March Shopping All In White

 

This month I have bought a little in advance, as we are not so much at home this month! I've continued to find clothes that can form the basic of my wardrobe. This month I've focused on buying clothes in white. I have also focused on the clothes being comfortably airy so that they can be worn during the summer!

I am very pleased with the purchase of the white slip dress! I can wear it under a lovely chiffon dress I bought before Christmas. It should be no secret that I'm a fan of Downton Abbey, and this month's purchase reflects that!

• Slip dress $11.61
• Dress with pockets and shirt $21.77
• White embroidery shirt $10.88
• Strawberry dress $12.00

         In total I spent $56.26

The slip dress looks lovely under the vintage G.S. dress.

Imagin a warm summer day in the garden
with a lovely hat and white sandals!

I think it's going to be one of my summer favorites!
It came with a shirt that is too big, but I will try to customize the size!

I love the romantic look!

I also got this strawberry dres!

The white shirt has a beautiful embroidery!

I have promised myself that every time I buy new clothes, I will give similar clothes to a thrift store or sell them. Below you see what I am going to get rid of this month.

Wardrobe and Hangers 2

I've been working on getting more space in my wardrobe. The photo shows my first attempt to make my clothes take up less space. In the next photo you can see how it looks after I have used the new way of folding the clothes when I hang them on the hangers. 

The shirts and cardigans take up all the space when I hang them as I used to!

After I folded the shirts and cadigans I ended up with a lot of space!
Acturly I consider to add one more drawer to the closet!

Folded cardigan

My next project is to get rid of more of my old clothes. I have sorted out what was worn or the wrong size, but there are still too much! I have decided that every time I buy a piece of G.S. clothing, I have to get rid of a piece of my old clothing. It won't be easy because I have clothes attached with memories such as the clothes was a gift or perhaps bought for a certain event. Unfortunately, it is impossible for me keep everything! 

To keep me up on letting go of some clothes, I'm going to show what I am getting rid of, when I post my G.S. purchases of the month!

In this side of the closet there is some very nice dresses I will have to let go.
The only dress I am going to keep is my wedding dress.

Wardrobe and Cloth Hangers

 

I have followed posts in the "Gudrun Love" FB group about wardrobes. It's fun to see the many ways to organcie it! Some showed a beautiful walk in closet, others showed small wardrobes where space was used to the bursting point. One of the things discussed was how the clothes were organized. 

Some had chosen to organize the clothes according to the colors, others liked that the clothes are put together in sets that are easy to put on in the morning!

One of the things I thought was interesting was the topic of cloth hangers. After all, there are many different types of clothes hangers! I realized that maybe I should check if I should replace my hangers? My hangers are quite ordinary of this type.

My closet doesn't have much room for long dresses and coats. I have many cardigans that get ugly in the shoulders due to hanging on hangers, so I did a little research to find a better way to utilize my closet.

I am not in favor of throwing away things made of plastic, as it can end up in the oceans as waste, therefore I decided not to discard my clothes hangers! Instead I investigated how I can make the best use of my type of hangers! Much to my surprise I found out that my type og hangers can actually solve my problem of getting more space for my maxi dresses! Beyond that, I also found a solution to avoid the ugly bulges that come in the shoulders of my cardigans!

If I hang my dresses like this, I save space in the closet intended for long coats and at the same time the dress does not get ugly in the shoulders from hanging on a hanger.

By folding my cardigans in this way, I avoid the ugly bulges in my shoulders and the longest of them can now hang in the closet intended for the shirt.

Even though I've just cleaned up my closet, I'm starting all over again! I will try to use my cloth hangers in the new way!