A water jug
A bunch of old painting supplies like brushes, paint pans, etc
Oldest son...
5 shirts
3 shorts
1 pair of jeans
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A water jug
A bunch of old painting supplies like brushes, paint pans, etc
Oldest son...
5 shirts
3 shorts
1 pair of jeans
The clothes, not the son, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Hahaha!! Correct!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Hello,
I'm setting a goal of getting 100 things out of my house by July 22 (we'll be on vacation after that). I have gifts I've bought for people but not yet sent, clothes and other merchandise I've bought but which needs to be returned, and then just a lot of stuff that's been well-loved but which we need to let go of now. I started off by taking 16 items to Goodwill today!
That's a good start, EJ. 84 to go!
Youngest got into the act and went through his closet. He doesn't have nearly as many clothes as his brother but he did find that he had 3 grey shirts that were exactly the same and 3 blue shirts that were the same. He decluttered two of each.
Definitely the tallest thing I have decluttered ever. A 6 foot cat tree. I noticed that my two cats weren't using it anymore and preferred the smaller one we had downstairs. I ended up buying the same one for upstairs and it's already a hit with the cats. Plus since it's half the size as the other one, it doesn't take up so much room in front of the sliding glass door and more light can come in.
Added more things and they are all decor related. I was rereading some former monthly purge threads on here and I had posted I wanted to go more minimal on my seasonal decor decorating. I have done a good job for Spring, Summer, and the 4th so far.
I was looking at photos of past seasonal decorating and realized there were some I am not in love with or thought it was too much.
I ended up decluttering:
2 Fall themed gnomes
2 Christmas themed gnomes
1 St Patrick's Day themed gnome
1 Thanksgiving themed gnome
The set of Fall tiered tray decor
If you knew me in real life, you would be shocked that I get rid of any seasonal decor, especially gnomes, but I am really liking the "less is more" concept lately and want to continue it.
Down with the gnomes! lol. They are a popular motif at Clay School, although I have never made one.
Was gifted with a brand new sewing machine that I never used (already have one I like), so I finally found a taker for it. It's now out of my house!
I made them in the beginning but found a lady on Etsy whose gnomes I liked more so all the ones decluttered yesterday were bought from her. I decluttered or gave away the ones I made years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I realized that I would go onto Etsy and see gnomes that I loved but wouldn't think about where they could go in my house. Then I would have to find space for when when the time came and things would look cluttered. Even the cabinet where I store them looks so much better now that I decluttered yesterday.
While looking at pictures yesterday, I am going to really have to declutter some stuff at Easter. My mantle looked so cluttered and I don't want that anymore. Plus the more things I had on the mantle, the longer it took to make it look nice. Now that I am determined to keep it simple, it goes a lot quicker.
Decided not to wait and decluttered the Easter pieces now. I find it easier to declutter decor when it's not the season/holiday the decor is for. Less attached to it.
I imagine you have tubs and tubs of decor. Will you ever get to the end of it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Actually I don't. I only decorate the kitchen (very minimally) and the living room. Most of the tubs have multiple seasons/holidays in themQuote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
. And each tub is the size that fits under beds so they really don't hold a lot. I do have one large tub for larger or outdoor items but the rest are under the bed type. All the wreaths I have are hung on the wall inside the decor closet so they don't take up any floor space.
Everything is contained in a small under the basement stairs closet and I have ample room to walk in there. I am by no means over run with decor.
I must be really bored this weekend because I seem to be decluttering up a storm of decor items, although I did get rid of a bath mat that no longer stayed in place when stepped on.
More decor decluttered...
A Christmas gnome
A Fall leaves garland
Two Christmas inflatables
Two of those Christmas light things that you drape over bushes
As always, thanks for the encouragement, Rosorugosa!
I returned 6 items to stores today. New total: 22. Inching towards my 100 items goal.
I must say that going through pictures of how my house was decorated in the past seems to be the best way for me to see what needs to be decluttered. I went through all my seasonal/holiday decor and literally only found one thing to declutter and it was part of a set that I had already decluttered.
I went and looked through my pictures again and really analyzed them as to what was just put somewhere so it would have a place or what things I wasn't that in love with and wouldn't be sad if gone. That made a world of difference!!
So much more is now going!!!
A piece from a Fall tiered tray set that all other pieces have already been decluttered.
Three large Rae Dunn gnomes
A "bunny butts" garland that was hard to hang every year
A stuffed snowman
A HoHoHo sign
Two ghosts
A Snow sign
Three Christmas tree ornaments
A Love sign
A Valentine's Day gnome
I think I am done with my decor for the time being. Things may change once they get put out in the upcoming months.
Wow, Klunick! You are getting rid of a LOT. That's fantastic.
I packed up a bunch of gifts and hand-me-downs for my brother's family that have been sitting in a corner of my bedroom for a few months (!!) and got them into the mail finally: 11 items.
I also returned 6 items to stores.
New total for month: 39.
Yes. I definitely got on a roll over the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by ejchase
I lied. A Winter gnome went bye bye today.
Bye Bye, Winter Gnome!
I took 9 things to Goodwill, returned 2 more things to a store, and gave away a pair of shoes on Buy Nothing. New total: 51.
Much to my regret, the darling dining room chairs I bought for $60 do not work because they are very uncomfortable. They are lovely little chairs in perfect condition, but they won’t work here. So now I’m going to have to purge them, but they’re too nice, much too nice, for an local thrift store and they’re too nice for the local auction house which tends to have mostly junk. I’m thinking of taking them to my old neighborhood and offer them up for free because they would fit in someone’s Victorian house nicely.
next week we will take a load of items to the auction house and I’ll probably remember to detail what those are when we finally get around to it.
