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 A mini closet reorganization. Over time, entropy takes over, and everything becomes unorganized. In less than an hour, I tidied up all the folded clothes. From left to right you see neutral short-sleeved shirts, colored short-sleeved shirts, multi-colored short-sleeved shirts, solid sleeveless tops, multi-colored sleeveless tops and workout clothes (folded and stacked in the shoebox). Now it's easy to find what I need and identify what can be donated.
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AuthorAmy is an entrepreneur, and has been a successful designer and business owner since 1996. With an architect father and interior designer mother, she's been thinking about how to make a home work all her life. As a child, she loved organizing her closet and found designing her dollhouse more appealing than playing with dolls. She went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in industrial design. Due to the breadth of her design education, she’s able to assess a room as a whole and instinctively know how to make it work better. Evaluating the contents and functionality of a space is second nature to her. Archives
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