Closet Clutter

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A disorganized closet can be the worst place for clutter. It’s already smaller than a proper room and it typically has more items per square foot than any living space.

Cloe Cabrera of The Tampa Tribune lamented the fact that her walk-in closet had lost its “walk-in” feature and she shared her struggle to get it organized. She sought help from Lorrie Marrero of The Clutter Diet.

Organizing “is difficult because it’s about making decisions,” she said. “Every single thing you touch when you organize requires a decision: Keep? Toss? Donate? Sell?”

It’s also difficult because a lot of those decisions are influenced by fear and guilt, she said: “What if I need this later?” or “I can’t believe I spent so much money on this!” or “I don’t want to be wasteful.”

And at the core of all the clutter is procrastination. The longer you put it off, the worse it becomes.

It’s like dieting, she said. “Just as crash dieting doesn’t work, neither does crash organizing. Getting organized requires making lifestyle changes and then maintaining those changes.”

Cloe goes on to share the tips she learned from Lorrie and cleaned-up her closet in two weekends.

We recently installed a new closet organizer from www.easyclosets.com (separate post forthcoming). We know it will improve our closet space but keeping these tips in mind will help keep it organized.