The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Sue14

Today I sorted through my jewellery boxes and put some old gold plated earrings and pendants in the charity box, found 2 more broken gold chains to put with a few others I sorted a while ago to sell, binned a few random items from our bedroom. I then moved onto the spare room, where my DS still has lots of his stuff stored, and he has model figures displayed on just about every surface which gather loads of dust, so I took them all down, dusted them and put them neatly into a box ready for him to take to his flat when he's ready (which going by the state of their flat will be the 12th of never, lol!).

I then cleared his shelf, which had a couple of racks of audio cassettes that he doesn't want anymore, so they've gone in the charity box, he also has a 6-drawer storage cabinet full of audio cassettes and another with video cassettes which will also go to CS at some point, binned some dried up felt pens, also found the box for his personal CD player, so they've now been reunited and put in the Ebay box.

Eventually I want to put all DS's stuff, that's stored in his drawers and wardrobe unit, in boxes and store them in the shed until he takes them, so we can get the room decorated, but I need to sort the shed out first as that is quite full at the moment, but I think a lot of what's in there will end up going to CS.

Managed to do 1 basket of ironing, and will try to do the other basket load tomorrow.

Pending out: I've sold 6 items on Ebay (got £16 for a very old mobile phone!), 5 have finished and the other 1 finishes later this evening, so if they're all paid by the time I go to bed I'll try to post them tomorrow. Also got some old batteries to put in recycling tomorrow.

boultdj

mineallmine wrote: »

Very Good point Yorkielass about decluttering responsibly. So good to clear our homes and help others in the process:D. So:

Good clothes ....ebay, boot sale, freecycle or charity (or friends kids)
Not so good clothes ....textile recycling (some charity shops collect for what they call the rag bag man)
Used batteries ....every shop that sells batteries should have a bin for collecting old batteries (noticed that Aldi have these near the tills)
Odd PC bits/cables ....ebay, freecycle
Oddments of paint/decorating stuff ....freecycle
Shredded paper ....compost bin, to a furry friend
Unused/unwanted toiletries ....ebay, charity, homeless shelter or womens refuge
Old furniture ...ebay, charity shops that sell/have room for this stuff, garage sale, or simply left outside with a sign on - saying please take me I;m free!

Feel free to add to this list everyone so we can all help one another get rid of stuff responsibly. :A I know sometimes for some things the tip is the only place but if we can find new homes for stuff so much the better :j

Noticed a recycling bin at sinsbug's for the low energy light bulb's

sunshineyday

I was feeling brave today and thought I'd have a go at tackling the 'dumping room':eek:. Managed to sort/get rid of the following:
2 boxes of books ready for CS
3 more piles of books sorted and ready to be packed for CS (have to get box from somewhere!)

64 old photography magazines to recycling
3 old catalogues to recycling
1 old electric typewriter waiting to be delivered to CS
1 glitterball for CS
1 pair of wheely trainers for CS
1 makeup bag for CS

also out:
3 bags general rubbish
6 old, unloved and unwanted cosmetics
3 picture frames to mum

2 ins: was a very naughty girl and went to the Boots sale this morning so in came:
1 gok set
1 No7 palette.

Can't wait to get this stuff actually delivered to CS then it will finally be out of the house !:j (still a long way to go though in the great declutter)

TheDoolallyDilly

mineallmine wrote: »

Very Good point Yorkielass about decluttering responsibly. So good to clear our homes and help others in the process:D. So:

Good clothes ....ebay, boot sale, freecycle or charity (or friends kids)
Not so good clothes ....textile recycling (some charity shops collect for what they call the rag bag man)
Used batteries ....every shop that sells batteries should have a bin for collecting old batteries (noticed that Aldi have these near the tills)
Odd PC bits/cables ....ebay, freecycle
Oddments of paint/decorating stuff ....freecycle
Shredded paper ....compost bin, to a furry friend
Unused/unwanted toiletries ....ebay, charity, homeless shelter or womens refuge
Old furniture ...ebay, charity shops that sell/have room for this stuff, garage sale, or simply left outside with a sign on - saying please take me I;m free!

