remove anything that doesn't fit, isn't worn, hasn't been used in over a year or will never be used again
If it's not yours check first, my father in law pissed me off massively one time as he did that to "help" while we were on holiday and got rid of a whole pile of stuff that was very occasional wear for me (most of it smart casual to semi-formal and I actively avoid don't really go to a lot of functions that would require dressing up if I can help it and a pair of nice sandals which I was never going to wear again but that my daughter had wanted and was waiting to grow into because "I've never seen you in them" (some of which I did actually wear frequently, just by stupid dumb luck not when the outlaws visited or when we went to visit them). And more recently I've been looking for some stuff I had because an occasion has come up where I needed it or my daughter (who now fits all my clothes) wanted to borrow something that she was only ever going to wear once (or maybe again if another situation ever came up) that I knew I had and it's gone.
I'd like to think that's obvious but just putting it out there because apparently it wasn't obvious to my father in law
I think it is because that is the kind of house I grew up in
I think it's just your personality/preferences/both. I also grew up in a house with a LOT of knick knacks though unlike my usually somewhat untidy house, my house-proud parents keep their place very neat and organised and tastefully decorated. Did I mention a LOT of knick knacks? x_x Anyway I hate minimalism XD
How's the tidying and sorting and all that going? :)