2017 - No Clutter To Be Seen

parsniphead

My first itemised post. I'm a little embarrassed as a lot of this stuff shouldn't be hanging around but at least I have made a start.

1. Loads of paperwork. Lots to carry on with
2. lemsip box
3. horrible soggy dextrose
4. 2 old ink cartridges
5. empty karvol pot
6. out of date (ood) burns cream
7. end of an eye liner
8. ood antiseptic cream
9. oodfull marks lotion
10. empty calpol bottle
11. eye ointment
12. ood cat flea treatment
13. indegestion tablet box
14. medicine syringe
15. ood dewormer
16. ood lemsip
17. empty plaster box???
18. empty indegestion tablet box
19. razors - blunt
20. eua dynamisante bottle
21. 2 useless spray bottles
22. dried up astonish paste
23. instructions for scales
24. vile cup a soup
25. old sticky sweets
26. empty medicine boxes
27. bin bag full of bangers
28. old broken pegs
29. broken plaastic storage box
30. three storage box lids? only one box!!!

I have realised DH never throws out empty boxes.

Still lots to come. I'm sure I will be back later.

Art_Deco

Been trying really hard to get rid of stuff, sold some more of mums/nanas ornaments etc,think weve kept them long enough and didnt get any joy from them so theyve gone to good homes, also donated more clothes to the elderly patients at work who dont have family/money , so many books to go, ive found a charity shop whose happy to take them so many of them have signs up saying "No books please" whats that all about surely if they sold them cheaply enough they wouls sell I know im always buying them:rotfl:

eandjsmum

6 loads of fabric for cs and ood medicines today.
Old knickers and socks at the weekend.
have tons more to do.

beautiful_ravens

Last 2 weeks:

To chazza shop -
2 x small CD racks
canvas bag
handbag
various toys [found in boxes in shed]
corner cupboard
roughly 20 books
fabric remnants
rug
wooden drawer divider
nice wicker shopping basket
bag of surplus crockery that I 'rested' in the shed about 4 months ago - hadn't missed them, bye

Recycled-
Bag of DH's tshirts & trousers
Empty bottles & boxes from the bathroom

Burned-
Paperwork
Cardboard boxes
Bathroom wall cabinet
Old ruined shelves
5 mouldy t-shirts found in shed
Annoying shiny wicker baskets that were once drawers in an old thingy

Binned/chucked -
Various bathroom stuff - old shower head, gone off moisturiser, old insect repellent, old suncream, dead razors etc.

Tip-
Old chicken wire
2 kids bikes
Bike wheel
Broken scooter
Ruined drawing board

Found whilst decluttering -
'New' sun block from last year, no idea we had it.
Pine jewelery box/stand & mirror for upcycling/selling
Concertina peg rack, will revamp and either use in the house or sell
Wool winder - will probably go on ebay

Upcycled-
Ive actually started using a lot of the stuff Ive kept 'incase I need it'. Now is that time. I gutted the bathroom and needed new shelves etc to replace what I took out.
Ive made: 2 shelves, a 5 hook towel rack with shelf and a framed mirror out of old pine furniture slats and drawer fronts, and used up shelf brackets/screws/paint/hooks etc from my DIY stash

Sold -
Art book
CD's

Now Ive typed it all up I can see Ive done quite a lot, though it doesnt feel like it

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FutureDreams

I am a late starter. Haven't been on here for a very long time. I hope to buy a new house in 12 months and need to make the most of current one. Decluttering and beautifying are my goals. So target of a few items a day will motivate me to keep going.
Will make a start in the morning.

Saver-upper

I have had a very productive day off today.In general,the house doesn't look too bad.This morning I was able to tidy,dust and vacuum downstairs easily,then sat down and started sorting through papers-I will be decluttering these for yeeeeeears to come :eek:.
This afternoon,desperate to add to the numbers leaving the house,I opened a wooden chest at the top of the stairs.It is hardly ever used,and holds all sorts of random treasures .I was able to easily find a few never-watched,still in packaging DVD's.I only own about 7 DVD's,and I think I have just donated the majority of them .Can't remember the last time I watched a DVD that was not belonging to the kids.
Out of the house today:

Donated:
761-762:2 jumpers,still with tags.They were gifts,but I was never going to wear them,and they were just making me feel guilty
763:teddy bear
764:cross-stitch magazine,still in plastic wrap
765:fleece that I don't know where it came from.
766:another fleece
767-777:11 books
778-782:5 DVD's

Donated for rags:
783-810:assortment of trousers bleached through work,torn clothes,old underwear,fabric scraps,and a canvas bag which I had stained with tea on the day I thought I would be very MSE and smuggle home-made cup of tea into the cinema.Twas never going to end well :eek:

Recycled:
811:box from Build-a-bear Workshop,found while I was rummaging for clothes to donate
812:bundle of papers,as a result of sorting papers this afternoon.

Fruittea

Good to see the new starters getting off to a flying start. I must catch up as I've been off with a bad cold but I managed to get a few things done. Nearly all the boxes sorted in the bedroom and most things have been found a home. Heres' my update:
568 – 2 perfumes – CS
570 – 2 glass jars – CS
572 – 2 cups and saucers –CS
573 – Olive dish – CS
573 – Packet of thumb tacks – CS
573 – 2 plastics curvographs – CS
580 – 7 old books – CS
581 – table mat – CS
581 – Box of name tags – Neighbour
582 – Glass vase – CS
583 – Bath mat – animal sanctuary
597 - 14 bits of toot from a drawer – bin
598 – incense burner- CS
601 – 3 jars – recycled
610 – 9 packets of ood yeast – compost
612 – 2 drinks pourers – CS
613 – DVD - sold Amazon
614 – Book CS
620 – Bag of cushions and towels – animal sanctury

parsniphead

A few bits sorted through this morning before work.

31 - 33 an old deep fat fryer (recycled), a broken floor steamer and something i can't remember .

A little more sorted later hopefully.

FutureDreams

Ok here goes. Hard to know where to start.
Desk in the dining room seemed a good idea. Smallish space and no distractions.

1 Old paperwork - recycling
2 Christmas cards. Addresses noted - recycling
3 Pens. Dead ones - bin

4 Couple of magazines - take to local hospital next time I am passing. Not gone but in the departure lounge.


Tomorrow the under stairs cupboard is the target. Numbers should shoot up then!!

try_harder

Thank you purplevamp ,i am looking forward to the challenge