Small Space Living: Hand-Me-Down Clothing Organization
Years ago I blogged about our lifestyle as newlyweds and a young growing family, and this post was the most read post on the blog, so here we go! (zooms back to 2012!) Recently we have been blessed with a huge amount of hand-me-down clothing. Embracing gently worn clothing is a great way to reduce waste! It is also a great way to live frugally. Free clothes? Oh yes. Free clothes in good condition? Even better! In order to sort through the clothing I made guidelines for myself. These guidelines made it easy to keep quality pieces that are worth their "wait" in the closet. The guidelines I have set for sorting hand-me-downs are: sort with my spouse (no use keeping something he wouldn't want our kids wearing AND we get rid of excess because there are two people who can say "nah" instead of one) no stains allowed no fuzzied-up, worn-out or faded clothing no poorly sewn/assembled pieces rarely keep "play" clothes (u...