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April 1, 2016 by Angela

Spring Cleaning in Steps: Putting the Winter Gear Away

Have you guys seen all the wonderful Spring Cleaning Checklists? They are inspiring, detailed and organized…and completely overwhelming to someone like me. It’s not that my house doesn’t need a good thorough cleaning – it’s just that I feel paralyzed at all that entails. So I’ve decided to do Spring Cleaning in Steps. The first step for my house is to put all the winter gear away.

Spring Cleaning in Steps

Spring Cleaning in Steps: The Entryway

One of the first places that I decluttered last year was our entryway and the closet. It made such a difference since the entryway is small. A little bit of clutter in this space is a big headache. It’s the launching pad for our mornings.

Lately – this is how our mornings have been:

“Where are my shoes?”

“They should be in the closet.”

“I have one of them but I can’t find the other one.”

This is usually followed by frustrated muttering, shoving coats out of the way to look for said shoe, and tossing of all other shoes out of the closet – only to find that it was behind the closet door. *SIGH*

Our middle son usually tucks his shoes under the storage bench, which drives me crazy, but I kind of understand why he does it. He knows exactly where they are – even though that’s not where I prefer them!

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Unstuffing the Entryway Closet

Time to unstuff the closet. The weather has been beautiful here lately – occasionally chilly but definitely past the snow pants and winter boots stage. Our spring cleaning in baby steps number one was to get the winter gear out of the closet and in storage.

Here are the Before pictures:

Spring Cleaning in Steps

Some of the winter accessories pulled out of the closet

Spring Cleaning in Steps

Winter coats and snow pants crammed in the closet

  1. I pulled all the winter coats, boots, hats, scarves, and mittens/gloves out of the entryway.
  2. I washed all of the above.
  3. I removed everything from the entryway and closet floor, swept, wiped the area down, and put everything back.
  4. I hung the winter coats in a second floor closet – easily accessible if needed, but out of the way!
  5. I stored all the snow pants, scarves, hats and mittens/gloves in our winter plastic tote.
  6. I moved the plastic tote up to our third floor closet until next winter.

Here are the After photos:

Spring Cleaning in Steps

Winter coats gone! We can actually see our shoes now.

Spring Cleaning in Baby Steps

If you have similar feelings of being overwhelmed, but want a clean home, I encourage you to pick one  baby step in spring cleaning too. If you haven’t put your winter gear away yet, maybe that could be one of the first too!

Spring Cleaning in Steps

What kind of spring cleaning do you do (if any!)? Any suggestions for the next baby step – preferably something that is easy and makes a big difference? 🙂 

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Wife. Mom to three boys. Writer. Reader. Aspiring Minimalist. Lover of chocolate and fitness. She loves blogging about the ways she is finding success in simplifying life one step at a time. Her mantra is "Progress, not Perfection."

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  1. Yarikza Alexander says

    April 1, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Here in Mississippi every time I start putting my winter clothes away and start using my opened toe shoes…the weather changes and it gets cool enough making it impossible to do the whole swap!!! I am so ready for that Spring cleaning!!!

    • Abby says

      April 4, 2016 at 8:22 am

      I’m in Mississippi, too! I wish that winter-to-spring transition was a little more clear. I guess I can’t complain, since I don’t like the heat, but it sure would make switching out my kids’ clothes easier 🙂

      • Angela says

        April 4, 2016 at 9:22 am

        I waited so long to switch but then the weather turned on us too! The snow pants and gloves weren’t needed though – just the coats!

    • Angela says

      April 4, 2016 at 9:20 am

      It’s funny that you say that Yarikza because the day after I packed our winter gear away – the temperature dropped about 30 degrees and we needed our warmer coats!

  2. Jill says

    April 5, 2016 at 10:35 am

    I like this idea. We are going to be doing some decluttering this weekend, and I think we will start with all the coats. I am tired of reaching for my jacket and knocking five coats of the hook!

    • Angela says

      April 11, 2016 at 7:57 pm

      I know the feeling Jill! We had to pull out our winter coats again so our closet is feeling full again – at least they’re clean though!

  3. Tianna says

    April 5, 2016 at 11:34 am

    thanks for this cleaning inspiration! I really need to get on it!

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  4. Victoria @Simplified Life says

    April 6, 2016 at 10:00 am

    We just finished that switch as well. It feels so nice to have that clean entryway again. Once I had that put away we each tackled our closets – putting away sweaters and the heavier winter clothing. I think now I’ll tackle my kitchen. I find that the little stuff accumulates over the winter – like storage containers and utensils. Happy Spring Cleaning!

    • Angela says

      April 11, 2016 at 7:59 pm

      Thanks Victoria! You are so right about how little things build up in the kitchen cupboards. That may be another area I need to tackle. Happy Spring Cleaning to you as well!

  5. Dee says

    April 9, 2016 at 6:48 pm

    Great ideas — we’ve been doing some cleaning today! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday! 🙂

    • Angela says

      April 11, 2016 at 8:00 pm

      That’s great Dee! Thank you for hosting!

  6. Stella Lee @Purfylle says

    April 14, 2016 at 10:21 pm

    My hallway always seems to be full of stuff that shouldn’t be there but a few weeks ago we purchased a shelving unit just for footware and now I’ve at least got somewhere to put them. I am envious of your lovely cupboard.

    • Angela says

      April 18, 2016 at 10:04 pm

      Containers make such a big difference don’t they? I think I’d go batty without our closet – it’s a narrow and small entryway, but decluttering it has made all the difference!

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