate or give away all the clothes that are still hanging backwards. That'll definitely simplify the process.
• More suggestions on how to keep a ship-shape closet at ReadyMade
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Comments (10)
this idea has been posted a few times before!
here's one such very recent post:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/cleaning_out_the_clothes_close-58981
re-post!
well this is the first time i've seen this post and i think this is a great suggestion.
i like the bungie cord idea too.
thanks!
If you have an entire year to wait to clean out your closet...
Oneformybaby
i see your point and understand that not every reader of Apartment Therapy has read every post, so there is value in repeat posts. but it might be a good idea to just include the word "Re-post" in the headline rather than try to pass it off as a new item.
if you do read the blog frequently it can be very repetitive and i do think any blog that values its core readership should want to keep them interested.
in the case of AT, it seems to me that the various bloggers are not reading the blog themselves, so they end up re-posting.
Re-Post is a great idea, I see a lot of stuff over again; although, I haven't seen this one before and I'm a long time reader.
It's getting really tiresome; feels like "left hand, meet right hand".
I would've thought that AT had sufficient pride in its brand to be a little more streamlined in how it monitors its bloggers' activity to eliminate or reduce duplicate submissions.
The "Re-Post" idea might well do the trick.
i am so stealing that bungie cord idea
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I came across the latest issue of Ready-Made and I can say this article was in there. So perhaps a repost from AT's past, but it is a current reference.
As to the content itself, I always find these "closet makeovers" frustrating due to their unrealistic nature. Sure, we could all do with less.... but that is not nearly close to what I need to house in my closet. If I am to look at this example closely, am I correct in saying that this person doesn't own a single pair of jeans, let alone pants?? And only 4 pairs of shoes?? PUL-leeze. Let's not idealize the situation. Give me a solution for a real closet.