2020 - banish the clutter

elsien

Decluttering dilemma.
I have a load of lead crystal glasses that belonged to my grandmother. She had them for donkeys years and they were never used - most still had the labels on.
She left them to me when she passed, initially  threatening me that if I broke any she'd come back and haunt me. After negotiations we agreed I'd  take them if she accepted I would use them, and if using them meant breakages so be it.

Some of them I do use, and they are lovely. But some of them (particularly the little thimble sized ones) I have no idea what they're for and suspect the days of lady like sipping are long gone. So I looked into selling or donating them, but in the antique shops there's lots of them and so low priced I suspect there's no real demand. But I don't want my grandmother's prize possessions to sit unloved on a shop shelf before being dumped. I'm not using them but I still care what happens to them. 
Help. What do I do? 

serendipity2706

How about asking your family if anyone would like them. They would go to a good home and be treasured by someone who remembered and loved your granny.

serendipity2706

The thimble sized ones are possibly liqueur glasses, from the time a tiny glass was served after dinner.

elsien

serendipity2706 said:

How about asking your family if anyone would like them. They would go to a good home and be treasured by someone who remembered and loved your granny.

There's really only my siblings and they're not interested. Their own kids are still teenagers.

villagelife

A bit more done
593-594 more packaging. DS2 has been busy ordering stuff for himself!!
595 a pen that no longer works.
596 another hand cream used up.

Happy_Kitties

I have been in sloth mode and rationing myself to one episode of Midsummer Murders a day.
Have done a few little bits
*76    shower gel use up that DD ex left behind
*77    pen lid with no home! -into recycling 
*78    handbag sorted out. Lots of receipts and bits-binned
*79    one very battered,old , stained pillow that a poorly puss cat had used-binned
*80     some of DD coffee sachets from a huge bag left behind-used up. These things are going to last forever, but made a start yesterday on  the big use up
Stay safe everyone x

TC77

Happy_kitties - likewise rationing detective programmes, why are some on a 11pm -staying up too late, and debating decluttering TV from my bedroom.
Cleaned kitchen bin but didn't take out paper at bottom, so now replaced and washed out! 619 (Maybe double counting but did require more effort
620 - 621 sorted out packaging, recycled some, and tidied drawers so all fits in 1
622 - 623 two set of decorative large floristry/decoartive pebbles in CS  (loved these as so pretty but really don't use.
624, flowers binned and vases thoroughly cleaned and away, and also jugs.
Debating cleaning and protecting hall tiles - means cleaning skirting and moving shoes etc!
Stay safe and warm today x

elsien

3 bottles of surplus alcohol down the drain.
You may consider  there is no such thing as surplus alcohol, but this was the manky stuff people bring you back from holiday. 

newlywed

serendipity2706 said:

The thimble sized ones are possibly liqueur glasses, from the time a tiny glass was served after dinner.

I recently bought some of those teeny wine glasses from eBay to complete my set of 1970s pressed glass crystal that started from a charity shop find I bought the tiny ones because I think they are cute and make me smile, and not clutter to me! Maybe someone on eBay wants them. Then they won’t be sat in a shop?

greent

elsien said:

Decluttering dilemma.
I have a load of lead crystal glasses that belonged to my grandmother. She had them for donkeys years and they were never used - most still had the labels on.
She left them to me when she passed, initially  threatening me that if I broke any she'd come back and haunt me. After negotiations we agreed I'd  take them if she accepted I would use them, and if using them meant breakages so be it.

Some of them I do use, and they are lovely. But some of them (particularly the little thimble sized ones) I have no idea what they're for and suspect the days of lady like sipping are long gone. So I looked into selling or donating them, but in the antique shops there's lots of them and so low priced I suspect there's no real demand. But I don't want my grandmother's prize possessions to sit unloved on a shop shelf before being dumped. I'm not using them but I still care what happens to them. 
Help. What do I do? 

I sold a lot of my late nan's crystal on ebay - it didnt go for masses (I think the most I sold a pair for was £25) but it clearly went to people who wanted them, rather than cluttering up a CS shelf. If you can identify the make and 'style' so much the better - there's a few sites which can help and the manufacturers websites may also have old patterns listed on there