Welcome back to Part Deux for the SF blog today. Like I said, this is a #TransformationTuesday piece…you’ll fully understand in a moment.
I’ve come to a realization about myself recently. While I am a very driven, busy, organized, and clean individual, I am by no means perfect.
Blog of Honesty- my drawers and closets are organized to crap. When it comes to clothes, I am a borderline hoarder, and I only have so much storage space.
I’m just going to be open and up front with everyone {not like I’m not already}, but I know a lot of us suffer from this problem. While parts of this might be shocking and appalling, I think we will all be able to benefit from my sacrifice of allowing you into the depths of my soul that I normally just cover by closing my closet door or stuffing my drawers shut.
Okay, so it’s not THAT dramatic, but it is pretty bad. Jimmy {who miraculously just turned into the world’s best purger {not a word} one day and had a freak moment and cleaned out ALL of his stuff} gets on me about it all the time. I have so much to clean out that this will take up two, maybe three posts, but I promise I will show you before and after pictures, as well as share tips with everything.
Today we will focus on dresser drawers, specifically the drawer of the undergarment sort. I know this is a problem for a lot of people. Girls especially, because this drawer holds everything from panties to socks to sports bras to nighites to strapless bras {guys just don’t get it}. I would like to point out that this is TOTALLY for guys too, don’t you all put things in your top drawer like ties and watches? Now, I’m not particularly excited about showing you pictures of this, but I think it will help others, so I’m doing it anyway. Report this as inappropriate if you want, but all you’re looking at is pieces of fabric…in a pile…so get your mind out of the gutter. This isn’t the Janet Jackson Super Bowl Halftime show. Your drawer is probably horribly organized too. So read, and learn.
This is what we’re working with today
Yikes.
Before tackling this I went on Pinterest to consult the powers that be to get an idea on what steps to take {click here and here}. I also went back and read the portion of The Happiness Project where good old Gretch talked about the how and why behind her closet purging.
After doing a little bit of research, I also ventured over to IKEA to buy some drawer organizers. I decided on what is known as Skubb, a six piece collapsible set, that fits my IKEA drawers perfectly.
I would also like to point out that this is all I bought when I went to IKEA {are you reading this Mom and Dad?!} Did I walk around the entire store? Yes, partly because I wanted to and partly because who can actually find their way out of an IKEA without walking through the entire thing? Dang Sweds.
So, I got home, emptied my drawer, organized everything into piles and made 4 rules for myself.
1. If there are holes, throw it out {this pertains to everything}
2. If you haven’t worn it in the past 3 months or if it is dingy, stained, mangled looking, and not saved for a particular time of the month, toss it. {this pertains to undies…girls, you know what I’m sayinn}
3. Put it on. If you jump around and it’s lacking in support, sayonara. {this refers to sports bras. There’s nowhere to go but down {pun intended} once the elastic starts to loosen up}
4. If it flat out doesn’t fit anymore…BUH-BYE. {I say this because I have a bad habit of keeping things even when they don’t fit like they used to} hint: if you keep things because you think “oh I’ll just lose 5lbs to get back to what I used to be and then I’ll wear this again all the time!” only keep one or two of these items, they’ll be like your “skinny jeans” of undergarments. But stop taking up space, let it go…into the trash can.
***And if you actually lose those five lbs, go buy something new when that time has actually come as a fun little reward.***
Once I separated everything into it’s respective piles, I was momentarily overwhelmed…
Where the eff did this all come from??? And how did it fit in my one drawer?!?!?
My one unexpected realization….why do I have so many fuzzy slipper socks?
The crazy thing is, none of these break my four rules. They all get worn at least once every two weeks and none of them have holes. I’ll just put them away as the warm weather arrives. I heart slipper socks.
Long story short, I designated each pile to a Skubb drawer, followed my rules, and went to town. I then ended up with this….
I had an extra Skubb drawer {as you can see I just gave my socks the freedom to roam}, so I used it to organize my bathing suits in another drawer.
It’s amazing how much better you feel, even after only organizing something like this. My next project is my side of the closet, which I’ll share next week. THAT, ladies and gents, will be a true Transformation Tuesday.
What are some of your strategies when you need to reorganize your drawers? Anyone else struggle with this issue?
Tags: drawer organizer, tips, organize, top drawer, IKEA, Skubb
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