The Great Declutter - 18 months on

cyclingyorkie

In

Nothing - and it's going to stay that way!



Out

Skip - containing a good deal of the garage contents (OH was away!)

3 bags for charity

Yorkielass

Out:
On Saturday took a bag with about 6 books, 8 bits of clothes and 10 general things to the charity shop.
Another of OH's tshirts for reycling
3 more cosmetic things used up over the weekend.
More things for recycling

In
Book from charity shop OH found whilst we were taking the above in :rolleyes:
Nothing else :T

Also have the mother in law coming to stay next week so really need to have a good tidy and sort before she arrives (she does now have a bed to sleep on - she just needs to jump over a pile of stuff to get to it....)

debidoodle

In

Food shop


Out

16 Ebay parcels
1 newspaper and 1 magazine for recycling
Kitchen refuse bin

Rainbowchild

IN
Food Shopping
Tiles

OUT
Paper to recycling
Shreaded paper to compost bin
Last of the old bathroom tiles
DH on holiday!

greent

Friday, today & weekend's results:


IN:

• schoolwork brought home by DD & DS1
• dictionary for DD (leaving present from school)
• box of chocs - raffle prize
• new carpet and underlay for DD's new bedroom
• pr shorts for OH (next sale)
• 3 x vest tops, some underwear & a dress for me - all in the sale :T
• travel moses basket for DS3 for our holiday - yippee:j
• CD for DD - present fo performing so well in leaver's do
• new indicator light cover for my car :mad:
• cufflinks for oh - in sale - stashed away in presents
• currency for hols:j
• red triangle for car
• library books

OUT:

• library books
• presents for teachers - from stash
• old underlay - tip
• 2prs school shoes - recycled
• 4 school bags
• 2 lunchboxes
• 2 no longer white pe shirts & lots of no longer white school socks - recycled

PENDING OUT:

• old school uniform & clothes from DD - for friend
• prem baby clothes - for friend of friend

DD also sorting her bedroom to move into new room, so should hopefully get rid of a bit more!

good to see lots going on on here:T:T

greent

moneytree1

Hi all

Need some motivation to declutter my house I am a full time student and also a single parent with an 8 year old daughter. We rent a nice house but over the years the stuff has just piled up and looking at it makes me want to just shut the door and run away. It is hard to know where to start. Sometimes I feel I am painting the fourth bridge as the jobs never seem to get any less but today is day one of my decluttering I will let you know how I get on any advice on where to start would be greatly appreciated.
thanks all

Moneytree1

Pink.

Hi moneytree,

I too find decluttering a bit overwhelming so try to do it in bitesize bits doing a little bit every day....even if it's one drawer or cupboard it will make you feel so much better when you do it.

There is a current thread has lots of hints and tips on decluttering that should help.

The Great Declutter - 18 months on

You'll get lots of support from the regulars on that thread so I'll add your thread to it later to keep the posts together.

Pink

beemuzed

I'd choose to focus on the one room which would really make a difference, and then just tackle it for half an hour at a time. It's surprising how quickly you can really make a difference! That is then a real incentive to keep going. I'm now down to just three areas which still look really bad - our bedroom, the dining-room and the smallest bedroom. The rest is OK and can look good in just a few minutes! I'm determined to get these areas under control this summer. Good Luck!

Red_Fraggle_3

When you've de-cluttered are you going to have stuff to ebay/car boot - may be you can treat yourself and DD - any chance of her helping de-cluttering and dusting at the same time - with me I started DD getting rid of stuff about that age - stuff she admitted she didnt want any more :-) and those things she could keep the money from. we de-cluttered (so we could see the floor) of her bedroom the other week - why teenagers need bits of cardboard is beyond me - Good luck :-)

rosekitten

honestly I know where your coming
from with this,do what we have done
take 3 bin bags maybe a cardboard box
for heavier things books etc

1 for rubbish
1 for clothes fabrics etc
1 for bric brack books etc
1 for recycling

take books brica brac to charity shop
rubbish in the bin outside
one in the recycling

then stop

do this every day or a few times for a week
or two and or more weeks,you will shift some junk
and not feel so bogged down trying to tackle
it all at once.

if its in the kitchen first job before anything
clear and clean the sink,sounds mad but your
kitchen will seem 25% better just for this.

above all BE LETHAL ! and let it go