2016 - No Clutter To Be Seen

suzeesu2000

Hubby is helping too! he drilled some holes in a piece of wood and went strait through one of my favourite bath sheets he was using under the wood. Declutter one lovely bath sheet.

I was very restrained, i didnt beat him, i didnt raise my voice, he just got THE look!!

No point in keeping one odd one so that will be going to homeless shelter along with the remainder of that set.

Heyho, also got rid of more craft papers by using them to decorate some boxes.

Plus threw two big boxes out to recycling.
Must really go back and count what i have done so far.....

Well done all, keep it up.

Fiasco55

2101-2102. Items sold online
2103-2104. Packaging for items
2105. Paperwork posted off
2106. Listed some more items to sell
2107-2110. Tops to cs
2111. Cords to cs
2112-2113. Flower pots to cs
2114. Fabric cleaner kit donated to my uncle

Spent two days at mum's continuing the clearance and got a fair bit done. Still so much to do but got 6 bin bags off to the cs, a piece of furniture to my uncle and more stuff to the recycle centre.

elly68

Well have been decluttering since started with this think i will enjoy doing the numbers so here goes .Cant believe how much tat I have lying around I have started using big bags and either putting an item where it should be or straight in the boot of the car .Being unable to get shopping in once a week inspires me to either go to charity recycle point or visit family member to clutter their house instead .
1-100 items of clothing binned ,gifted to charity and family
101-104 four large cardboard boxes into recyclying
105-suitcase to the tip
106- elderflower champagne drank plastic bottle to recycle bin.
Happy decluttering folks

Gem-gem

1842. Recycled wrapping paper from last year x 8
1850. Sellotape
1851. Ribbons collected off chocolate boxes reused in people's Christmas gifts
1854. Ribbons collected off clothes garments - reused a tag ribbons
1860. Ribbon x2
1862. Ribbon - made with love
1863. Jam and marmalade x 3 wrapped as gifts
1866. Picallili- wrapped as a gift
1867. Jam bag reused as a gift
1868. Flannel- gift
1869. Smellies x 2 - gifts
1871. Birthday present for nephew x2
1873. Tissue paper blue
1874. Christmas presents for family all wrapped, tags from recycled cards
1934. Box stored papers in
1935. Bags - put presents in - 6
1941. Tissue paper x 3 - blue - more presents
1944. Tissue paper x 1 - white
1946. Pretty boxes to put presents in x 2 (reused)
1948. Envelopes x 3
1951. Packaging for undies x 2
1953. Present for friend x 3
1956. Tights - hole in them
1957. Holiday brochure
1958. Make-up pads
1959. Ladies things - boxes x 2
1961. Holey socks
1963. Unwanted mail
1964. Envelopes
1965. Swimming costume tags
1966. Receipts
1967. Carrier bag
1968. Beer bottles x 3
1971. Newspaper supplements received from BIL - recycled x 12
1983. 'Mrs' wine glass broken
1984.

Frogletina

I've not counted my items for ages so I'll begin a new list for 2017. However I am still disposing of my unwanted things.

One thing I am going to do is stop buying a daily paper. It's something I have done for years, but since I came back from my holiday I have not read any of the papers I have bought. I might just get a free one from Waitrose when I go there, or if I am on a train journey, although I have plenty of books that need reading.

One of the things I decided to do this year was not buy any more handwash only to find out that the line has been discontinued. This has irked me, as I've been using the same one for ages and always bought it when on offer. I also thought I'd got enough shower gel for the year but I ended up having to buy more of that.

Well, I guess I would have run out of the hand wash eventually even if I'd had a larger stash. As it is, I still have two left so I might replace the one in the main bathroom for visitors to use, so only I use my favourite one

miss_corerupted

miss_corerupted wrote: »

sold a pair of trainers and box to post them in
10 more cardboard boxes - I swear I don't know where they come from!

1 broken folding chair
High table table
12 tops
Golf set
Car engine heat cover
Fire Extinguisher (from the 70's)
2 puzzles
1 skateboard
1 tent

Numerous things from the pantry at least 10, We had a Rat so OH went through and found my hidden stash of shampoos, etc so he threw a lot out as the rat had nibbled them :eek:

1669. I really need to get back into the swing of this

1 masooosie tent that I can never put up and I hate - Given to the Scouts hopefully they will have better luck
1 bag - Bin
24 broken toys Bin
Went through a drawer and got rid of 6 empty packets that had gotten shoved to the back.
old poster

23 children books - To sis
2 packs of cards handwriting practice - To sis

1727

Not a massive amount this time but getting closer to my target

Fiasco55

2115-2122. Items sold online
2123-2129. Packaging for the sold items
2130-2131. Jumpers to cs
2132. Jeggings to cs
2132-2134. Tops to cs
2135. Ironing board sleeve to my cousin

cutiepieabf

wow! a year has almost passed! where does the time go??
In the Summer i moved in with OH and realised just how much stuff i still had - most of which was crafting stuff.
I decided that i needed to prioritise my time better, so i whittled my 8 craft boxes down to 5 (donated a lot of it to a centre working with adults with disabilities). Then i booked a table at our local craft fair in November, so that i have a target. The last few weeks OH and myself have been busy crafting and we have a good stock already for the fair. Our craft items are all made from upcycled materials, and i cant believe i waited this long to get down and make them! Fingers crossed we get some sales on the day, but the main thing is, i have managed to declutter a lot of odds and sods i was collecting, and i have had good fun making things.

My next challenge is paperwork - how long do you guys keep paperwork for? old tenancy agreements, payslips, bank statements, credit card statements, etc?

Thanks guys!

Planning_ahead

264-274 Paperwork
275 Cardboard box
276 Broken hair clip
277 Misc wire
278 Packaging
277 Box
278 Vouchers in purse
279 Pair or worn out trousers
280 Pair worn out jeans
281 2 light bulbs
282 Wire brush
283-284 Receipts
285 Flowers
286-287 2 bags coins for the bank
288-290 Cables

Fiasco55

2136-2139. Items sold online
2140-2143. Packaging for the sold items
2144-2145. Jam jars recycled
2146-2147. Bags taking to cs
2148. New tea towel to cs
2149. Big bag of recycling out
2150. Kitchen roll used up, recycled