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Source: (consider it) Thread: Decluttering support thread
Nenya
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Dishwashers. [Axe murder]

There are three of us in the house at present and in the course of a normal 24 hours we fill ours and run it last thing at night. In the morning we use stuff straight out of it for breakfast, put away the rest and start again. Minimum of putting things in cupboards, dirty dishes out of sight. It's a beautiful thing. [Smile]

Other decluttering chez Nen is not going too well... [Frown]

Nen - may take a leaf of of Mrs S's book and declutter a wine bottle this evening. Every item counts, right? [Biased]

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quote:
Originally posted by daisydaisy:
... until I've emptied all the bottles taking up one of the cupboards ...

Depending on what's in the aforementioned bottles, do you need any help? [Big Grin]

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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When Miss S got married back in October, we tidied up the back of church - old cassette tapes, mainly, and old-but-virtuous magazines and other old cr*p. The box got moved behind the font and no-one bothered emptying it after the wedding. Yesterday we thought it had gone altogether and were quietly celebrating - but I later discovered it in the flower-arrangers/slash/worship band cupboard. Frankly that is the last place it should be, and very soon it's the last place it WILL HAVE BEEN. I am taking an Executive Decision.

It has gone - cassettes of Evangelical conferences from only 15 years ago, home-recorded cassettes of Graham Kendrick [Eek!] and all [Devil]

Mrs. S, rubbing her hands in glee

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quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
It has gone - cassettes of Evangelical conferences from only 15 years ago, home-recorded cassettes of Graham Kendrick [Eek!] and all [Devil]

Mrs. S, rubbing her hands in glee

Only 15 years old!!! [Eek!]

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Pray for me, brethren and (in view of what I’m about to undertake, especially) sistren [Biased] .

I hereby solemnly declare that tonight I am going to clear out my lingerie drawer. And I am going to put in the bin every last unmentionable that is either worn out or has been in an unfortunate incident with a black sock in the washer.

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quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I hereby solemnly declare that tonight I am going to clear out my lingerie drawer. And I am going to put in the bin every last unmentionable that is either worn out or has been in an unfortunate incident with a black sock in the washer.

I save the worn out ones until I go on vacation. They get worn while I'm away, but most of them are tossed before I come home, leaving a little more space in my suitcase. (I just pray I'm never in an accident and taken to hospital while on vacation!)

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quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... worship band cupboard ...

You keep your worship band in a cupboard? What an excellent idea - I should leave them in there if I were you.

[Devil]

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Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... worship band cupboard ...

You keep your worship band in a cupboard? What an excellent idea - I should leave them in there if I were you.

[Devil]

[Killing me] [Overused]

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The nice people from Scope should be coming to whisk a small cabinet and a large box of oddments from us tomorrow. Huzzah! How is it possible to collect so many bits-and-bobs of no consequence? Assorted keyrings, compilation cds, a barometer, a globe and a toy telescope, and they're the highlghts.

Once it's all gone I'll be starting a fresh box.

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... worship band cupboard ...

You keep your worship band in a cupboard? What an excellent idea - I should leave them in there if I were you.

[Devil]

[Killing me] [Overused]
...sorry guys, I'm not prepared to live in a cupboard with the rest of the band (and a load of flower-arrangers too, however talented!)
[Killing me]
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quote:
Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
quote:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I hereby solemnly declare that tonight I am going to clear out my lingerie drawer. And I am going to put in the bin every last unmentionable that is either worn out or has been in an unfortunate incident with a black sock in the washer.

I save the worn out ones until I go on vacation. They get worn while I'm away, but most of them are tossed before I come home, leaving a little more space in my suitcase. (I just pray I'm never in an accident and taken to hospital while on vacation!)
Not so [Biased] . If ever you get in a nasty accident, the first thing the medics are going to do is get a big pair of scissors and cut all your clothes off you (taking clothes off an injured person risks making things worse). If you’re wearing your nice lingerie, that’s the last you’ll ever see of it.

You really want to hope you’re wearing your manky undies if you get hit by a bus. (That said, someone I know was once in a nasty skiing accident. And she said that her first thought as she heard her ligaments go pop and collapsed on the piste in agony was indeed “Do I have good underwear on?”)

OTOH, this is now academic since I have achieved my object and now only have good lingerie left. If I get scooped up by any kind of medical personnel, my undies all have their elastic intact and are the same colour that they were when I bought them.

