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Create a Working Closet, Part 1: Purge
posted on: 12/16/2010
145 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 7:28 AM
For those of us in climates with extremes (where I live it is HOT in the summer and COLD in the winter) the 6 month rule doesn't apply. A rule that you haven't worn it in the appropriate season works better, i.e. I did not wear these gloves last winter - out they go!
ReplyDelete Good point! I think more than anything, set your own time limits on things. I wouldn't necessarily mean throw out a coat or gloves, that would be silly. But in Texas I can pretty much wear 70% of my closet all year round, so I tend to hoard things for a while. So my time limit is 6-9 months, if I haven't worn it. But of course season's must be taken in account! Great advice, anon.
Also, I should point out that just because I have something for longer than 6 months doesn't mean I throw it out. No way! I hope that the things I buy now can last for years. I just want to make sure that I'm stocking my closet with timeless items, not timed ones.i often cheat and bring my unwanted pieces over to my family's house where it goes into an old closet that i can still access. i tell my sisters they can have whatever they want, but it usually just stays there, waiting for me to come back and reclaim it after a season or two!
my advice would be to get a full length mirror, and dress in all black to try items on and decide what will be kept and what will be purged.
samiI did several purges over the last year. A lot of stuff went to goodwill or my younger (and shorter) sister. I tend to shrink things no matter how I wash them, so my sister hit the jackpot a few months ago when I gave her a bag of laundry accidents to dig through.
I would say, don't forget to go through your shoes in a purge. It's amazing how many pairs of black heels can sneak into your house if you're not careful...Last week I cleaned out my closet for the first time in my life! I donated 16 bags of clothes to goodwill. I love your tips. Thank you! I purged anything that didn't fit, too old, worn out, unflattering, or that I don't plan to wear in the next year. I went through my closet and thought: "Would I wear this piece today?" If the thought was "heck no!" I put it in the donate pile. I realized I was holding on to pieces due to the memory I had while wearing the piece. Clothes aren't memories.
ReplyDeleteI purged my closet last month... well, except not fully. Everything I cleared away went into a couple of bags stuffed into the back! Many could be sold on ebay--but where I am going to find the time! I'd much rather spend it shopping for the new tops, belts, and tights I need!
I do think a good closet can withstand another "box"--in addition to one for "maybes," there needs to be a box for "the next time it comes back in style." My ankle-length skirts from Paris, for instance, are finally stylish again ten years later. Saving the exquisite pieces is a good thing to do.I JUST started doing this last night. I took a literal inventory of what I have and put everything into categories ie. long sweaters, cardigans, blazers. It's so much easier to get dressed in the morning. I have started to do DIY's on certain things I don't want to give away. check me out: www.littleredpurse.blogspot.com
xo LKendi - your acronym PAOSR, reminded me one of my favorite books called the Radical LEAP (love, energy, audacity, proof). Which got me thinking - the story kind of reminds me of all of the recent developments at KendiEveryday. If you ever interested in a unique take on leadership I highly recommend it.
26 and CountingJust yesterday I wrote on my to-do list "closet!!" so this is some perfect timing.
One thing I decided I'm going to do this time is use half the space for work clothes and half the space for other (I'd say normal life for me) clothes. This probably isn't necessary for many people but my work clothes are mostly conservative business attire so the two groups really don't mix!This is great advice. I try to do a major closet clean out once or twice a year - usually once in the warmer months and once in the colder months...then I take everything I don't want and donate it. It's a cleansing process for me - I hate clutter! It also makes me feel good that other people can use what I'm not.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kendi, I'm looking forward to this series! I recently "purged" my clost and ended up donatinf about 60% of my clothing to Goodwill. Before the purge I felt like I had NOTHING to wear. Post-purge, I feel like I have TONS! It's amazing how much it helps to get all the junk out! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteI just reorganized my closet, and I found that it helps me a lot to see my clothes in categories : all of my jackets and cardigans in a section, pullover sweaters and button-ups, casual t-shirts, etc. That way I can look at one section for layering, and another for a plain piece and pair it with whatever bottoms I want. It seems to be helping already! Love your tips as well. I really love getting rid of clothes - it feels like a fresh start!
ReplyDeleteSomething that has been a help for my purging is sharing a closet with my husband! We recently were forced to share since our family is growing but our closet space is not. At first I was dreading it, but it hasn't been bad. It's really forced me to take a hard look at stuff I keep in the closet that I probably shouldn't.
It also helps me to keep a small "memory box" in the attic of sentimental things I can't part with. I always wish my mom hadn't thrown out all her stuff from the 70s so I try to keep a few special things just in case.I am horrible at getting rid of stuff. My parents live 120 miles away so what I do is put all the maybes in a garbage bag and take it to their place. I usually visit once a month or once every two months. I check the bag of maybes after a couple visits and more often than not, I realize I don't miss any of the items. At that point it goes to goodwill. In 2009 I wrote off more than $800 in donations! Nice little tax break :)
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! This goes along with clothes that don't fit, but I've learned to NEVER hang on to clothes for when you lose weight. They just take up space and give you a constant visual reminder to hate your body. Even if it was the best dress ever, get rid of it. There are so many cute clothes constantly being made that when you do lose the weight, you'll have completely forgotten about your old clothes!
