2021 MISSION DECLUTTER and CLEAN

Brambling

Not sure if I can count the removal of cob webs as decluttering? I must have giant invisible spiders as I never see them just the large webs 😳 I am counting the last of the Christmas cake 

just some minor sorting today I tidied the bedside drawers, goodness knows what the playing cards were doing there! Over half of the contents were either thrown away or reallocated to their correct homes 

I added the outside bin store onto the list of areas to declutter, I know the garden centre the other side of town recycles pots so those not needed for seeds next year can be taken there. I also decided that most of the kitchen stuff pushed to the back of the cupboard is probably not needed and the space could be used better.

I've read that Currys recycle small electric goods, not sure if they are open at the moment but I'll check if that is correct as it will save a trip to the tip for a couple of broken items as you now have to queue for over a hour

Four_Seasons

Hi, sign me up please I am hoping to sell my house in 2021 so really really need to declutter!! thanx Annie

Floss

I decluttered our office Christmas tree today, and sorted out the stationery cupboard too, binning envelopes with no sticky and returning surplus kit to the IT team. I also helped to empty the Quality Street tin 😁

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Balabooberlies, Bags for life are more useful for charity shops 😉  and are quite large - so I am declaring that your target is still 52/52 ‘mixed’ bags 😉 Better to be haunted by a shirt than a person 😉🤣 Excellent work 👏 & what a brilliant idea from -taff 

Hi leelad 👋 Absolutely superb advice - so good in fact that you are being awarded the first Gold Star ⭐️ of the 2021 Decluttering Thread 🥳

Nowt so queer as folk, pamsdish 🙄 but at least you earned some pennies 👏 Well done on your great start to 2021 👏

I will start counting with you TC77 🙂

Good luck Lynsey30 🙂 Yippee 🥳 one bag gone & you now have the decluttering bug 😉

KatyLovesCats & Nicnak - no tree, no decorations just Christmas cards hung up on the wall. Makes for a very easy declutter 😉
Wow Nicnak 🤩 thank you for the before & after pictures 👏 I am especially admiring the clean windows 👏 A new kitchen 🥳

Now a general comment - I am rather enjoying all the positivity & the cheerleading  - THANK YOU ALL 👏

How ‘sweet’ boultdj 😊 Good luck with finishing your craft project 🤞without any further interruptions 😉 You have been busy & how cheeky of your OH to hide your jumper 😉😉

What a great idea -taff 👏

Multitasking Floss, you must be female 😂 Thanks for reminding me Floss, DH bought a tin of Quality Street & a tin of Roses a couple of weeks ago & I hid them 😛 I won’t bring them out just yet as the 3 of us in my house still have chocolate & biscuits to eat 😉

So close vulpix 😉

Welcome mehefin 👋 What a good start - over £360 in the treats fund 😉

Black_Saturn I think your motivation & mine have gone skipping off into the sunset - holding hands & singing ☹️😉 Sending you a hug 🤗 

That is one way to start 2021 villagelife ☹️ Are you sure it was you who knocked the tree over 😉

Absolutely Bluegreen143 - welcome aboard & lovely to see another new face 👋 I love your target tying in with another thread 👏 Sounds like you have the visible clutter under control - very impressive 👏 Can you get into the loft, or does everything have to be brought down? 

I like your game plan tryingtoavoiddebt 👏 It is really nice to come down to a clear kitchen every morning 😉

Nice to see you back EnergyShifter 👋 Target noted - 3 per day will see you over & above your target 😉

Brambling, I would count getting rid of cobwebs but only once a week 😉 Well done on the decluttering of bedside drawers 👏 I am sure they have ‘clutter magnets’ built in 🤣

Welcome aboard Four_Seasons 👋 An exciting 2021 ahead of you - selling your house 🙂 Are you buying again? You will find that I am quite nosy 😉 but only the better to offer you the correct encouragement 😉😉 Joking aside, we are a very friendly bunch of people & we like to celebrate each other’s successes & commiserate re our non-successes 😉

And breathe - I have caught up 👏

StickyTheStickInsect

@Nicnak, the conservatory looks fab 😃

Bluegreen143

@Mrs_Salad_Dodger I’m physically able bodied and fit enough to get into the loft but I’m feart of heights and ladders! Will need husband to help. He can have hoarding tendencies so isn’t the best decluttering companion. Even worse, he has become quite ruthless at suggesting decluttering my things without applying this new enthusiasm to his own!! He’s decided that he dislikes the pushchair “cluttering up the front hall” and has now suggested about 10 times we could get rid - I have a just turned two year old 😂

MrsSnowy

Hi All, I'd love to join in please.
I don't know about setting a target ,but whilst looking for info on deceased brothers shares I managed to incinerate 35 years of pay slips and end of year bumpf. Plus mortgage statements from a house we owned in 1984 and the one I sold after DH died in 2016!
 Oh my goodness it feels better, even though I haven't found the info I need .
Does cleaning ,sanding and oiling kitchen worktops count as de-clutter? 
I've destashed my yarn heap by knitting a multistrand cwtchy blanket as a Christmas present for DD and 2 cushions to go with it,and I've started another one ,for me!
My 11 year old grand-daughter had a sewing machine for Christmas so I feel a lot of surplus sewing stuff being posted ,though as they live abroad it could be a costly exercise....worth it  though.
Thanks
MrsS

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Oh dear Bluegreen143 ☹️ Not helpful 🙄 but I have a suggestion re the pushchair - it is very cheeky 😉 but might work - make sure that your husband is the only one who takes your 2 year old out - without the pushchair & armed with a small shopping list - e.g. bag of potatoes, 4 pints of milk & 4 cans of baked beans. He will soon get the message when he has to keep carrying the 2 year old 😉🤞 I can be quite evil sometimes 😉 

Welcome aboard MrsSnowy 👋 Ooh pretty - burning paper 🙃 Cleaning, sanding & oiling your kitchen worktops definitely counts as decluttering 👏 
Also you are doing really well on decluttering yarn & how exciting that you will be able to declutter sewing stuff to your granddaughter 🙂👏

MrsSD

Floss

Bluegreen, MrsSD has beaten me to it - I second that suggestion. And maybe there could be some bargaining with your DH - if he clears a bag/box you will do the same? 

Bluegreen143

@Floss good idea! Though I don’t have much left to go except books, and I don’t want to declutter those 😆 but perhaps I could agree to let go of some of the baby stuff on the understanding that we will just need to get it all again if we do have another little one, might be able to sell the crib and some other bits after all.