Congratulations, you beat winter.

If you’ve forgotten what it’s like not to be layered up to within an inch of your life, then take heart, because the mercury is rising. With the thaw well underway, now’s the perfect time to take stock of where your wardrobe’s at in preparation for the warmer seasons ahead.

This is our take-no-prisoners approach to a sartorial spring clean. There’ll be no “might come in handy later” and we definitely won’t tolerate any “those were the days…”. After all, there’s no room for sentimentality when you’re low on storage space.

Follow these simple steps to nix the dead weight of your wardrobe and make way for new-season winners.

1. Turn It Up

Because the task of spring cleaning without music is a chore so unspeakably foul, we’re pretty sure it’s used as a form of torture somewhere.

2. Storage Wars

You probably won’t need mounds of heavy-gauge knitwear come June (even if you do live up t’North), so unless you’re planning a sojourn in the Arctic this summer, it’s time to squirrel away those chunky knits, bulky parkas, hiking boots and toasty wool accessories.

Doing so creates much-needed room for warm-weather wear in your day-to-day wardrobe, readying you for ushering in the joys of spring, running gaily through English country meadows… that kind of thing.

Remember to clean your winter pieces before storing them, never hang your knitwear but fold it instead, and invest in space-saving solutions like large plastic resealable bags and boxes, both of which will enable you to easily and neatly stow your cold-weather clobber in cupboards or under your bed.

Still at a loss as to where’s best to put it all? Think ‘CCDD’ – cool, clean, dark and dry – when it comes to storage spaces.

(Related: Save space, time and your sanity with our guide to wardrobe maintenance)

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3. Charity Begins At Home

No matter how savvy a shopper you are, certain elements of your wardrobe will have become – by way of fashion’s ebbs and flows or hours spent at the squat rack – obsolete since you first took them home. So now’s the time to finally make good on that resolution of doing your bit for others.

Ridding your wardrobe of one-season wonders is a smart way to trim its fat. Be brutal, as brutal as you were smashing the deadlifts that got you here in the first place: if it doesn’t meet storage bag standards, then it’s a one-way ticket to the charity shop.

It’s easy to think, “Well, I might need this marble camo cowl neck tee for something”. But, if it hasn’t seen the light of day for a year, it’s safe to say you probably won’t.