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A fixed packing list you can reuse

Short answer: Write the list once and use it every time. It takes twenty minutes to make and saves half an hour per t...

A sorting system that actually gets used

Short answer: Keep it to three categories. A system with six baskets does not get used, and then you are back to a pi...

Marking clothes in a household with several people

Short answer: Put a small mark at the neck or in the waistband with initials or a colour code. Then nobody ends up hu...

Clearing out the wardrobe without throwing too much away

Short answer: Put the doubtful items in a box for three months rather than deciding on the spot. If you have not miss...

A system that keeps socks in pairs

Short answer: Buy the same style in the same colour. Then every sock is a pair and you never have to search.The probl...

Drawers that do not get messy again

Short answer: Give each category its own compartment and fold upright. Mess appears when two kinds of thing share spa...

A capsule wardrobe for women

Short answer: Build around five colours and thirty to thirty five garments. The aim is for each garment to work with ...

A capsule wardrobe for men

Short answer: Thirty garments in three colours cover a whole year. Everything matches everything, and mornings take t...

Building a wardrobe from scratch

Short answer: Start with underwear, socks and five tops in two colours. Build from there rather than buying everythin...

A minimum wardrobe set out in numbers

Short answer: Twelve sets of underwear, twelve pairs of socks, six tops, three bottoms, two sets of nightwear and one...

A wardrobe that works with five colours

Short answer: Choose two neutral base colours, a third neutral and two accent colours. Then almost everything matches...