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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
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my undies all have their elastic intact and are the same colour that they were when I bought them.
[Overused]

I have this cartoon in my knicker drawer*

You have achieved that!!

* Because everyone keeps cartoons in their knickers drawer, right?

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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
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my undies all have their elastic intact and are the same colour that they were when I bought them.
[Overused]

I have this cartoon in my knicker drawer*

You have achieved that!!

* Because everyone keeps cartoons in their knickers drawer, right?



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quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
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my undies all have their elastic intact and are the same colour that they were when I bought them.
[Overused]

I have this cartoon in my knicker drawer*

You have achieved that!!

* Because everyone keeps cartoons in their knickers drawer, right?


Of course - and was it Nen or another of our decluttering sistren who said her husband described her knicker drawer as 50 Shades of Grey?
[Killing me]

Mrs. S, pressing the wrong button [Hot and Hormonal]

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A colleague, who happens to be a personal counsellor, is helping me purge my office prior to an office move to start a new position. Much needed and appreciated help.
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Caissa, friends like that are worth their weight in gold.

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quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
was it Nen or another of our decluttering sistren who said her husband described her knicker drawer as 50 Shades of Grey?

Not me - there's nothing in my knicker drawer that would interest Mr Nen. [Biased]

Nen - all cotton, size 14-16.

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Originally posted by Nenya:
quote:
Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
was it Nen or another of our decluttering sistren who said her husband described her knicker drawer as 50 Shades of Grey?

Not me - there's nothing in my knicker drawer that would interest Mr Nen. [Biased]

Nen - all cotton, size 14-16.

Sorry Nen [Hot and Hormonal] - I knew it wasn't me, so I naturally assumed it had to be you! [Snigger]

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Just had a successful declutter - friends came over for lunch & left with a jacket, dishwasher paraphernalia and bar stool, and interest in the Welsh dresser. I must have people over for lunch more often [Smile]
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Yay, daisydaisy! I love it!

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We have decluttered a shelf of assorted pamphlets and maps from places we have visited or quite fancy visiting. Realistically, if we visit or revisit any of these places, a street map dated 1993 is not likely to be helpful. Nor is a guide to eateries labeled "new! revised! 2001!" We now have a full paper recycling box and a foot of available shelf space.
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I have convinced Mr Shrew to declutter an old leather jacket that is completely worn out and utterly useless through the promise of fabric recycling bins.... Feeling very proud (now to work on the other six old jackets that are worn out but less obviously past any kind of use)

I also have a couple of bags of things which I never wear to go to charity.

I figure progress may be slow but it is steadily heading in the right direction.

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Thyme
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quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
We have decluttered a shelf of assorted pamphlets and maps from places we have visited or quite fancy visiting. Realistically, if we visit or revisit any of these places, a street map dated 1993 is not likely to be helpful. Nor is a guide to eateries labeled "new! revised! 2001!" We now have a full paper recycling box and a foot of available shelf space.

Oooh, yes, no matter how hard I try we seem to accumulate this sort of thing as well. I don't know why it is so hard to get rid of. Just before I read your post I noticed we have a big road map dated 2010 and wondered why we are keeping it.

Congratulations for the dishwasher daisydaisy. And the clothes Mrs Shrew.

I had a huge clothes declutter, it must have been nearly two years ago now when Comet got us doing the 30 items thing. Since when I have done a bit more as and when but I think I need another radical sort out. I haven't been buying much, I think I need to replace some things.

It's a never ending process. My next big household declutter will be when we move again in a couple of months.

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Travel information sneaks its way in with stealth - especially the guidebooks you get at castles. I know they never get looked at, and yet every time they tempt me!

Can you tell me more about the 30 items thing? It sounds intriguing...

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D. took a phone call this morning from the local Diabetics' Association saying that they'll be doing a doorstep collection on Wednesday, so if I can muster up the energy/motivation I might be able to ditch a bin-bag or two of clothes that I know I won't wear again, and possibly the odd surplus-to-requirements bit of kitchenalia.

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The Diabetes Association collects clothes to sell in job lots to vendors who pass the clothes on at exorbitant rates to wholesalers in other parts of the world

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quote:
Originally posted by Mrs Shrew:
Can you tell me more about the 30 items thing? It sounds intriguing...

