# Wardrobe decluttering checklist

Sort your wardrobe in manageable sections, decide what to keep or pass on, and organise the clothes you actually wear.

## Make a manageable start

- [ ] Choose one drawer, rail or clothing category to sort first
- [ ] Set a time limit that leaves room to put everything away
- [ ] Clear a clean surface for sorting
- [ ] Prepare separate bags or boxes for donation, sale, repair and textile recycling
- [ ] Check what local charities or collection points will accept before filling bags

## Sort each item

- [ ] Check whether the item fits comfortably now
- [ ] Ask whether you wear it and whether it suits your current routine
- [ ] Check for stains, damage, missing buttons or a broken fastening
- [ ] Keep clothes you enjoy wearing and have space to store
- [ ] Set aside useful items that need a specific repair or alteration
- [ ] Put items you no longer want into the appropriate outgoing group
- [ ] Keep sentimental items separately if you want to save them without filling daily storage
- [ ] Give uncertain items a small, clearly defined space and a review date

## Prepare outgoing clothes

- [ ] Wash or clean donation and sale items according to their care labels
- [ ] Empty all pockets
- [ ] Pair shoes and fasten matching pieces together
- [ ] Describe wear and damage honestly when listing items for sale
- [ ] Check the receiving organisation's rules for underwear, footwear and damaged textiles
- [ ] Use an appropriate local textile collection for items that cannot be donated
- [ ] Keep wet or mouldy items out of donation bags

## Put the keepers away

- [ ] Wipe shelves or drawers before refilling them
- [ ] Group clothes by the way you use them, such as work, everyday and sportswear
- [ ] Put the items you wear most where they are easy to reach
- [ ] Fold knitwear and other items that can stretch on hangers
- [ ] Store off-season clothes clean and dry if you have suitable space
- [ ] Keep matching items together
- [ ] Leave enough space to remove and return clothes easily

## Finish the job

- [ ] Choose a date to deliver donations or take recycling to an accepted collection point
- [ ] Book repairs or set aside time to make them
- [ ] Set a deadline for selling items so unwanted clothes do not linger indefinitely
- [ ] Write down genuine gaps before buying anything new
- [ ] Revisit the uncertain-items box on its review date
- [ ] Stop when the chosen section is organised rather than emptying the whole wardrobe at once

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