How to Clean Your Closet in Less than 30 Minutes

A cluttered cabinet can be a frightening location.

Confession: occasionally it takes me 20 minutes to find an ensemble in my cupboard since I can not find what I am looking for. Literally. I can not find it. Hamper? Closet? Ah, might also be the exact same thing.

Ultimately though, I cleaned my cupboard (the instance of the missing red pump–which turned out to be in the closet all together –was my breaking point). To receive it clean super quickly (hey, we’re busy folks here in TBF, plus I’d much rather be writing than cleaning a cupboard any day of the week)I gave myself the challenge of doing it in under half an hour.

Here’s the low-down on how it can be done.

Closet Cleaning 101

1. Quickly Toss Anything Stained and Not Heard from the Past Year(5 Min)

Okay, I’m going to quote Michael Jackson’s”Man in the Mirror” (yes, it is relevant and yes, there’s a minor lyric tweak):”Take a look at yourself cupboard and then make a change.”

Seriously, give your cupboard a nice look, then get rid of the crap pronto. Be quickly about it; don’t overthink”But that really is actually the blouse Aunt Susie got me after her cataract operation.” If a cardi nevertheless has shoes or tags are in a box, out of the closet and into. Raid that cupboard and don’t look back.

2. Eliminate the Stuff That Can Not Below (5 Minutes)

The next portion of the goes beyond clothes. I’m accountable for stashing anything BUT clothing (flatiron, Febreze, suntan cream, Swiffer refills) in my closet. So, I eventually put those things under the sinkin other words. Anything that was so ridiculous or way out of year (um, Rudolph slippers, that falls into both categories) went to bin 2, ready for the attic or under the mattress

3. Reorganize What is Left (10 Minutes)

I’m a big believer (now anyway) of putting things where they belong. Undies belong in drawers, not on floors (sounds like a bumper sticker — not one I’d really use, but still). Jeans should be folded with jeans, blouses hung next to blouses. Don’t worry about getting matchy-matchy and all colour coordinated. Simply focus on putting like things with like things — jeans with jeans, blazers with blazers

After I began shuffling things around, I was astonished (Seriously? My flared jeans were stashed between a bathing suit and a dress? Was a bathing suit there anyhow? Can I even worn it?)

4. Wash the ground ( of your cupboard ) (5 min)

Whether you’ve got a toe-in cupboard or a walk in, tripping bumping or worst of all — shoe-scuffing –is not cool. Don’t forget to check out the floors, not only the stuff hanging. It sounds clear, but I’ve done it a million times before. That forgotten sandal–you know, the one half tucked from the ankle of capris–a pocketbook, a belt… I was shocked to find a lot of”missing” things on the ground.