The Great Declutter Part 2

Glad

Can I join please :wave:

finishing work early today and DD is off too so set my mind to making a start today

Welsh_Totster

More stuff gone after actually being able to decorate the dining room the last of the unpacking is happening!

Out
8 packing boxes and 2 bin bags of bubble wrap being collected this weekend
Ive sold an extra vacuum cleaner we had to someone in work for £15, theyre picking it up on Thursday
3 knackered plant pots, a very battered internal door, an off cut of carpet and two big boxes full or cardboard went to the recycling dump on the weekend

In
2 lovely frames to frame two old watercolour paintings I inherited so i can hang them on the wall
New mantlepiece clock for back living room

greent

IN:
4 books, 1 vase, 2 pairs kids trousers and 1 doorstop from friends (if I say it quickly it's not so bad!!)

OUT:
86. bottle of fave perfume finished
87. small bottle of unwanted perfume (friend)
88.no longer required STs - friend
89-91. 3 bottles of stock related stuff to friend
92. old car brochure - recycled
93-100 6 bars of handmade soap split between 2 pretty gift bags and then tied with ribbon for raffle prizes for DD's school
101. set of paints to friend

Half way through the month and 67% of declutter target for June achieved Some Ebay items are finishing tomorrow - I 'should' get closer to my target then........

Sequeena

Out

- Rubbish (bin day)
- Metal/glass recycling

In

- Sky HD+
- 5 beautiful healthy kittens :j FINALLY!

Glad

made a good start

3 binbags of my clothes to take to charity shop
1 binbag of clothes to throw away
18 items of clothing to go on ebay

Nelski

(Nelski reporting for duty here having been dragged kicking and screaming by Glad to join you all - wonder what she is trying to say about my house )

Sooooooo now I am confused bit a of help for a newbie please:)

Can I really count the contents of my binbag as decluttering? If so then in the half hour since I got back from work

In
Me
Shiny fresh new bottle of vodka:o

Out
Empty bottle of vodka:o


So does this mean I am now in negative declutter and perhaps need to either throw myself out again or drink said vodka and get that out:think::think:

Anyway Im sure with your help I will get this you all seem a lovely lot:A

mineallmine

Hello newbies,

Any form of decluttering counts - no strict rules here - its all about making your place ever better.

Some of us set targets - greent and me are both trying to declutter 150 things in June. But its all entirely up to you. But cannot express how good it feels when you do something even small like sort a drawer thats been bothering you or finding the PC in the study again.

I keep a tally of what I've decluttered this year and try as much as possible to find new uses for stuff or to give it away. Sadly stuff does end up in landfill but not before trying to use freecycle/freegle, rag and bone man, charity shop, recycling etc.

Right enough chat I need to find items 68-150 in June, wish me luck!

lizzie157

hi

can i join ?
as my house always seems sooo cluttered (my kids call me mrs trebus-life of grime) :rotfl:unfortunately although its fairly clean im not too good at throwing things / donating to charity as i always think it might come in usefull one day. anyway i've decided to sort out one small thing at a time ie one drawer/cupboard or corner of room and to try and be ruthless so far i've

1: sorted through old bills etc and shredded for guinea pigs bedding

resolved to do it every week so they don't build up

2: sorted coffee maker for charity shop - free gift from catalogue never used

3:thrown away out of date toiletries

4: trown away plastic tub lids as the tubs have mysteriously vanished????????

tomorrow i'l try and tackle a box of shoes under stairs

Glad

thrown all leftover bits from dinner in my food recycling bin

Churchmouse

Well it's decluttering, Glad, but not as we know it ............ ( slightly amended from Startrek :rotfl:)