My Minimal Closet

Welcome back!!!!
Today I’m going to break down my minimalist closet!

I wish I knew how many pieces of clothing I had before I started decluttering. I had a full closet, two dressers and a hangy thing full of clothes! Here’s a picture of a AFTER decluttering from about two years ago.

Say it with me. YIKES. I didn’t wear 90% of this stuff. 

Half of it didn’t fit. Some of it wasn’t in good shape. Then there’s some stuff I just didn’t want to get rid of yet. It took me forever to get dressed because I didn’t know what fit, and if it did I had no idea what I could wear with it... and if I did I didn’t know where it was! 

Now that I am completely finished with my closet I want to show you how I got my closet to where it is now. 

Step one: make two piles 

One donate, one throw away 

Step two: start pulling items out, if it doesn’t fit put it in the donate pile

If it has stains put it in the trash pile.

(If either of these things apply to a item it has to go)

Step three: do you love it? No? Then donate it. 

You aren’t going to wear it. 

Step four : decide how many of certain pieces that you need 

( I have less than 40)

Ex: I own 4 skirts. One black, two denim, one printed 

Tops: I have 3. Yes. 3. They are solid colors so I can wear them with any of my skirts. 

I have A few solid dresses that I switch kimonos out with. ( i have about 10 of those but I justify it because they are what makes my outfits in the summer!)

I prefer quality over quantity. These pieces are more expensive but since I paid more for them I know I’m going to wear them.  This is why you’ve seen me get a few new packages the last few weeks.

It took time to build this. 

so now when I get dressed  it’s easy for me to decide what I want to wear. 

 This is my entire wardrobe. I have several boutique brands, Anthropologie, spell and free people. They give me all my “boho vibes”.

I try to find items I can throw a sweater over and wear in the fall/winter or wear by itself in the   warmer months! 

My closet got the way that it was because of my shopping habits. I wasn’t spending  a ton of money on every item. I was shopping at thrift stores and yard sales. If I liked it just a little bit I would grab it and throw it in my closet. You 👏🏻 Dont👏🏻Need👏🏻That👏🏻Stuff👏🏻 Save your money. Buy something you love. If you do enjoy bargain shopping make sure you love it. Are you willing to get rid of one of your pieces for it? Try the one in-one out technique. If you don’t love it enough to get rid of something at home, don’t get it. This helped me a lot!

Happy Wednesday Friends! 🦋🌈