2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Saver-upper

Thank you frogletina for mentioning this thread on SPC.Can I join?I have spent alot of time today reading the thread from the beginning,and have still only got to Page 10 :eek:.
Well,we are a family of 2 adults,4 children.Living in a 3 bedroom house.It has always been too small,OH has always been a hoarder,I have fits and starts at sorting out all the "little messes",and the place looks good for a while,then things start to slide .........

In December I had the brilliant idea of having all 3 bedrooms painted,carpetted,decluttered,and kids swapped into new minimalist rooms between taking down the Christmas treee on 27th Dec,and going back to work and school on 6th Jan.Yeah.Right.......
What has actually happened is one room has been painted and carpetted,second room has been painted and its carpet won't be arriving until Tuesday,THEN we will be able to empty third room into these 2 so it can be painted,carpetted.At the moment,3 bedrooms worth of 6 people's belongings are packed into boxes,either sitting in the middle of bedroom floors,or moved to front room.We can't find half our belongings,and even clothes in wardobes have been barricaded so as to be inaccessible.There is a very heavy solid wood otterman that the 8 and nearly-6 year old have to leap over/walk across to get into their room :eek:

And then last week I decided I also wanted the skirting boards "fixed",so that will be done at some stage.

I have told kids that in their "new rooms"(all 4 kids will be moving into new bedrooms,OH and I moving into the front room downstairs),everything will have somewhere to live:if it doesn't fit into under-bed storage units,or the built-in wardobes,or chest of drawers for clothes,then it ain't stayin' :cool:.So,over the last month or so,nearly13yo DD was sorting out/boxing up stuff (she is very excited to be getting her own room ).The other 3 kids I have needed to sit with one box/drawer/shelf at a time and say "Do you really need this?Do you use it?What is it?" Tis like extracting teeth.

Myself,I have trouble keeping ontop of paperwork.Every year or so I think of a brand new way of sorting/filing/keeping papers,and I end up in a muddle.Even important stuff that for years I was able to lay my hands on,I now can't find.I have spent all this week looking for a letter from HMRC so I can do my tax by the end of the month :eek: (Will only be a 5 minute job when I can finally log on because I don't earn enough to pay tax.Have spent about 3 hours this week looking in various boxes for this darn letter).
4 kids bring home lots of letters (and duplicates) from school,and I am embarrassed to tell you how much of their drawings,letters,cards,writing,school books I keep

So,off to continue reading the other 15 pages of thread,then might start getting rid of more stuff .

LadyMorticia

2. Old threadbare underwear sorted - thrown away

Miss_Behaving

Falling behind on posting what I've decluttered. Daughter and I took 5 bags to charity shop this morning so we're doing well. Here's my update list...

67 Empty sweet tin (recycled)
68 Light Bulb for old oven (bin)
69 Part used hand cream (bin)
70 Ikea cheese grater (lid never fitted properly so binned)
71 Paperwork / instructions for old oven (recycling)
72 Hair clip (bin)
73 Hair band (bin)
74 Lemongrass essential oil (bin)
75 Socks (recycling)
76 Slipper socks (recycling)
77 Trainer socks (recycling)
78 Gloves (CS)
79 Sports bra (recycling)
80 Socks (recycling)
81 Hat (CS)
82 Socks (recycling)
83 Socks (recycling)
84 Odd sock (recycling)
85 Odd sock (recycling)
86 Tweezers (recycling)
87 Broken pedi file (bin)
88 Old tooth brush (bin)
89 Eyeliner pencil (bin)
90 Hotel mending kit (bin)
91 Hotel mending kit (bin)
92 T-shirt (recycling)
93 Old tube of E45 cream (bin)
94 Hair brush (bin)
95 T-shirt (CS)
96 Manicure case (bin)
97 Slipper socks (recycling)
98 Fleece (CS)
99 New brown opaque tights (CS)
100 Trainer socks (recycling)
101 4 x pairs old tights (bin)
102 Book (CS)
103 Empty jewellery presentation box (recycling)
104 Skirt (CS)
Items 105-119 were all books following first clearance of book shelf.


