Enough is enough - the great declutter

Spendless

anyone got any ideas what to do with coat hangers, other than landfill? DH insists we need to keep them all despite having no ironing and 2 great big carrier bags full of them.:rolleyes:

ceridwen

Spendless wrote: »

anyone got any ideas what to do with coat hangers, other than landfill? DH insists we need to keep them all despite having no ironing and 2 great big carrier bags full of them.:rolleyes:

Maybe use them as basis for making Christmas wreathes - to be sold for extra money. ? Saw something before about bending out into a circle I think to do that?

'Fraid only use I have come across for them directly is chopping bits off them and using for making dowsing rods - well you could always get O.H. dowsing for "lost treasure" on the beach:D :rotfl:

Spendless

Unfortunately they are mainly plastic.

chardonnay_2

freecycle them - someone offerred a big bag of hangers recently on ours and they were snapped up

lbnblbnb

I have a filled bin bag thanks to you lot, I am going to have a go at filling another one in the next half hour before a hot bath and an early bed. I know it isn't very OS, but I have given up on ebaying things. I have had some success, but I just don't have the time. The way I have justified it to myself is that I used to give Oxfam a monthly donation when we were both working, so if I give Oxfam my ebayable stuff it is a bit like a donation.
No ideas about coat hangers, I have seen them offered on Freecycle, but I can't remember if anyone wanted them!
Liz x

kaleoma

Just listing a few bits office in the loft with rain bouncing off the the velux windows it sounds horrendous- I am expecting Noah to knock on the door any minute to take on 2 passengers-oh and the roof is leaking AGAIN!:mad:

chardonnay_2

wonder if charity shops would want hangers?

pigpen

I always send hangers to charity shop and they usually seem quite grateful.. mugs!! lol

I did 45 minutes in the middle room.. I filled.. 2 binbags and a box for the wheelie bin and 4 binbags for charity shop.. and the room is still half full!!

I have takers on the desk, buggy and tread mill.. so now I am going to freecycle the gold curtain pole.. the bricks outside and a shoe shorage cupboard AND a snowsuit!!!!!!!!!!

I WILL HAVE FLOOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pavlovs_dog

i would say charity shops are a safe bet for rehoming the coat hangers.

round here i also see shops putting them in a box outside, with a sign saying please help yourself, and they always seem to rehome themselves. if you get a lot of passing human traffic, that might be an idea to try on a dry day?

Fancy

kaleoma wrote: »

Just listing a few bits office in the loft with rain bouncing off the the velux windows it sounds horrendous- I am expecting Noah to knock on the door any minute to take on 2 passengers-oh and the roof is leaking AGAIN!:mad:

Now I feel I belong here.....:rotfl: Have 3 plastic bowls adjacent as rain/hail showers making drips above my book shelves. Have cosy office upstairs in old cottage and roof problems are unfortunately normal! Velux windows are very noisy in this weather.
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