The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Becky_2

I also cannot wait to have the recycling bin emptied next week and for me this is tomorrow. I have loads of empty bottles, newspapers and cardboard to fill the bin up with tomorrow night. Apart from that, I have not managed to do a lot this week but feel more inspired to do more next week when I will tackle our guest bedroom since my mum is coming next Sunday to stay with us for a week.

Good luck to you all with your de-cluttering.

poohatbaytree

Think I have come up with a brilliant decluttering tip. Advertise on Freecycle or equivalent that you have 2/3 bags/boxes of car boot sale type items - then when you get replies fill the bags/boxes and pass to the greedy s*d that wants to make money out of you!!

LittleCharlie

This thread is awesome... I'm in the process of decluttering right now! So much stuff to get rid of in our little two bedroom flat!

I should really have taken a photograph of our "study" before I started throwing things out, but I'll take one now...

poohatbaytree

poohatbaytree wrote: »

Think I have come up with a brilliant decluttering tip. Advertise on Freecycle or equivalent that you have 2/3 bags/boxes of car boot sale type items - then when you get replies fill the bags/boxes and pass to the greedy s*d that wants to make money out of you!!

Took 4 minutes to get first reply to the freecycle offered ad!!!!

debbiedeejay

Think I have come up with a brilliant decluttering tip. Advertise on Freecycle or equivalent that you have 2/3 bags/boxes of car boot sale type items - then when you get replies fill the bags/boxes and pass to the greedy s*d that wants to make money out of you!!

It is a great idea putting all unwanted stuff together and advertising it as car booty, it's quick as you have found out:) - easy way of not having to fill landfill/bins etc - not having to use the car or public transport to take them to charity shop/tip,taking up your own precious time - you just hand them over to someone on your doorstop(if they turn up on time:cool:), they be willing to use their petrol to get to you and then sit in front of their car boot on a Sunday morning come rain or shine - and if they make a few pounds out of it good luck to them I say - if you don't like the idea of someone else making money out of things you no longer have use for, maybe ringing up a local charity to ask if they would collect it instead???? or have a car boot yourself or a yard sale???- at least its got rid of quick and its no longer cluttering up your house and you can stand back and admire your lovely tidy home

Unlike my house at the moment - 100 things in June went down the pan. Was given two huge bags of clothes from colleague - including Ja*e No**an dress, Miss Sel***dges tops,Sup**dry T Shirts - DD 2 & 3 very happy plus I was given what was left! So need to sort through wardrobe again.

Plus just come back from a weekend camping trip and am going through all the stuff as I speak,getting rid of broken,cracked camping gear as I go ( afraid nothing going on freecycle today though, all pretty useless,ie leaking water carrier that kind of thing)

sign_in_stranger

I googled declutter and it brought me straight here.
Might stick around.....:)

popsicat

haven't posted for a while - but attic is almost empty - moved to a storage unit so I can do a partial conversion and decide what comes back (and I plan to be ruthless)

and the shed/summerhouse was done today - stuff to a new home (chairs that they can use at a party) and stuff to the tip feel lighter xxx

greent

2 cupboards and a drawer sorted in kitchen today and about half a dozen plus useless/ no longer wanted things thrown/ charity bagged.

4 items of clothing (holey or stained) also got rid of.

no longer required baby bits given to a friend/ charity if not needed by friend

little steps....

silvasava

Not really a declutter (well maybe) I took one of the cool bags out of the boot of my car & I've put in the picnic plates, bowls, plastic cutlery & a plastic tablecloth that were all lurking in various places. So now I shall everything we need for a picnic IN ONE PLACE I did manage to bin an old wire basket but that's all - still 'every little helps'

Lurleene

Hello, sorry I haven't really posted since my initial enthusiasm a month ago, but have been continuing on with little babysteps ( oooh, is that for a different thread? !:o).

I had a big day out with my DD yesterday and when we came back my OH proudly showed me 2 decluttered kitchen cabinets. Bless him , he had gone through and chucked all the germ ridden baby cups, plates, spoons etc that I couldn't bear to part with for sentimental reasons. (Our youngest is 6 ). I wasn't upset, just relieved. Although rather embarrassed when he came home early from work today and saw me going through the wheely bin. Just out of curiosity, honest!:rotfl:Seeing as DD's broken Little Mermaid cup was one of the items I guess it was all justified. She is 15 by the way.

I had a day off today as I have built up too much flexi so I decided to tackle the bedroom. I have bagged up 5 binliners worth of my clothes, and also bed linen - divided up ready for either the charity shop or textile bank. I have kept back a few of the more upmarket bits for ebay, but realistically know if I keep too much for there I will never get round to it, so would rather a charity benefitted from the stuff.

As a result I also rebagged a couple of recent purchases with tags ready to go back to the shop as they obviously aren't needed.

I also tackled the surfaces of my chest of drawers x2, and binned /recycled / cleaned and put back all the toileteries , jewellery, dust, clothes tags, receipts, pens, random piece of Hunchback of Notre Dame Circus playset etc. Also looked through my scary toileteries stash to remind myself that I HAVE MORE THAN MY LOCAL BOOTS DOES.

So, a small dent has been made. Best of luck everyone for the week. Lurleene. x