ReplyDeleteIf you have storage space, let yourself keep a very few items for nostalgic reasons, but acknowledge that they are memories, not functional parts of your closet. As Aesthetic Alterations says, clothes you bought on Paris are clothes you may regret getting rid of. Trousers and skirts, for instance, go in cycles - something in a neutral color, well made from a quality fabric merits holding onto until the cut, length, or rise comes back into fashion, especially if you are over about 25 and have tended to stay about the same size as an adult. If you have space for a costume box, trendier or wackier clothes that you love may be able to find a home there. If you don't have much storage space, but have wall space, you might be able to incorporate a piece of fabric from a shirt or dress you made, were gifted, or loved but no longer wear, into a quilt, collage, or wall-hanging. You can put those memories where you'll see them, instead of letting them take up space in your closet. And if you sew or have a great seamstress, you can refashion items. Now that the natural waistline is back in fashion, I've taken in several skirts I wore low on my hips in the late 90's/early 2000's, and it's a pretty easy alteration that keeps prints/colors I already know work for and with my wardrobe in rotation.
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely participate in the Change Your Life Challenge a few friends and I have come up with!
The newest challenge is called "Ditch & Donate"
I think it'd be an awesome way to encourage your readers to clean out their old clothes and make room for some new ones, while doing something positive post-holiday-season :]Ohhhh and in regards to saving items for when they come back in style or painting...well, you only need one shirt to paint (and who am I kidding, I have never painted). I have learned to only keep truly timeless items or very good quality ones (i.e. cotton, silk, cashmere, wool stitched well). More often than not, when things come back into style, I want the updated version anyways because the styles rarely come back exactly as they were before.
ReplyDeleteI actually do something similar to this, I saw it on TV on one of those programs where people live in a mess and some woman comes over and helps them to organize everything, and it does work! ... My mom always says "you gotta leave space for the new to come" so purging is mandatory every 6 months! Great idea! ... I'm inventoring this weekend!
http://blog.cessoviedo.comI need to work over my closet, but I always have a problem with the rule of purging if I haven't worn something in a year. Maybe it's because I'm in my mid 30s and therefore have been shopping for a LONG time. I have items that I haven't worn in a few years, but still fit are of good quality, so I'll put them into storage bins (in my basement) and pull them out in a few years when they are "in" again. When I go through the bins I always find something old that now has some "in" element such as color or silhouette. I hear the 90s are coming back---I have some goodies left over from that decade in my basement! :)
ReplyDeleteGood tips Kendi! I wish there was a blogger clothing swap.. or something. All my friends either are the sweatshirt/sweatpants kind .. or too itty bitty to swap clothes with my gigantic (kidding!) size 8 self.
On an unrelated note- when are you styling that dress that ModCloth (I think) designed for you? OR did I miss that?
xo,brittniI love that you're doing this!! I've got the purging part down (I think). I recently gathered up a large amount of clothes that I deemed purge-worthy and I put them into a photo album on Facebook and had a Facebook garage sale! It was so much easier than doing Craig's List or an actual garage sale. Plus, it gives people you actually know a chance to snatch up your things. I made $300 within two days!
So anyway, I can't wait to see your next steps because even though I have aced the purging part, I'm forever on the quest to put together a fool-proof closet.
Thank you Kendi! Love your blog!I do this with my best friend! We are brutally honest and have the same style...she helps me see things from a different vantage point and vice versa. We also help each other styling too...she comes up with great things I would have never thought of on my own. Purging in Pairs. I like it.
ReplyDeleteI have a problem with purging my closet. I will throw only clothes that have holes or cannot be repaired. For one - all trends come around so I do regret now for throwing some clothes a few years back that I could have worn today. As far as the size, I keep clothes that don't fit me with the hope that maybe if I loose some weight I can fit into them. And I am glad I do because I recently lost 20 pounds and I was able to fit into some clothes I have had from 5 years ago. And on those days that I have no idea what to wear I sometimes turn to these clothes I haven't worn in a while and I feel I just found something new. Or those old pieces can work really well with something new in my closet. The short of it, it's a hard process to decide what to purge and be sure you won't regret it ...
P.S. Please stop by my blog - I am hosting an amazing EmersonMade Giveaway, just in time for the holidays.This is perfect timing, just started this last night while lending some clothes for my sister in law. I like to have a pile of things that can be repaired ar altered. You can transform and bring alive an old item by just making it shorter, taking it in, embellishing it or even using it to update another one, like cutting leather elbow patches or something like that.
