And while Googling sustainable alternatives to sending bags of clothes to the landfill, I learned about H&M’s textile recycling program! I had about 50 pounds of clothes not up to donation standards (clothes with holes, stains, stretched out elastic, or old undergarments). Here’s how I learned about this amazing resource:
Okay, so are you ready for me to blow your mind?ĭid you know that any H&M clothing store will recycle your old textiles in exchange for a store discount?! Thanks to my friend Shauna-na for that hot tip! Juniper was my buddy the day I visited two local re-sale shops here in Orlando, FL that buy clothes for cash: Plato’s Closet & Style Encore, which happen to be right next-door to one another in Waterford Lakes. textile recycling: 50 pounds of clothes deposited in H&M’s textile recycling bin.donations: 3 huge trash bags donated to The Salvation Army.selling clothes for cash: 16 items sold at resale shops here in Orlando, FL.I feel a weight lifted, and in big part, it was a physical weight lifted: I probably clocked about 10 hours of closet decluttering total, and my guess is that I cut my entire wardrobe in half. woven cotton rope basket (for girls’ dress-up gear).large beige zipper storage bins (long-term storage cont.handwoven storage baskets (long-term storage: winter gear, costumes, maternity).
Once again, if you are curious about any of the bins, totes, or organizers from the “before & after” photos, everything is linked up in my Amazon storefront HERE, including: Hooray for breathing room! CLOSET ORGANIZATION SUPPLIES And I moved my punny Halloween costumes to the wardrobe in our bedroom. But both sections were cut down considerably. My coats and dresses are on Mark’s side of the closet, which I decided not to picture here for his privacy. (There’s nothing so motivating as needing to sort through your clothes in order to have a place to sleep at night, amiright?) TIME TO DECLUTTERĪnd so, last week in a rare burst of decluttering energy, I made a mountain of my clothes on our bed. I had even started to feel like “I have nothing to wear,” which of course was NOT true in a closet packed to the gills. And I was out of drawer space, so stacks of clothes towered precariously on shelves. I could barely see the clothes I had, they were packed so tightly. Our closet is ginormous compared to all the closets I’ve had before (even my childhood Thinking Closet!), and yet it felt oppressively full. But I was long overdue for another pass at my closet. Holding an object in my hands while pondering, “Does this spark joy?” was a paring-down process that just plain worked for me.
I first used Marie Kondo’s “kon-mari method” to declutter our home 6 years ago after reading her masterpiece, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Our walk-in closet went from feeling like the most oppressive room in our home to the most peaceful–so much so that I’m wanting to add a sitting chair in there. * This post contains included Amazon affiliate links for your convenience.
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