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Thread: Decluttering support thread
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by ChastMastr:
I keep my spices (bought in bulk, and massively cheaper, though not much bought at a time) in little plastic bags. If I had a wee jar for each of them they'd take up massively more room.
Yes, I do have reserve stocks in other parts of the kitchen - but the drawer/square jars setup allows me to find what I need in the shortest possible time AND put it away tidily (the jars are all labelled and alphabetised)
Mrs. S, for whom there is a word!
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Boogie
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I've just cleared out under the sink - hurrah!
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Nenya
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Mrs. S, for whom there is a word!
"Domestic Goddess"? Oh, wait, that's two...
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
Mrs. S, for whom there is a word!
"Domestic Goddess"? Oh, wait, that's two...
Thank you for that, Nen - but 'anal' was the one I was trying to avoid using!
![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Mrs. S, only aspiring to Piglet-like states of Domestic Goddess-ness!
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The two rooms that are being carpeted tomorrow are decluttered! I will disconnect my computer first thing in the morning before they arrive.
I not only stirred up a lot of dust, but I stirred up all sorts of memories going through (and getting rid of by way of my shredder or my recycle bin) old greeting cards from my late mother and sister, old papers from my divorce, old papers from a business which has closed, etc. It feels good to have shut some of those doors behind me.
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Piglet
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
... aspiring to Piglet-like states of Domestic Goddess-ness!
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Believe me, Mrs. S. - my goddessishness extends only to baking bread and making soup.
I'm really more of a soup dragon.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Good enough for me, Piglet!
I have started scanning old birthday and anniversary cards, and I know just what Pigwidgeon means about stirring up memories. These are mainly happy ones though! It struck me that I never looked at the cards I'd saved, so I stand a better chance of seeing them again on the screensaver.
A few I just ditched, which was probably a wise decision, Minister.
Mrs. S, now with a load of anniversary cards to deal with ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Boogie
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How do you summon the willpower to do that Mrs S?
I have a ton of Dad's slides really want to scan. I started the job a year ago and did one box full - now they sit on the desk and accuse me!
![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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Making progress, but running low on health and energy.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by Boogie:
How do you summon the willpower to do that Mrs S?
I have a ton of Dad's slides really want to scan. I started the job a year ago and did one box full - now they sit on the desk and accuse me!
To be fair, there aren't that many at a time - I keep coming across little caches of them and that makes it much simpler to deal with.
It's my (blanket) box of photos that makes my heart sink!
Mrs. S, resolutely seeking displacement activities
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Originally posted by Boogie:
How do you summon the willpower to do that Mrs S?
I have a ton of Dad's slides really want to scan. I started the job a year ago and did one box full - now they sit on the desk and accuse me!
I didn't know you could scan slides! Do you put the little dickens directly on the scanner plate?
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I didn't know you could scan slides! Do you put the little dickens directly on the scanner plate?
No - I have a little scanner thingie which does it to memory card.
Here it is ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Now answer my willpower question please thank you.
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Piglet
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That looks like a clever wee beastie, Boogie. When the time comes, I've no idea how we're going to deal with Dad's God-knows-how-many boxes of slides.
Some of them (the ones of family events and such-like) would possibly be worth preserving in some way, but as for the x years of holiday photographs (many of which seemed to feature electricity pylons ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif) ) - I doubt if any of us would really want them.
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Qoheleth.
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Originally posted by Piglet:
... holiday photographs (many of which seemed to feature electricity pylons ) - I doubt if any of us would really want them.
What's wrong with pylons? ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Piglet
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Nothing at all.
Years ago somebody gave Dad one of those little pointy light things for pointing things out on the slide-screen, and whenever we had The Annual Slide Show* he'd always point out pylons in the photographs, and it became a sort of family joke.
IIRC it started after he'd been to Norway, where they have rather a lot of them ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
* ![[Snore]](graemlins/snore.gif)
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Nenya
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Originally posted by Nenya:
My next area of decluttering is my dressing table - the scene of several previous unsuccessful attempts.
No progress to report in this area yet. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Nen - planning to sneak up on the dressing table from behind and surprise it. But probably not today.
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Boogie
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Originally posted by Nenya:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
My next area of decluttering is my dressing table - the scene of several previous unsuccessful attempts.
No progress to report in this area yet.
Nen - planning to sneak up on the dressing table from behind and surprise it. But probably not today.
