10 Ways To Declutter Your Closet | MINIMALISM

[Music] although with chalk Scholes welcome welcome I'm always excited to talk to you guys about minimalism and encouraging you guys to consume less and appreciate more and then also to make one's space more enjoyable more beneficial and in that encourage you to be way more productive and organized so today we're talking about our wardrobe and ways that we can reduce the clutter clear out and just make so much more sense I feel like a lot of people can have a beautiful home and take care of their home really well but like you go to their closet completely different story the closet your wardrobe closet specifically here for a lot of people is a place where you just throw things keep things out of the way and that's not what it should be it should be an enjoyable place that's very functional very organized and have it just do what it is supposed to which is keep your closing so thank you for being here and for watching today's video yes I am that girl at the pixie cut that somehow still loves to wear a scrunchie on her wrist in one of my previous videos I think my last one was my outfits of the week video which you guys loved and I'll link that down below in previous video but y'all were like what are you doing we don't know we don't know what you're up to you pretending you along here and I'm like no I have no shame in admitting this is literally just for fashion like that seriously all it is let's hop into the video thank you guys so much for being here so you do not have to adopt all these things in order to have a nice functional closet for yourself but these are things that I have done to make my closet awesome we are actually going to be redoing our closet because when we moved in it just it didn't work the raw space is about two feet long which easily houses mine and Kern's clothes but I also like to hang a lot of things to dry and I don't have room to hang wet items and give them enough air and space to properly dry so we will be kind of revamping our closet let me know calm down a little you guys want me to vlog that but don't feel like you got do all this stuff maybe just adopting a few of these things into your wardrobe can prove to be very useful and helpful for you so let's get started number one is to nix all trendy pieces and stay true to your own style trends come in and out and you will consume so many items and let go so many and consume so many and let go so many and it's just a very expensive time wasting habit to get into it also clutters up your wardrobe it also makes it less easy to actually get dressed in the morning if you're just bombarded with all these trendy pieces I love having a wardrobe that's very fixed on basics with a few pieces that some may claim as trendy but more specifically is my style that I enjoy wearing that I can wear for years from now so my closet stays a little more consistent and less ever-changing I like to know what is in my closet why it is there and actually be familiar with every single piece right down to a sock of what is in my closet number two is versatility / variety we walk into our closets and we have a variety of items do they fully serve as well maybe yes for some people maybe no for a lot of people I like to invest in really good pieces that are versatile pieces that I can put on 10 different ways it reduces the amount of clutter in my wardrobe these pieces I can use like all year round either by putting on a cardigan or some tights or just having it loose or tying a knot somehow I'm a huge knot person check out my last video girl loves herself some knots and anybody having a variety of items is cool and that's fine but I encourage people to go more for versatility / variety because it's less you get more from it and it is extremely fun and creative to dress yourself every morning number three please NIC's uncomfortable items one of the best things someone told me I like seriously ever beyond the Word of God because nothing can touch that no one cares what your rank like no one actually cares what you're wearing if you're wearing something that's scratching your eyes but your this is in like people love the stuff people don't care they don't like who does if this piece does something really good for you and makes you feel awesome all power to you but do not wear anything for others especially again uncomfortable items get rid of everything that's too tight too yucky you feel uncomfortable in it or itself makes you feel uncomfortable these are items that could hurt you physically mentally emotionally because actually those items totally do exist and they play with us and it's just bad rid yourself of all uncomfortable items make your wardrobe something you want to put yourself in and all your pieces all your pieces should be like that number four is items you have not worn in the past year excluding specialty items because there are certain items may be a very very fancy dress or ski pants that maybe you don't even wear yearly but every couple years you pull them out and it's nice to have I think we can hold on to things and be like we're gonna we're gonna work we're gonna wait and then we just don't it's time for you to let go of those items that you just haven't worn in the past year that yes you have had opportunity to you still haven't gone ahead and actually done so number five is what I like to call the luxury loss those items that you spent so much money on so it could be something you really thought through and you were like I'm gonna save up for this I'm gonna buy it or it could be items that you just kind of bought on a whim anything that just it has a hefty expensive price tag and you're holding on to it because of that price tag it's time to donate it or sell it just let it go it's taking up space you don't like it you don't use it it's uncomfortable it's not exactly what you thought it would be you know exactly what I'm talking like even me talking to you now like you know exactly you're even thinking right now if that piece that's like I never wear I don't use it I don't use it enough it's not really my favorite but I keep it because I paid X amount of dollars for it let it go rid yourself of the item someone else is going to like it if not to love it and that's how we have to look at things everything that we take out of our house most people are gonna want to bring to their houses because they enjoy it do it for yourself do it for someone else number six unflattering bras we're talking to the ladies like the amount of ladies that don't know the bra size don't even really have like a favorite like bra brand like we need to just copy intimate with our bras here know your size know your favorite brands your go twos and let it be easy I get dressed and Lauren I don't even have to think about the bra that I'm gonna put on because I have a small selection of Ross and I just love and adore them all and they're all extremely flattering and do me some good my favorite bras are NYX we're Lively I want to happen to some organic basics bras because I hear nothing but good things about them Le'Veon Rose sells an amazing strapless bra invest in awesome bras and start kind of taking care of your ladies and do them some good it's gonna make getting dressed easier it's gonna make you more comfortable throughout the day if you have an uncomfortable broth please get rid if you have an underwire bra get rid it don't don't no no no next