10 Things Professional Organizers Always Throw Away First

Wire Dry Cleaning Hangers
A woman sorts through a tangled pile of wire hangers that professional organizers recommend throwing away first.

Wire Dry Cleaning Hangers

When you walk into a professionally organized closet, you immediately notice the uniform hangers. Organizers always throw away the flimsy wire hangers you receive from the dry cleaner. These thin pieces of metal create visual chaos, tangle effortlessly with one another, and actively ruin your expensive clothing.

Wire hangers lack the structural integrity necessary to properly support your garments. Over time, they stretch out the shoulders of your favorite sweaters, leave permanent creases in your dress pants, and can even rust, leaving unremovable stains on light-colored fabrics.

Take thirty minutes to swap out your wire hangers for a matching set of velvet or sturdy wooden hangers. When your garments hang cleanly on velvet hangers, you can clearly see every shirt and jacket you own.

You eliminate the dreaded shoulder bumps that wire hangers leave behind on delicate knits. Most dry cleaners gladly accept wire hanger donations to reuse them, allowing you to declutter your space while recycling responsibly.

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  1. Yes I have done all these things 6 months ago, and I’ve got to do it again, electronics and chargers strings that have frayed. I’ve just thrown away ink pens I’ve had for a year or more, my new ones don’t last 2 months. I buy in bulk bc I get use to that style. Then they change and then the news bleed. I don’t like certain things to change. If it works don’t change it.

  2. Don’t throw away canvas, or other types of, bags. Reuse them when you go shopping so you don’t get plastic bags!

  3. Very helpful. I’m starting with the cabinet under my bathroom sink because that annoys me the most then on to the linen closet.

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