Spring Closet Cleaning: 14 Ideas From Professional Organizers

By Chandni Jhunjhunwala
Experts share their best insider tips to get your closet in shape for spring.
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1. Divide and Conquer
“I've worked hands-on with so many clients and they all tell me the same thing -- they tend to pull everything out of their closets and then they run out of time and they push it all back in, which makes it worse than it was to begin with. So my suggestion to them is to divide and conquer. On a Saturday morning do your shoes, at other times do your slacks. People have told me that breaking it up into small projects has changed their life."
-- Mary Pankiewicz, professional organizer and author of Clutter-Free & Organized

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I do think one should be ready for a long stay in the closet. I have to share mine with my husband and he does not have as many clothes as I do but I need to clean the closet out once a year because I do not fit into my clothes yearly so, unfortunately, I take it all out and try on my pieces of clothing and then match up tops and skirts, shorts, etc. so I can grab the set and run knowing it fits when needed. My husband just has pants and shirts hanging in groups. This makes it easy for us both.

By puppyeyes, on 03/26/2009

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