New year closet clean-out: a plan you can finish in short sessions

New year closet clean-out: a plan you can finish in short sessions

The short version

• A · keep
• B · move to another room
• C · donate or recycle

Sort one shelf at a time into piles, then measure the space you freed up.

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This new year closet clean-out happens in short sessions, one shelf or one rod at a time, so the room stays usable while you work.

The last step is to measure the space you freed up, so any new storage is chosen for the closet you now have.

1. Pick one zone for each session

   Choose one shelf, one rod or one section of the floor. Take everything in that zone out and put it on the bed so you can see it all at once.

2. Sort into four piles

   Keep what you wore in the past year and want to keep wearing, including clothes for other seasons. Move what belongs in another room. Donate what is in good shape and no longer fits your life. Recycle or toss what cannot be used.

3. Put back only the Keep pile

   Return what you are keeping to the same zone, grouped by type. Take the Move pile to its room the same day so it does not come back.

4. Measure the space you freed up

   Before you shop for bins, dividers or a new system, measure the empty width, depth and height in each zone. Write the numbers on a sketch of the closet. That sketch is what you compare with each maker's dimensions.