Hey my friends welcome back to Simple Happy Zen, it's Vera here. So a little bit of a different setting today
We are standing in front of my closet because today we are going to do a minimalist wardrobe declutter.
And I'm going to KonMari my wardrobe.
I actually do a decluttering session at the end of summer and
always at the end of winter. And that's how I kind of keep track of all my stuff and make sure my home stays clutter free.
Now with my wardrobe, I actually skipped the decluttering session at the end of winter and that is something that I now regret.
Because it's definitely necessary. I didn't even get that many new clothes
But I bought some
last year in the fall in November and then I got some new things a
couple of weeks ago kind of in preparation for this summer. And I realized that my closet is just way too full with stuff
I'm not happy with how it looks. And it's just way too much to keep everything clean and organized and looking like
neat and nice.
So I've just been really feeling these decluttering jitters and I really want to tackle my wardrobe today with you guys.
I'm gonna get everything out of here.
Like I always do.Aand I'm gonna show you my entire process
and also how I decide which items I'm getting rid of. So stay tuned.
So in the Netherlands, we don't have a lot of built-in storage space in our homes typically. So we don't really have like built-in
closets, or like linen closets or walk-in closets to store our clothing.
We have to actually go out and buy furniture to store our clothing in. So that's kind of the deal here.
We keep all our clothing in this one closet. So summer, winter, special occasion, sportswear, pajamas
Everything is in here. And this side is all mine
And that side is my boyfriend's. Everything we own is in here, which does make it easier.
You can tell it's a really big closet in our bedroom and when we bought this
I thought it would be nice to have it there because this is a one bedroom apartment.
And so we had to store a lot of our stuff
actually behind this closet. And we didn't want to have to look at it from this side of the room all the time.
So we bought this closet to store our clothes.
But also it's kind of like a room partition. To keep everything looking neat from this side.
But as you can tell, it's actually been a little bit different lately.
Because there is not a lot of stuff here anymore.
Actually, it's only one chair and a box with my yoga stuff and my meditation stuff.
So since there is not a lot to keep out of sight here anymore, we are considering getting rid of this closet altogether.
All right, my friends let's get started with decluttering this closet.
All right, I got out everything for my closet and it's now empty.
It always looks so much more piled up on the bed like this.
It's kind of scary looking but I'm also really excited to go through it and just declutter the KonMari out of it.
So, I've got the hanging part hanging now. And the way that I organized it is not so much by color but by category.
Since I keep all my clothes in here summer, winter
different types.
I find it personally to make more sense to
hang them by category instead of by color . Because if I do color
then it might be the case that I will have like a summer top
next to a winter sweater. And for me, that doesn't really make sense.
So the way I organized it is dresses first
Then like summer tops, then blouses, first
Short-sleeved and then long-sleeve blouses, and then t-shirts, and then sweaters, and then vests.
So I was able to get rid of a lot of clothing so I'm really happy with it. It's actually this whole pile.
It's really heavy by the way
It's a really heavy pile of clothing that I'm going to be
donating. And I did keep count and I decided to let go of 14 pieces of clothing and
the ones in my closet are now
36 items left. So there were fifty and now it's down to
36 for all the seasons so I'm kind of happy with that.
Alright, so let's walk through the items.
I have, I think, two pairs of jeans, or maybe three
I think there's three, one more somewhere in here.
So I have three pairs of jeans here that I'm getting rid of. This dark blue one, this dark grey one
and
this
lighter one
Actually, these have holes in them where they're not supposed to be holes in jeans.
So I cannot safely wear these anymore. So these jeans did not spark joy in any way and they're also just
really worn out. So it's time to let these go and since there are holes in them
I don't know if I can actually donate these or if I have to recycle them.
So that's just something that I'm going to look up.
Because I don't know I don't think these can be donated if they have holes in them.
So these will probably end up getting recycled instead. And then I have this jeans this dark gray one also
very uncomfortable very unflattering, you know, my body does change over the course of the years.
I've had these pairs these three pairs of jeans for years and my body has changed a little bit.
They're just not very flattering anymore and they don't spark joy for me. I haven't worn these in a really long time.
