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Too much stuff
A few years back, I was working with an organizing client to downsize her clothes closets … Yes, I said closets. She had two houses a 5-minute drive from each other and would store her winter clothes in one and summer clothes in the other. She had a wide variety of pieces but when is having too much stuff a problem?
In the case of this client, these homes were older and had VERY limited closet space. Storing in the basement is not an option. That did not stop me from suggesting it was time to get rid of quite a few pairs of pants because she just had too much stuff all over the place.
Tip #1: Quick Purge
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So we were re-reviewing her summer clothes (Tip #1: always do an initial purge then do a second one once you start finding permanent locations) and we counted 24 pairs of summer pants.
So my question readers is: How many pairs of pants are ENOUGH?
My opinion is this: 3 casual pants (pick your favourite colours); 2 black dress pants, 2 navy dress pants, one white and one beige. That is more than enough if you have skirts and dresses to fill in the gaps.
You always have to take into consideration how you wear your clothes. Are you in a office environment, is that office casual most of the time or business formal? Do you have mainly a casual wardrobe? Do you just need a few fun and dressy pieces for the occasional girls-night-out or dinner with the hubby?
Tip #2: Casual vs. Work
Tip # 2: Evaluate what you need the most from your wardrobe and proportion it accordingly. Say 60-40 or 30-70. Make sure that you don’t have too much of an item just because you love them – like 24 summer pants for example 🙂
Tip #3: One in One out
Tip # 3: The Professional Organizers’s Golden Rule: When one thing comes in, something must go out.
Less is always MORE when it comes to clothes.
Take the time to thin your wardrobe out and keep ONLY what brings you joy and makes you look FABULOUS! Seriously…
FAB -U – LOUS.
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