Great tips, looking forward to next week ;)I have a ridiculously small closet, so I definitely need to tackle it. My rule of thumb, however, for my closet is "I want to open up my closet and everything be an option". If it doesn't fit or if I don't LOVE it or feel fabulous in it....it's gone. I'm ruthless when it comes to purging. If it's not for me; it's against me and it's got. to. go! ~Serene
ReplyDeleteOne of the most helpful things my mom and I decided to buy was a rolling rack to hang things on when we go through our closets. Instead of making piles on my bed, I can hang things up next to each other on the rack and compare.
Also, I try very hard to purge things I don't wear anymore, but I do have a very small section of my closet that is reserved for things that are too sentimental to throw away. Its kept strictly very small, and over the years I've decided some things don't have the sentimental value they once had, and then I purge those pieces. But things that stay put are my very favorite prom dress, a sweater than my mother knit me when I was little (with kitten buttons!), etc.One of the most helpful things my mom and I decided to buy was a rolling rack to hang things on when we go through our closets. Instead of making piles on my bed, I can hang things up next to each other on the rack and compare.
Also, I try very hard to purge things I don't wear anymore, but I do have a very small section of my closet that is reserved for things that are too sentimental to throw away. Its kept strictly very small, and over the years I've decided some things don't have the sentimental value they once had, and then I purge those pieces. But things that stay put are my very favorite prom dress, a sweater than my mother knit me when I was little (with kitten buttons!), etc.Great post Kendi! I totally agree with everything.
I would add that it can be a good general rule of thumb to purge every season if you live in a seasonal climate. This can help you know EXACTLY what you need for summer/winter/fall/spring when the seasons roll around.
Also - don't underestimate the ability to borrow awesome items from a good friend!
Moniquefound your blog through jasmine's. love your remix and your style (i own about half of the same stuff you do)
your tips are really helpful and i like that you reuse so many pieces. i think this is more realistic than most style bloggers. and helps those of us who are out to save money over spending it....and reminds me that you can be creative with minimalistic living. duh.
also, you're very funny.love the post! will you have photos of how your organize your closet in one of the posts? I'm having such trouble with that part. I purge my closet ~2 times a year (or more) and one essential question I ask myself is "do I absolutely love it/ must have it/ would be sad without it?" Sometimes the answer is maybe and that's hard, but it's nice to have a closet full of stuff you love and feel great in in stead of just like and looks not bad. :) thanks again for the post!
ReplyDeleteKendi, this post couldn't have come at a better time! I'm new to your blog and the 30 day challenge and I sooo need to do it. I have 2 weeks off and was planning to purge my closet but didn't know where to start! So thanks for this post, I'll be following POASR right along with you.
You're my little closet "angel", LOLevery 6 months or so i will take everything out one by one and inspect, if it is still questionable i throw it on really quick. if i feel fat, ugly, stupid or anything above it goes in the give away, if i put it on and think "my gosh why don,t i wear this more?" i keep! it takes a good few afternoons, but it works! pants are fun with this, its like a little workout! haha.
http://www.theweekendfile.blogspot.comI've been doing great with the purging lately (I've been to a few clothes swaps in the past year), but now I need to work on figuring out what I need. Can't wait for the next post!
Also, is it weird to keep clothes for my next post-partum experience? I have two pairs of "fat jeans" that I'm hanging on to so I'll have jeans just after the next baby... I should probably put them in the basement with the rest of my maternity clothes.Awesome post Kendi! I try to make myself purge before buying anything new....I share a closet with my husband and although it's a walk-in, his clothes are a lot bigger than mine and takes up more room (grumble, grumble not fair!). After the most recent purge I did my family had a garage sale. It was pretty awesome. We basically sold things for cheap cheap cheap! We were going to donate everything that didn't sell anyways....so it was more of the fun of doing a garage sale. It was actually really rewarding to sell things to families that maybe only have a $10-$20 budget for clothes....I felt so empowered telling them, "Yep, those jean are only $1!" :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I rarely do this. Lauren Conrad talks about editing your closet in her Style book so I've added it to my list of things to blog about. I think it's important to try on everything so you can evaluate exactly which pile it should go in. Having friends over to help would be fun, too!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING tips!! I can't wait for the rest of the installments!
http://aclosetfashionista.blogspot.com/My favorite closet purging tip is to put all my hangers facing the wrong way, and when I wear an item, put it back in with the hanger facing the right way. This means that it's really easy to identify what I don't actually wear. It's hard to justify keeping something if I didn't reach for it all year!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea! I definitely do not have a working closet, but would love to have one. Every morning it feels like my closet screams "ugh, buy some new stuff already!" even though I shop fairly regularly. Clearly I'm not buying the right pieces and just several of the same. I realized I need more skirt and shoe options recently.
ReplyDeletegreat idea! I am such a pack rat with clothes!
I have to organize my clothes by tees, then blouses, then quarter sleeve blouses, then long sleeve, then sweaters, then jackets, everything getting heavier as it gets further down.... I'm weird like that. I might just have to try organizing respective outfit pairs, but it might just make me go too crazy!im a horrible purger...wow that sounded weird. anyhoo the last year or so i have been bagging said items and putting them in the garage (to save myself givers remorse) for a few months to see if i actually miss them and i usually dont. i no longer regret giving stuff away and my closet looks million times better.
great post!!
