Comments on: Changing clothes out for the seasons……

By: Babbling Little Booties

Babbling Little Booties — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:08:26 +0000

I am also doing the same thing here.
Never get rid of anything unless it’s not worthy to pass to another child. That is a practical idea for me.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:22:26 +0000

I posted a great scarf holder on this post here from Ikea:

http://orgjunkie.com/2011/05/organizing-with-ikea-part-two.html

By: Jenn Hoff

Jenn Hoff — Fri, 06 May 2011 08:04:27 +0000

Ok, I have a question. I need to change out winter and summer clothes for MYSELF. Obviously, I’m not changing sizes or donating anything, so how do I store scarves and sweaters someplace accessible and someplace I’ll remember they’re there? I still probably want to keep them in the room, but they take up so much space during the Summer months hanging in my closet. I’m a total novice at this thing you call “organization.” :)
Thoughts?

By: 52 Weeks: #17 Seasonal clothes switch out : I'm an Organizing Junkie

52 Weeks: #17 Seasonal clothes switch out : I'm an Organizing Junkie — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:16:09 +0000

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By: Sheila Gregoire

Sheila Gregoire — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:00:20 +0000

Hi Laura! I did the ebay thing for a while, too, but it does take a lot of time, especially all the photographing. But it's a great place to buy clothes! My system is a lot like yours. The only depressing thing for me this year is that my 13-year-old fits absolutely nothing. I mean nothing. No bathing suits. No shorts. No T-shirts. No bras. Nothing. She needs new EVERYTHING. She is drop dead gorgeous, and her body has completely changed this year. I started her on a clothing allowance, which you can read at my blog, but it's awfully hard on the wallet to have to budget for new everything. I've never had to buy an entire wardrobe for me in one year before. But here we are buying one for her! She's in seventh heaven. Visit To Love, Honor and Vacuum today!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:41 +0000

I go through in spring and fall as well. With my older girls it is Fashion Show. With the younger kids I have a plastic tub for every size from 0-3 months up. If there current clothes fit, I grab the same size tub and switch out for the season. If their clothes are getting too small, I grab the next size up to get new seasons clothes from. Then I make a short list of what’s missing to buy as I can.

I also keep all the little kids’ clothes in my room until they are old enough to dress themselves.

By: violingirl

violingirl — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:59:10 +0000

I just did the clothing swap this week too! My boys are both under 3, so I don’t have them try things on- I just keep an eye on what is looking a little tight or short, and I try to take clothing out as I notice it’s too small.

I keep everything right now because we are probably going to have another kid or two. All the clothes are sort by size into big rubbermaid totes, and stored in the basement. I leave a tote in my 10-month-old’s closet since he seems to outgrow things every month. Then I can just toss them in there as I notice things that are too small. I just got out the 18-month and 24-month totes for him, and pulled out the summer things for him. Everything else is waiting for October.

For my 2 1/2 year old (who has been in the same size for over a year), I just changed out seasonal things. I buy larger sizes as I find them on clearance or on great sale, and I have not had to buy very much for him at full price, if at all. I keep the larger sizes in totes as well, and I keep a list in my planner of how much he has of each item in each size so that I don’t buy 30 4T shirts and only 2 pairs of 4T pants. :)

By: PlanningQueen

PlanningQueen — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:01:52 +0000

I gave up the e-bay pile too. It would be there for months waiting for me to photograph it and and list it. If I haven’t got a friend to hand them to, I deliver them to the op shop. You have a very concise easy to administer process here.

Also thanks for including my post!

By: LisaC

LisaC — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:10:18 +0000

My friend does this the first week of August. When the purge is finished, she knows exactly what they need for “back-to-school”. This makes it fun because they know they will be getting replacements soon. This is especially important for things like jeans.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:33:03 +0000

I do a similar thing except I only make the kids try on the clothes for the upcoming season. I put all of the out-of-season clothes in an under-the-bed storage container and don’t touch it again until it’s time to switch out again. I do have to say that I haven’t gotten rid of any of my kids’ clothes yet. That is going to be a project for the summer when we organize our garage since most of the old clothes are stored there.