Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

darwins_mum

Not a great deal of decluttering going on here in Evolution Cottage. Motivation seems to have taken flight. I have set my target at 15 minutes every day. I have spent the past 2 days thinking about where to start!
On a more positive not, my presentation on decluttering was well received.
Have a great day all
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System

darwins_mum wrote: »

Not a great deal of decluttering going on here in Evolution Cottage. Motivation seems to have taken flight.

Take it, one drawer at a time, one cupboard. If you look at the overall picture it will probably overwhelm you. Tackle one corner at a time and take pleasure in what you have achieved.

short_bird

Had notification on Tuesday that a company would be coming on Friday morning to repair the windows that were installed about 18 months ago.
:eek: OMG they're coming on Friday
:eek: I'm at work all day Thursday
:eek:My desk's next to the window in one room and the stock for the vintage fair on 4th Feb is by the other set of windows
:eek: Yes, the windows need repairing after 18 months

Anyway, you get the picture:rotfl:

I'm sure I can find more than 10 items from rearranging that lot; one of them is the bathroom cabinet which we've decided to do without . It's been in the hallway for the last week!

Yorkielass

Managed to get the contents of 2 bedside drawers into 1 yesterday, then the empty one now has my nightwear in it, making more room for clothes in my other set of drawers - result!

So quite a few bits into the bin & recycling and other things stored better - didn't count things as I was doing it quickly and all small things but made a difference. House is looking pretty good - need to do a bit more tonight ready for viewing tomorrow.

Have done a bit of browsing on ebay this morning and have decided what I'm going to list this weekend. Planning on spending Saturday night preparing and getting OH to photograph then I'll list on Sunday - I know how to live!

keys_2

Well not much de- cluttering done for me since sunday - Unless you count deleting items off my sky list

37. bin bag of rubbish
38. another bin bag of rubbish
39- 40 . x2 parcels to post office

ive got to de -clutter the garden later so may count that

I have just started a thread for de cluttering and listing on ebay - small steps if anyone wants to join - plus tips would be helpful

Here is the link
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3756935

EndlessStruggle

I gave my 2 fruit shoot skills kits away today and posted an ebay item. More to list on ebay.

I was meant to be going back to work on Monday but have just had a call to say it is going to be the 8th Feb now. I could use the money but nothing I can do really. More time to list etc lol.

System

Have you ever done a pasta bake using a tomato sauce and bacon? Well neither have i but thats what me and my son are having for our evening meal tonight (I'm still going through the odds and ends in the freezer).

My son likes pasta, he likes a tomato based sauce and he likes bacon (but i'm not sure he will like them all together).

365days

70. Christmas radio times - r/c
71. chipped mug r/c
72. fancy dress cardboard masks r/c
73. 2x large cardboard boxes r/c
74. Gift catalogue
75. seed catalogue
76. small pile of DS old school worksheets
77. pile of unwanted teaching resources
78. 2011 diary -unused- tut tut r/c
79. NT magazine.....never read them...what a waste
80. Old uni magazine never read them...what a waste
81. Bag of Plastic/cardboard (Including the empty bottle of sink degunker which has been gracing the bathroom ever since I emptied it days ago. Why I can't just throw it at the time I do not know) r/c
82. 2x rubbush bags
83. 2x mixed recycling bags
84. 2 yes 2 empties of the hoover.

Sorry haven't been able to keep up with the thread lately but wishing everyone a clutter busting time!

PennyPinchingPrincess

I would like my home to contain only the things I want to keep. If I get rid of 100 things or 10 things it doesn't matter to me

So in the past couple of days I've...

Chucked a broken clothes rail (y'know the weight limit on those things... they really do mean it!)

Gone through my mug of pens and thrown out some dried up biros.

Looked at all my shoes, decided I have enough to last me the rest of my life, and chucked a tatty pair of pumps. Now I'm hoping I won't end my days sat barefoot in a care home because my shoe collection didn't quite last...

EndlessStruggle

Does anyone know if you can recycle photographs, I have loads of ones that mean nothing to me, i.e someones arm, or some random puppies and some trees (?) but not sure whether to bin or recycle.