The Great Declutter Part 2

MadamMim2013

I did it... I did it, I climed up in the airing cupboard & cleared it all out onto the bed...:eek:
Went throught everything, sorted into various piles & filled a huge bag for the charity shop.
Some items (old pillowcases, etc) will be for my mum who's in mid flow making little bags for knitted teddy bears (they go abroad) she uses any spare material:T


The whole cupboard looks sooo much better & I've got rid of all the "horded" stuff I really didn't need.:D

Kaz2904

I've done the kitchen!
Well, almost. I've got the cupboard under the sink to do and the herbs cupboard. I also realised a little while ago that I've left the deep fat fryer out in the utility room so I need to find a home for it too. The other cupboards look much better. I do need to have some use ups of food and herbs though better get on and find some interesting meals to cook which needs lots of herbs in



ETA: Am now decluttering a bottle of malibu I found which had about 2-3 drinks worth in it. Then gotta work on all the other drinks there. My poor liver (won't all be tonight btw!).

elliewild

i've found a good system for decluttering.
i set my phone alarm for 1 hour (or whatever time i have, usually an hour max) stick some music on (upbeat and fast to get me going) and i stick everything from one room that i want to sell in boxes and store under my bed (this way if i want to sell on ebay/amazon/carboot etc, everythings in one place, easily accessible and out the way). then i go round the room again box up anything i want to keep that i dont use too often (this can go in attic or under spare bed) and throw anything i dont want to keep, i try and be mercyless -but its quite hard. i try and get as much of this process done in 1 hour as i can. then i go have a brew, do something else for an hour. then either repeat with another room, or continue till one rooms clear.

today ive completely cleared my front and back room, and taken everything that doesnt live in these rooms upto the spare room. i find its best to find place for things to 'live' and then you know where to put them back if they are out of place. other than that i think my problem stems from having far too much stuff. best get selling!

hope this helps.

p.s if its really bad, what i tend to do is concentrate on clearing one corner, put everything where it should go, even hoover that corner and that usually gives me the will to continue as i can see progress, then i start on another corner and before you know it the rooms done!

Mum_on_a_mission_2

items 8 to 13


8. 4 piece suite disposed of
9. 1 box of paper/card to recycling
10. 19 plastic bottles to recycling
11. 10 playbags to church
12. 12 pieces of trashed uniform to recycling
13. 1 pair of shorts rehomed

pollys

Had a very busy day (trying to take my mind off DD's A Level results tomorrow) tackled the cupboard under the stairs and the cupboard under the sink. Result one bin bag of rubbish and a bag of plastic bags to recycling.:j

Happy Decluttering Everyone:)

Pollys

MsHalffull

All had been quiet on the decluttering front since last post - Had also got behind on general tidying. I managed to make some headway today - downstairs of the house is looking good - upstairs is another matter but I will be addressing that on Friday.

IN

Hand Sander - I have plans....
Crystal lamp for bedroom
3 microfibre towels for gym (bargain from 99p shop)
Battery for pedometer
DVD for DS
School Vests for DS (Can't believe the summer's nearly over)

OUT

50 books & a bag full of bits to CS
Amazon parcel
Batteries to recycling
General rubbish & recycling

Had a horrible panic when I couldn't find my ipod - frantically searching for it for about 15 minutes & became convinced I'd either accidentally given it to the CS or put it in the recycling - found it in a newly created "safe place" that I'd immediatey forgetten existed...

Pollys - good luck to DD for her A Level results & to all others waiting - a stressful time !!! ( I had recurring exam anxiety dreams for years after taking my A levels)

greent

Have just decluttered my torn out/ printed out pile of recipes. Those that I really like have been cut out properly and stuck in a recipe journal I had for Mothers Day a couple of years ago. Rest= recycling

mollythewestie

OUT
Old pair of DH's shoes - Recycling bank
1 x Bag of general waste - Black bin
Old Lawnmower - Cleaned up and given to DH's friend who has just bought their first home.

PENDING OUT
Big pile of DVDs for the charity shop
Another pile of DVDs to be eBayed

Holly25

kezlou wrote: »

Well i have attacked our room and now it has a floor whoo hoo:j:j

11. one cat sicked up bag (again)
12. put four phone chargers up on ebay
13. 3 pairs of hole ridden socks in bin
14. a whole carrier bag of odd, ripped / holey stockings
15. a randow box of curtains hooks
16. broken thomas tank engine bag
17. a box full of disintegrated bath bombs
18. broken pipe
19. pair of broken slippers
20. a bag full of paper to the recycling box
21. a bag full of broken make up
22. a pair of ripped jeans
23. another old smelly bag which is filled up with runnish.
24 a plastic box filled with rubbish
25 cardboard box filled with job
26. 5 old magazines - recycled
27. a bag of cat sicked on material - binned
28. 5 broken ornaments
29. two ripped books
30. a bag of empty plastic bottles/tops - recycled
31. empty shoe box
32. broken tool box
33. 2 more carrier bags of junk.
34. a bag of rusty tools. (OH didn't see htme muwhahaha)
35. two bags of ragged/broke/shirts from his drawers.
36.2 pairs of too small trousers out of my pile.
37. a bag of oddments binned
38. a OOD phone book
39. a OOD a-z
40. a bag of wires
41. hoover belts - now on ebay
42. a bag of my broken socks - gone
43. bag of broken beyond repairs bra gone.
44. a bag of rubbish from the cupboard - gone
45. 6 books - to take to charity shop
46. A bags of kids toys - now binned
47. a pair of fairy wings - ebayed
48. two soap sets - charity shop
49. a bag of broken shells
50. a bag of rocks
51. two broken plastic spades + buckets


I threw more but can't remember everything i shot out. All i know is most of my junk is gone and binned, now its just OH's junk to contend with. I still have to sort out by bedside cabinet and top of drawers, but i'm getting there. So far so good. Another 54 things and i'm there.

This challenge is really making assess everything we have and the house is starting to look so much bigger and cleaner.
Thanks all for starting the thread!:D

is your cat alright? lol.

LydiaJ

Can I join in please?

I have a total nightmare of clutter including a whole load of stuff I inherited recently. I'm a teacher so I find it hard to make much progress in term time, so I want to make a big push between now and the beginning of term. The big push starts tomorrow morning, so I'm typing this tonight to try to make myself follow through on my intentions.

My motivation for decluttering is that I want to move house and can't possibly take all this stuff with me, and my two biggest challenges are that I find it very difficult to stick at decluttering if there isn't another grown-up to talk to, and that my kids are even worse hoarders than I am. (I'm a single parent with 2 kids at primary school.)