That's too bad about the chairs, IL. I don't think I could buy chairs or a sofa without trying them out.
I always thought the gnomes added to the decor but analyzing what everything looked like in photos made me realize they were clutter and took away from the other decor. So many were bought on a whim and were loved while they were here but it was time to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by ejchase
Donation pickup this morning already. Gone is a xerox box and two reusable grocery-type bags full of stuff! YAY!
An instruction manual and remote for our electric fireplace. Also, I found that now that a lot of my gnomes have been decluttered over the last few days, there were 3 more that I didn't really want to use anymore so those got decluttered too. I'm pretty sure I have found my happy place with the gnomes that are left.
I wanted to figure out how much money was spent on those gnomes that ended up being decluttered. Twelve of them were about $27 each and three of them were between $25-$30. Ended up being around $400! Granted, I've had them for a few years and I loved them but geez, that's a lot of money.
Three drawer dividers. Probably user error but they would slide around and never stayed straight. And like when I tried decanting, I realized I'm not into the ascetic as I thought I would be. My silverware container or junk drawer container moving around a little when the drawer is opened or closed didn't bother me as much as I thought it did.
My daughter and I did a massive closet clean-out today, and I took 71 items to Goodwill, so I've blown through my goal of getting rid of 100 items this month, which is great. I'll see how many more things I can get rid of before we go out of town next week.
New total: 122.
Wow EJ, a productive day for sure!
Still on the decor decluttering kick. Another "bought on a whim" gnome gone as well as a bunny that I displayed at Easter and Spring. A large gnome that holds a banner saying "Peace" that I put out at Christmas. I have something else that can go where that gnome went and it will clear up some space around where the Christmas tree goes so that corner won't look so cluttered. When I was clearing off the 4th of July table runner from the top of our TV stand, I realized that I really missed seeing the wood top and why was I covering it up with a table runner. So.... the handful of table runners that I used for the top of my TV stand will also get decluttered.
Clean surfaces are so nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Yes and much easier to dust too!! Usually the only other thing on top of the TV stand besides the TV is the wax melt warmer which can be easily placed on the floor when dusting. And a few times a year, I will have a tiered tray display on the other side of the TV but I've been going back and forth about whether or not to keep the decor and/or the tiered tray. I have about 5 sets of decor and it usually only takes up the front half of each "tray". Can't decide if it's worth it. I like the sets I have but I'm also kind of tired of them too... if that makes sense. I think the only ones I have left are for Winter, St Patrick's Day, July 4th, Halloween, and Thanksgiving. So it's out pretty sporadically throughout the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Unexpected decor declutter. My "Hello Summer" garland broke and no way to fix it. I thought about replacing it but decided against it. I wanted to go more minimal and this is my sign I guess.
have you ever thought about decorating with natural plants from your yard? That’s what I do. the great thing about them as they get old in trouble and I have to throw them away, I don’t have to store stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
I am not a gardener so nothing to use from my yard except when I use pinecones in the Fall for decor. Storing my decor is not an issue. I have the room and most of my decor is small so it doesn't take up much space anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I did decide to get rid of the other three garlands I use on my fireplace mantle. They were always a pain to hang and needed a bunch of packing tape to stay put and even then would sometimes fall. I kept the couple that I use on my kitchen bay window. Those get attached with hooks so they stay put.
Klunick: You were clearly infested with gnomes!
I was. I think total I had at least 30 of the small gnomes and 9-10 of the large ones. I looked earlier and I have 16 small ones and 5 large ones now. So, half are now gone. That's good, in my opinion. I now have only 1-2 for each holiday or season instead of 3-4 like before .Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
That's definitely a significant reduction!Quote:
Originally Posted by Klunick
Yes. The armoire I had them in looks so empty now. I decided to do an experiment because I honestly can't decide to declutter my tiered tray and all the decor that goes on it. It was fun decorating it for the last several years but I am kind of over it. Like the mantle, sometimes it frustrated me to no end trying to arrange everything to look nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
I bagged up the decor and put it and the tiered tray in a cabinet in my TV stand. Since I won't be using any of that until at least October for Halloween , if I am happy with how things look without it, those items will go.
I only have tiered tray stuff for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter, St Patrick's Day, and the 4th of July. When I decorate for Halloween and like how it looks without the tray, those will go. Same with Thanksgiving and so on. If I do find I miss a certain holiday/season's tray decor, I will keep those but honestly, I fully expect by this time next year, everything will have been decluttered.
This post is really sticking with me. Yesterday, I actually looked at my living room (specifically the TV stand and end table) as both have very limited items on them. TV stand has the TV and a wax melt warmer. End table has a lamp on it. I never noticed how much I enjoy not having a lot on those spaces. Those spaces are also where I put the tiered tray (TV stand) and any large gnome (end table) when I decorate for certain seasons/holidays. Not sure I want to ruin that look anymore. Pretty sure the tray and decor are getting decluttered sooner than later. The more I think about it, the less I want to continue using it. I've been decorating it for three years and I think it's run its course. The large gnomes are cute and since I put them towards the back of the end table where the lamp is, they don't obstruct the table much and I only have a couple now so 95% of the year, nothing but the lamp will be on it. Think I will keep them and just have that table and the mantle decorated and leave the other side of the TV stand bare.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies