Decluttering 2012, this year, definitely ...

museumworker

Welcome wilf, jennyjewel and mazaratti2000! :wave:

Am not sure if there IS a listing of what to do (hopefully someone will correct me if I'm wrong). Generally each month people set a target of things to declutter- usually 100 a month, but whatever suits you. Don't feel any pressure to do every month - I've just done this challenge in months I think I am able to cope with it.

Post as often as you like - I post a fair amount as I'm so proud of getting rid of things after years of hoarding . I keep a count to see how I'm doing and help motivate me. Some people count a bag of stuff as 1 out, others will count the number of items in the bag. I mix and match - sometimes I'm so proud of getting rid of every single item that I count them individually, other times its just a pile of leaflets and I cba to count!

There was also a request some time ago for people to say where the items were going - I think that there is a wish for people to not contribute to landfill wherever possible. It is also of interest for other posters - to know what might sell, or be collected etc.

Anyway, welcome and good luck with the decluttering! It really will make your house easier to keep clean and tidy, and improve your life.

museumworker

Me again!

+ 8 travel guides - charity (we tend to research on internet now if going somewhere, so why keep an 8 year old guidebook?)
+ 1 book - returned to friend
+ 1 baking dish - starting to rust - recycling
+ 2 broken bicycle pumps - recycling

Off out now to see some friends, hope you're all enjoying the bank holiday.

euronorris

*sneaks head round corner* Can I join in please? I really need to!

We made a start this weekend already, so....
OUT:
- Black bin bag full of tatty old bedsheets & towels (only good for cleaning or making puppets etc and we have enough cleaning cloths and no kids to make puppets for)
- Carrier bag full of clothes to go to charity shop
- (not quite out but....) Tidied away winter clothes and extra bedsheets & towels into the vaccum bag thingy's that OH's Mum bought us at Xmas, and cleared two shelves in total!
- 2 more empty wine bottles from the kitchen shelf
- Junk mail/unnecessary paperwork into shredding pile, envelopes etc into bin
- general carp into bin

In:
+ Something OH ordered to protect our internet connection. No, I don't understand either. It's a box....thingy
+ The cardboard box the above came in joined the cardboard mountain
+ Groceries (we're in the process of decluttering that! )

I think that's it. We did pretty well considering OH also hoovered the kitchen rug, the living room and the stairs, and I washed up dishes x 3 lots, and got through 5 lots of washing (including the blankets we use on the sofa), completely decluttered the sofas, tidied the bedroom and living room a little, and generally made the place a bit tidier and nicer to live in.

Am knackered now though, and OH is sick! lol. I still need to make pasties tonight too!

I hope you are all well!!

flowerofscotland

A few more things jettisoned while I was cleaning, washing, making lunch etc this morning:

15. Single dish broken into pieces for the outdoor pots
16. Work handbag on which the handle was about to break thrown out and replaced with a bag I bought in the sale at Christmas for this purpose. Double decluttering effect as the new bag had been cluttering the wardrobe
17. Assorted junk from work handbag thrown out e.g. half a pack of wet wipes that aren't or recycled (old shopping lists etc).
18. Sorted through envelope of coupons and recycled the ones that have expired, gave the Mr T computers for schools vouchers to teacher neighbour and reminded myself to use the ones that are still in date.
19. Leather Blackberry holder into charity bag
20. Another pair of trousers into charity bag
21. Out of life throat capsules into bin
22 - 25. 4 activity books for children put into car and will be passed to GC tomorrow

So current Jettison in June total is 25/139

Not bad considering I haven't had much spare time (thought I would but family and friends had other ideas)

bonnie_bumpkins

flowerofscotland wrote: »

16. Work handbag on which the handle was about to break thrown out and replaced with a bag I bought in the sale at Christmas for this purpose. Double decluttering effect as the new bag had been cluttering the wardrobe

:rotfl: Love it :T

Welcome euronorris. Sounds like you have made a good start, even though it seems to have made your OH sick Do I remember you from PTN's thread last summer??

Jenny - museumworker has given a perfect response to your query - if I could thank her more than once I would

17. Box of plastic bottles & tins - council recycling collection
18. Box of paper & cardboard - council recycling collection

Now I'm back from work I have a couple of bin bags to go through, in which my teenagers have put stuff they don't want. It might be rubbish, it might be for CS, it might be for freegle. Ooooh the excitement.

Update to follow later.

joannasmum

May I join you, we have a house full of stuff and clutter and no money. My aim is to declutter and sell as much as I can before the summer holidays so I can scrap enough togerther for a holiday. Going to sort out my signature for the June challenge now.

pigpen

15/100 for June!

8 items posted
3 plates flung
2 binbags from girls room
1 binbag from middle room
1 tube of boob cream

10 skeleton ebay listings done to finish and upload later

I filled another bag for charity shop too

snapping_crocodile

Can I join in please?

I always feel really motivated when I read about other people's progress so hoping if I chart my own that might help me move my bum and declutter!!

Hoping to use you all as a guide so aiming for 100 in June.

So over the weekend;

1-17 items of clothing to CS
18-21 ornaments to CS
22 old frying pan in the bin
23-25 chipped dishes in the bin
26 broken kitchen timer in the bin
27-29 old t-shirts for rags

So my jettison for June total is 29/100

I'm hoping once I start I will have the motivation to keep it up

I have also taken advantage of the free listing weekend on ebay and have quite a few items listed, but will have to wait until next week to see if any sell. So I have started......:rotfl:

ziggy2407

Jettison 100 in June: 11/100

7 Shorts - Grandson
8 T-Shirt - Grandson
9-10 2 x tatty Cushion Inners - Bin
11 Pinecones - Bin

Not a lot has physically "gone out" but I've listed lots that I am hoping to sell - fingers cropssed someone wants my treasures, lol

Welcome to all the newbies, keep up the great work everyone :T

loopychriss

Didn't get time to post yesterday but here's my last 2 days worth.

1 odd (non-gold) earring - metal recycling
2 umbrellas - charity bag
Pair of baby croc shoes - charity bag
1 handbag mirror - charity bag
Manky plastic soap dish - put on skip currently sitting in driveway
Gel heel supports - charity bag
Notre Dame coin in padded bag - charity bag
Children's book - charity bag
Baby bowl - charity bag
Nail glue - skip
Cracked glass vase - skip
Fabric - used to make 5 morsbags
Pair rusty secateurs
Pair rusty garden pruners

Still got lots more to go through - might do the cupboards under the sink and bath tomorrow..... methinks there might be a lot of spiders lurking as I haven't been in them for months....!