Do a bit a day, while running the bath or whatever - it doesn't weigh on your mind that way
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Golden Key
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Making progress.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Originally posted by Boogie:
Do a bit a day, while running the bath or whatever - it doesn't weigh on your mind that way
I particularly like the tip on UnFuck Your Habitat website about putting away five things at a time.
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Golden Key
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I'm in bed most of the time; but I try to take care of a few things on the way to the bathroom, and on the way back.
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cattyish
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Clutter crisis! I innocently allowed myself to get the builders in just before someone gave us back a load of expensive and bulky items they'd been harbouring for ages. I can't get into my lounge or the cupboard under the stairs. Thank heavens I can still reach my sewing machine so will maintain my sanity that way until normality returns.
Just in case normality is slow to return, any tips on hiring storage?
Cattyish, edging around things.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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I decluttered about 8 bottles of disgusting home-made wine circa 1990 from the Dowager's understairs cupboard, plus various other cr*p.
Also swapped out her old phone and microwave for new ones - hooray! so off to the dump tomorrow
Mrs. S, grubby but unbowed
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Boogie
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Originally posted by cattyish:
Just in case normality is slow to return, any tips on hiring storage?
Just one - don't do it!!
These facilities make a fortune out of people putting their clutter out of sight, out of mind.
My friend put her stuff there (for 'three months', which is now three years and counting) all this to store stuff which is worth 1/100th of the amount she pays every month to have it stored!
My brother has a lot of spare land - I keep telling him to put storage containers there - a financial killing to be had if ever I saw one!
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North East Quine
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Originally posted by Qoheleth.:
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Originally posted by Piglet:
... holiday photographs (many of which seemed to feature electricity pylons ) - I doubt if any of us would really want them.
What's wrong with pylons?
Wow! My father worked with pylons and has a heap of photos of them - Scotland's most northerly pylon, Scotland's most westerly pylon, Scotland's second most westerly pylon, the pylon that was damaged in the Great Snow of 19-oatcake....
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Piglet
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I wonder if we're related ...
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North East Quine
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Does your father also have photographs of electricity substations, Piglet?
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There are some pretty fancy electricity substations; for instance my local one; it is even listed.
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Japes
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Originally posted by North East Quine:
Wow! My father worked with pylons and has a heap of photos of them - Scotland's most northerly pylon, Scotland's most westerly pylon, Scotland's second most westerly pylon, the pylon that was damaged in the Great Snow of 19-oatcake....
Goodness me!
For years I've thought my gran, of blessed memory, was the only person to use 19-oatcake when describing a year she didn't either want to reveal or didn't know. (Generally her year of birth.) I use it too, but had never heard anyone else doing so.
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Japes
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To return us to our decluttering...
I'm in between a rock and a hard place, in that I really could so with some more bookshelf type space, for ordinary books and for lever arch files, but am loathe to buy any at the moment as there is every chance I will be moving within the next 6 - 12 months.
I could expand my current system of a plastic box per project, which also has the virtue of meaning most of that stuff is more or less packed.. but I'm away I'm likely to run out of floor space!
Of course, I could just refuse to take on anything else for the foreseeable future.
Decisions, decisions.
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Polly Plummer
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I've just bought a couple of sets of bookends, that go on top of the full bookcases and take the volumes that won't fit in below. Everything looks a lot tidier.
This isn't really decluttering, but getting rid of books is against my nature!
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Golden Key
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Decluttering isn't *only* getting rid of stuff. Finding it a shelf to live on counts, too.
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Golden Key
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Japes--
Maybe the classic board-and-cinder-block shelving? Pretty cheap, especially if you scavenge the boards.
As far as possibly moving and making furniture decisions accordingly, you might check out the TV show "Home To Go", which you can watch online. That's what the show is about. And the designers aren't overly full of themselves.
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There are better ways of building shelves! I refused to do the brick and plank thing because I am no longer a student, so until I could scavenge something better I did plank on whiskey bottle containers, and plank on top of the cardboard inside of a roll of carpet, cut to size.
There's also a pottery near me that makes long, tall plant pots, which look rather nice, and those earthenware jars that can be found in vintage shops.
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Is there something like Freecycle where you are? In the US, Freecycle is a network for giving things away. (Recycle, only free.) You sign up, and then either view the things being offered, or offer things yourself. Bookcases are not frequently on offer, but they do appear. And then, when your need for them is past, you give them away again.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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I've begun to decluttter some of my older cookery books - the sort that you only ever cook one recipe out of. I scan and print that one recipe, and file it in a plastic sleeve in a big lever-arch file. Sorted!
