2014 decluttering thread (part 3)

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

it was half term here last week so didnt get on the puter much.

56. hoodie given to a frined of DS1
57. 3 books given to same friend
58. large pile of old fitness mags put out in recycling
59. another bag of old car mags put in recycling
60. used up 3 balls of wool from stash - made cowl for winter
61. broken garden trellises - binned
62. 20 DVDs put into CS pile
63. book i borrowed of someone ages ago - returned to them
64. some toiletries used up - containers in recycling
65. used family bowling voucher thats been sitting on my dresser almost a year! - made a nice half term treat.
66. chipped plate - binned

Bobarella

Hello
Joining in if I may. After spending most of the year going hard at the clutter it shocks me that I can still find an item a day to remove quite easily. And my house is certainly not a white cube with no personal touches!
At the start of the year we got rid of all our cds. We raised over £100 for them on music magpie. Since then we've done three pass overs on the dvd stack. This time my 5 year old had a go at his dvds and we have £25 to come back which I will halve with him for his savings account.
I have also killed the shredding pile (again) filled a doorstep collection charity bag & helped son finish a lot of his comics up which I stopped buying him over a year ago. We keep what's left in a box & pick off activities, cutting out and pasting etc for days he is home from school or ill etc.
My husband has some time off work this week so we will be getting rid of more bigger items, & relocating some we want to keep but don't use up into the loft.

Have a happy decluttering week all.
Bob

BettiePage

I have a week off work, so need to chuck some stuff out as it's starting to creep in again.
I have a large bag of nursing textbooks to pass on to a student nurse friend at the weekend. That will free up two shelves.

allybee101

I think I should have a more structured routine to my decluttering. I ended up listing my recent decluttering on one of the hoarding threads as I felt I'd cleared out loads but couldn't see any significant reduction in 'stuff'! Perhaps I shoul set a number of items per week.
Today, I took a small box of broken electricals to the tip (on the way home from work). When I got home I found the broken hair straighteners that should have also been in the box. Sigh.

Currently have a box of beading and crafting supplies on the coffee table that need sorting.

Fiasco55

Couple of more things sorted through.

24. Hazelnut coffee syrup donated to my work colleagues

25. Repurposed my ottoman to take my new bed linen.

Still working backshifts now going on to my third so not a lot of time to sort through and put away my summer clothes.

115K

I threw away a dress today as the strap broke, it did have bleach spots on it too so I thought it should be binned.

I rearranged the second bedroom to make it look like an office yesterday as we may be selling our house soon. It doesn't have a bed in it so it will have to be seen as a study.:p I am going to go through the built in wardrobes when my hub is off work as I know there is clutter that can be thrown out or donated or sold.

I got rid of all the recycling too and emptied the bins.

Bobarella

allybee101 wrote: »

Perhaps I should set a number of items per week.

Hiya
If you find counting items as they leave motivating I recommend a game started by The Minimalists (you can look them up easily on google) you give away one item per day depending on the number of the month. So 1 item on day 1, 2 on day 2, 16 on day 16 etc. It is a brilliant way of focusing on what you have to achieve each day. I played for 2 months and have definately stripped a huge amount out of my home plus I enjoyed the discussions and other people's photos on the #minsgame hashtags on twitter. Just a suggestion.

BettiePage

BettiePage wrote: »

I have a week off work, so need to chuck some stuff out as it's starting to creep in again.
I have a large bag of nursing textbooks to pass on to a student nurse friend at the weekend. That will free up two shelves.

Ok, so far
the books above
Unused studenty type stationary (for same girl)
Huge load of recycling
2 Binbags of rubbish from under stairs and kitchen drawer of doom
1 binbag for charity

1 pair of boots, one top and one trousers returned to Next for refund (£110 tyvm).

:T

eta: Aaaaand...it's gorn! Husband dispatched to the tip and CS as we speak. For more bin liners too.

Will tackle the spare bedroom tomorrow.

allybee101

Hi Bobarella, thanks for the suggestion.I might give it a try this week and see how I get on. If I declutter two things on day one can I carry one item over to day 2?

1. Decluttered a pair of shoes - sold on Ebay and posted today.

mrs-moneypenny

evening all

67. book returned to reading circle
68. book donated to reading circle