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♥ thesoundoflace.blogspot.com ♥This is great! I like to secretly sneak into peoples closets and see what they have.. well hopefully you show us tons of photos!
I actually clean my closet twice a year. Since NYC gets all kind of funky weather. I do it at the end of the winter and summer seasons. This way I can see what I wore during the season and if it was left untouched out the door it goes. My relatives usually enjoy this as they get everything I remove from my closet. Oh and lets not forget the handbag department. Thats another section that sneaks up on you.
Also, the having a friend around really does help. Oh! Brilliant idea, we can post photos of our "maybe" items and see what other have to say.. does it stay does it go. yes? no? maybe so?... ok ok forget it. lolI like categorizing. I try EVERYTHING on before getting rid of it. For some reason my brain won't let me get rid of it until I try it on.
Also I take pictures of me in the articles of clothing lately. Sometimes I post about them http://scrapandrun.blogspot.com/2010/09/old-clothes-in-my-closet-take-1.html for some reason I need someone to tell me to get rid of something. Usually my husbands reads while I do this and I interrupt him for his thoughts.I'm so excited for the next installment of your series! I'm sort of a serial organizer; wherever I live I tend to find a consignment store that I build a relationship with. It's great because if you take good care of your clothes you can usually sell them at a consignment store (much less personal time spent than selling on ebay- although the returns aren't as high) and usually if you buy stuff from the store with your "credit" you get a discount. Clean out closet + shop at a discount with money you make from selling clothes you no longer wear? WIN!
ReplyDeleteI've done the thing where you turn all your hangers backwards then put things in properly as you wear them. I did this last summer then tried to wear everything but got ride of some things that I just didn't feel worked for me. It is a way to catch things that you think you like but never wear.
Stephanie- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 12:35 PM
AHHH! Thank you so much for this post! It couldn't have come at a better time, just this morning I thought to myself that I had to re-organize my closet as a mountain of sweaters came down and nearly knocked me over. I am looking for solutions for a smaller closet (unfortunately with living in a house built in the 1800's)
I recently also donated a bunch of things to goodwill (thanks tax break) and sold a bunch of stuff to a consignment. I am going at my closet with a new eye and looking for the staples that i am missing.
ps. I am SO loving your blog right now and its the first thing I check in the morning before i go to work! seeing what you put together gives me inspiration and ideas, so thank you!
xxo Joline Another qualifier for me when I go through my closet is style - style of the items itself and the style of who would wear it. If something just doesn't fit with who I am or who I want to be perceived as, it's out. I found this happened a lot when I left my office job and starting working for myself, so long 20 pairs of Express Editor trousers!
I also host clothing swaps, called Ruffian Swap, in New Orleans once a month so I'm always looking for clothes I can contribute. It gets easier when you start staring at piles and piles of clothes on a monthly basis.
This is a great series, Kendi, and I look forward to reading the rest of these posts, too.This weekend I'm starting a new challenge. I'll divide my clothing into two sections (that which i wear and that which I don't). Once a week my boyfriend will pick an item from the unwearables and I have to make an outfit with it. at the end of wearing the outfit I will decide to keep or purge. check it out:
www.multiplefactors.blogspot.comWhen I'm going through the piles of clothes I no longer wear due to a) fit, or b) style, I try to figure out if it can be reworked in some way. Sometimes shortening a dress or turning it into a skirt or cutting off sleeves can really update a piece. But then, I guess that's kind of the opposite of purging... Also, when I do whittle items down to a purge box, I usually keep it in my dad's garage for a few months, then return to re-examine the items. Occasionally I'll find things in there that I decide I can make work after all (which is also not the point of closet cleansing). I'd be a horrible bulimic, I'm not so good at purging obviously.
this is a great, original feature for the blog.Try not to have a friend come and help you purge your closet, especially if you're the kind of person who takes other people's opinions really seriously. Several years ago, one of my friends came over and helped me sort through my clothes, but due to her advice I ended up throwing out a few pieces I really missed later!
I did my annual closet purge last week, and decided to try something a little different. Whenever I came across something that belonged in the 'maybe' pile, I decided to try and remix it. I spent 20 days wearing a different 'maybe'/never-worn item each day to try and figure out if I could incorporate it into my closet. It was my own personal 'Never Worn' challenge! I ended up rediscovering some pieces and throwing out others.
Great tips, Kendi! :)I have a purging problem. Mine is I throw out too much!! weird right? But I am often going, "Hey, remember that (fill in item of clothing here) the I had last year? It would look great with this. Where is it?"
only to be answered with, "you gave it away, dummy." (that's my inside voice, it's a little Liz Lemon.)
So, yeah...any advice for me?? ha ha ha.
