Day 16

Clean – Wardrobe

Today we are sorting through the wardrobe, giving it a good clean, declutter and if you haven’t done so it may also be a good time to put away your out of season clothes.  I keep all my winter clothes in storage tubs at the top of the wardrobe as we don’t need jeans, jumpers or trackpants through the hot summer months.  Now everybody has different types of wardrobe, such as cupboards or walk ins so please adapt this cleaning task to suit yours.

Below is the general cleaning checklist:

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Declutter – Your clothes

When you look into your wardrobe can you easily find a piece of clothing or is it jam packed?

• Remove any items that need repairing, if you have time place them in a mending pile, if you don’t have time then consider if it’s worth getting it repaired professionally or give to charity for somebody that may have time
• Have you worn it in the past 12-18 months? No, then consider donating it to charity
• Does it still fit?  Too big, great work! Donate it to charity you don’t need them anymore!  Too small, if you are trying hard to return back to that size then place these items (not all as you need incentive) in a storage container in the top of your cupboard to make enough room for the clothes that fit you now.
• Purge if you don’t like how it looks or makes you feel.

A fun way I determine if I have not worn anything for a period of time is turn the coathangers, find more details here

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Organise – Wardrobe 

Now that you have cleaned and decluttered your wardrobe take some time to organise it. Straighten up the piles of folded clothes, sort your clothes into like items such as dresses, tops, good pants, casual pants etc this will make it easier to find things.

This is my hubby’s side

To keep the shelves organised I created labels to make sure all clothes were put back where they belong.  These clothes labels are available in my shop as an instant download, you get pink and blue in the one pack, only $2.95.

I fold all my pants and gym clothes and hang all my singlets, shirts and dresses.  I keep spare toothbrushes, cotton buds, ladies products, etc in the 3 baskets.

These are the plastic tubs that I keep all our season clothes in… as well as all things christmas.  

I also keep my jewellery in the wardrobe, read here how I organise my jewellery

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New Habit – One in one out

If you find it hard to part with your clothing consider the one in one out rule we discussed a few days ago, this is also relevant to clothes.

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5 Minutes Only – Tidy kids bedrooms

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DOWNLOAD

Print the daily sheet and checklists to keep for reference while you are completing the above tasks.

• DAY 16 DAILY TASK SHEET – file behind ‘Daily Task’ divider – click to download.
• Use the general room clean checklists you have already printed

Please share your progress in the comments below