Forget Winter

It's been warm for about three months, but how many reminders of winter are still cluttering your living space?

My kids have their own wall hooks for coats, and as of two weeks ago their winter coats were still hanging there, taking up space and making the spring coats fall down. So I washed them all and the ones that will still fit next year I hung in the coat closet and the ones that they've outgrown I gave to friends with smaller kids. (The ones I gave away were in surprisingly good shape. I think that was because last year each kid had two winter coats to wear.)

I also washed the winter hats and gloves and put them in a bag in the closet. The ones they outgrew went in The Salvation Army bag.

Just clearing away the remnants of winter helped clean the kids' space.