The Great Declutter - 18 months on

kaz665

IN

New foundation
Whitening toothpaste

OUT

Bits from the shed - made DH sort it out
Old toiletries
Jars from the kitchen into recylcing
Old tablets and medicine out of date

and now have a lovely sparkling organised kitchen!!

fedupandskint

OUT
Shed clearence - one bag of old tin cans and jars left by previous owners, thanks!
left open bags of compost
fairy lights
million spiders
one large angry hornet (!)
Lots and lots of cobwebs

IN
Plant supports
greenhouse thermometer

skint_spice

I just tidied the craft cupboard... exhausted now...have lots to ebay and carboot still.

Out

Lots and lots of boxes to recycling.
All letters and envelopes either shredded or recycled
lots of DS's old clothes to charity shop
lots of books to charity shop
two carrier bags of miscellaneous pish to bin!

In

Nothing for once!

Callisto

I'd like to join in with this as we don't have a loft and the spare room just keeps accumulating 'stuff'. I feel in the mood for a good spring clean and clear out.

In
A new bra from M&S

Out
Paper and cans into recycling bin

We are starting to sort out tomorrow, boyfriend will go through his moutain of clothes on the bedroom floor and also clear the porch of tools and assorted car parts.

I will be going through my clothes to see what needs to be got rid of and also putting away my heavy duty winter jumpers now summer is hopefully on the way.

Also want to clear out the stuff lurking at the back of the pantry and go through the kitchen drawers and cupboards.

Already have a pile of toys and clothes to list on Ebay, but haven't found the motivation to list those yet.

Will let you know how we get on. Think this will be a pretty long term project! :rolleyes:

pigpen

In

Nothing

Out

7 binbags of rubbish!!! just from 2 rooms!

greent

IN:

• Easter eggs from people for the kids :EasterBun
• Presents from people for DS1's bday
• More paint for decorating!
• Power tool mouse thing for sanding (replaces one stolen from garage last month - recurring theme at the mo!!)
• Newborn nappies ready for next month's arrival
• Book for DD & DS2 from their trip to London
• Some new books for me (bargain at £7.50 for 10 new paperbacks and I'll take them to WI afterwards)
• new little vacuum cleaner to be kept & used in loft conversion (Dyson too big & heavy for me to keep taking up and down, esp at 35 weeks pg!) It's rather fab - have tried it out & it's powerful & nifty!
• New rug for family room
• Kiddy buggy board from freecycle - unfortunately it appears to be missing part of it's fixing bracket Not sure what to do with it..........

OUT:

• Easter cards to people :easter:
• Some small toys to Operation Xmas Child
• Broken toys to bin
• Some clothes to charity bag
• Lots of paper shredded/ recycled
• 4 paperbacks to my mum
• packaging from vacuum cleaner (some recycled, some binned)

PENDING:

• 2 brand new sarongs unworn in last 4 years put by for WI sale
• 1 pack of brand new downlights put by for WI sale
• 4 items found to list on ebay (but we're off to Centre Parcs tomorrow, so shall list when we get back - means I'll have missed Bank Hol browsers, but hey ho!!)

I MUST get on with this properly when kids are back at school. DS2 is starting nursery one day a week too - which hopefully will help a little (Not that I have long until child number 4 arrives!)

Off to pack - well, need to wake some people up first. Visitors due later, so want packing & housework done asap!

have a lovely BH weekend everyone! :easter_os

greent
:icotbaske

Yorkielass

Cosmetics all sorted - 10 things thrown away/emptied and packaging recycled, list made and on a mission to start using everything up now, will only buy something new when something is almost empty and needs replacing - for some things that won't be for a long time!

4 new items of clothes in yesterday oops - - (but from Sainsburys 25% off ) Next plan is to sort all mine and OH clothes and clean and tidy bedroom.

luxor4t

OUT:
- two old carpets
- pair of manky curtains (used as dust sheets)
- dead plaster, rotten wood etc etc
- tons of dust
- old fireplace
- tatty built-in bookcase (as in slanting & uneven shelves made from what looks like bits of old firewood wedged in an alcove)

IN:
- fab table from charity shop (has 2 leaves, so can seat 4,6 or 8)
- 48p loose change from behind the fireplace (OK, not technically 'in')

Going to work at de-cluttering the contents of the book case now

kaz665

OUT
Out of date makeup

IN
Sand, Bark and Weed Prevention material for my garden

Money_maker

Oh dear, just missed post 1000! Sounds like you're all going great guns - well done.

IN:
Lots of plants from our hols
Easter eggs for the kids
Our dd (she had hols with in-laws, our first break just the two of us for 10 years)

OUT:
Bag of old clothes ready for the bin (too bad to recycle)
Paperwork
Eggs for the nephews
2 ds's (on overseas hols with school, back tues)

Had a day at home with no kids (!) so managed to find floor in 'walk in' wardrobe. Problem is I now cant find the floor in the bedroom... Have binned some old clothes, I mean some of my gear is from the 1980's/1990's. Need to finish the job and try to make our bedroom look just like a bedroom.

Lots of dds old bits to get rid of - moses basket, bouncer, car seat etc. May try ebay for a few pounds. Have discovered baby baths on ebay are worth nothing but inspired to try to use it as a planter for lettuce and bedding this year if hubby doesn't object.

Now dd is walking a bit and much more mobile, the need to declutter downstairs is more urgent. Will need to address this as soon as possible - if only I had another day free, I could do so much.

Will keep plodding on - I WILL have a lovely home one day.