2020 - banish the clutter

elsien

greent said:

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

Thanks - I still have all the boxes so that will help. Be a while before ebay gets back to normal though. I'm unsure whether people will be buying more because they're bored, or not wanting to buy anything that might give them the lurgy. 

newlywed

I am decluttering some habits and creating some new ones during this time.  It had been my habit to visit supermarkets maybe four times a week. However I now have a veg box delivery and have shopped once in 8 days. If I can continue this when “normality” returns I will have gained a load of time and energy!

I have also been scheduling specific days for changing and washing things, eg towels and bedding as I wasn’t really keeping track of when they were done  

I am making huge efforts not to waste any food at all (didn’t think we wasted masses before) which is probably helping reduce shopping trips.

Primrose

elsien said:

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. 

The sewer rats will be having the time of their lives then !!  

We're reserving this kind of stuff in our drinks cabinet as "sustenance of last resort" in case lockdown goes on a lot longer than everybody envisaged ! 

elsien

Primrose said:

elsien said:

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. 

The sewer rats will be having the time of their lives then !!  

We're reserving this kind of stuff in our drinks cabinet as "sustenance of last resort" in case lockdown goes on a lot longer than everybody envisaged ! 

Unlikely to be an issue for me. I hadn't realised quite how many bottles of southern comfort I've accumulated via Christmas and birthdays. Those are staying.

EnergyShifter

EnergyShifter said:

237. dead office chair
238. dead headphones
239. glow in the dark stars from DS's bedroom ceiling

240. dead pants
241. cat toy (cat totally disinterested)
242. DS's outgrown shoes
- more today 
Re: indoor exercise
@greenbee - great idea - I will tune in to that!
@Allz95 - that sounds hilarious & terrifying 

leelad

Afternoon MrsSD and fellow declutterers, just an update really on how I'm going.  Now able to work from the attic now on our 2nd laptop which my wife purchased just before lockdown which has come in handy.  Given the condition which the attic was in a year ago, then that's a massive step forward.  A corner of this room is now for stuff to go to the tip (when it opens).  Downstairs, one half of our bookshelves under our chimney breast has been decluttered and sorted  Created another shelf for the books which were dotted around the house.  Which helps me when you want to distract yourself.  Outside the paper bin is full to bursting and the next recycle day on paper is a couple of weeks off yet.  Pace yourself Lee ;-) My wife says I'm tidying obsessed at the moment, but for me it's all about having a focus and plan on what do each day. I was furloughed from work as from last Friday so I'm about to get used to the home life routine.  My wife's coping mechanism with her poor mental health is to drink lots of coffee and scroll through social media or listen to audio and to teach our daughter during the week as that helps her with her MH.  That's how it is at the moment.  I am still trying to create a plan for myself on how to survive the next few weeks (and potentially months ahead).  At least I have made a start with some of the big decluttering that has been annoying me over the last few months.  

ailz95

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TC77

I'm continuing with cleaning - hall , picture rail/ceiling skirting and floor - intended deep cleaning tiles and polishing but can't find my scrubbing brush - not sure if I'll find one in an essential shop - can go out Tuesday!
 625 hall-all furniture in other rooms, will count again when floor done and furniture back 
626 - 630 1.5 pr of shin pads (dd2 too small), pair of trainers, small bag for headphones, collection of stamps, bit of hoover for hoover I don't have
631 packaging from presents recycled.
632 - trailing thread from door curtain cut and curtain rehemmed.

tboo

Tided up the big kitchen drawers under my hob, vacuumed and wiped out

123 - 128  tiny porcelain dishes - in the bin, was saving them to use for home made candles but can't be bothered atm

129 - 132  some old fridge magnets that I no longer like, the fridge is intragrated so can't put the rest on there, some have gone on the cooker hood and some on the microwave side

a few plastic straws

tboo

133 - found a chipped vase under the sink - bin