Hoarding - Springing Ahead

Catriona_P

Just a quick update post-mad tidy for estate agent photos. It took me all weekend and nearly killed me, but I did it. I can't share the photos as it'll out me but rest assured they look great. I'm really pleased. This is what its all about!

The tricky bit is keeping the place tidy for viewings, although its so much quicker and easier to have a swift tidy up in the morning before work when the house is already very tidy!

I'm currently fighting the urge to cover the carpets with stuff as the bare spaces make me nervous. The hope of getting the house sold quickly so I can start the next stage of my life is keeping me going though.

Gingernutty

Happygreen wrote: »

Not yet I thought of buying one of these players that come with cable and software. I bought software before but it's for XP as I'd never got round to it now obsolete ...what's the glitches, where does it go wrong for you?

I bought a cheapish, ION branded (same as my vinyl to CD/mp3 converter), gidget, which looked almost like an old style Walkman, which plugged in fine but produced an odd electronic buzzing noise every so often.

I couldn't get one side of one cassette to record without that intermittent buzzing. I've got a power surge gidget attached to the extension cord but that wasn't it.

Today, after sitting in a charity shop pile for nearly a week, I got rid of

A lever arch file

a pair of trousers - too tight

a book about quilting (signed by one of the authors) - too complex when I haven't even worked out how to thread my sewing machine

a pretty evening purse - too wide to fit under a coat or jacket and too insecure to wear over anything

a Russian language book and CD - haven't touched it since I bought it. I had a fleeting interest in learning another language but haven't bothered since

three body wash + scrub + body butter sets (two cranberry and one mango) - they've been sat in a box under my bed for over a year. If I haven't got anyone to give them to, then I might as well find someone to give them to.

two photo storage boxes - I bought four back in the early nineties. They were drawered boxes, the stacking sort with panels that popped out so you could display photos and then pull the drawers out to show a card index of photos.

I used two before the standard photo size became too big to fit in the boxes so I switched to albums.

I've had these boxes for close to 25 years. What was I waiting for? Photos to shrink again? Photos are becoming nonexistent as people use electronic media.

Someone with little photos might want them. Or maybe a fancy card index...

ivyleaf

Took a big bag of books to the local hospice charity shop this morning

Very quiet on here atm. I suspect many of us are on the Kondo thread as well

Catriona_P

ivyleaf wrote: »

Took a big bag of books to the local hospice charity shop this morning

Very quiet on here atm. I suspect many of us are on the Kondo thread as well

Just found the KonMarie thread, had no idea. Yes that certainly seems to be the place to be for decluttering now, rather than here.

silvasava

Think you're right Catriona & Ivyleaf - gone very quiet here. I too am looking at the Konmarie method. I'm also on the Make Do Mend & Minimise thread.

skeeter93

I am lurking here and over on Konmarie...

Happygreen

I'll be staying here , loyal and all. Unless you all go over and I'm all on my own , lol

Knit_Witch

Still here - just not been de-hoarding!

Gingernutty

I lurk here and follow the 2015 - No Clutter to be Seen thread.

mothernerd

Kon Marie scares me - if I throw out all the things that don't bring me joy, I will not have anything left. Until my other house is sold I am clinging on by my fingertips as it is (recovering from an op so can't work, not entitled to any benefits as self-employed and I have two houses:rotfl:- well crying won't get me anywhere).

Planning another major move round and sort out as soon as I can move things. DS3 told me yesterday it's looking like he and gf won't be able to afford to move in together until year after next, which is a major blow to decluttering but keep telling him all the things he can take - next time I move I am taking as little as possible.

However have just dispatched one old toiletry container (left behind by DS2 but it had rolled behind the toilet and only just getting to the being able to mop/get down that far without using the grabber stick),4 pieces of Binca fabric (in bag for 'crafty' cs), 2 basket lids and a pile of junk paper (having gone through pile of old embroidery patterns and some paperwork files). Not much to show but every little helps.