Feel free to add to this list everyone so we can all help one another get rid of stuff responsibly. :A I know sometimes for some things the tip is the only place but if we can find new homes for stuff so much the better :j

Ratty old towels - animal rescue centres/vet surgeries will take them, as bedding for the animals

Unwanted prescription glasses - most opticians have a recycling box to put these in - they go to Africa, I think someone on here said. Our optician doesn't keep it near the door, as people use it as a bin, so you might have to ask.

Bras - in good condition - http://www.breasttalk.co.uk/bra-appeal/

Tetra packs - have noticed our local council have recycling banks for these at some car parks

nattyt

I have made sooooo much mess while decluttering that today i am on a mission! By 3.20 this afternoon this house is going to be transformed!! I have a child free weekend so it has some chance of staying this way for more than an hour! If you never hear from me again it maybe because i have lost the will to live or am buried under piles of crap!!!:rotfl::rotfl:

Hope everyone doing well. Might have time in a million years to catch up on the thread!! xx

Yorkielass

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Originally Posted by mineallmine
Very Good point Yorkielass about decluttering responsibly. So good to clear our homes and help others in the process:D. So:

Good clothes ....ebay, boot sale, freecycle or charity (or friends kids)
Not so good clothes ....textile recycling (some charity shops collect for what they call the rag bag man)
Used batteries ....every shop that sells batteries should have a bin for collecting old batteries (noticed that Aldi have these near the tills)
Odd PC bits/cables ....ebay, freecycle
Oddments of paint/decorating stuff ....freecycle
Shredded paper ....compost bin, to a furry friend
Unused/unwanted toiletries ....ebay, charity, homeless shelter or womens refuge
Old furniture ...ebay, charity shops that sell/have room for this stuff, garage sale, or simply left outside with a sign on - saying please take me I;m free!

Feel free to add to this list everyone so we can all help one another get rid of stuff responsibly. :A I know sometimes for some things the tip is the only place but if we can find new homes for stuff so much the better :j

boultdj wrote: »

Noticed a recycling bin at sinsbug's for the low energy light bulb's

Yes I spotted one on Monday too, having forgotten to take the one that is sitting in the garage to IKEA and had checked online, found these new bins in some Sainsburys, and then went to a Sainsburys not on the list and they had one too so will take it when I'm next there. Details are here: http://www.recolight.co.uk/My-Recolight/Consumers/Advice-for-Consumers/ (although bank locator not totally accurate)

I'd also like to add carrier bags to the list, I always say no to carrier bags in shops and use my own reusable bags, in 2009 we only bought 2 bags into the house that we had accepted in shops (1 in Woolworths closing down sale and another at a trade stall at an event) and in 2010 none at all. If people give us things in bags, the wrapping from magazines that sort of thing we take them to Sainsburys or Tescos and put them in the recycling bins there.

Some Tesco stores have coat hanger recycling too if you find you have too many of these.

Hope that helps a bit.

Yorkielass

Have been really busy recently so not much chance for ins or outs!

Did send off the badges I'd sold though so they are all out and the only ins are a bit of post (some straight into recycling) and OH collected 2 new camera lenses from the post office today - he got a new camera for Birthday/Christmas and is adding to his collection - can't really complain too much as they don't take up much room.

Pending 2/10 things on ebay have bids including 1 that was a free dvd that had been sitting on the shelf for years and most others have watchers so pleased with that, hope a few more bidders.

Have 2 piles of stuff for ebaying this weekend depending on whether it's a free listings or not. Added to it are 3 boden tops, went to put one on this morning after having not worn for ages and it was a bit snug - oops - think I'll ebay them as I obviously don't need them having not worn for nearly a year.

Well done on everyone's progress - great to see.

Mumof2_2

Right, the living room is where I'm Flying now - apart from the first 9 things, everything else is from just 1 of our chest of drawers !

