Addicted to Organizing!

DISASTER HITS!!!

Maybe you don't see what I see in the above picture but I see DISASTER!!!! Clothes are thrown everywhere, nothing is in it's place, the bed is not made, my purse is lying on the floor instead of on the desk, my make up is spread everywhere...my oh my!! It is a mess...

However, I have been spending days thinking about "spring" cleaning my room. I lie in my bed at night thinking about where I should move things, what project to start with, and what things I must get rid of! I absolutely love love love cleaning and organizing! Some people spend money on organizing books. People tell them how to sort and separate things, how to keep your house clutter free ect. I laugh at these books! I was born with the gift at organizing and sometimes forget that other people don't see things the way I do. I really don't have any secrets, most things I come up with on my own, but I will share with you two tips that I live by!

1- Invest in some good plastic organizers. I LIVE BY THESE! I have some for my makeup, my underwear, socks, camis ect. I have storage bins that are labeled with the contents that are inside. ( Save your bins! Don't right in permanent marker, type it up and tape it on the bin!!) Also, I use simple things that are found around my home to store things in. I have a cup that holds all of my makeup brushes and a champagne glass that holds my over sized jewelry! Keep it simple :-)

2- Besides seasonal items, if it hasn't been worn or used in 6 months THROW IT OUT!!! If you haven't used in the past 6 months, you will not use it again! Now I know there are exceptions like holiday items or baby items that you know you will use, but that sweater that hangs in your closet that you are saving because you may wear it sometime...get rid of it. You won't use it! I promise you won't! Every 6 months I go through my closet and give away bags and bags of clothes and trust me I always find things to wear! I also use this practice with shoes, purses, perfumes, and lotions. Certain things just take up so much room and collect dust so don't keep them either throw them away or give them away!


So those are the two tips that i followed when cleaning out my closest... here is the after picture of my closet...
I know it doesn't look organized but the bottom cubbies house my pjs to the right are my dress shirts and my summer dresses. My underwear and socks are stored in the blue bin, the pink basket holds my winter gear, next to my blue bin is my new sweater organizer. I have them sorted by the ones I use the most.
The other half of my closet holds all of my hooded sweat shirts, my skirts, and my 6 winter coats :-) I have a slight obsession with organizing my hooded sweatshirt by color...

So that is what consumed my day. I must say that I think I own a ton of clothes! Sadly, I didn't even show you my other dressers..yes I said dressers because I have more than one! Oh my!! The only way that I can keep all of my clothes is to continual stay organized!! Give it a try, you may find that it is fun and slightly addicting!!