The Great Declutter Part 2

cloverfan

Please can people help me.............I think I might have the worlds messiest most cluttered house ever:o:o:o:o and its so bad I just dont know where to start so I dont and it gets worse. I have a small 3 bed house and its just not big enough. My ex was a walking DIY disaster and ruined loads of the house so not one of the rooms in the house is finished and quite truthfully the whole place needs decorating. I dont invite people round coz i am embarassed and yet i dont seem to be able to change things.....any advice gratefully appreciated

Sue14

cloverfan wrote: »

Please can people help me.............I think I might have the worlds messiest most cluttered house ever:o:o:o:o and its so bad I just dont know where to start so I dont and it gets worse. I have a small 3 bed house and its just not big enough. My ex was a walking DIY disaster and ruined loads of the house so not one of the rooms in the house is finished and quite truthfully the whole place needs decorating. I dont invite people round coz i am embarassed and yet i dont seem to be able to change things.....any advice gratefully appreciated

Hi, I was just the same until recently, everywhere I looked was clutter and although I knew it needed sorting, like you I had no idea where to start, so I kept putting it off. Then I found this board, and was inspired to make a start, and now I am gradually starting to have a tidy home instead of piles of clutter, although I've still got a long way to go, lol! A lot of stuff has gone to charity shops, some has gone on Freecycle and Freegle, and I've sold a lot of things on Ebay so I'm making some money as well, which is a nice bonus! You wouldn't believe all the '!!!!!! have I kept that for?' crap that has been binned too, lol!

It can seem daunting when getting started, but the best way is to do a little bit at a time, decide on one small area and get stuck in, even if you only do 10 minutes a day you will soon start to see a difference, and when you do you'll be inspired to do more. Reporting on here what you've got rid of can be very helpful, and getting rid of stuff that you don't need or use is very liberating. Good luck and I look forward to hearing about your progress, if I can do it I'm sure you can, and when it's all clear you can get the place decorated how you want it.

Hugs
Sue.

greent

55. top to charity bag - hopefully being collected today
56. babygro to rag bag
57. 2 odd socks to rag bag
58. one of those pencil things where you keep changing the push out bit (stick it in the top) - all the bits now have no lead - binned

Quite a few watchers on ebay. 2 items have bids - hopeful of more to come!!!

Karmacat

Sue14 wrote: »

It can seem daunting when getting started, but the best way is to do a little bit at a time, decide on one small area and get stuck in, even if you only do 10 minutes a day you will soon start to see a difference, and when you do you'll be inspired to do more. Reporting on here what you've got rid of can be very helpful, and getting rid of stuff that you don't need or use is very liberating. Good luck and I look forward to hearing about your progress, if I can do it I'm sure you can, and when it's all clear you can get the place decorated how you want it.

Hugs
Sue.

That is *so* true one drawer at a time. The whole lot doesn't seem manageable, but one thing is - put the timer on, or your alarm or whatever, for ten minutes time, and stop then. You can do more later on if you want, but just do ten minutes that first time.

I certainly felt overwhelmed by the idea of my loft, though the house isn't too bad at all now, after all the energy I'd spent on it. So I got a friend to be here while I went up - in fact, he poked his head up first, and then I went up and actually did it. My back hurt like crazy doing it, but thats a different story So those are the two tips: do one tiny thing, and/or get a friend to be with you when you do something.

Come back and tell how you get on!

mineallmine

mineallmine wrote: »

Up to:

39. Toiletries (really boring that my decluttering is just this kinda stuff but shows how much I have:o), used up, packaging not recyclable (bin)

Tally so far = 39 things decluttered, 18 sadly to bin, rest recycled/charity.

NOw up to:
40.41. More toiletries, packaging not recyclable (bin)

Total so far 41 things decluttered, 20 binned, rest recycled etc. Just about keeping on track for getting rid of 150 things in June. Need to buy some clothes (never been too bad at that side of things strangely). But need to start attacking the general stuff that is around.

Happy decluttering. :A

Smiley_Mum

...the toothbrush principle. This website has a lot of info on sorting your clutter etc. I know there's a flylady one but just incase that isn't working for some. Thought you may be interested in this one...

http://www.thetoothbrushprinciple.com/

Good luck with the blitzing/clutter clearing. I'm just going to start on the bathroom now...

alys_fowler

ive already so far this week cleared out my loft and airing cupboard lots for the tip/charity shop, i still have my children's bedroom to tackle, i walk in and walk out just wondering where to begin lol

*Chattie*

not interested as its someone trying to sell their book indirectly

Dustykitten

Out:
paper/cans and glass recycling
a couple of bags of stuff to the school for the tombola

In:
An order from white stuff, need to try on later to see what I'm keeping and what I'm returning. I am desperate for summer clothes so this is not an impulse purchase and I did use a discount code and quidco.

annie123

alys_fowler wrote: »

ive already so far this week cleared out my loft and airing cupboard lots for the tip/charity shop,

Could you pop round mine and do the same please:D
tea and cake will be provided;)