The Great Declutter - 18 months on

greent

calleyw wrote: »

No don't throw them out. I use them them as mats. Once was passing a carpet fitters house and he had loads of sample books knocked on his door and asked if I could take them. And they said yes. Used them as mats for the front and back door. Could throw them away if they got really manky.



Yours


Calley

S'okay - they went back to the carpet fitter

Quick update:

IN:
tiles/ grout/ adhesive - used in bathroom (2 tiles left to do )
new slippers for me

OUT:
old slippers to recycling
small piece of old manky carpet

kind of neutral

greent x

bikerchick1066

OUT
Old car mats via ebay
Suit via ebay
2 pairs of trousers, 1 jacket, 1 skirt and 6 T-shirts (all work uniform) returned as leaving the job today

IN
lovely Per Una dress - £4 from charity shop - to wear to friends wedding in June

meanmarie

In ...

Food for free, book from Amazon

Out...

bag of clothes for clothes bin

Trying hard....

Marie

Yorkielass

Out:
Some magazines, catalogues, envelopes etc whilst sorting the living room and other stuff has found homes.

Some more cosmetics etc sold through work - ooh just sold something else too - no more smelly Lush soaps in my house that came out of gift sets, I love lush bath stuff but not a soapy person!

In:
Several items of new clothing - but they are things I don't already have/need! Have a small pile of things to go out too so I'm about neutral

candyblue

Out, all in boxes ready for car boot sale
10 books
2 candle sticks
bikini and sarong(brand new)
handbag
pair of boots
pack of cards
earrings
bracelet

In
magazine

tattycath

Out:

1 large sideboard-gone in skip
2 bags of books
2 bags of videos
15 book set
1 paint set
gone to charity shop
2 large bags of rubbish-in bin
3 parcels-sold on ebay posted out today

In:

Nothing

carlislelass

In
nothing

out
old/broken garden tools from shed

luxor4t

OUT:
- DS2's dead trainers (bin :rolleyes:)
- more paper & boxes (recycling)
- even more books (charity shop)
- another pair old curtains (again, charity shop)
- old odd glasses & odd glass dishes (guess where )
- manky goatskin rug ( probably the bin)
- ancient mattress cover

IN:
I have been "thrifting" as the americans say :o:o
- small oak table (£4)
- beautiful white candlewick bedspread (£1.50)
- glass cakestand (£1.50)
- small fake linen tablecloth (cotton with attitude) 50p
- new glasses and glass dishes (at least this is neutral )
- new mattress cover (also, neutral)

We were going to buy a computer desk that actually fits the computer, but baulked at £75-ish so we shall do a 'use what we have' challenge and come up with something 'interesting' :think:.

candyblue

Event though the house looks even more of a tip at the moment, I feel I have made progress

In
Nothing

Out
2 gigantic bags of rubbish
1 huge bag of shredding( I went through all the paperwork drawers)
A estate car bootful of stuff awaiting to go to car boot tomorrow
Huge piles of magazines
6 shot glasses
3 candles
cuddly toy

*Whoops forgot we swapped my old bike that I havent used for 6 years for a water butt for the allotment

Patchwork_Quilt

Callisto wrote: »

In

Nothing

Out

Ancient pair of slippers found under the bed, binned as nobody else would want them!

Magazine and various leaflets into recycling

Pending

Couple of tops and a pair of jeans added to Ebay pile
Top and a few bits of costume jewellery added to the charity bag

Charity bag will go on Saturday, but I will probably come back with new clothes and/or shoes as itching to spend birthday money! Am now going to try and implement the 'one in, one out' policy on anything new I buy...

I love this 'pending' thing. We have stuff that is going but not quite out of the door yet.

Keep posting, chaps. I love reading this. Just feeling a little envious because we are nearly at The Big Sort Out (after we moved and renovated from last August) but not quite there yet.

Did get rid of assorted items to the charity shop on Friday, though.

Then I went made and bought 2 pairs linen cropped trousers, one linen skirt, two linen tops, one T shirt and a jumper from all the other charity shops in town.

So I think it's a net gain. Failed. I'll do better next time