Let's DECLUTTER ~~ ^__^

hi bluemoonpavilion all my stuff is mostly in storage u ntil my son accumulates enough money to get the two of us into a two bedroom apartment. but my large bureau here is over flowing with tops, old ones medium old ones, new ones and a lot of ones that just do not quite fit. I could take my old ones that I just do not wear any longer downstairs and let myfellow residents use them. they are still wearable but just not what I like to wear, some are too small but none are worn out. I also have some stuff for want of a better word that my son, typical male, thought I might need. I need to sort it out and put what I do not want into a bag and seeif good will or Salvation army would pick it up. I also have a pile of socks that were given to me by a resident who was leaving and they do not fit my large feet but someone here with d ainty feet could sure use them. I need to go throught these drawers and make piles of keep thing, throw away, and give away things. good discussion..

For a few years I have used the same cloth bags over and over again. I love this planet. I want to do my little part. I want to be part of the solution and not part of the problem. I have reduced my possessions to only things I need and use. When anyone wants to give me anything, unless I really need it I refuse. No more clutter for me. I need the space for dancing!

I think a great start would be removing all the rubbish. Papers, Cans, Plastic anything! Then I guess start by removing all the unimportant things such as unused tins bottles plates etc. Its always good to have less things because it is easier to manage and less of an eyesore unless ofcourse you have a good filing system. Good luck with your cleaning :)

The first thing i'll throw out would be the unused bags here. They're so big they take up a lot of space on top of the cabinets. They also make that part hard to clean cuz then you'll have to take them down first to clean it.

uuummm, all my furniture, i don't use? I really need to get rid of a lot of things here, sweetie. I think i will be a millionaire once i get all this done. Just imagine. TATA.

Haw-haw,i have nothing to throw out from my house but something will be throwed out from my brain.such as lazy,recreance,ect.

for me, i get rid of papers that are laying around the house and some how accumulate in the kitchen. i sort through them and get rid of the ones i dont need.

I'd probably throw papers. Tons of papers from college. But I usually sell it to recyclers. So no waste. I think it's useless keeping it. I still have my books so I still have something to study with if ever I forgot something.

I absolutely love having a good de-clutter! When I moved from my house to my new flat, I put everything in three piles. Junk, Things I need, and things I don't need. Everything that came under the things I don't need pile, I sold them. I made a grand total of £2,300 from the things that I didn't need (yes, there were a lot!) I sold a lot of books, DVDs, CDs, 2 TVs, 3 games consoles, and a lot of clothes and general things that just build up over time without you even really thinking about it.

I hate clutter! We have a strict recycling program where I live and I am glad. I hate plastic bags! Our grocery stores are trying to encourage everyone to use the multi-use bags, which is great. I am constantly trying to get rid of unnecessary junk! It is a constant battle, but I keep trying to win.

I've been planning to sort out the clothes in our closet. We have a lot of clothes we never use anymore. Problem is I never figured out yet to whom I'm going to give it. Majority of the clothes can't be given to charity like my party clothes, corporate/ business attire of my husband and mine, cocktail dress, gowns, etc. I wanted to dispose those clothes to give way to the new one.

I think the first thing that I will throw out of our house will be my mother's things from school. It already consumed half of our storage room and up until now it is still there. Every time my sis and I go home for a vacation, we always complain about those things that for us look like trash of papers that were piled up in a folder. There are also tons of boxes in the house that contain nothing but pieces of unnecessary stuffs from both my parents. I remember clearly that when my mother asked my brother to clean the house, he threw all the stuffs that were piled up on the table in our living room. When my mother got back fro school, she was very angry because her files were out nowhere.

For me, they will be my tons of old books. I'm a book lover, My father bought a lot of books for me and I also bought tons of when I was older. Now many of them are not read anymore. They only stay on my bookshelves day after day. I want to sell them to the second-hand book store. But they recycle them only at a price of RMB 1-2 yuan. And if you want to buy them back, the price will become 10+ yuan magically. So, I don't dare to sell them unless I'm sure I will never want to read them again.

hi bmp, I think you are collecting more bags faster than your using them. For myself, besides using the plastic bags for throwing the daily rubbish, some are usually given away together with the newspaper during disposal time. Sometimes if i don't really need a bag, i will not take it from the vendor.

The first thing I would throw out is the old bulky furniture and the matching furnishings with it. I really want to buy modern sleek furniture which would suit so well with my drawing room but finances are a problem and somehow my hubby is a pack-rat who seems to find utility in everything…its so difficult to make him agree to just throw away anything at al!

I actually try to do that on a regular basis, so I don't have too much stuff I don't need around the house. But I always do seem to get way too many old clothes that break and I never fix, but I always keep them, because I tell myself that I will fix them "soon"... I just never get around to it!