Thrifting Addict Small Closet | How to Stay Organized and Keep More

I like your calm, logical approach to things! You are fast becoming my best therapist!

Awesome advices. Thank you!!!!

Love the closet spacers idea. Really helpful

I have the same scarf hanger, and mine is even more full than yours - thanks for making me feel not so alone in my scarf obsession

I had the same problem as you.
I started carnivore since August and have lost 38 kilos!
Went to the size i used to wear.
Keep up the good work!!

Haha!😂you are so pretty! So cute! Your video made me lol! My tiny closet is just like yours! Plastic bins and all! I organize by color and season! Lol! I have 4 shoe boxes of jewelry! My room is tiny as well! I have shopped at the thrift stores since l was 4yrs old! I keep my collection small and cherished as l move around a bit looking for cheap rent! Lol! I am 69 yrs old and still work at a hairdresser! At jc penny! This fall the dress code will be all blk again! I am sad as l can't wear my colorful clothes to work!😂 I will figure it out.....Thank you Diana!❤you are great!🎉

I love your scarf tricks! I have quite a few! But what l mostly collect r blazers! Moto jackets! Cowboy boots! For line dancing! And of course denim jackets for 40 yrs now! Lol! I still wear them all! I rotate them so they always look new! Lol! No one believes me! They are worth keeping a bit longer!❤

I love "hanging out" with you! So fun! I find myself just smiling while I watch your content!👗👠🍸🍣🍨

My trick with camisoles is this. When I have a shirt, blouse, etc that's too sheer, i put the matching camisole on the same hanger. Saves space and time.

Dear Diana - yep, you are becoming dear, like a friend who brightens my day (i live very rural so dont see many people in a day). My closet is in need of attention. I worked where I had to dress nicely for years then changed to a life on the farm - different attire needed! I hold on to so many old items - investments from another season or good memories... So i have been storing. But I have also been losing weight over the last year and started "shopping in my closet" and your videos have been inspiring. I also volunteer once a month at our local thrift store, run by the area churches. Such a wonderful place to work! Great finds, great conversations and ministry happens. Such a joy when a mom can come in and clothe her growing family for a much more doable fraction of what it would cost elsewhere. (This is an amazing place - all volunteer and donated items - where most pants/tops/sweaters are $0.50, dresses/jackets are $1, shoes $0.50 and boots $1, belts/hats/SCARVES are $0.25! New items with tags on or designer labels might be marked $2-$5... Most jewelry is $0.25-$1. You get the idea.). Using your French Girl style principles, I was able to buy a belt and shoes, add one of my beloved, though not always used, scarves and completely restyle something from my closet that i can wear again! Took my father in law to the doctor yesterday and half my outfit was new to me thrifted and half was from my closet and I felt pretty. Both my husband and son were appreciative. And it made what would have previously been accomplished in a frumpy but comfortable outfit, achieved in a more stylish yet very comfortable outfit that made it an "outing" instead of a mundane trip. I took my incentive from your video on just changing a few things - what to keep, what to change, what to add - and went from jeans, boots and tee to skirt and leather loafers, same tee but added a belt, scarf and clip earrings and, voila! (Oh, and last time I worked at the Thrift Store? It was "everything half off"! My new to me navy leather loafers were $0.25!) Oh, and I added some bright red lipstick! ;)

Speaking of storing….there is another you tube creator who buys hoarded houses and cleans them out. The woman had stored decades of fabulous clothes complete with shoes and handbags in the basement. All marked. The you tuber sold all the vintage items to a dealer who filled three tracker trailer loads for $10,000. The hat boxes made me swoon. There was a whole hidden room of stored fur coats. And in squirrel infested eaves were bags the vintage guy didn’t want (overwhelmed). Bags contained at least a dozen of original 1977 era Diana von Furstenburg wrap dresses. The woman was very petite and wore a size 41/2 shoe. 😐

I really needed to see this today. Realized I'm hanging on to clothes that I haven't worn in years, maybe even DECADES for some. I'll probably have to watch this video a couple more times for inspo, but today is the day I send them off with best wishes to their future wearers. Thank you for the inspiration.

This is fab. I love the tips. You are so refreshing. I just saw this in my feed 😊 I couldnt stop laughing, how true you are, I have been thrifting for over 30 years, you never know what will come your way, but, the disorganised chaos has to stop, I am in the process of letting go, and this makes so much sence to me, 🤦‍♀️
I have heard a few well put reasons on here to let it go, but you have the words to get me started . Thank you 🌈🌱🤗

i love those kittens. i have to thank you, diane. since i’ve been viewing your channel, i’ve begun utilizing my whole wardrobe. jeans + t-shirt as a daily uniform is a thing of the past for me. now, i incorporate them into new & more creative outfits! i have even begun taking a scarf with me as i make my way out the door. forty-seven appears to be a transformative year for me. thanks again 🌞🪭

What about shoes

I'm the complete opposite. I go all out with jewelry, especially my statement necklaces & bracelets.

When I lost a considerable amount of weight a few years ago I also lost a shoe size! Didn't expect THAT to happen, and I have since retired so I don't even have an occasion to wear them anymore; so now they just take up valuable closet space for no reason. I am going right now to get a donation bag and let someone else love them while they are still wearable - Thanks!

Bing watching

Yep= dresses one side, shirts top bar, pants and skirts bottom bar, don’t have scarfs sorted yet, belts hang, blazers next to dresses, I hang my tees, with pants- maybe not smart- sweaters folded in drawers

Wow, you have some amazing advice that will actually help me with my out of control clothing collection. Yes, I am a thrifting enthusiast and I have piles and piles of clothing, both older and new. Thank you so much!

