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Field notes on cleanouts, secondhand clothes, and the chair in your bedroom.

• Letting go · July 10, 2026

  The chair: a natural history of the clothes pile

  Every bedroom has one — a chair that stopped being furniture and became infrastructure. Here's why the pile forms, and why it never leaves on its own.

• Letting go · July 8, 2026

  Sell, give, or donate? A decision tree for the emotionally attached

  Four questions that sort any item of clothing into the right exit lane — even the sweater you have feelings about.

• Letting go · July 5, 2026

  The 90/90 rule and other lies we tell ourselves

  Every decluttering rule is a little bit wrong, including ours. What the famous rules get right, where they fall apart, and the only test that actually works.

• The cleanout · July 2, 2026

  How to photograph clothes so your friends actually want them

  No lightbox, no DSLR, no flat-lay styling degree. Five rules that make a $15 sweater look like $15 instead of like laundry.

• The cleanout · June 28, 2026

  Pricing secondhand clothes for friends without making it weird

  The 10–25% rule, the round-number rule, and the social math of charging people you'll see at brunch.

• Secondhand economy · June 24, 2026

  Where donated clothes actually go (and better options)

  The donation bin is not a magic portal. What really happens after drop-off, and how to route your clothes somewhere they'll actually get worn.

• Secondhand economy · June 20, 2026

  The closet swap: turn six cleanouts into one great evening

  How to host a clothing swap that actually works — the guest math, the ground rules, and what to do with the leftovers.