Cleaning out the Clothes

My side of the closet - but his side looked just as bad.

I was excited to see the challenge of the week from Simple Mom blog.

I actually had done this for my clothes a few weeks ago.

But I was wanting to do it with my hubby.  He hasn’t gone through his clothes in at least 7 years (since we moved to this house)  His clothes were overflowing from the closet and the dresser.  I didn’t have any place to put his clean clothes, so I would put them on the dresser, but then sometimes he would end up putting them back in the wash because he wasn’t sure what was clean.

The top of his dresser - on a good day!

I had been talking up the idea for the few weeks since I had done it and was really encouraging him to do it.  He finally did and I am so happy with the results.

A 17 year old shirt. Took a picture to save the memory and then gave it away!

It had taken me about 1.5 hours to go through my things.  It took him 4 to go through all his clothes.  He tried on almost every piece and really thought about things.

Sorted piles of his clothes - this is the maybe pile and the T-shirt pile
Give Away Pile - 3 big garbage bags worth

When all was said and done, we had plenty of room to add a closet organizer for his T-shirts, which he hates to have hanging up, his jeans, sweats, etc.  Leaving I was excited about this, because then there would be a space for all of his clean clothes.  No more washing clean things!

So I built and organized the closet cubes and then put those things in it.  We also put the things he kept hanging backwards into his closet, so in 6 months we can see what he has not worn!  (I did this on my side too)

Hanging Clothes
Folded Clothes - with 2 empty spots!!!
Dresser - with no clothes on top - only in drawers

It took way longer than he and I expected, but it was a long time coming and he and I are thrilled!

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  1. I wish I could get my DH to get rid of some of his clothes, but he is in the middle of losing weigh, so I thnk I will have to wait on this. Of course I could go through mine…..

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