I have converted an entire room in my house to be MY closet. Just for my things, nobody else & it STILL isn't enough. I should be banned from thrift stores. I have a problem...but I don't care! 😅

I don’t like the round scarf holders cuz they crumple them. I fold my scarves and use a swing out 5 rung pants hanger. Each one holds 10-12 in a narrow space.
Love your vids. Thx!

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This is great advice. If you wear the items that is correct for you now, you feel beautiful and more like yourself. Your advice helped to cement that in my mind.

I should have written the items that are.....

Your delivery is so lovely that I have subscribed after watching only 1 video. I have a similar IKEA item that I found handmade in a thrift store. I use it for my jewelry and I love it, because I get to see all my pretty things at one time. I have to say that I hate the velvet hangers, though. I bought them thinking they would be a great space saver, but they seem way too flimsy to me; I broke one not too long after I bought it.

A word about too-big too-small clothes. My weight fluctuates a lot, mainly due to medications, and I keep a basic wardrobe a couple of sizes up and a couple of sizes down. If I didn’t, I’d have to spend a fortune on basics like underwear and tshirts.

My sister said, always hold on to your silk blouses, because they are becoming harder to find.

Love your videos and advice. I also appreciate that you don’t play music over your voice!

I had an event to go to recently and I didn't know what I really wanted to wear. I spent about an hour trying on things, taking pictures, taking things off, and doing this on repeat until I had tried all of the things on. I opted to wear something I wore before since the weather was on the hot side, otherwise I had wanted to wear the sequined skirt with the satin long-sleeved blouse. Will I ever have an occasion to wear that skirt? My 20 something child says just wear it to the grocery store with sneakers. You'll look fab. I think: I will look a bit off, kinda frumpy and sorta wannabe and I will not be happy. I own the sneakers but I can't really bring myself to try out that look. One day maybe, just not this week. But by and large I agree with all your tips, just can't apply them to that skirt, yet.

I had some extra trouser hangers (the type that clamp on to the clothes) so I use those for my scarves. I have several scarves that I like but have not had occasion to wear but I am going to take a page from your book and start wearing them, now that Fall is coming on, they will be a good fit. I do like the idea of the Ikea organizer but my hangers keep them from wrinkling. I use the number of hangers to limit how many things I can own. That said, am also in the "storing" camp. I will be going through my "stockpile" and pulling out things that are now 4 sizes too small as it will take at minimum a year for me to fit in those and by then someone else could have used them maybe 40 times? All of these things are suits which I really only need 1 of at this point.
Your lighting, lipstick and scarf all on point in this video! Pat on the Back!

You and that sequin jacket are hilarious! 😂 Thanks for the laugh and the great advice.

I use plastic hangers that have holes where I can loop the top of another hanger, thereby gaining extra hanging space. All my shirts and skirts have "hanging buddies." Meanwhile,.along an effort to wear my silk scarves more. Usually I default to handknit lace shawls (I have a knitting hobby as well as a storing hobby!).

The young ones call it cringe. .... 😂😂😂😂
I'm "extra" ❤

I agree with being open to great things. Thank you for the reminder. This helps me curb my impulses.

I had scored a Le Tanneur Suède bag that I reconditioned. I realized it reminded me of an ex and that's why I liked it! Old with the old. I donated it via Geeve and the young mom said "OMG I never thought I'd have a le Tanneur while I'm raising my kids. I used to work in fashion and I feel like that part of my life is so far away!".

I nearly cried. I raised 6 kids and understood completely.

Giving is precious. We connect with people directly or indirectly who need us.

Where to begin....... I'm a clothing addict and a shopaholic of ALL things!! My walk-in closet is small and I have SO many clothes, but can't get to them because no room to hang up so gotta go through the GIANT pile and search,which is exhausting!! But, I do like everything I buy and can't get myself to get rid of any.😢

I have about the same as you. My house is from 1931, so very little closet space. I do have a dresser though.

I just recently discovered your wonderful videos and,in addition to learning so many helpful things, I am uplifted by your charming, delightful and entertaining personality! ❤️

Your best! 💯
Thank you.

Love your facial expressions. I definitely put stuff in the trunk and never look in bag before dropping off. but my closet is a problem. After watching your videos, I promised myself if I haven't lost the excess weight to fit into much of it, it must GO! No shaming this time. 6 months is reasonable. Taking better care of myself will help. No snacking! You are an inspiration!

Im doing my closet before 2025. Thank you

I've let things go, then regretted it years later so now, I put things into storage, then in a few years, I revisit and decide what to purge. If I didn't miss that item and I'm not excited to see it again, it's time to go.

Aww you at 66 😊

Thanks for this.

In lieu of velvet hangers, I have rubberized ones. So I can dry my clothes on the hangers, speeding up laundry. The flocking comes off on light clothing, so having waterproof carries value in my system.

That always motivates me to let an item go -- it's perfect for someone else and that makes me feel good. LOVING your channel, newish subscriber here. When you said valuing the EXPERIENCE over the OWNING of something, BOOM, that clicked! ❣💟💓 Thank you. I'm going to make it a fun challenge to wear everythinng in my closet I haven't worn yet. I will test my comfort level and my styling abilities, but I have your channel to help me through it. 🥰 Thanks from a NorCal gal.

I love your Videos very much. They are always very useful and interessing. I must say you are looking much better with your short hair. Iam watching from South Africa, where I live for 4 to 8 years. I turn 79 year in June and I like to dress my self with fun. You are doing a wonderful job. Thanks a lot.

I literally thrift so much! My clothes change often and i have beautiful expensive pieces at bargain prices. I have a lot of stuff. I'm on the edge of not fitting anything else in! I needed this advice! Btw, i love seeing your friend Sara; the episode you did with her was really sweet.