I can't find the previous decluttering thread. It must be in Oblivion somewhere.

You wear 30 items for 30 days. Then review your wardrobe. Or it might be 33 items for 3 months. I forget, but you get the general idea.

Basically the idea is that you select 30 items of clothing, not including underwear, uniforms, workwear, gardening clothes and such like.

Whether you include shoes and jewellery is up to you. Some sites do, some don't.

Here are some links but if you google 30 items of clothing you will find sites.

here

here

here

here

I never got down to 30 item even excluding shoes, jewellery, cleaning clothes, swimwear and so on, but it did focus my mind considerably and at the end of it all I did have a smaller but much better wardrobe.

I also applied a similar principle to my jewellery and part exchanged nearly all of it and bought just a few items which I now wear very regularly. That was a really good move.

I came across articles etc about how French women have a small number of clothes which they wear all the time, until it is time to replace them. If they have a couple of outfits they look great in, they have no qualms about wearing them all the time.

here is a typical example, but just google french women's style or fashion.

I'll try to find the original thread if I get time. I think it was the previous incarnation of this one.

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Wodders has helpfully linked to the old thread in Limbo in his OP here. I haven't found Comet's post about the clothing yet.

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Here it is 27 June 2012

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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
The Diabetes Association collects clothes to sell in job lots to vendors who pass the clothes on at exorbitant rates to wholesalers in other parts of the world

They do? [Eek!]

There's a second-hand shop here called Previously Loved which D. says is an outlet for the Diabetes Association; I sort of assumed that anything we left for them would end up there. I'm hopeless in second-hand shops, but D's very good at finding things in good condition: he buys his clothes there so that I don't have to ... [Big Grin]

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I move tomorrow into my new de-cluttered office.
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Yesterday was such a foul day here (just for a change [Mad] ) that Mr. S started to declutter the study. I'd rather he'd done his wardrobe, but hey, can't be helped. We threw out TONS of old boxes (for the Nook, the GPS and for at least three old mobile phones), old magazines, maps, CDs (M$ Encarta 2001, anybody? Thought not)...

Today doesn't look any better, so we'll probably have to do the filing cabinet etc [Big Grin] BUT the best thing is - I found my birth certificate! You know how it is when you're sure you know where something is? If it isn't there, you have no idea where to look. Well, it was in with the certificate for my French A-level, which I took about 25 years ago.

(I had had to get a copy, which in the end didn't serve the purpose it was required for - my CRB check - because the chap who was checking it said it made my year of birth appear to be 1961 rather than 1951 . I wish!)

So, who knows what delights will be unearthed today [Yipee]

Mrs. S delighted to be decluttering

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The weather produced a similar flurry of action here. One wardrobe entirely reordered inside, a quarter of the previous garments awaiting stickers to be affixed to their plastic bags for the charity shop, brand new space for shoes and half of hubby's hobby cupboard newly streamlined.

I am still in shock!

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quote:
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Well, it was in with the certificate for my French A-level, which I took about 25 years ago.

I too took French A level - but longer ago than 25 years. [Biased]

Returning to the subject of knicker drawers, I decluttered mine at the weekend, prompted to do so because I couldn't fit all the knickers and socks I'd washed into it and then close it. [Roll Eyes] It's now much tidier [Big Grin] . However I have the habit (which I read about years ago, probably in some edition of the magazine "Jackie" - did anyone else read that?) of putting my empty perfume containers in my underwear drawer to make them smell nice. When I sorted it there were three empty Rive Gauche eau de toilette sprays in there. [Hot and Hormonal]

Nen. - born in the same decade as Mrs S but a bit later in it. [Biased]

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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Well, it was in with the certificate for my French A-level, which I took about 25 years ago.

I too took French A level - but longer ago than 25 years. [Biased]

Nen. - born in the same decade as Mrs S but a bit later in it. [Biased]

Ah, but this was what they used to refer to as Evening Classes (last step before Ironing Classes, maybe? [Snigger] ). My original A-levels were taken more or less before recorded time began...

A further day of decluttering the study has produced more shredding than three compost heaps can handle, but no long-lost treasures, sadly.

Mrs. S, way past anything so intellectual as A-levels these days [Biased]

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[tangent]
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... this was what they used to refer to as Evening Classes ...

Ah, evening classes! That's where I met my Beloved - he was teaching Higher Music and I was learning it (and quietly lusting [Snigger] ).

