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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsName one or two things in your house that you need to get rid of, You never use it, didn't want it, don't need it. Don't
include family members.
Ocelot II
(116,662 posts)It's where I put stuff that I don't use and don't know what to do with but I'm too lazy to get rid of.
debm55
(26,356 posts)kimbutgar
(21,533 posts)I donate some and news ones keep being brought back into my home!
I got the clothes horse disease from my Mother!
debm55
(26,356 posts)beaglelover
(3,556 posts)house last June. Maybe a bit too zealous in our clean out as I now look for 1 or 2 of my former favorite t shirts that must have made it into the donation pile.
debm55
(26,356 posts)MOMFUDSKI
(6,403 posts)ship. I DO have to go through some clothing and donate. My husband, a pack rat, has lately been getting rid of some stuff! Wow
debm55
(26,356 posts)MOMFUDSKI
(6,403 posts)questions. You are making us all think. Keep them coming!
Walleye
(31,633 posts)Ive gotten so now I dont cook on anything except on the microwave, the coffee pot, or the toaster. Im lucky, though, my local gourmet grocery serves ready-made dishes and they have a great chef. I spend a fortune there. Great question
debm55
(26,356 posts)maker and ice cream maker.
Kali
(55,098 posts)big and small parts/screws/nuts/bolts/plumbing fittings/scrap lumber, etc being saved "just in case" and will never be found when actual "case" happens.
debm55
(26,356 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,885 posts)ones made of plastic. Clear plastic never looks clean. I had one in my younger years and we made our daiquiris with it. It was made of glass. No more daiquiris, no more blender. 😛
debm55
(26,356 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,602 posts)Plus .. . we have WAY too many Christmas decorations. I decorated the house when kids were young. Now I dont even use half of it.
debm55
(26,356 posts)room had it's own theme. After my son got to his teens, we kept one and gave the rest to Goodwill.. I was so tired of boxes upon boxes stored in the basement and trees falling out of the closets. Much better now
lastlib
(23,659 posts)They are the most uncomfortable things mankind ever built, I think. I can't sit in them, and if I try to, I can barely get out of them.
Beyond that, half the stuff in my house--much of it left from my mother. A reckoning is coming.
debm55
(26,356 posts)very far. That's how I did it.Good luck.
Niagara
(8,092 posts)Sometime in early February or March, I reached out to someone who runs a cat rescue and asked them if they accepted old, worn out, and mismatched bed sheets, blankets and comforters. They told me that they accepted these items, so I washed and dried them all, folded them nicely and donated them after a few weeks of organizing my old, worn out and mismatched bedding items. These bulky and unused items are out of my house and have been donated to an animal rescue. Bazinga!
In the last month, I have discarded and de-cluttered an estimated 80 pieces of unnecessary pieces of paperwork and or receipts. I may have lost count after 80, so it's possible that it was more than 80 pieces of paper "whatevers" that I got rid of. Boom!
I also recently handed down some nice but incomplete Sango dishes to people that needed them. I didn't need them at all.
I've purchased a few $5 gray woven baskets from the Dollar Tree and these fit perfectly in my kitchen cabinets depth wise. They hold my kitchen ingredients amazingly and I can even reach the top shelf basket since they have a handle on the side. Not all organization items work the same for everyone. Ka-boom!
It's only a start and I'm no where near being done. For me, it's a colossal dent in the right direction. It's not easy task to declutter for some of us. It's draining mentally, emotionally and sometimes physically.
debm55
(26,356 posts)Niagara
(8,092 posts)Nicely done, my friend!