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In this video I'm going to share some tips on organizing your closet the KonMari way.
The KonMari way is a method of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo.
She wrote this book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
You can check out this video where I go into detail on her method of how to tidy,
but in this video I'm going to share just the tips on the clothes specifically:
how to organize your clothes the way Marie Kondo teaches it.
The first tip is a very significant part of the KonMari method
and it's to fold your clothes vertically and store them vertically in your drawers so that
you can see everything at once glance.
You should fold whatever clothes can be folded
because folded clothes take up less space and it gives you more room.
If you guys are interested you can check out my videos on how I fold my clothes the KonMari
way.
The second tip is to hang up clothes that look happier when hung up.
So these are probably your very airy pieces that look better when it's on a hanger,
as well as your structured or heavy pieces like your coats and jackets.
Alright the next tip is the one that I found most interesting, and it's to organize your
closet
so that it rises to the right.
It will make you happier when you look at it
because it's going in a positive direction.
So whether or not you believe that's true,
I just thought it was a very fun thing to try out.
What you do is put your long and heavy items
to the left and your lightweight and shorter items to the right.
So it would be:
jackets, coats, dresses, pants, blouses, skirts, and whatever, crop tops or something.
Similarly you should organize your drawer so that the darker shades
are in the back and the lighter shades are in the front.
The next tip is to make sure that you've removed all your labels, tags, hanging thingies,
from your clothes, because you want to make sure your clothes look comfortable
and broken into your closet.
When you keep the clothes in the packaging from when you bought it,
you kind of leave them in this state as if they were still in the store
and they don't quite belong to you yet.
Do you notice that once you cut off the tag
or take off the sticker, the piece of clothing feels like it's yours?
Marie Kondo tells you to do this to all of your clothing and not to leave any tags or
things around
because those are distracting and they just don't make your closet feel like you.
The next tip is to utilize old shoeboxes.
Use shoeboxes and put them in your drawer
to further organize and separate your little things.
This is especially useful
for socks or underwear and little accessories and things like that.
Marie Kondo also recommends to save the shoebox lids to use as trays
in the kitchen to hold like salt and pepper and stuff in the cabinets.
The next tip is to store your bags in your bags.
So instead of stuffing tissue or old t-shirts
to keep a bag's shape, you can put a smaller bag into a big bag and fit bags into bags
as long as you don't overflow it.
It's a great way to save space and also keep your bags in shape.
And lastly, remember to keep it super simple.
It's so much better to keep everything in one place.
Instead of scattered in different rooms and spots throughout the house,
just so you can keep track of your stuff at all times.
Alright that's it!
I hope these tips helped you a little bit on your journey to organizing your closet.
If you haven't watched my original "How to Tidy" video, you should watch it right now
so that you can learn how to properly tidy the KonMari way,
and how to go in the right order of the different categories.
I will be coming out
with a closet tour video soon, showing how I organize my closet the KonMari way.
This is a big journey and it takes a long time to sort through all your stuff,
but once you can discard your unwanted things and keep only that which you love,
and organize it beautifully in your closet space, you're going to feel so good and so
fresh.
I promise you.
Happy tidying, keep going, good luck.
And I'll see you guys in the next one.
Bye!