LIVING SPACE It's fair to say we all have too much stuff . What's worse is that when our closets, pan-tries and other spaces become overly cluttered, it's hard to keep track of what we already have. As a result, we can end up with duplicates of common items, or we simply neglect to get rid of old things when we buy new ones to replace them.
Either way, it all can add up to a big mess. So, here are seven duplicates you can declutter right now without any regrets. 1 Clothing Jamie Andrieu and Hillary Forst, of Sorted & Styled, tell me many of their clients have closets so jam-packed they don't even know what they have.
"Sometimes we'll notice four white button-down shirts or three pairs of the same exact jeans," Andrieu says. "We even had a client who had a monthly clothes subscription and they kept sending her duplicate items, but she had no idea because her closet was overflowing with clothes and she had no way of seeing the problem." Sometimes duplicates make sense.
For example, if you find the perfect T-shirt, you could probably use it in two or three colors, but if you buy new ones because you've forgotten about your old ones — it's time to edit your closet. 2 Towels We all need towels, but lots of us have too many. "Many homeowners like to refresh their bath towels every year, especially if they're white," Forst explains.
"This becomes a problem when they don't purge the old ones. They end up with double or triple the amount of towels needed, making for a nightmare of a.