So it is time to let these pairs of jeans go. Next item of clothing is this dress.
It's actually like a fake suede dress with like fringes. It's kind of like
Pocahontas dress that I actually really liked myself to wear.
But this I've worn this maybe four years in the summer in a row and
right now the shape has kind of changed
because of laundry I think.
Again, this is not flattering for me anymore. So even though I still really like the dress, I last summer
I hardly wore it and this summer, I don't think I will ever wear it.
So this is going to be donated. Then we have this dress. I really still like it.
It is kind of like a little black dress and it has like a really cute train in the back
I don't know if you can see. But it's just a really cute dress and it has like this zipper here.
But I actually have two little black dresses that I both like. Only this one
I like a little bit less than the other one. So what ends up happening? I'm only wearing the other one.
So that's kind of a shame.
This is going to be donated because it's taking up space and I'm not wearing it. Because I like the other one a little bit
better. And then we have this dress. This is actually an office dress.
It looks really big right now on camera, but it's not that big.
It's actually kind of tight-fitting. That I wore when I started my job as a project manager in this really big company.
I actually got a lot of like office clothes for that job because I was used to wearing more casual
wear when it comes to my job. But when I started to work at that company I felt a little underdressed.
Because you know the office culture was a little bit different there.
So I got a few office clothes to wear and I haven't really worked at an office job for a long time like that.
So I decided to leave that corporate world behind I still have this dress left.
There are actually a few other clothes that I already got rid of, but this dress I've kept around because it's actually
kind of flattering and it does really look good on me.
So I didn't want to let it go.
But to be honest, I don't see where I could ever wear this type of dress again.
I don't see this setting it's just way too formal for
going, you know out on the town.
Or just my regular everyday clothes. I do like to wear dresses. I have a few of them back there that I kept.
But this one I'm just not really wearing anymore because I don't really work at that kind of job anymore.
So this is going to get donated as well. Alright, next up we have this like boyfriend
what do you call this, like a shirt. And
I this actually smells so good. Let me tell you.
I bought this a couple years ago. I actually don't really make a lot of mistakes when it comes to buying clothing.
But this one was, I have to say honestly, it was kind of a mistake.
Because it did cost a little bit more because I was just in love with the fabric
I was in love with the color and it's just something that I would never wear, this boyfriend type
shirt where it's just really oversized.
I didn't know how to combine this with the clothes that I already had.
My rule is then, to not buy it, or to ask the staff of the store, you know for some advice.
I didn't do that this time. I bought it anyway, and you know, surprise surprise, I don't wear this at all.
So I kept it around because I still really liked it and I wanted to try if I could see
some sort of way where I could actually wear this with confidence and make it work. It hasn't happened yet.
So I need to just take my losses on this one and donate it.
Next we have two t-shirts that I did wear a lot.
Both both of them and
It is time to let them go because I have too many t-shirts and I just decided to keep my favorites.
These did not make the cut. Next I have this sweater, which I still really ...
I still really love this is just really worn out. I wore this for years and years and years
I would say I have this in my closet for like eight or nine years. I wore it a lot. It's just worn out.
There's like things sticking out. The shape is really has really changed a lot. It doesn't look flattering on me anymore.
So this is just time to say goodbye to an old friend that I got a lot of use and joy out of. And then
we have this vest also light pink, you can kind of see a pattern here
I have to say. This one is also one that I have like maybe four or five or maybe even six years.
Gotten a lot of use out of it, but I have two and I just really like the other one, the gray one, better.
So that one went into my closet, this one is going out.
I still like it, but I just know that I'm only going to keep wearing the gray one because I like that one better.
So this has gotten a lot of use out of it.
I did, you know, enjoy it a lot but now it's time to let it go. And lastly we have this sweater
that makes me look ginormous and at the time I thought it was flattering because I
was in a phase where I would only buy things that are really wide.
But it does not look flattering. Let me tell you. So this is going to be donated.
Alright, thank you so much for joining me in my minimalist wardrobe declutter video.
I hope you guys enjoyed it and I hope it inspires you to tackle
maybe your clothes as well.
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