(In case you wonder exactly HOW they are sorted, it's by principal ingredient )
Mrs. S, who tried using a Kindle for this - and failed dismally
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Thanks for the suggestions about shelving and freecycle.
I am going with the plastic boxes idea for now, as it works for me on several fronts.
My current home is significantly smaller than where I will be moving to, and I don't really have room for any more book cases/shelves, but the boxes could all fit under desks, or tables.
I'm also reluctant to waste time and effort on sourcing materials to be creative with shelving on a temporary basis when I can easily pick up boxes on my way home from work and solve it a couple of hours!
It's an unusual move in that I know where I will be moving to, and what I am likely to need there. It's just not happening until the current tenant moves on which is Not Yet, but could be sooner than we thought.
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Nenya
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Dressing table top decluttered.
Dressing table drawers slightly fuller than before.
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Both sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren visited today, ostensibly for middle grandson's birthday. The girls brought, served and cleared away all food (except the birthday cake, which I'd made).
After lunch the boys took Mr RoS out to the garage and "encouraged" him to turnout an incredible amount of junk. They are coming back next month for another go.
All this, apart from the birthday cake, was arranged on the quiet by my elder d-i-l.
I have been unwell for most of the year, and she could see that Mr RoS's hoarding was really getting on top of me.
What an ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Golden Key
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Hmmm...clearly, I need to rent a family. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
I'm making progress, though.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Originally posted by Nenya:
Dressing table top decluttered.
Dressing table drawers slightly fuller than before.
Well done Nen - I know that's been preying on your mind!
And well done too to the RoS family ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
After church yesterday I overheard someone say 'so are we going to throw that away?' to which the reply was 'Mrs. S will do it when she gets round to that cupboard!'
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Boogie
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We had our Memorial service yesterday afternoon. When I got the tea lights out of the vestry at least half were used!
I had a BIG clear out! Now we only have new tea lights for the next time.
Those clutterers - they get everywhere!
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Huia
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My whirlwind helper turned up in the weekend and WOW! I had been worried I had lost her as she is in temporary accommodation whilst having quake repairs and my phone was out for a week, but she turned up last Thursday
Now just a bit of moving things into cupboards and I can call the electricians to re-wire the house, then get the last of my earthquake repairs done (just the driveway).
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Nenya
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
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Originally posted by Nenya:
Dressing table top decluttered.
Dressing table drawers slightly fuller than before.
Well done Nen - I know that's been preying on your mind!
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
I see that expressed as "praying on your mind" so often that to see the correct term used is a cause for celebration.
I think the decluttering may be starting to have an effect on Mr Nen. He was home alone yesterday (Man Flu ) and sorted out the newspapers on the coffee table without me even mentioning them.
Nen - celebrator of small victories.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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Thank you Nen!
I spent yesterday evening helping to sort the results of this Harvest's donations to our local food banks. You've never seen so much food - it's truly amazing and humbling to see how generous people cane be when they know of a need.
BUT...
some of what they donate is clearly the result of decluttering their kitchen cupboards! A kilner jar of stem ginger in brandy, for instance, some YEARS out of date? Random packets of make-in-a-mug soup?? A large tin of Mamade oranges to make marmalade from???
(and yes, I brought home two of those particular items - one lady I know makes marmalade and sells it in aid of the food bank, and after all, brandy is a preservative. We used to have to stop Grandma S pouring away bottles of brandy because she's had them some years and she thought they'd have gone off )
Mrs. S, grammar maven
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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Originally posted by The Intrepid Mrs S:
We used to have to stop Grandma S pouring away bottles of brandy because she's had them some years and she thought they'd have gone off.
{tangent alert}
I heard of a woman who was asked to prepare sweet potatoes with Jack Daniels for a church function. She didn't drink, and the bottle of Jack Daniels she had was several years old, so she used three times what the recipe called for.
{/tangent alert}
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Boogie
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I have a large box of 'thank you teacher' cards which I have decided can now go. I have been going through it and putting the cards in recycling one at a time.
I have a poor memory, but was thrilled that every child came to mind as I read the cards.
I think it was the combination of their drawing, handwriting and name in visual form (I have a very visual memory). It was a lovely experience.
Some of these kids will be in their 30s now!
But, at last, now I have another empty box
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Slow progress, but progress.
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Every bit helps.
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Charity gives food from the table, Justice gives a place at the table.
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