A tip though...any tee shirts that have special value, but aren't worn? roll them up, stick them in your tall boots. No more floppy boots, and that "race for the cure" shirt does some good...in more than the way intended.
i am on pins and needles for next week. My closet has been on strike for years.
mylilydarling.blogspot.comWhat a crazy-keen idea! I'm totes excited to hear the rest of PAOSR!
Raised By WolvesBecause I live in a university dorm I purge my closet almost every semester, or at least every time I move! I have everything with me at school (because I have no bedroom at my parents house...thanks mom & dad haha) so I know exactly what you mean by working closet.
I only keep things that I've work in the past year, that fit, and that I don't have double of.
For some reason I have a terrible habit of buying the exact same thing in 5 colors. I'm not allowed to do that anymore! haha :)Thanks for doing this, I will probably be doing this to my closet after the holidays are over! I always feel like I have nothing to wear, but clearly that's not true!
Emily//TheLesserPandaThanks for the push I needed to clean out my closet!!
Sarah at Classroom ChicI just actually did this a month ago. I finally got rid of clothes that were the wrong size (smaller or larger) but I got them because they were cute and things I've had for many, many years. It was tough but I did it-- although my "Maybe" pile was a little big. I'll have to go through that pile again :)
ReplyDeleteahhhh this is too perfect! i was perusing anthropologie and sighing at my closet (my usual routine), and i just know that all of these clothes are three years old and just dont suit me anymore. i'm ready for my own style to come through, as corny as that sounds.
guess who is doing this tomorrow! wahoo!I'm helpless at tackling these tasks on my own.
My sister drove for three hours to spend a day helping me do a multiple closet purge. She was a godsend. Repeatedly asking me, "do you wear it?" "does it fit?" "why the heck is this still in your closet?". We trashed the truly unusable, we donated the mediocre and sent two large suitcases of quality clothes to Panama with my fiancé. He assures me that delightful underpriviledged woman are now wearing my too small skirts. I feel so much lighter... and I'm SUCH a do-gooder.
pat my back. :-)- AnonymousDecember 16, 2010 at 7:47 PM
you should change your acronym to ROPAS, because its easier to say and it means clothes in spanish =) haha
ReplyDelete It's just so hard to let go. Sometmes I think I might wear it later. Like when it comes bcak in style....haha
Just Better Together is having a CSN giveaway!My closet is tiny, so I have to rotate seasonal items, i.e., only winter clothes during the winter etc. The non-seasonal items get stowed away in a box under the bed. I love the idea of using an item until it is no longer wearable, but I've had to change my thinking after I've discovered thrifting. Now I wear it for a while, then donate when I no longer feel fabulous in it. And I have to admit, because I'm so attached to my clothes, donating them feels like an even more heartfelt deed than if I were to just part with some cash. I do keep some favourite clothes in a suitcase in the garage as part of a 'vintage' collection for when my 8-year old daughter grows up. If she doesn't want them then, well, it's up to her to donate them. On that note, it would be great to hear tips on how to store clothes for posterity without them going mouldy or fragile or smelly.
Love your blog, your style and your sense of humour!- AnonymousDecember 17, 2010 at 2:32 AM
I do a big purge in summer, when I have more time for myself, and in winter.
My rule of thumb is "If this was in a store, would I buy it?" If the answer is no, I give it away. That goes great when it comes to size, color and style.
My big problem is, my mother loves to buy clothes for my daughter and I, and she doesn't always choose things we love. But, I have been learning to say "Thank you mom, but I know I won't wear it". I love these tips! I am a huge fan of purging my closet, but being as I'm not really a fashionista it's not so hard for me. I do still love those few times I have literally 2 outfits to last me for a weekend, because it promotes so much more creativity. I'm all about having less stuff in my life, and a closet purge is a perfect way to clear head space.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is the reason why I'm so glad I follow your blog! My closet gives me a headache and leaves me aggravated every time I step in it. Thanks for the tips and can't wait to finally get the closet of my dreams, all thanks to you!
Beverly @ simplybeverly- SamanthaDecember 17, 2010 at 4:16 PM
This is great! I love doing this and try to make a habit of purging the closet once a month. I've even worn something one day, only to toss it in the "going to Goodwill/Savers" pile, the next.
My tip: Do not trap yourself into keeping things just because you say they are "good to sleep in/wearing around the house/working out." This is a horrible trap. Narrow these things down to one or two tanks, one or two short sleeves, and one or two long sleeves. That's it.
Another tip: Clothing swap!! I don't want to oversell this, but they are the greatest and most fun thing to host/attend. I have several gems in my closet for which I can thank various swaps :) Not sure if anyone has suggested this, but my friend's taught me a really useful trick.
Put all your clothes the same way on the hanger and hang the hangers backward with the open, hooked part facing toward you instead of toward the wall of your closet.
