2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Guineapigsqueaks

Evening All
Good few hours today with ongoing declutter/emptying of DS's room prior to re-decorating. He has a lot of stuff, even though I feel like over the years I have had regular clearouts and his bedroom has been quite tidy and organised. We did books today, went through them all, he said "keep" or "can go" to each, two shelves and a whole bookcase worth went through the process! Lots of book series he loved at primary school but won't read again, also too young for DD, gone. I really don't like books leaving. I already have a stash of toddler/younger children's books which we loved and read over and over together, they will always stay :-). But, we don't have room to keep every book they ever owned and I'm fed up with dusting them when they're no longer read.
Also did an outgrown summer clothes cull for DS, but pretty much replaced with new stuff in next size up, so not really a net reduction in clutter. But everything he has clothing wise now fits and will be worn.
Really hope to find time tomorrow to clear last few bits and bobs from his room, it's the random stuff left, which is harder to decide on, so we'll see. On the upside, when I move him back in to his newly decorated room, it will be clutter free and much easier to clean.
Keep going everyone. Even if you just do one drawer or a shelf. Every single item out is progress!
Guineapigsqueaks x

BritAbroad

Haven't been on here for a wee while. Took one hundred items to the charity shop on Thursday. Got a lot more to go!

jillbe

Good morning all, lovely day again........:j

1011 ood Radio Times magazine - recycling
1012 ood I newspaper - recycling
1013 rusted-up pair of gardening secateurs - binned
1014 large sorbet pot - recycling
1015 disposable one use filter coffee cups - recycling
1016 takeaway coffee cups - recycling
1017 paper items etc. - recycling
1018 garden debris, twigs, leaves etc. - compost bin
1019 plastic packaging - recycling
1020 cardboard items etc. - recycling

kboss2010

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Morning all


Oh I hear you on that one!!!!! We still have the videos boxed and stored just in case .....of what I'm not sure:mad:
As for the DVDs well don't even start me off on that one there are piles on top of the racks (mine also has a weakness for hddvds - the red box ones that didn't catch on like bluray did)

Best I can hope is that I have at least convinced him that some are one watch so if I'm prepared to sit through them with him a few at least have started to leave the house but it's a very slow process.

Saying that
2 DVDs we won't watch again went to work with him this morning to give to work friends:T

Buy those cheap CD wallets from £1 shops, organise and throw away all of the DVD boxes!

I've just cleared an entire bookcase into one shelf by doing this. Write the title of the DVD on each pocket as you go and sort them into categories so you know which one they go back into. It also makes them easy to find when you want to watch them.

missyrichards

I've been doing some de-cluttering today. I feel more motivated when the weather is sunny.

I am going to weed out some of the clothes in my wardrobe and I am probably donating a radio to a charity shop. I'm not sure if people really listen to the radio on those things in this day and age.

I have put some jumpers and a warm dressing gown away in a bottom drawer as I know I won't use them until Winter.

Saver-upper

Yesterday I donated to charity a bag of stuff that has been driven around in the boot of my car for about 3 weeks!
912: children's mirror (Pingu) in little bag
913-915: three packets of gel pens
916:packet of painting stencils
917-918:2 packets of self-adhesive shapes
919: child's purse
920: Ikea hanging storage net
921-929: kid's books,6 down from the loft :T
930-933:another bundle of kid's books,from loft
934:pencil case

As you may remember,we spent 3 months decorating the kid's 3 bedrooms,and OH and I are sleeping on a mattress on the front room floor.We "finished" painting,decorating,carpetting,decluttering etc all the bed-rooms,except we were to wall-paper a feature wall in 12yo DD's room.

We still haven't got around to that,because it was pointed out (by a friend who was visiting) that a feature wall is the one in front of you when you walk into the room.Well,we didn't know that (hadn't really thought about it before-I guess we thought you could make a feature of any wall you like .)That wall was already painted,so yesterday OH started poly-fillering the opposite wall (that we were going to wall-paper),ready to paint next week.We are then going to re-arrange the furniture in there :cool:.

Today I am trying to make a bit more room in the front room.I have mentioned before that OH hoards "little plastic men": Warhammer figures,all sorts of toy soldiers,associated role-playing games/books/figure-making stuff : putty,scalpels,paints,etc.Far too much carp!!Well,when we lost our bedroom,all that stuff was piled into towers nearly ceiling-high into the front room with us.I TOLD him I was not putting up with that in "my bedroom" for the rest of infinity.He has already filled up our huge garage with more similar carp,so he this week he filled our huge (8-seater) van TWICE and drove the towers' contents to his parent's place.He hasn't touched any of the stuff since the towers were built in December,and since his parents offered,I accepted on his behalf .

With all that gone,I am sorting out the couple of boxes of stuff emptied out of our bedroom before it was handed over to 12yo: cards and crafts from the children,mostly.I cannot throw any of it,so am storing it in a box neatly somewhere.I have also rounded up all my paperwork in the room,and put it an one box,which I will sort through a bit at a time.

Barny1979

Barny1979 wrote: »

225. Pair of boots to CS bag
226. Fleece lined cardigan, never worn and still with tags on, into CS bag!!
227. Two suit travel covers to CS bag
228. Adidas tracksuit top listed on eBay
229. 1970s Hornsea mug listed on ebay
230. Shoebox recycled
231. Jumper into CS bag

232. Hat into CS bag
233. Snood into CS bag
234. Hoodie to CS bag
235. Pair of chinos to CS bag

Goldiegirl

I've been back from my holiday for about two weeks, and I haven't been actively decluttering since I got back, but I have been able to sell some things on eBay




209 - Two piece top – eBay
210 - Two plastic spider – bin
211 - Simply Red CD – eBay
212 - Tie rack – eBay
213 - Pair of boots – eBay
214 - 2 shirts – eBay
215 - Tropical shirt – eBay
216 - David Essex CD – eBay
217 - Sky remote control – eBay
218 - Scale ruler – eBay
219 - White Company toiletries – eBay
220 - Two pairs of P&O cruises slippers – eBay
221 - 4 collectable wooden mini life rings – eBay
222 - Vintage ashtray – eBay
223 - Vintage leaflets –eBay
224 - Vintage matches boxes – eBay
225 - Tie clip – eBay
226 - Small handbag – eBay

Stripes_The_Elephant

Stripes_The_Elephant wrote: »

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


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

40. Items of clothing for charity shop x12
52. Items of clothing for clothes bank x9
61. Items of clothing given to MIL x3
64. Travel Iron - CS

Becky_2

The garden bin is three quarter full after I tidied up in the front garden today.

The plan for next weekend is to go through the freezer and write an inventory list.