Destash.

We are days away from selling our first house and moving into our forever home. The new house is perfect. Over double the square footage and it just feels like our family and kids could grow up there. There's only one problem; the master closet is smaller than my current closet. For example, my current closet has 6 feet of dress space and the new closet has 2 feet. Did I mention that I'm a total dress girl? You would think that a smaller closet would be a deal breaker, (Next! Let's move on!) but there are so many other parts of the house that out-weigh this small space. You'll have to see my studio space! It's ahhhmazing!

As a result of this downgrade, I've had to destash and get rid of some things. In total, I removed 54 pieces from my closet. It seems like a lot, but when you look in the closet now, it's still hard to see the dent I made. Let's not get crazy, I still need my clothes (I don't live on a nudist island - North Dakota is far from that!). My plan is to interchange seasons. Since we are in the tundra season now, I'll keep my warm pieces in the closet and bring my summer items to the spare closet in the basement. And when the weather gets warmer in 400 days (it feels like), I'll switch them out.

Some things I gave away or donated were New York & Co. colored pants, Forever 21 dresses, Loft dresses, JCPenny blouses, The Limited sweaters, a Paul & Joe Target blouse, Old Navy cardigans, Payless shoes, Gap blouses, Banana Republic tanks and a couple pieces of jewelry.

I have to admit that when I took them off the hanger, I ran through some ideas in my head of how I could still wear them and what to wear them with. But then reality set in and I'm pretty sure I said out loud, "Yeah, right. If I haven't worn them by now, I'll never wear them like that."

It does give me some joy knowing that others will benefit from my donation and that I'll be able to make room in my closet for new items. My husband will still have to use another closet, but with a bigger house, everyone can get their own closet!