Then, when you wear something, put it back on the hanger and hang it the opposite (or normal) way with the open hooked part of the hanger pointing to the wall of your closet. In six months or so, take an inventory on what items are still hanging backward. You might find out some interesting things about your closet.I'm pretty much a little fashionista pack rat. I hate throwing out old clothes, but what I do is mix it up or what I call fashion remix: I take out my sewing machine and revamp it into either my size, or something much cuter... btw: just posted my closet pics if u want to check it out. (http://tinyurl.com/232fdg8) Also I followed cuz ur blog is pretty awesome! Stop by my blog and say hi! if you get the chance.
www.glamglory.blogspot.comI've been meaning to purge for a LONG while now, so I bookmarked your post to get inspired.
Another thought on favorite pieces & clothes that come back in style - we've had a closet for "dress up clothes" at my parents house. It's where all of our favorites/just-can't-give-them-ups go to be reloved one day. My mom did this when she was young and growing up we had the best dress up closet around.I actually felt the urge to purge (ha) my closet a couple of nights ago! If it's old "fat pants" or old skinny pants I'll never fit into again I usually donate them. Anything cute that's just too small, or is brand new and I've never bothered to snip the tags I put aside for my older but skinnier sister.
Now I have a trash bag full of tops, dresses, work pants, and sweaters for her to look through! I feel so much better when I peek into my closet, MUCH less overwhelmed =)I am 100% doing this over the holiday weekend. I've lost some weight and have been planning on doing a closet/dresser drawer purge. I cannot WAIT for the assessing the closet post - I'm in desperate need of trying to figure out how in the world do I put together a closet that actually works!
ReplyDelete- Louise MDecember 23, 2010 at 5:44 AM
My goal is to be able to fit all my clothing winter and summer in my dresser with a few select pieces such as dresses, coats and blouses on hangers. We'll see how this goes.
ReplyDelete - Natalia ValleSeptember 3, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Hi Kendi,
For the new incoming season I think I'll follow your step-by-step working closet series. - Smbrown13September 3, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Just spent sevetal hours purging and cleaning/organizing my closet...who knew i had so many clothes. My guest room is filled with clothes, shoes and purses to donate. This blog is my new best friend sorry i didn'tfind it sooner! Thanks Kendi
ReplyDelete I've been reading this series over and over again for the past few months and for some reason, never got round to actually doing it properly until last night. I'm purging my clothes over the next couple of days, otherwise I feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of clothing I'm chucking out. I've decided to be the most ruthless I've been and this includes asking myself: Do I love it? Do I feel good in it? And the one question that made me realise how long I've been holding onto some things is; Does it have criteria for me to wear it? For eg. I have some jeans that never quite fit me the way I like my jeans to fit, especially around the crotch area so I've made the criteria to wear them as "only with longer, loose tops". That already cuts their 'wearability' by at least half. I've found I wear these items less and less and makes more sense to buy jeans that fit me well so I can wear them with ALL of my tops, not just a few.
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I thought about this...then decided its best for my kids to get them all...if they want to put a new one in with me at the time that's their decision!
Actually I think I want them to have them well before I kick the bucket...so I get the chance to watch them enjoy something that has meant so much to me....They in turn get to play those instruments with their Dad...IMHO that's a heck of a better gift than just getting stuff when I move on!
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I still like your idea of the "death guitar" with the drill hole that's plugged until your ashes are poured into it. Wasn't so crazy about the "real" bone nut however.
I may steal your idea....my wife and friends are refusing to smoke me after I'm gone...they've not been very receptive to that idea. But...to play me? They played me often enough while I was alive, so why stop when I'm dead?
I plan to outlive everyone so I don't have to face the embarrassment of nobody showing up for the funeral.
But if my plans are foiled, my wife has reserved some that she wants to keep. I've also designated an acoustic and a PS that I know would be meaningful to each of my daughters. I've left a history of each of my guitars so there is background if they are to be sold.
This got me thinking. When I'm all done, I think rather than a traditional funeral, I want my guitars and amps set up for people to play if they like. Maybe in a side room to not annoy the old people...nah screw it - deal with it.
I actually put this in my estate plan. I assigned a special guitar to my son and two step children. This was based on sentimental value and coneecting memories of the specific guitar to the child. The rest will be sold and the proceeds will be put back into the trust estate.
Glad you brought this up.. I know the band director at PJC and he will find a good and deserving student for them..nuff said. The Homewrecker 5000 patent will go to my nephews.
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At the same time, 2012 was a very productive year and a modest year in health care mergers and acquisitions: Approximately 1,065 transactions were completed (the most since 2007), totaling approximately $143 billion in transaction value (the lowest since 2003). M&A in the first quarter of 2013 experienced a significant decline, off 30% to 40% in both deal volume and value, compared with the like quarter last year and the fourth quarter.
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We are not concerned about the first quarter results and expect 2013 will be a good year for health care M&A. The dip in volume in the first three months is likely a result of deal fatigue after a very busy fourth quarter in 2012, along with concerns over the impact of sequestration and the deficit. Private equity funds continue to have a huge surplus of investible capital, U.S. banks are well capitalized and eager to back transactions, and corporate buyers on balance have a large cash hoard and are looking for growth.