number seven items that just don't fit items that are too big or too small or items that fit you in some places but not in others either tailor those items if possible or just get rid of them I think one of the best things you can do for yourself and for your closet is just have it full of items that you can easily put on and that you know fit and that you know you can wear now this tip isn't for everyone I know a lot of people I have friends and family and their weight just really fluctuates their bodies really fluctuate and it's nice for them to have options for different moments of their upcoming life but for people that aren't maybe like me we're just kind of at a standstill and we kind of just always look the same it's good for us to just have clothes that benefit us entirely and then set aside clothes put away clothes donate clothes sell clothes that just don't and that we don't gravitate towards because they don't fit the way we want them to they don't look the way we want them to this is huge and I've had some friends that have been like this is actually life changing like I can go in my closet and I don't have to look I just know I'm so bad snapping hold on exactly what I want too that was so good number eight is rarely worn items like seasonal items again this is a fancy dress this is ski pants these are things I'm not saying to nix out of your wardrobe to fully get rid of like I said in number four I was not counting seasonal items or things that you don't wear often but here if you have seasonal items I'm thinking more sports stuff maybe more like ski snowboarding gear CD suits like the full water weight encompasses wetsuit things those things you probably don't need to keep them in your closet but you still need to keep them so find a place in your house if you have space that can accommodate these items a little better maybe in the kind of more seasonal area of your house or a garage or another closet just to make your daily clothes wearing closet more neat and organized and again you walk in and it's easy-peasy you don't have clutter or items you don't wear often in there so take out some seasonal items maybe find another place for them that would suit it a little bit better number 9 this is different for everyone but this is something I am so intense about items that are actually not clothes people that store toys and books and miscellaneous in their closet just don't well you can here's the thing some people find their closet as a great storage system I like to look at my closet as a place where I store clothes period I'll find another storage system some people have a big walk-in closets I don't I have a walk-in closet it's not big though it's like two steps and you're at the end of it yeah it's not there's no like built-in stuff like it's it's very simple anyway so people have very large beautiful built-in walk-in closets a lot of us don't have that type of luxury so we don't have ample amount of storage room for maybe non apparel items and it's great to get all the Pera items things you do not put off your body and put them somewhere else store them somewhere else such as again beasts a lot more sense and make your closet a nice space to go into to look at to get yourself dressed now if you don't honestly if you live in a smaller space like we did previous to this space we did not have a lot of room to store things in ways that made a lot of sense but we just had to put them there because we were tight you could say tight for space make sure that if you do organize things in a closet or another room that they are properly organized things aren't just thrown and stashed they have a place they have a purpose and this is gonna make the most sense for you for where you're at in your life right now lastly number 10 overboard amount of accessories I'd like to stay minimal with the amount of accessories that I have because again I won't get the most use the most wear out of everything that I own and that's very specific to accessories because these are things that are very trendy like things go in and things so people wear these earrings people wear pearl earrings now like people just hop to pop pop I encourage you to stick with a style and a look that is you and not trend focused dress for yourself don't dress for other people because again other people don't care and I mean that in your accessories me I'm a gold person whenever I've gotten a silver type of accessory I give it away because I know I will not wear it and it'll just hang out in my life for way too long and someone else can appreciate it I have a few watches because I wear a watch every single day I have a scrunchie these earrings so these earrings wow that is a crazy piece of hair these earrings you get so many questions about these teeny tiny hoops I wear these almost every single day I got them over 10 years ago from my dad these are one of the best items that I've ever been gifted and because it's from my dad it's even cooler because there's something amazing about a dad giving his daughter really beautiful meaningful jewelry I got I got my little stud that's been in there for years and years and years and my wedding rings and I have another gold ring my necklaces I think I have like three necklaces I do have a couple different pairs of earrings but I just want to stress I wear them all like seriously every single week all my excess there's no accessory in my jewelry box dish that I don't use I use it all of it all of it I just want to encourage you don't have such a huge amount of accessories that you actually just don't go through them and accessories are hard because that you go to the store and you're like I can't afford that shirt I can't afford that check out this accessory is so little and so cute and so inexpensive I'm gonna buy it because retail therapy put put it back step away give yourself some time we make way too many rash purchases that over time do add up and that don't benefit us I think accessories is a huge part in this people get tempted by accessories all the time even just how they're set up like something but like oh my gosh look at that like we're drawn to it accessories those necklaces rings I'm gonna throw shoes in there as well as purses don't have so many of these that you don't cycle through them make sure everything in your wardrobe is well worn well appreciated and I mean this so specifically when it comes to accessories because these pile up very quickly thank you guys for being here and for watching today's video I love filming and shooting minimalism videos and content for you guys and I love that you guys like to watch them too so let me know how to comment down below any more kind of minimalism ideas you want me to talk about or touch on that would be great do subscribe because I'm working on a minimalist mom video where I want to encourage mom's that they can be minimalists or a little more minimal in their everyday life and in their habits and the things that they do to encourage productivity to encourage very beautiful growth in their kids I think it's really great and important and I want to give people the ability to see that this is doable even as a mom but anyway that's gonna be another video so thank you for watching and I'll see you guys in the next video bye

Channel: Sarah Therese

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Length: 14min 16sec (856 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 11 2020