2015 - No Clutter To Be Seen

arwenelf

ooo I'm in please, will finish cleaning the kitchen cupboards out after tea, so I am sure there will be some decluttering there

luxor4t

CS box:
- two cushions
- cake stand
- candle ring
- 2 charger plates
- small wreath
- 3 strings of tinsel
- wicker basket
- angel decoration
- hessian decoration
- collection of white Xmas garlands
- 3 sets of snowflake decorations
- 100+ tree decorations in red, gold, blue, silver, copper and purple (a whole storage box full - we used to decorate 5 trees )
- 2 strings of tree lights
- unused santa toy, still in pack
- collection of Xmas table sprinkles
- candle decoration
- small pottery nativity scene
- novelty bottle 'apron'
- unused xmas hand towel


Bin:
- manky chopping board
- old calendar
- old silver lametta, gold lametta, copper lametta
- tatty tissue paper
- broken reindeer ornament
- bundle of cardboard boxes


Recycling:
- 2 tatty cardboard storage boxes
- 3 faded table cloths

Two opened packs of Xmas napkins used to wrap decorations


137 items so far.


Forgot a few:
CS:
- two Thomas Kincaid cushion covers
- a holly tea light holder
- some bottle bags
- a pack of gift tags

Bin;
- tatty tea towel
- shredded ribbon packaging


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Mrs_E_3

1. coat to friend
2. l/s top to friend
3 - 10. selection of books to friend

Good start for day 1

Catslovelycats

I'm in. Have a whole carrier bag full of unused Christmas tree decorations this year. rather than putting them up in the loft with the rest, I'm taking them to CS on Saturday.

dND

I thought I'd start today by de-cluttering the fridge so leftover butternut squash was turned into soup. While I was on a roll I thought the remnants of the bottle of Kung pao sauce would spice it up a little. :eek::eek:
Thankfully I had made some yoghurt this week and a liberal addition of said yoghurt makes it eatable

I also decided to finally tidy up the bag of flour on the work surface which has been nagging me to make bread since before Christmas. Result of that is 24 x 100g buns and a small loaf which should keep me going for a week or so.

As for 'real' stuff, a couple of coats have made it to the clothes donations bag and I've been through more of my books but I've only earmarked one to go. Still there are a few hundred more books to go through, (I love my books and they are mostly factual ones so a Kindle or similar wouldn't help) and I'm sure I will find some that can go.
So it's been a gentle day 1 but the first steps have been taken :j

Knit_Minion

Can I join. I seem to do well for a while and then start cluttering.

I am aiming for at least an item a day.

iammumtoone

asparagus1968 wrote: »

She shows you how to store things by folding and standing end up, we have ended up with two empty drawers using this method

I looked at this I am not convinced it will make more space but it will make it easier to see what you have and easier to take out the the t-shirt you want at the bottom of the pile! What do you use as drawer dividers? or did you find you didn't need them?

IrishRose12

Well I started to declutter yesterday and have to say, my bedroom floor can now be seen again! :T

Have a huge wheelie bag thing of items to go to the CS. I intend to take it into town tomorrow and donate them. The longer it stays here the more clutter will gather again.

Started taking the Christmas decs down today - The tree won't be coming down until the 6th, but other bits and bobs came down today. Some have went into another CS bag, and things that haven't been used in years have been added too.

Will go up to LO#s room later on and make a start on their shelves. Get rid of some DVD's toys etc. And make room for the new lot from Christmas lol

tooties

I think i will join!
I am a regular declutterer but i could be more ruthless.
I have already decluttered a few bags of stuff since xmas so im off to a great start.
If you haven't used it or worn it in the last 6 months then you really don't need it, exceptions for me are husbands tools, my craft stuff and xmas decorations.

Good Luck Everyone.

grunnie

iammumtoone wrote: »

I looked at this I am not convinced it will make more space but it will make it easier to see what you have and easier to take out the the t-shirt you want at the bottom of the pile! What do you use as drawer dividers? or did you find you didn't need them?

I didn't have drawer dividers - I have short sleeved t shirts on one side and long sleeved t shirts on the other side - had a space of about 4 inches in the middle so I roll 4 cotton camisoles that I use as vests when it is very cold into the middle bit.