I was his first success. [Smile]
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Ethne Alba
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It Was Jackie who suggested that and I also wasted far too much pocket money on that magazine!
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After discovering that a tall shelf thing is teetering a bit too much I removed the sewing bits & fabric from it, generated 3 bags from that for rehousing but, with everything on the floor while I decide what to do with what I want to keep, this round of decluttering leaves me feeling like I'm only scratching the surface. [Waterworks]
Really I need to focus on clearing the dresser so I can put it up for sale.

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Mrs BA has summoned up the energy to tackle her craft room, which was fast disappearing under the accumulation of materials and projects. I'm not certain how much has been disposed of, or whether it is just better arranged, but at least most of the floor is now visible.
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Visible floor is one of my goals. [Yipee]
If I could manage to sort one box a day I'd get there eventually.

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Last year, when we thought we'd sold our bungalow on the Isle of Wight, I brought stuff I'd been storing there and "temporarily" put in into paid storage here. Then the sale fell through and finances forced me to bring the boxes into my tiny flat here. Result - no room to move or sort, and any attempts to sort ended up as counter-productive as the lack of space made it impossible to leave things out while I sorted them.

This week a burst of energy and determination and a brainwave as to the answer. I got a special deal on paid storage and have moved it all there. The plan is, over the next couple of months, to bring home a box at a time and deal with it, with the space and time to do it but, even more, the lack of feeling overwhelmed or depressed at the state the place had got into. It's costing me £100 for the two months (thank goodness my wages in this new job are higher), but already I feel £100 better morale-wise. I quite like my clutter, but it had taken over somewhat!

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Mrs Shrew

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Well done Smudgie that all sounds very organised! I agree that working one box at a time helps make things more manageable.

I did read the links about project 333:I'm not sure I would be able to get as low as 30 but I plan to give it a shot in a couple of weeks.

Next weekend is wedding weekend (so I finally WILL be Mrs Shrew...) so at the moment my house is full of both stuff and people. I have a few bags for charity shop to go today, filled with clothes and books I found whilst tunnelling out space for a bed in the spare room.
After that I really will have to give it a rest until after the wedding.

Mrs Shrew-surrounded by lists of Things That Must Be Done Ready For Saturday.

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Thyme
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Congratulations Mrs Shrew, hope all goes well and you have a wonderful day.

Are you getting wedding presents? Will you have a one in one out rule? [Big Grin]

We have completed on our new house. The decorators are in. I am thinking about how to declutter even more as we prepare to move and how to prevent further clutter taking up residence in the future.

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Mrs Shrew

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I'm not sure about a one in one out rule, but I will definitely be continuing the strict decluttering after the wedding.

I sneakily threw out the old broken coffee maker (that the future Mr Shrew was saving in case he could fix it) yesterday.

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If anyone nearbyish is decluttering fabric, I'll give it a good home....

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Heavenly Anarchist
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Originally posted by ecumaniac:
If anyone nearbyish is decluttering fabric, I'll give it a good home....

What sort of fabric do you like [Smile]

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ecumaniac

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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
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Originally posted by ecumaniac:
If anyone nearbyish is decluttering fabric, I'll give it a good home....

What sort of fabric do you like [Smile]
I'm very much a beginning sewer, so only doing cotton/linen and polycottons at the moment!

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Huia
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Owing to the plumber breaking the basin when he was removing a tap, I had to declutter my bathroom vanity at short notice. Much of the contents went into straight into the rubbish but some things are now cluttering the spare bedroom.

I have vowed not to put anything back into the new vanity (which has 3 drawers and a cupboard with shelves) until I have worked out whether or not I need to keep it.

Smudgie - that sounds brilliant - I find it too easy to get overwhelmed by piles of things.

Over the next week my goal is to sort my bedroom and the spare room. I am planning on getting my house re-wired and some space uder the lights and around the electric sockets is necessary.

Huia

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Mrs Shrew

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Hope the basin disaster was not too bad Huia
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Originally posted by Thyme:
Are you getting wedding presents? Will you have a one in one out rule?

I am pleased to report that, not only did we succeed in Getting Married, we also avoided the great Toaster Trap (as predicted by my mother when told we would not have a wedding list). Indeed we have somehow managed to be given only things which are both useful and do different tasks than any things we already owned.

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Congratulations Mrs Shrew!
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