Welcome to Week 7 – For some of us, winter is wrapping up and for others Old Man Winter has weeks yet to go. When you open up your coat closet, do you find yourself pushing coat sleeves down into the closet just to close it? Through the years our coat closets become filled with coats that are out of fashion, damaged and ones we just don’t wear anymore. When winter does end, you will want to Purge and Organize your Coat Closet.
Let’s start by emptying the closet of all coats and jackets. Do a close inspection of each coat and jacket. Check for rips, tears, stains, missing buttons, broken zippers or any other damage. All of these should be placed in a toss or repair pile. Check with a local dry cleaner who cleans and repairs leather. Many dry cleaners also offer alterations and a seamstress who can do repairs.
Next, look at the remaining coats and jackets, looking for any that haven’t been worn for the the last two-three winters. Place these in a pile to be given away to your local coat charity.
Sort through the remaining coats, check the labels for what can be machine washed and what needs to be dry cleaned. Drop the “dry clean only” coats at the cleaners on the next day. If you wish or need to, the dry cleaner’s laundry service could clean the remaining coats and jackets.
Now all your coats and jackets are ready for the next winter season!
