Lots of advice, this time of year, on how to clean out your closets with the season change. Here’s what to do NEXT.
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Lots of advice, this time of year, on how to clean out your closets with the season change. Here’s what to do NEXT.
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#1 on this list? Shop resale! Coats, boots, cozy home decor are some of the Best Buys in consignment, resale & thrift shops.

Start a first-day-of-Fall tradition: Leaf cookies! Fun tradition for kids and for grown-ups. Take a leaf cookie to the owner of your local consignment or resale shop, too
Image sources are linked on the HowToConsign Pinterest collections.

What’s easier than baby as a football, Daddy as a linebacker or letterman, Mom as a cheerleader or bookish nerd? Grab a onesie at your local thrift, dye it brown, use iron-on tape for the ball laces, and have, forgive me, a ball.
No excuses. Do not buy a cheap, plastic, made-in-China costume for your kids, pets… or yourself. It’s eco-unfriendly to buy something that’s been shipped across the globe to use for one evening. Not when there are so many ideas waiting for you to get creative with at consignment, resale, and thrift shops! Shop local for the best in Halloween disguises… and do
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A sure way to make your gently-used clothes worth more at a consignment or resale shop is to keep your wardrobe up-to-date. Pass underloved garments on before they become dated hanging in your closet! This article from Apartment Therapy will get you started. Our thanks to Vena and Rene of Selective Seconds for finding this info!
The quote’s from John McGovern. The photo, near as I can tell, first appeared on Amazon years ago. The compilation is by HowToConsign.org, and if you click on the graphic, you can
find a Professional Resaler near you!