{"id":1870,"date":"2012-01-25T05:01:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T12:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1870"},"modified":"2012-08-22T23:17:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T05:17:46","slug":"declutter-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colourfulpalate.com\/?p=1870","title":{"rendered":"Declutter Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Our<\/p>\n

This year is detox year. Not for me. It\u2019s detox time for the house!<\/p>\n

My Mom, sister, and I decided that we were going declutter the entire house. As you can see, it\u2019s big. The decluttering will probably take a year. At least.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, we started our big project a couple months ago and we\u2019ve donated bags and bags of items to Salvation Army. We’ve thrown out tons of stuff. We have organized and sorted, and yet, we still feel we have lots to do!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re tidy people. We don\u2019t like messes or clutter, but somehow\u2026in a house as big as ours, things get stowed away in corners and you forget about it. My Grandparents stored their things here when they downsized their place. Things get old and not used. Suddenly, you realize how much stuff you really do have!<\/p>\n

More stuff = more stress.<\/p>\n

I HATE extra things. I hate clutter. If you don\u2019t use it in such and such a time, it has to go. That\u2019s my philosophy. Then I got to my closet. Wow. I didn\u2019t realize.<\/p>\n

\"Organize<\/p>\n

I realize it\u2019s not perfect. I still need to get rid of some extra clothes. I would like to get pretty baskets for the top shelf\u2026maybe figure out a better system\u2026but I think it\u2019s a lot better!<\/p>\n

I also like to organize my clothes in a rainbow style. Whites to greys \u2013 greys to browns \u2013 browns to orange \u2013 oranges to yellows\u2026and so on. It keeps me feeling<\/em> organized anyway and helps me put together outfits.<\/p>\n

\"Rainbowize<\/p>\n

My shelves were horrendous. If any of you have a brilliant idea for my shelves, please let me know\u2026it gets messy so quickly!<\/p>\n

\"Organize<\/p>\n

Thankfully, after sorting through more clothes and donating, I had a tad more room. A tad. If I get any new clothes, I try to get rid of one item in my closet at the same time. I store sleeveless tops on the top shelf, workout wear on the second, and tee-shirts on the third.<\/p>\n

I even went through my jewelry collection. I gave away a lot of it and just kept the stuff I liked.<\/p>\n

\"Jewlery<\/p>\n

I store it in a craft organization box according to colour. It\u2019s easy to find what matches what that way.<\/p>\n

My challenge to you is to organize your closet this month\u2026maybe donate some clothes you never wear\u2026buy a shoe rack\u2026organize your jewelry.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re really serious about decluttering your life, you might want to try a serious challenge! I found this calendar<\/a> (pdf format) on My Simpler Life<\/a> and it gives you a small, doable challenge every day of the year (except Sunday) to declutter the house! It\u2019s amaaazing! One of the recent projects it \u201ctold\u201d us to do was to organize our spice drawer and throw away the old ones. So it\u2019s little projects like that, throughout the whole year, that add up to a big difference! You totally need to check it out (or you can buy a pretty calendar for it here<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

Happy organizing!<\/p>\n

P.S. I will be having a little mini-series on organizing in the next month or two\u2026the next one focuses on the fridge! Let me know if you have any great ideas for that one\u2026and I\u2019ll include your thoughts in that post!<\/p>\n

How do you organize your closet? Do you have any decluttering projects on the go?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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