Decluttering 2013, the saga continues ...

cte1111

Decluttered this morning:

Wallet
Mother's day card
2 hanging ornaments
Meccano set

Aiming to get the children to sort out their drawers in the lounge, brace yourself, you'll be able to hear the screams from here!

TheDoolallyDilly

I meant to post this yesterday, but I follow The Clutter Diet blog, and love Lori's videos. I thought this one was particularly interesting and useful!

cte1111

My daughter's been very good, we sorted out her drawer and managed to declutter:

Old magazines
Stickers
Random bits of plastic
Birthday and Easter cards
Odd dolls shoes
2 bags from Brownie camps
2 books (plus 1 to return to school)
Plus a few toys to the charity shop

All the pens, pencils and crayons are now in a nice new pencil case (Christmas present), some of the kept toys have been transferred to her bedroom. Now there is room in the toy drawer for art stuff, which is currently cluttering up the kitchen.

I'm getting there honest! Let's hope my son is as co-operative as his sister, it's his toy drawer next...

silvasava

I'm lagging behind - I think I'm still in hibernation mode!! Only things I've decluttered are a book for a friend and I decanted one half empty bottle of green food colouring into another half empty bottle so now I've got one full one. As the bottles are minute I dont think its going to make a great deal of difference

choose_wisely

Have been sporadically reading this and previous threads and trying to declutter. Now really need to be motivated so decided to post.

Some small items belonging to other family members have 'gone missing' since Christmas and of course it is my fault as I must have tidied them away, or binned them, in preparation for visitors over the festive season.

Having screamed at them that they need to put their own stuff away, I am taking the opportunity to declutter whilst looking rather than just reshuffle.

The two offspring are back at uni, so the house has the least amount of contents currently and I can sort into their rooms as I go along.

The loft and garage are full, as well as every available storage place, so there is a long way to go.
Husband is not helpful really, there are many things that have come down from the loft regularly to go to the skip, only for him not to want them to go, or that wait so long that they go back when the next visitors are coming.

This year, definitely!

Target 100 items month in addition to normal rubbish.

Starting now!

CW.

mineallmine

Welcome newbies :j you'll find this thread is about action and support

Snow here too so ideal time to do a mammoth declutter!

Already sorted:
1.2. perfumes, to cs
3. Biscuit tin, to cs
4. Picture packaging binned, pic now up thanks to hubby
5. Med packaging, recycling
6. Letters opened today, shredded
7. OOD food

DawnW

just 'decluttered' an ageing lemon into a lemon drizzle cake

OH has put up new handrail at top of stairs (we have an Edwardian cottage with steep, narrow stairs and the bannister only goes half way up, and I found it a bit dangerous, especially for visitors who are used to wider stairs). So all the B&Q paraphenalia (sp?) we bought for this job is now gone.

About to tackle bathroom shelves :eek:
Wish me luck :rotfl:

cte1111

Taking a break from decluttering the art boxes, aaaggghhhh. Managed to chuck out:

Lots of finished / half finished art work
Dried up paint and play doh
Boxes
Broken plastic things
Colouring, sticker and activity books (charity shop)
Plastic scissors
And far too many other bits and pieces to mention

Bin has been emptied 3 times already, recycling overflowing and everyone is feeling a little stressed. Ah well, no pain, no gain. Back to work I go.

donnajt

To Do List:
[STRIKE][STRIKE]1. Makes beds, straighten up upstairs, surface clean[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]2. Make Delia's Mum's Meat Pie[/STRIKE]
3. Declutter kitchen bookcase
4. Organise new recipes/in empty file
[STRIKE]5. Washing
[/STRIKE]
6. Parcel up Avon / return sheets
7. Declutter Kitchen
8. Cleaning Dining Room
9. List 4 things on FB for sale

Up early this morning took the kids to see Madagascar 3 at our local kids club cinema...feel shattered already, upstairs is all straight and lovely...downstairs is starting to shape up...slowly as i feel like crap!

mummy2threeboys

Aww that reminds me re photos i had lots on my pc and it blew up..i still have the hard drive 8 years on but i have a feeling its dead all, the ics of my son as a baby.

Anywho still decluttering
74. nightlight
75.slendertone muscle belt
76.huge headband
77. 6 peices of unloved costume jewellrey
78. 8 of those harsh metal crocadile type clips (trying to be gentle to my hair as im growing it )
79. small picture
80. Picture frame
81. pen/ink and stand calligraphy set..all to homeless charity jumble sale.

next weeks to dos..

i have a 4ft square corner in our attic room now our 3rd bedroom and its all been dumped there..im hoping to clear and sell anything i can , id love to put a wee chair in there so i can read/knit or sew. Thats my aim by spring anyways, mostly i have 2 large musical instruments un played..hopefully some pennys to come in

sort boys wardrobes
sort boys drawers


Have a good weekend xx