Tag: closet organizing tips

Here’s A Quick & Easy Closet Makeover Tip

Written by Scarlett De Bease on August 20, 2018. Posted in Caring for Clothes, Organizing Tips.

I’m embarrassed to say, that my closet was ugly & needed a makeover.

Change is good and easy.

No More Wire & Plastic Hangers!

You would be amazed at how a $20 dress can look as good as a $200 dress when hung on a simple attractive hanger. Just as surprising, is how bad a $200 dress can look on a wire, or plastic store hanger.

BEFORE

This used to be how I hung my clothes. Yes, the hangers are all the same, but they are ugly. Plastic white hangers tend to turn yellow and stand out in an unattractive manner.

AFTER

Hang all your clothes on the same type and color hanger, and you will find yourself smiling each time you open your closet doors.

Imagine how if one simple change such as switching out your hangers will make, how much more can be done with your “I can’t find anything to wear” closet.

I used these hangers from Bed Bath & Beyond
and don’t forget your 20% off coupon.

Well, you don’t have to imagine, because when you join my FREE 5 day Clean Your Closet Plan to End Your Closet Shame.

Sign up HERE to get an easy to follow tip per day for just 5 days, so you can only have the clothes in your closet that you’ll
want and love to wear.

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Organizing Systems For Your Whole Family

Written by Scarlett De Bease on July 29, 2015. Posted in Caring for Clothes, Organizing Tips.

I confess: I am an organizing junkie.
So much so that I am often referred to as a
closet organizer, which I am NOT.

My client’s closets are always more organized after working with me, because the contents are only the clothes that look good on them, plus I arrange her clothes using my organizing systems.
After hearing lots of buzz about the Japanese professional organizer Marie Kondo, I wanted, well I had to read her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.

Turns out her decluttering or in her words tidying, suggestions for clothes are what I have been using with my clients for almost 10 years. If only I had written them down in a book form, I would already have been on the New York Time’s best seller list. My Closet Organizing System is a mini version of her book in regard to what clothes to keep, and how to hang them plus I show how to store shoes, which she doesn’t.
Sadly Marie Kondo’s book has no photos, and it is hard to duplicate organizing systems without some visuals.

You can get my system in my online course Dress Without Stress.

The best tip from her book and one I used immediately was her method of folding clothes that are stored in drawers. I was in such a hurry to use her file folding technique, that I forgot to take before pictures.

I used this system for my son’s T-Shirts and my drawer that has special scarves/wraps along with my nightgowns. I did not fold all very carefully, but these 2 drawers took me less than 10 minutes to refold. Now there is more room in each drawer and it is so much easier to see the contents. Imagine how great these items would look if I folded them carefully.

Using this file system, it is so easy to see what you have and add more space to your drawers. You can watch this video to learn how to fold t-shirts using the Kon Mari method.

NOTE: If you ever struggle about what to wear, check out
my online video course
Dress Without Stress.

“I was amazed at how much value Scarlett provided me in our virtual consultation. Not only did she quickly grasp the clothes that looked like “me” from just a series of photographs, but she picked up on colors and combinations which were not in the photos but I personally liked and encouraged me to use them more because they enhanced my features. Scarlett also gave me the reinforcement to understand why some items looked better on me than others. Then to top it off she provided a comprehensive list of examples I could instantly add to my wardrobe. In 2 hours I went from uncertain to confident with a new batch of clothes that really work for me on the way.” Allison Hartsoe Digital Analytics Expert Organize Everything Digital Marketing Consulting Partner

NOTE: If you ever struggle about what to wear, check out
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Get The 10 Steps To Finding What To Wear In Your Newly Organized Closet

Written by Scarlett De Bease on September 24, 2014. Posted in Organizing Tips.

TIP: Hang all your tanks together and NOT with the tops you bought them for. You’ll be able to easily find one when you can pair it for other tops, instead of buying yet another tank.

