Organize your closet, please!

What would it take for you to stop it? Your closet is not a space for that over sized jacket you haven’t worn in five years, or for that Monopoly set with half of the pieces missing. Think not what your closet can do for you but what you can do for your closet. Organize it! Now! The following tips will help you to better manage the chaos your closet may now be facing.

Take everything out

As much as possible, and with a little patience anything is, take all objects, stuff, trash, junk, clothes, etc. from the darkness of your closet and bring it all into the light. This enables you to see how much room the closet really has. You could also size up the space and the stuff you could keep in it and what you have to throw out. Doing this also helps you realize how much actual junk you have accumulated as well as the little unknown trinkets or treasures that have been hiding underneath all those belongings.

Clean it out

Literally, clean out the closet. Scrub those spaces and those corners. Using the all natural and conveniently accessible soap and water to clean those grimy closet walls and floor will do your closet and yourself good. You will be able to breathe easy knowing you no longer have to deal with that musty and suffocating feeling you get when you open the closet door. The famous home decorating diva, Martha Stewart, recommends a lemon-flavored scent to cap off your successful clean out.

Divide and you will conquer

Though some people hate the idea of segregating items, doing so helps your mind achieve clarity by deciding on which stuff to keep and which stuff to throw out. Gather at least three or four bins and label each of them according to the stuff you intend to keep, the stuff you intend to throw out and the stuff you intend to donate and/or sell.

Make sure these bins will be strong and sturdy enough to support all of the heavy load.

The bin for the stuff you want to keep should be full of things, objects, possessions that you often wear or use. Be honest and as much as possible, harsh. If you doubt you will use those ski goggles this year or the next, throw them out or at least donate them. Do not keep them.

Stained garments, clothes that no longer fit you, things that are broken could be thrown out. If you haven’t used them last year or the year before that, why would you use them now?