gardenmom5 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) to declutter.:thumbup: I've been listing some furniture items we no longer use/need on craigslist, 'cause who wants to store it. well, one item is a full size bed. I'm including all my full size sheets/pads. I will have no use for them anymore.;) so, I had to empty an overflowing closet trying to find them since I have someone coming to look at it tomorrow. there were 2 pads/6 sheet sets. (dd used it for awhile and bought more). while I was at it, I figured anything I no longer want/use/like could also get put in my charity pile. I think I only kept about 1/3 of what was in the closet. I love it.:001_wub: and I found a king size top sheet/pad and pillow cases. I would like to know how they ended up in there . . . . . Edited December 27, 2011 by gardenmom5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Looking forward to some decluttering when we get back home. Being at the IL's puts me in the mood (tchotchkes everywhere!). :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I am hoping to spend the next week decluttering, if I can kick this sinus infection and get motivated. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Looking forward to some decluttering when we get back home. Being at the IL's puts me in the mood (tchotchkes everywhere!). :D I recall reading a passage in Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior about the "shocking taste" of tchotchkes/knick-nacks/*EVERYTHING* matching/etc. I thought, okay, yeah. then I went to one older woman's house, and about fell over laughing as I "finally, absolutely, understood what she was saying". the woman had a wall of family pictures - every single photo (going back to the 1800's) was 8x10, in identical frames with brass nameplates of each individual person. (no groups allowed). All evenly space on the wall, the B&W ones had been colorized. I know some of them she had spent a considerable sum on too. It looked like something you would see in a history musem display of presidents. it also was full of "collectable" knick-nacks in series, series of identical "collectors" children's books. it left me speechless. and NO surface was bare, all were full of tchotchkes. wow. My mil loves that kind of junk - my fil always asked her "where will you put it?", and "do you want to dust it?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Starting Wed, I have a week to get my house in order. I am cleaning out toys, kitchen, and any clutter I can find. I want to start the new year with a clean house. DH is cleaning the garage to male room to bring in the new fridge. We have a lot to do!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I have been decluttering since dh left for this deployment. Scissor Count: 14 Flashlight Count: 21 :glare: We shall never want for a light to shine upon our cutting of things. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parias1126 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I really need to do this. I could probably bring in close to $1,000 just on scrapbooking stuff I have collected over the last few years and then quit scrapbooking. My closet is stuffed with it and could use a good cleaning out. Craigslist scares me though which is why I haven't done so yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down_the_Rabbit_Hole Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I really need to do this. I could probably bring in close to $1,000 just on scrapbooking stuff I have collected over the last few years and then quit scrapbooking. My closet is stuffed with it and could use a good cleaning out. Craigslist scares me though which is why I haven't done so yet. I just gave all my scrapbooking things to our craft room so dd can use it, figured after 7 years od not using the stuff someone else should.. I did this the other day as I decluttered our closet. I have been going room by room cleaning and decluttering. I am amazed at how much trash and junk I am finding. And yes it feels so good to get it out of the house. I won't even keep the Good Will items in the house, as I gather them up they go straight to the van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 I have been decluttering since dh left for this deployment. Scissor Count: 14 Flashlight Count: 21 :glare: We shall never want for a light to shine upon our cutting of things. :confused: :lol: That seriously needs to be on a t-shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 This week I have finally had the time to start decluttering the upstairs. 90% of it is clothes the kids have outgrown. Since I have three girls in three different sizes (yes I have twins but they're farther apart in size than the smaller twin and her 2.5 year younger sister), it isn't always obvious when someone outgrows something what should be done with it, but I made them come up, try stuff on, and also tell me what they'll actually wear, because what one kid loved sometimes another can't stand. Also, sorted and got through a ton of hand-me-downs from a friend - again, some of it they like and then the rest has to go back. Everything is in bags and ready to go out the door! Hopefully after that the rest of the decluttering should be a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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