2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Becky_2

Easter Sunday is turning out to be a great day!

OH has been out in the garage since 10am sorting out his own clutter that he has been talking about for several years that he must sort out. There are 3 boxes in the garden marked metal, paper & rubbish. The majority of the stuff is his rather than ours so this is great news. OH and I don't work particularly well together since he feels that I try to tell him what to do so I won't bother going out in the garage today.

Today I am instead focusing on the washing and the cleaning. Yesterday I sat in the sunshine in the garden for an hour and did some reading, 4 old newspapers have therefore now gone in the recycling bin. Later today I might start sorting out my wardrobe.

PenguinOfDeath

Yesterday was a satisfying decluttering day!

Went through a load of cables and threw out 5 of them including 3 identical chargers for a phone we got rid of a year ago. The rest tied up with bands or bag ties and put into purpose box. I had kept a cardboard box and 19(!) loo roll innards to make a fancy pants storage box but gave up on that so box and rolls have gone into recycling and I have much more space on the spare bedroom floor

New paperwork gone through and put into shredding pile or into document folder. 2 telephone telephone directories thrown but one kept for 'emergency', didn't realise they still came through the door tbh!

Some larger items photographed ready to go on Gumtree, just actually need to get round to doing it as not sold on there before.

OH tidied up the the table at 'his' side of the sofa and got rid of some magazines, it had been a mess for so long I'd become blind to it but it looks so much better now, shame the same can't be said for under the coffee table.

Then into the garden, tidied out the outside cabinet and threw out at least 12 plastic plants pots (many a bit broken) that I was keeping for some unknown reason.

CookieMonsta

554 - 553. 2 carrier bags full of fabric remnants, too small to be useful or to donate - binned.

555. Sewing booklet - CS.

556. Curtain - CS.

558 - 557. 2 fabric bags - CS.

559. Yankee Candle Melt warmer which I never use as all the wax makes me nervous - CS.

563 - 560. 4 Yankee Candle melts - CS.

565 - 564. 2 white tops which I put in the wash with some new jeans so they are now a dodgy blue colour - binned.

566. Loads of old photos - binned

lynnejk

Hiya everyone :easter_ba:


Glorious day here now mists have lifted. Bright, sunny and warm


Pile of paper rubbish - mostly to do with holiday lookings/bookings - and some old lists all sorted and binned.


All recycling sorted and DH taken to recycle centre :T


Onwards and upwards fellow declutterers


Hope you all having a super Easter
Lx

msgnomey

afternoon all:j:j:j

I have decluttered a huge bag of clothes to bed taken to cs sometime this coming week

also sorted out 1 of the drawers under the bed and kept a few items, rest have been binned

Off I go again to do the next drawer

Becky_2

The boot in the car is full of stuff ready to be taken to the tip. Garage looks so much better.

This afternoon I made my own granola - 2 bags of nuts used up.

Well done to all for your decluttering. :T

[Deleted User]

Inspiring thread!

Can anyone advise on how long paperwork should be kept for please?

I've got mobile phone bills, payslips and a range of other stuff going back a decade.

Would love to shred a shoebox or two this Easter!

Thanks

Stripes_The_Elephant

more sorting out today ...............


11. Shark book
12. Animal Stories by James Herriot
13. I can Make you Thin by Paul McKenna
14. The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory
15. DVD's x 22
37. The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
38. Handbag
39. Purse

lynnejk

[Deleted User] wrote:

Inspiring thread!
Can anyone advise on how long paperwork should be kept for please?
Thanks

'There are some papers that should be kept for a lifetime - either yours or the lifetime of the asset. These include birth and marriage certificates, National Insurance certificates, court orders and decrees, National Health cards, deeds, copies of wills, Premium Bond certificates, share certificates, motor vehicle documents, mortgage papers. This is not exhaustive; common sense dictates what is important.

Other papers need not be kept for ever. Different rules apply, so I go by the old-fashioned principle of keeping the following for seven years: tax records, utility bills, bank and credit-card statements, insurance policies, loan agreements.

I keep guarantees for appliances with the manuals. Go through these occasionally.'
from Daily Telegraph ty internet. HTH


Lx

sparrer

9 items from the wardrobes into the cs sack, a pair of boots and three pairs of shoes/sandals and seven scarves. I have two hangers full of scarves, why?!