apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

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.

Although things come up over and over again, this is one of those weird ideas for an "Apartment Therapy" site. Can anyone look in their closet and just ask, why do I never get the opportunity to wear this? When the opportunity arises, how come I avoid wearing that? When I was young, my mother pretty much taught me that to clean out your closet was to try everything on and see if it still fits. I just got rid of a crapload of old clothes, some with tags still on them, by just looking at them and recognizing these were ugly ugly things I had, just awkward, their time had passed for me. Some may still fit or almost fit, but trying things on is only to convince yourself you have to keep something you might wear. I was using an old model of thought. Everyone deserves some new updated pieces.

What is this business of tricking yourself? A lot of tips on this site arrive at the conclusion that you have to lie to yourself or buy something attractive to accomplish any household task.

Come off it. You don't. I wish this site and its bloggers would promote a healthier mindful approach instead of always suggesting we fool ourselves. Wouldn't that be better? Wouldn't people feel good about themselves if they stopped hiding from their emotions about their old clothes and other items? I didn't give everything away to the minimum, I still have plenty of clothes, and I like shopping for new modern clothes now, so I'm not trying to be preachy about materialistic tendencies. I think positive examples should prevail at a site like this, but instead, I see a lot of household tricks alternated with "inspirational" examples of families who pared down their possessions and love living in a van now.

It's not normal. How about providing a balanced example instead of extremes, and not catering to a sort of dysfunctional mindset rather than a rather ordinarily honest one? Does anyone ever read the responses after the post is up?

i am so stealing that bungie cord idea

It's called capitalism

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.

Hang 12 tops or bottoms using one Hanger. If you suffer from a small closet and need more space and want to stay organized than check out the HankyTankyHanger.

Thanks