The Great Declutter - 18 months on

Patchwork_Quilt

out - bags and bags of decorating rubbish - paint pots, sandpaper, filler

saved - bucket full of paste - washed bucket that we were going to throw away and put in garage for further use (is this in?)

longhotbath

In - lots of chidrens party paraphenalia - plastic toys and balloons, and too much cake:rotfl:

Out - a bag of tuff for a charity shop, and a toddler slide - out of the garden anyway - hoping for a friend to collect it at lunchtime..

Off to sort through a box, then I will take some photos for ebay.

Cheers, LHB

greent

morning!!!

just wrote a long post and then it disappeared:mad:

Anyway:


IN:

• new bedroom furniture (minus bedside cabinets - out of stock until month end)
• new bedside lamp
• clothes for baby (due next week - eeek!!) - bought by my mum
• runner bean plants
• canes for above (mine have strangely disappeared.....)
• bag of compost for pots
• new duvet set for DS1 (his old ones are outgrown but in good condition and will go to DS2 who will be moving from cotbed to fullsize bed in a couple of months)
• chest of drawers for new bathroom (bought several weeks ago from ikea but only made last night)
• carpet for new bedroom/ stairs and old stairs and landing
• new slippers for DD
• new jeans & a tshirt for DS2 (bought by my mum - she can't help herself!)

OUT:

• carpet from old stairs and landing (pale lilac in colour and survived about 7-8 years before finally surrending to the onslaught that was the building work!!)
• lots of packaging/ recycling
• broken bedside lamp base
• compost from bins to back garden borders
• OH's laptop and work mobile returned to previous employers. Now he just needs to sort all this paperwork in the home office......
• DD's outgrown slippers to recycling

PENDING IN:

• new mattress for new bed being delivered tomorrow:T

PENDING OUT:

• old mattress (13 years and has 3 children being sick etc on it - yick!) to tip at weekend
• old bedroom furniture to be listed in free ads/ ebay at weekend (when we should hopefully move into new room)
• Throw to be returned to next via courier (ordered 2 in different sizes)

More in than out at the mo, but mainly because of loft conversion. Am hopeful that progress outwards should start to be made soon - we are not moving anything up which will not be used/ worn. Also maternity clothes can go on ebay in a couple of weeks :rotfl::rotfl:

Lovely sunny day here - I have 3 loads of washing on the line, another in the machine and 1 or 2 more to do!!! (have changed sofa covers - I wash nearly every day so would not normally have this much at any one time!!!)


greent

fabulous_girl

Inspired by the idea of a trip to Hong Kong with my friend (which I've now decided I can't afford anyhow), I spent Saturday night going through the pile of tosh in the corner of our spare room. Halved it, but could have got it down a lot more if the boyfriend didnt insist on keeping all sorts of tat (why does a 26 year old need birthday cards from his 22nd, its not even a landmark biorthday!). I got a box ready for a boot fair which I will do one day this summer, honest!

I also put on freecycle a clothes rail, which went last night, some curtains which we never got round to putting up, those are being collected tonight, and a rickety old wardrobe which I disassembled, before my boyfriend decided we should keep it to store aforementioned tosh in. I despair!

Got rid of loads of packaging and cardboard but my blue bin is now full and wont be emptied for 3 more weeks. Some paperwork to go through tonight and I MUST do that shredding that I've already accumulated. I just cant bear the noise!

Haven't done any recycling since last summer and we get through a lot of strongbow and wine in our house, so you canimagine the pile in the garage. But I just know that as soon as I get rid of it all they'll introduce one of those clubcard points recylcing machinesd at my local Tesco!

greent

fabulous_girl wrote: »

Haven't done any recycling since last summer and we get through a lot of strongbow and wine in our house, so you canimagine the pile in the garage. But I just know that as soon as I get rid of it all they'll introduce one of those clubcard points recylcing machinesd at my local Tesco!

I wouldn't worry about those - they now only pay out points for soft drinks cans in ours - they used to do points for glass, plastic bottles and any tin cans Clear the space and be free!!:rotfl:

fabulous_girl

I know you're right! I will start to clear it but i only have a two seater car with a boot the sixe of a shoe box so will take a while!

poorbutrich

Good work declutterers!

I've not posted for a few weeks and have noticed the impact on my motivation!

IN
Car parts
A beer making kit
Two chairs (after I realised there was nowhere to sit when some friends came over!)
A wastepaper bin on Freecycle
Lots of toiletries

OUT

An armchair on eBay
lots of books, clothes and shoes on eBay
Cleared out top shelf of kitchen cupboards - not quite sure why I needed so many tins of golden syrup or mung beans - should make an interesting dish by putting those two together!

Must keep going!

longhotbath

In - a welly rack:T. Now got tidy wellys in one place:T
Out - car boot full of paper for recycling.

Must try harder tomorrow!

greent

IN:

• new mattress - delivery men wouldn't take it into loft and it took OH and 3 neighbours to get it there - and bannisters had to be removed!!
• 1 paperback book bought for 30p at WI last night
• tomato plant & echinacea plant bought at WI
• Pregnancy grant money of £190!! Transferred to savings account for holiday spending money in July
• missing bit for shower delivered
• couple of small items for my mum's bday pressie

OUT:

• 1 brand new table runner sold at WI - unwanted gift
• 1 brand new sarong was attempted to be sold at WI but have decided to give this to a relative for their birthday, so it has gone in present stash instead. So not technically out yet, but it now has a purpose rather than cluttering my drawer (It still has all labels on, and I bought it for me, it's not a re-gift, so I feel ok about that)
• 5 paperback books given to my mum for her to read and then pass on
• small amount of handmade soaps and bathsalts sold to WI members - yippee! Too much money tied up in them at the mo and I am not really doing anything with them right now, what with baby number 4 due in 5 days!!
• large amount of paperwork put in recycling bin

PENDING OUT:

• large amount of packaging put aside for trip to tip/ recycling centre at weekend
• 1 item sorted to charity bag in garage
• 3 presents sorted for birthday parties my children are attending in the next 10 days - all from present stash too, so no spends involved!!

greent

mandragora_2

greent wrote: »

IN:





OUT:

• small amount of handmade soaps and bathsalts sold to WI members - yippee! Too much money tied up in them at the mo and I am not really doing anything with them right now, what with baby number 4 due in 5 days!!

PENDING OUT:

I think I've spotted another item for......

PENDING OUT:....??:D