get rid of all my clutter

I feel motivated! I’m going to our extra room to put clothing away in the dresser and in the closet! Hurra!

Got all the clothing put away now! Went through and got rid of a few more outfits.

what constitutes clutter?

I donated some clothes I never wear anymore to St. Vincent De Paul’s today, hopefully that will inspire me to get rid of more stuff! I am unfortunately a packrat, so this will be a hard one.

at my SO’s place – we emptied everything except 2 small rooms (we put everything in) and his relatives helped clean the place. my SO moved to my place. so now we have only 1 place to organise. and attic someday.

yesterday he brought majority of his stuff (el.appliances).
day before yesterday we browsed trough a tower of boxes with old books and decided what to keep. need to get out the rest. old paper would be the easiest solution. maybe the easiest is the best for now.

i organised my clothes (brought up the best), released some of my summer clothes (i could let go more, i know, i know.) i also organised my shoes and scarves. even ironed scarves! i plan to dress up (and that is great news), but in the morning i don’t feel like it… at least, it is all there in prime space, sorted. all sport clothes i removed to hall cupboard. and reorganised hall cupboard. yeah. :-D

now we plan to put the newest furniture to our living room and move the oldest one to his place. we want to surround ourselves with the best things possible.
too much stuff; i don’t have a clue how to do it all, i admit… but one step at a time will do it.

I am reusing containers that have been cleaned—plastic, glass, whatever, and putting food stuffs into them. It is for these following reasons:

1. I buy a lot in bulk, and therefore don’t have a container
2. I can put food in a huge container into a smaller container if the former is not full.

picked up a bargain car trailer just the other day, and this has been a huge boost in the quest to allow the de-cluttering continue!

Living by that fabulous motto picked up from earlier generations “waste not want not” has meant I’ve collected some JUNK over the years! and extra stuff each time family or friends move house :)

www.bookcrossing.com

FREECYCLE is wonderful! via local group plan to hold FreeDay nearby to XXXX’s new house.. at time of the moving in!

brand new kids tshirts still in packs (they grow up so fast)
sparkly indian shirts
skirts

be free!

I’ve also cleared out the tea cupboard [found weevils in one of the tins – gross!] also all the health food supplements are tidied up. Washed and recycled a heap of old jars in the fridge. Resolve not to get more than what I can eat.

It’s been a couple of months now and I’m decluttering almost every weekend. For a 2 bedroom apartment, it’s taking a while! Did a few hours today – went through my collection of packaging materials: bubble wrap and lots of plastic bags. Tossed out all the paper bags, couple of empty boxes, stacked all packaging materials neatly onto 2 cupboards. Went through collection of hair accessories which have been lying unused in drawer for a decade. They’re all in the charity bag.
I can’t believe how much stuff I accumulate.
Now, what to do with all those plastic bags? I can recycle a few, but not the shopping bags. Maybe put them on the kerb on the next cleanup day [early jan, few months away, drat!)
Left to do: piles of paperwork and notes – old magazines, donate cupboard and dresser to charity – photos – CDs – cassettes – VHS tapes – declutter the kitchen. Yikes!

spent 2 days emptying one small room that we plan to instal small kitchen into it since it is adjacent to living room (in state of organising). we did amasing job, it was almost ceiling high with boxes and stuff. although there were also taking from one pile, making another pile in another room, for some things. at least we organised paper, boxes and boxes of it. i am amased how much magasines my SO let go.

i have found a box of my stuff there, with some important documents that were lying hidden there!!

although i sacrificed nice sunny sunday afternoon, maybe the last one in quite a while… this was cumbersome, but great pleasure.

now to repeat the whole process at my place, there are also lots of my SO’s magasines.

living room is doing fine, hanging cabinets are fixed to the wall, and bottom cabinets are ready to transport from my place. i have plenty decorating ideas and enjoy this creative phase of work, practising patience. (still, the woodwork is old and ruining the whole picture, but i’ll hang curtains…)

Our Room – We no longer have a room!!!

Put doors on photo cupboard – Still to do just now in kitchen
Clear top of photo cupboard – Still to do just now art supplies
Empty wardrobe/fix/sort Yay, done!
Sort small bedside cabinet Is now K’s
Reorganise dressing table Is now K’s

Jimmer’s Room – Now Jimmers’ & Stinky Pinkleton’s Room!

Double check toys and clothes recently done
Sort ornaments/photos frames/money boxes
Freegle/sell washable nappies

K’s Room

Clear entire room into dustbin liners!!!
Go through clothes with K
Help K find proper places for everything
Move kids cuddlies off shelves

Utility

Shoe solutionNew dog paraphernalia box

Living Room

Re-check baskets & bookshelf – mostly done now – woop!
Storage for bedlinen – ottoman?

Stairs

Sort coats/hats
Laundry solution

Kitchen

Sort/use up art stuff
Empty cupboards/clean/clear
Re-home re-cycling stuff Needs doing again – bins?
Sort photos/frames
Sort paperwork/folder area
Clear the plant graveyard

Bathroom

Replace shower curtain with screenUse up toiletriesRe-think laundry storage
Sort towels/linen
Re-house tools?

Shed

Empty/clean/freecycle