It wouldn’t be spring cleaning without conquering your dressers and closets. There really isn't much need for a big introduction as this is fairly self explanatory sooooo~ this is how I organize my dresser.



Jered and I share a dresser so most of my clothing is in the closet. However, although I don’t have that much clothing in my side of the dresser, I really needed to reorganize. In all honesty, I’ve just been folding clothes and stuffing it into whatever drawer it would fit. Not the wisest thing to do.


In the top drawer, in order, I have bras, lingerie, miscellaneous items, and underwear. I threw away any bras that were worn and old. The lifespan of a bra is about a year when worn properly (start wearing on the loosest set of hooks first). Each set of hooks is supposed to be worn for approximately 4 months. Since there are 3 sets of hooks, it should be about a year until it is too stretched out and loses elasticity and shape. I throw out bras when they’ve reached that point and just don’t sit correctly on my body. I do the same with lingerie. Although I don’t wear that as often, I still throw out anything that may have lost shape. This can be from the wash, how it was dried, or even how it’s been stored.

My miscellaneous items are things like stockings, socks, and tights. Obviously, I threw out anything with runs or pilling. Anything with holes also should be thrown away. That is never attractive.

I actually keep two types of underwear: period underwear and nice/everyday underwear. Basically period underwear is old cotton underwear. My everyday stuff is the more expensive silk and lace panties. I just don’t want to risk ruining those.


In my second drawer I keep most of my bottoms. This includes jeans, leggings, shorts, and skirts. Obviously shorts are seasonal in Seattle but since I had extra space, I decided to put them in the same drawer as my other bottoms. To prevent my skirts from wrinkling, I try to fold them as little as possible.


I keep all of my work out-esque attire in my third drawer. On the left, I have my gym shirts and jackets. Then I also have shirts that I dye my hair in. In the middle, I keep my sweatpants and yoga pants together. On the right, I have an extra pair of sweats (I wear these ones around the house), and all my sports bras. If you’re active and go to the gym a good amount, I highly suggest having a drawer or space in your closet just for your fitness clothes. It just makes things so much easier.


Since we don’t have space to store our seasonal items, this is my seasonal drawer. I had to do some cleaning and donating for everything to fit in here. I now only have 4 sweatshirts and they’re seen on the left. I also have a fleece in the middle and a pair of thick socks for winter activities. With the remaining space, I have my swimsuits.



Cleaning doesn’t stop there. I still have my closet that needs to be emptied out and rearranged. I’ll try and get that posted this week since both cleanouts are closely related. Until then, I hope this is inspiring and helps you clean out your dresser!

XO Monie

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