This, along with other secular trends, will drive M&A in 2013.
What's more interesting is a likely continuation of the 2012 M&A pattern — many transactions, but smaller strategic deals.
Ongoing reform initiatives both in Washington and at the state level are a key driver of M&A.
Life sciences companies are facing increasingly difficult and costly regulatory processes for new drug and device approvals, which is causing the larger companies effectively to outsource new product development to smaller entrepreneurial companies. Instead of internal research and development, these large life sciences companies are acquiring emerging companies that have born the early-stage risk and cost of product development.
Hospital systems are being pushed by Obamacare to take on more risk through Accountable Care Organizations. To do so, these systems need to gain scale, acquiring smaller hospitals, physician practices and ancillary services. Providers that are reliant upon state Medicaid programs, such as nursing homes, are under pressure to increase occupancy and to reduce costs as state budgets reduce reimbursement. This forces consolidation among the smaller operators in these sectors.
Health care product and services companies continue to seek avenues for growth and competitive advantage. Large pharmaceutical mergers have slowed down dramatically, as the industry's focus shifts from cost reduction and efficiency to growth. This favors smaller strategic acquisitions of innovative biotechnology companies over a mega-merger.
The same trend continues with medical device companies wherein large consolidators are buying emerging middle market companies to expand into new markets, much like Mentor-based Steris Corp.'s acquisition of US Endoscopy last year. Hospital systems such as Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals will continue their buying spree, snapping up providers and services that offer novel disease state treatments or patient connectivity.
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- Anthony Sowell, suspect in multiple Cleveland killings, pleads not guilty to rape and attempted murder
Anthony Sowell, suspect in multiple Cleveland killings, pleads not guilty to rape and attempted murder
By P.J. Huffstutter
The Ohio man whom investigators believe may be one of the Midwest's most prolific serial killers pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of rape and attempted murder in connection with a September attack that led to investigators discovering the remains of 11 women at his home.
Amid heavy security inside Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court in Cleveland, Anthony Sowell, 50, also pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and felonious assault as part of the alleged Sept. 22 sexual attack.
Judge John P. O'Donnell ordered that $1 million be added to Sowell's existing $5 million bond. Sowell is being held at the Cuyahoga County Jail.
Assistant county prosecutor Gayle Williams said the 36-year-old woman who accused Sowell of raping and choking her is still afraid.
"She was only breaths away from becoming another victim of Mr. Sowell's," Williams said.
Sowell, who was arrested on Oct. 29 in that attack, was previously charged with five counts of aggravated murder in connection with the discovery of bodies at his home.
Prosecutors are expected to file additional murder charges against Sowell for the other six victims in the coming weeks. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.
The case is far from over. Local and federal investigators are continuing to search Sowell's home, as well as the backyards of nearby properties, for more victims.
The FBI is also expanding its search into other cities -- including the Camp Pendleton area and other parts of Southern California -- where Sowell, a former Marine, was stationed in the past.
Law enforcement agencies from the California communities of Oceanside and Coronado are checking their files for any possible related cases, as are police departments in North Carolina, South Carolina and Japan.
Sowell moved into the eastside Cleveland duplex in 2005.
He had spent the previous 15 years in state prison for luring a 21-year-old woman into his home, then choking and repeatedly raping her, according to the county prosecutor's office. He pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted rape in that case, according to the prosecutor's office.
When police arrived at Sowell's house to arrest him for the alleged September attack, investigators discovered the bodies of two women lying on the living room floor.
As the days passed, more bodies were discovered. One was in a freshly dug grave underneath a set of stairs in the backyard, while another was in a shallow grave in the basement.
Two more were crammed in a crawl space inside the house. Four more bodies were found buried in the backyard, and a skull was inside a bucket in the basement.
Ten of the 11 victims have been identified so far. Of those who have been identified, all were African American women who ranged in age from 25 to 52.
Investigators and family members of the victims have said that many of the victims either had criminal records, substance-abuse problems or both.
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Between this Sandy Bridge improvement and the recent benchmarking of Nouveau on a GeForce GTX 580, I'm optimistic about the performance that we'll be getting out of the box from the distributions being released in autumn.
Phoronix: A 13 Line Patch That Boosts Intel Sandy Bridge Performance
After some initial Linux troubles, last month we finally got Intel Sandy Bridge graphics working under Linux. The latest Intel CPUs (such as the Core i5 2500K) with integrated graphics are blazingly fast, and the classic Intel Mesa driver was fast compared to other open-source Mesa / Gallium3D drivers, but it still was a ways behind the low-end discrete graphics cards with the proprietary AMD / NVIDIA drivers for Linux. It was also shown that the Intel Linux Mesa driver is much slower than the Intel Windows driver for Sandy Bridge, as we had also found was the case for previous generations of Intel graphics. Committed to the Mesa mainline Git repository this week though was a very important Sandy Bridge change. While the commit only touched 13 lines of code (11 lines of new code, 2 lines of changed code), it has dramatically improved the Sandy Bridge Linux performance as our results show in this article.