139. DS's old outgrown cycle helmet
140. toy candle
141. brochures
142. old bag strap
143. painted stone (DD!)
144. mirror
145. jigsaw coaster
146. essential oil
147. old broken musical cake slicer :T
148. chisels and hammer for uncovering toy dinosaur
149. hair clips
150. toy mobile phone
151. HSM stickers
152. feather!
153. cut up crepe paper
154. toy plastic lemon
155. outer casing of sweet - it's plastic and DS thought she could use it to do 'craft' .... hmmm, don't think so
156. organza bag (ripped)
157. eye mask
158. cardboard
159. lion mask
160. paper - recycling
161. plastic bracelet - CS
162. beads
163. dried up play doh
164. plastic toy
165. old necklace
166. dried up plasticine
167. yoyo
168. plastic cover for pen
169. stamper pen
170. plastic toy
171. old glue
172. dried up ink pad
173. whistle (broken)
174. play notes
175. plastic dolls hair brush x 2
176. cow toy
177. teeny tiny ruler
178. toy fairy
179. play money
180. broken water pistol
181. more stickers
182. silicone circle thing (part of something else which was thrown away yesterday)
183. broken lollipop stick!
184. broken crayon
185. colouring books - CS
186. doodle pattern book - CS
187. small toy dog - CS

Itching to do more but won't - got DS and DH home and mustn't spend all my time decluttering!

Everyone is doing fantastic - our houses are going to be amazing soon!

mineallmine

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Yorkielass made an excellent point about decluttering responsibly. So here's an updated list for find new homes for some of our stuff:

Good clothes ....ebay, boot sale, freecycle or charity (or friends kids)
Not so good clothes ....textile recycling (some charity shops collect for what they call the rag bag man)
Coat hangers - some Tesco stores have coat hanger recycling too if you find you have too many of these. (thanks to Yorkielass)

Used batteries ....every shop that sells batteries should have a bin for collecting old batteries (noticed that Aldi have these near the tills)
Odd PC bits/cables ....ebay, freecycle
Oddments of paint/decorating stuff ....freecycle

Shredded paper ....compost bin, to a furry friend
Unused/unwanted toiletries ....ebay, charity, homeless shelter or womens refuge
Old furniture ...ebay, charity shops that sell/have room for this stuff, garage sale, or simply left outside with a sign on - saying please take me I;m free!
Dead low energy light bulbs - our local tip takes these, or sainsbury's collection points (thanks boultdj) Details are here: http://www.recolight.co.uk/My-Recoli...for-Consumers/ (although bank locator not totally accurate) (thanks Yorkielass)

And these suggestions thanks to TheDoolallyDilly:
Ratty old towels - animal rescue centres/vet surgeries will take them, as bedding for the animals

Unwanted prescription glasses - most opticians have a recycling box to put these in - they go to Africa, I think someone on here said. Our optician doesn't keep it near the door, as people use it as a bin, so you might have to ask.

Bras - in good condition - http://www.breasttalk.co.uk/bra-appeal/ (I seem to remember someone else posting another website too)

Tetra packs - have noticed our local council have recycling banks for these at some car parks

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Feel free to add to this list everyone so we can help one another get rid of stuff responsibly.

mineallmine

Decluttering update:
Tackled the kitchen. Even OH noticed...drum roll...kitchen surfaces!!!!! Did this by:
- putting all snack stuff in a cardboard box and in one of the cupboards instead of scattered all over the surfaces or in lock and locks containers all over the surfaces.

Am considering outing:
- coffee machine, it has so much clutter with it but I paid so much for it.......
- the slow cooker, it has a very heavy inner/dish. And I've seen one I fancy that's lighter.

Washing mountain:
Slow progress but slowly getting there.
- OH outed some clothes, he's the worst offender so this is a real result!!

I've lost count of how much has been outed. But I'll add 10 to my tally, it's probably about 3 times that!