Hoping to find more books to part with during my second cull of the book shelf!

luxor4t

Hall/stairs/landing walls now painted and back room 'feature wall' (aka the manky looking one) now is papered.
This means we have changed round the pictures, mirrors and lamps.


I have painted the mirror frames to fit in with the new colours, moved pictures round and de-cluttered the following:

For CS:
- a picture
- a mirror
- some decorative metal work (late of Past Times)
- an IKEA coffee table
- a lamp shade
- a boxed game

Bin:
- a stained apron
- paint brush
- another pair of pants


UUs (all replaced from my hoard) :
- 2 scented candles
- 1 bottle of bubble bath
- 1 pot of face cream

Guineapigsqueaks

Last bit of decluttering for today. While putting my clean laundry away, 2 x tops and a hot water bottle and cover (I have another and DS and DD have one each too) (cs), old bottle nail varnish (bin).
I also folded all my carrier bags samosa style as advised over on Marie Kondo thread. Felt a bit crazy, but they look fab!
Off for a cuppa. Night all.
Guineapigsqueaks x

jillbe

Been away from home today, this is what I have managed to list since arriving back......

129 magazine - recycling
130 newspaper - recycling
131 plastic milk container, marg. tub, fruit packaging - recycling
132 cardboard, leaflets, paper packaging - recycling

superrhinos

Very productive day sorting / tidying and de-cluttering as follows:-

5 / 6 Bags of baby clothes to charity shop
7. Unwanted Christmas decorations to the charity shop
8. Old toys / books to the charity shop
9. Bag of children's clothes / toys ready to be passed on to a family friend.
10. Bag of old receipts / financial paperwork ready to be shredded
11. Bag of random bits and pieces in the recycling bin.

CookieMonsta

106. Lacura Serum - binned as I've had it for over a year and only used once or twice.

107. Deodorising Foot Spray belonging to DH - binned as smells 'off'.

108. Brand New Shower gel which was a gift but I have had a bad reaction to it before - CS

109. Bottle pourer device thingy which I loved for a bit but now don't use and is awkward to store - CS.

Callisto

I moved from a one bed flat to a two bed house in December. The spare room will NOT become clutter central, I want it to be an office/craft room. I don't have any furniture in there yet though, looking out for second hand stuff.

I will be doing the 100 items out in a month challenge and will also be listing any items coming in, as I don't want items in exceeding items out!

Since the beginning of January:

Charity shop

1 - 3 - Books
4 - 6 - Jeans
7 - Coat
8 - Gilet
9 - Pair of sandals
10 - Cordless telephone
11 - Whisk
12 - Pillowcase
13 - Cardigan
14 - Bath mat
15 - Lengths of ribbon
16 - Necklace
17 - 18 - Trousers
19 - 24 - Tops

Given away to people

25 - Bolt (no longer needed as bathroom door has a bolt)
26 - Pie dish (too big)
27 - Bubble wrap

Tip

28 - Old wire fence and rotten posts (new fence installed)
29 - Lumps of concrete from old fence posts
30 - Sooo many cardboard boxes, still keep finding more!
31 - Recycling (glass, food tins, paper etc) as waiting for council to send me more boxes as they want recycling sorted into different types.
32 - Polystyrene and plastic packaging
33 - Garden waste

Sold

34 - Console game (came with console, but will never play a football game)

Items in

Small shelf unit
Rug
Photo frame
Two books
Printer paper and ink
Clothes storage bag
Clothes organiser thingy that hangs from wardrobe rail
Mug
Shampoo for dog
Console game (totally non sport related!)

Quite a lot in, but still in the process of finding various furniture and items for the house, and the dog really does need a bath tomorrow!

tooties

My son and his family took possession of 2 lamps and a condenser tumble drier, they were very happy!!!!!

Kitchen utensils went out today and a bulb and glass salt cellar went to the bin as i dropped them.

The walls of the charity shops must be bulging with all this new stock.

Regards