Between this Sandy Bridge improvement and the recent benchmarking of Nouveau on a GeForce GTX 580, I'm optimistic about the performance that we'll be getting out of the box from the distributions being released in autumn.
This is just amazing! An opensource linux graphics driver that is near windows driver performance. Obviously the tremulous test seems capped by vsync.
well this is some good news. I'm keen to see know how the mobile SB GPU does. Btw. what about vaapi video decoding? does this actually work? what about some initial benchmarks on that?
I'm not convinced that vsync would cap at 30fps unless Michael is using a very old monitor or has selected a strange mode on a HDTV
If the framerate is low vsync caps at half of the refresh rate.
Great, now if Intel where to improve their drivers for the previous generation of i5 GPUs to Windows standards I'd be happy.
Or at least to GMA 915 standards and by that I mean pushing the performance even close to what the hardware is actually capable of.
My old laptop with a Celeron M 1.3GHz and GMA 915 could do most 720p content but the CPU was too slow for 1080p. On my new laptop with an i5-450M and GMA HD I still can't do 1080p even with VA-API which leaves me kind of puzzled.
On top of that SB can now reach close to Windows performance by simply increasing the thread count?
Not saying I could do better but is everything between GMA 915 and SB really that hard to write fast drivers for?
Wow wow wow! That looks incredible.
But what about Intel HD (1st gen) graphics? What about pre Intel HD graphics? Their drivers still lag immensely behind Windows drivers.
Ok, this is wonderful!
But it leaves me officially confused. I always thought the Intel Linux driver is slower than the Windows one because it is using Mesa, which is inferior to Intel's proprietary OpenGL implementation. This patch seems to prove that wrong. Now this can have several explanations:
1. Intel's proprietary OpenGL implementation is on the same level as Mesa. But that would mean there is something else slowing down the older generations of their graphic cards, since they are so slower than on Windows. Is it something similarly trivial? Surely if its not in OpenGL implementation, it shouldn't be hard to get the same performance as the Windows driver?
2. There is actually a similar issue in the Windows driver, meaning the card can actually perform much faster on Windows too. I find this unlikely, that would mean the card is actually much faster than we thought
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Law school spokeswoman Carol Westberg said none of the workers were faculty members.
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The 10 who took buyouts from the South Royalton school have negotiated with the school when they will leave. The two laid-off workers have already left.
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Phoronix: Wargame: European Escalation Coming Soon To Linux
While it was speculated it would come to Linux as a key developer stated internally they were running the game on Linux, Wargame: European Escalation has now been officially announced for Linux. The game is currently undergoing closed beta testing on Linux before its official Steam debut...
Damn steam, I want standalone games
I heard CoD5 for xpoks is stand alone
Claims to be one of the most realistic games
Is, if put into the historic context, the most unrealistic game ever made.
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though i'd be delighted if it was released on gog.
Besides a few obvious bugs, it runs great and I'm surprised at the quality of the port.


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Mountain biking isn't impervious to passionate debate. In fact, the arguments against the enhanced surface area, approach angle, and volume of both fat bikes and 29ers seem to be never ending. But, this doesn't mean that they're without validity. Larger wheels are slower to change direction, they're heavier, and they have more flex. Like 26in wheels, there are disadvantages and advantages to weigh out. The 125mm travel Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon XTR ENVE Complete mountain bike, however, splits the difference and skirts all of the drawbacks by riding on the new mid-wheel standard.
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Leni Fe Bland Awards $1 Million to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
June 9, 2008
Montecito philanthropist Leni Fe Bland has committed $1 million to support the Campaign to help fund the rebuilding of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Ms. Fe Bland is well known for her dedicated civic leadership and her generous support of many not-for-profit organizations. She has received numerous honors over the years, including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998 from the News-Press, and the Woman of the Year Award in 2005 from the Santa Barbara Foundation and KEYT. "Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital serves a vital role in our region by providing excellent medical care to people when they need it most," Ms. Fe Bland said. "Now the hospital needs the support of the community, and I'm happy to do my part." "We are extremely grateful for the generous gift from Ms. Fe Bland to help rebuild Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital," said Ron Werft, president and chief executive officer of Cottage Health System based in Santa Barbara. "Ms. Fe Bland's passion and dedication to not-for-profit organizations is truly an inspiration to all of us. We are honored to have her support." All three Cottage facilities in Santa Barbara, Goleta and the Santa Ynez Valley must undergo seismic upgrading to meet California's mandated requirements for all acute-care hospitals in the state. However, no local, state or federal funds are available to fund the projects. Cottage Health System has a goal to raise $100 million in funds through the community's support to rebuild Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, which is estimated to cost more than $700 million to complete. The first two patient pavilions of the new hospital and the new Diagnostic and Treatment Center are expected to open in 2011.
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