Style queen Paula Joye recently appeared on the Today show with some very important information for anyone with a wardrobe.
Step one: Make three piles.
It’s time to sort everything into three piles: what to toss, what to donate, and what to sell.
“Obviously donation needs to be in good condition, and selling in slightly better condition again. But if you do that, you’ll find that you’ll have a whole lot more space to put your spring wardrobe together,” Joye explained.
Step two: get selling.
Joye recommends new social media platform Carousel, where you can list, bid, and win items in under 30 seconds. It’s also a smartphone and tablet-based app, which makes it super, super easy.
Another option, as I discovered over the weekend, is to hold a stand at your local markets. I turned up at 7am last weekend, and sold off two bags of old clothes I hadn’t worn in years.
By the time I left at 2pm, I was almost $500 richer (and two bags of clothes lighter). WIN!
So, instead of rifling through winter jackets and low-rise jeans from a decade ago this weekend, why not take a few hours to do a solid spring clean?
Your wardrobe will feel lighter, and if all goes well – your wallet a bit heavier, too.
Your spring cleaning type according to star sign.
Leo
Turn up your favourite music loud and shake your hips with the vacuum cleaner. After all, who says house-cleaning can't be a dance party at the same time?
Cancer
Employ your children! Make it a fun family activity for you and your little ones.
Gemini
Indulge in all those magazines that tell you how to get organised and what tools and cleaning agents you should use to get the gunk out.
Scorpio
Sure, you could manipulate others into doing the work for you.
Aries
Think of cleaning your home as your workout. Approach every task as if it were a calorie-burning adventure!
Sagittarius
Your best approach to house-cleaning is to take on chores as you get spurts of energy.
Here comes the sun...
The birds are frolicking and the flowers are just beginning to poke out of the ground.
Capricorn
As a Goat, you possess an amazing work ethic.
Libra
The only way you're going to motivate yourself to clean house is if company is coming.
Taurus
Invest in a house cleaner. Why? Well, it's quite simple, actually: You really can't stand house-cleaning.
Aquarius
You certainly have your own methods to your madness. Not everyone understands how or why you do what you do, but the end result - cleanliness - is all that really matters here.
Pisces
No naps! No sorting through papers!
Virgo
You are the sign to show others how it's done! Take this chance to gloat and boss people around. Remember: Tidiness is your territory!