New House Part II

I am making headway on making my home feel like a "new house". I have cleaned out everyones closet and all of our dressers and I feel sooo much better! I got rid...scratch that...I am going to get rid of a ton of stuff. Right now it is all sorted into piles-sell, donate, keep for next season (the kids only-I was able to fit all of my clothes, both seasons, into my closet! yeah!), and trash and they are all over my house. But I do feel I have made much progress in simplifying our clothing situation. It will feel even better when all the piles are gone. I am going to carry the trash out to the garage for hubby to sort through to decide what he wants to use for shop rags and then he can burn the rest. I have bagged up everything I am going to donate and plan to drop them off very soon (I think I will go ahead and put them in the back of the van), and everything else that I plan to sell....well, it is going to have to sit here for a while until we can get Gram's garage cleaned out to have a garage sale.



I am so excited about my closet being cleaned out!! (Isn't it amazing how little it takes to excite me.) I actually got it done yesterday. When hubby got home from work last night I couldn't wait to show him. Needless to say he wasn't nearly as excited as I was but he did smile and nod his head in approval. What more can I ask. So I thought I would share the details with you all! I have drastically downsized my clothes. I have kept 7 everyday/casual fall & winter shirts and a couple of fleece pullovers to keep me warm when I am cutting wood in the freezing temps (plus a handful of ratty ol' t-shirts that I live in when I am at home because our house is very warm thanks to cutting wood in freezing temps) and I kept 4 casual summer shirts (because I am mainly at home during the summer...again living in ratty ol' t-shirts and shorts). In the way of dressy/church/substitute teacher clothes, I kept about 12 winter outfits and 5 summer outfits with a couple of extra interchangeable tops. I also have a few holiday (Christmas, Halloween,etc.) tops. Our closet is by no means large but my dear hubby is a t-shirt and jeans kinda guy all of which are kept in a chest of drawers so he takes up very little of my precious closet space with just a few of his dress shirts and 1 pair of slacks.




All of my good outfits and holiday wear (sounds funny) are on the top row...along with hubby's few items.

Here are my good jeans and capri's (top row)

and work jeans and a place where my sweats will be(bottom row)...right now I am wearing 1 pair and the other is on the bed waiting to be put away.

All of my casual shirts are to the right of these shelves on a low rod.

I have a drawer for my ratty ol' t-shirts & shorts and one for p.j.'s.

I have have the neatest little lingerie chest-thing with two doors that open and three little drawers that slide out to keep all of my unmentionables in.



Pretty much all of my clothes are washed and put in the proper place and it feels wonderful!

Thanks for letting me share my excitement with you!! I would share some details of the kids clothes drastic downsizing put I am just too worn out right now and I need to move some piles because we will leave for church in a little bit and I am subbing the next 2 days so I had better get this done while I am still "in the zone"!