The Great Declutter - 18 months on

zarazara

In nothing
OUT nothing

but a fair amount of cleaning has been done. my bed is made, my sink is shiney and the bathroom gleaming :-)

wendywitch

Hi Guys, I'd like to join but don't know where to start

I'm a keeper of things "just in case",
I keep things for sentimental reasons,
and for some reason I rip articles and recipes out of magazines but never actually do anything with them

Can anyone help me??
Where do I start?

angelavdavis

I had a great weekend - got rid of 6 black sacks full of bedlinen, clothes and bricabrac to the Hospice Shop who were very grateful. I then put the rest of the quilts, pillows and some towels in vacuum packs so now the cupboard doesn't collapse on you when you open the doors!:D

I have also managed to give away my excess tomato and aubergine plants through freecycle which frees up more space to plant the next batch of seeds!

angelavdavis

wendywitch wrote: »

Hi Guys, I'd like to join but don't know where to start

I'm a keeper of things "just in case",
I keep things for sentimental reasons,
and for some reason I rip articles and recipes out of magazines but never actually do anything with them

Can anyone help me??
Where do I start?

Hi Wendy,

Welcome to the declutter thread. All is not lost!

Why don't you use them?

Is it because you can't find them or don't think of them?

If you would rather keep them and use them, then treat yourself to a box file or clip folder that you can keep in a kitchen cupboard and label it up so you can find things easily.

wendywitch

angelavdavis wrote: »

Hi Wendy,

Welcome to the declutter thread. All is not lost!

Why don't you use them?

Is it because you can't find them or don't think of them?

If you would rather keep them and use them, then treat yourself to a box file or clip folder that you can keep in a kitchen cupboard and label it up so you can find things easily.

Oh, I know where they are, well most of them I suppose I don't use them as I'm a creature of habit. I tend to just cook/bake the things I know we'll eat. I'd hate to go buying specialist ingredients that I wouldn't use again.
I've got rid of most of my cook books form the same reason.

pigpen

In

Very little! Few bits of clothing for me
New challenges
New opportunities
New expectations
New rules
New me

Out.

Hubby and all his stuff
DS1 and all his stuff
A double high sleeper
a broken dyson
1 binbag to charity shop
4 binbags of rubbish
half a binbag of bedding and towels
4 bits on ebay.. 2 more listed
Few broken pc bits
Few baby bits

fedupandskint

Back in clearence mode after a few days away from here with the site being down

IN
Multi purpose compost 150L
1x tomato growbag
2x bargain hyacinth pots of 9 bulbs

OUT
hyacinths into the ground out of their pots
Seed potatoes into their growbags
Chilli seeds into pots
Coriander seeds into pots
Tomato seeds into pots
Last years bulbs into the ground for summer flowering if I am lucky and they flower
Broken trowel into household rubbish
Packaging into household rubbish
Cardboard and paper into recycling
More piles of garden recycling when space in the garden bin
Composting into composter
Tomato greenhouse put up!
Plastic plant housings disposed into household rubbish

PENDING
7 items sold on ebay ready for posting tomorrow

Under the stairs looking clearer now have moved the garden stuff into the garden or in the shed

champys

Look at what happened today:

in - nothing

out - one old caravan!!! Yay!!

It was left by the previous owner of the house and we have been wanting to get rid of it for ages, but never got around to photographing and advertising it - last summer made a start, got it out of the barn and put a 'for sale' sign on it. A very nice retired couple went off with it today, I'm so pleased it's gone! We even got some Euros for it. DH wants to use this money to buy materials for building a chicken coop.

Wait a minute - why did we never make a chicken coop out of the old caravan??

bikerchick1066

pigpen wrote: »

In

Very little! Few bits of clothing for me
New challenges
New opportunities
New expectations
New rules
New me

Out.

Hubby and all his stuff
DS1 and all his stuff
A double high sleeper
a broken dyson
1 binbag to charity shop
4 binbags of rubbish
half a binbag of bedding and towels
4 bits on ebay.. 2 more listed
Few broken pc bits
Few baby bits

Hubby and DS1 - that is a major declutter

Welcome to my world - you'll love it!

greent

Hmm - not so good from here. Confession time:

OUT:

• 2 broken cassette tapes (thanks to toddler!)
• carrier bag of baby clothes (charity)
• 7 roof tiles
• bday present & card for aunt
• bday card to friend
• parcel of things sold (small parcel, but hey!) :T
• 4 chipped glasses
• ripped school trousers x1 & 2 mud stained white PE polo shirts (recycling)

IN: (takes deep breath)

• pack of 6 glasses
• new car tax
• bday present for aunt (since gone out)
• pressies for DS1 bday next week
• 2 stainless steel water bottles for DD & DS1s lunch boxes
• toy train for DS2
• moses basket & 1 new blanket
• 2 tiles to finish kitchen wall
• pressure washer (replaces stolen one)
• jigsaw (tool type - replaces stolen oe)
• wax for new woodwork
• underwear & 2 x PJs for DD
• work shirts for DH (new job in 2 weeks)
• picture for new bedroom
• new bedding for new bedroom
• new bedside lamps for new bedroom
• storage boxes
• 2 kitchen spatulas
• set of 'tupperware' from ikea
• new outside door mat
• chest of drawers
• pack of muslins for baby

Ah well - it'll all be used, and when we move into new bedroom some things like old bedding will go!!


Onwards and upwards!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

greent