Are you ready learn exactly how to organize your closet and get control of the clothes in it so you will finally be able to easily find what to wear?
Watch and read all the techniques I use to create closets for my clients, that are organized and make picking out what to wear less frustrating and time consuming.
You don’t need lots of clothes to have a great wardrobe, but you do need to know how to organize the clothes you have. I’ll show what tools you need and how to use them, so you can create the closet you thought you could never have. You will see a video of how I organized my closet and read about all the easy to follow steps you will take to do the same for yours. Finally an easy and quick way to organize your closet and love opening up its doors when you need to pick out what to wear.
Get my 10 easy to follow steps on how to organize your closet so that you can love opening your closet door and stop never being able to find what to wear. Bonus: You’ll be getting a Video tour of my closet and how I use my tips to keep my closet organized so I can easily see what I have and create multiple outfits with far fewer clothes than I bet you think I have.

Shhhh. Take a sneak peak into my closet where I used the 10 steps to get an organized closet.

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5 Tips To Know What Clothes To Wear & Keep In Your Closet.

Written by Scarlett De Bease on June 11, 2014. Posted in Image and Style, Organizing Tips. 1 Comment

5 Tips To Know What Clothes To Wear & Keep In Your Closet

5 Tips To Know What Clothes To Wear & Keep In Your Closet

Pick about 10 items from your closet and ask yourself the following questions:

* How do you feel when you wear it? Attractive or insecure?
* Does it accentuate or diminish a part of your body you wish was smaller?
* Is it in poor condition? Stains, holes, or missing buttons?
* Do you feel frumpy or fabulous when you wear it?
* Can you eat anything while wearing it? Know that feeling?

If the clothes don’t flatter you or should not be worn, then why hold on to them?

Go on, just take 30 minutes to analyze those questionable pieces, and you will be on your way to having a closet that will offer you many choices and not chaos.

Have you read my book Stop Stressing About Dressing?

“I loved our Nordstroms shopping trip! So many new choices now in my closet. Thank you again for your guidance and great choices!”

— Jamie C, New Canaan CT

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I am now offering virtual consultations for those who finally want to know what to wear? Send me your pictures and required information, and I’ll give you the styling and shopping tips you need so that you will always know what to wear.

Schedule your FREE Get Acquainted Call to find out how I can show you how to always know what to wear.

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How Can You Be Mad At This Face? Why I shop at Nordstrom.

Written by Scarlett De Bease on April 29, 2014. Posted in Caring for Clothes, Shopping Tips.

I am often asked which store do I take my clients shopping, and the answer is always Nordstrom.

The main two reasons I prefer Nordstroms is because they have a variety of price points and exceptional customer service. And I do mean exceptional customer service.

I have many examples of Nordstrom’s excellent customer service, but none as adorable and painful as what this gorgeous and sweet-faced puppy did to this expensive and once equally gorgeous shoe.

When I found these versatile, attractive and comfortable shoes for my client, after having helped her find many new pieces of clothing, she fell in love with them despite their high price tag.

While she wore all her new clothes immediately she hesitated to wear the new shoes as they were more than she typically would spend on shoes. She kept thinking she would return them, but never brought herself to do so because she loved them so much. So they remained on the floor of her closet, helpless and neglected. That is until…….

Mr. Puppy thought he had a new ‘shoe’ toy, and my client saw $$ disappear before her eyes and sent me the above picture. Once I stopped saying NOOOOO, I suggested she take the half-eaten pair of shoes back to Nordstrom to ask for their help. I think she thought I was nuts, but I guess I earned her trust, and then…

Nordstrom’s famous customer service came thru. They replaced the chewed up shoe, and my client now was back to owning a beautiful pair of shoes, that she happily wears, over and over again.

She even bought another pair!

The moral of the story is to use and enjoy what you have while you can. Don’t deny yourself the pleasure of using what you have while you are well and young enough to do so.

Quoting the beloved Erma Bombeck from her book, IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER, “I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage”.