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♥ Maximo and Teddy Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Northern Virginia
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| ![]() Ha! Love it! So true!
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YT 2000 Club Donating Member | ![]() I am quite envious of you. You go girl! I would have done one room at a time, I'd faint if I started in on all the rooms in my home! I have a very hard time getting rid of books, then there is my parents photo albums, I have two sets of my Moms china I am still holding on to, God knows why - just can't bear to part with them. I am really good with my clothes, as twice a year - fall and spring - stuff goes to Goodwill, and I am really not a clothes shopper so my wardrobe fits into one small closet. Kitchens are bad for me, for example I have 4 strainers, I truly only use two, but each time I go to give to Goodwill the other two, somehow they never make it into the Goodwill box! Your organization sounds like it is working for you! Let us know how you do.
__________________ Razzle and Dara. Our clan. RIP Karma Dec 24th 2004-July 14 2013 RIP Zoey Jun9 th 2008-May 12 2012. RIP Magic,Mar 26 2006July 1st 2018 |
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| ![]() Still plodding along... It would undoubtedly be more efficient if I could set things aside to be completed later, and move onto another section...but I can't. If I'm working on a drawer and I don't have enough dividers, I stop and run out to the store to get what I need. If I'm working on my closet and need an extra shelf, I stop run out to my garage, cut one and install it. It's definitely slowing the progress, but what I have done so far is DONE! Also, I have come to the conclusion that I'm living in the past. I have enough toiletries, soap dispensers, toothbrush holders, etc. to supply the 3 bathrooms and a powder room that I no longer have. I have enough cutlery to have my dishwasher full and still have enough clean place settings for back in the day when I would have my son's whole hockey team (20 kids) over for a "team dinner"...my son hasn't lived at home in over 4 years. My donation pile is becoming a mountain!
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Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chessington, Surrey, UK
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| ![]() ![]() ![]() For the past few years, I've got my Andy to bring home the 'tipper truck' that they use at work, 2 times a year..... He parks it outside our house for that evening/night....we load up all the stuff we don't want - and then off 'it' all goes. Basically - so I can't change my mind.... ![]() All the stuff that's really, really important to me is properly sealed and boxed up, and put in the loft - and actually has been for years....photos, kids work, mementos....mind you, I never really look at any of that - just can't bear to actually 'let it go'.... ![]() ![]()
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: FtWorth,TX,USA
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| ![]() My idea of living the minimalist life would be moving into the RV. You have to live small if you are on the road. |
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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Our local community center has an RV expo every year and even though I am not any kind of camper and never will be, I love going to the expo. The way they utilize space is amazing..all the stuff that folds up, folds down, tucks away, pulls out...I just love the ingenuity of it!
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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| ![]() How funny... I started this like 2-3 weeks ago.. Still at it! I think I bagged up about 6+ bags of just clothes alone. I even found my prom dress. LOL I'm currently going through electronics box up and take to the recycling dump. Oh yeah, I even found a floppy disk. And I mean the OLD 8" floppy.... I think that says enough of how much of a pack rat I am. -_-; |
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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I have made so much progress. My bedroom is amazing! Everything in every single drawer, and my closet is organized. I've moved where I kept a lot of stuff around. I created my own jewelry box in the top drawer of my nightstand, and moved my pjs to the bottom drawer of my nightstand. My bathroom it completely decluttered and organized, and I love how easy it is to find everything I need to get ready in the morning. Every single cabinet, and drawer in my living room is decluttered and organized. My kitchen is good, except for two skinny junk drawers I have yet to go through. I spent all day yesterday working my way through paperwork, which was exhausting and seemed never ending. I found a box of hanging folders at Salvation Army for $2.06! So I bought them and took it as a sign my next project was to completely clean out and organize my file cabinet. Yesterday was garbage day here. I had 17 bags out there! So 15 more than a regular week, plus a lot of broken down wood/junky shelving pieces. It been snowing here, so I gave my garbage guys each gift cards to Tim hortons so they could grab lunch and a hot drink on me. The next thing to tackle is my guest room, and that will be a doozy! It's a very small room that I'm trying to use as a functioning guest room, as well as a second closet for myself, and a place to store all my sewing, knitting and craft stuff, along with ZoE's grooming table. And, I built a sunroom off it two years ago, so I need a clear open walkway through the room to access the sunroom in the warmer months. Something might have to give, or it will require some seriously inventive organization and downsizing of items. I would post pics here, but don't like how YT doesn't allow user control of posted pics in threads. If anyone knows of an easy site to load pics on a temporary basis that I could later delete, let me know. My progress might inspire someone else ![]()
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| ![]() Still making good progress. Guest room is just about finished. In the dresser, I have organized all my craft things. I've had to get rid of a lot to make things fit! I had so much duplicate ribbon! And discovered I have no shortage of scissors, needles or thread. Before I had a tub with some sewing stuff, a large plastic craft box (from JoAnns years ago) with sewing stuff, and then I also had a big sewing basket. Now everything is organized in small storage containers in the dresser drawers..everything in one place. Plus a drawer dedicated to yarn/knitting, one for bow making, and one for fabric. I repurposed an oak audio media cabinet, by putting it in the guest closet to hold extra bedding, an extra blanket, and guest towels on the shelves. It clears the clothes hanging bar, so fits perfectly and still gives guests space to hang clothing. And the two deep drawers of the nightstand are also free for guest use. Now I'm just down to a few odds and ends I need to go through in tubs in the living room. Things like spare parts to existing things, home decor stuff I don't have a place to display, but can't decide if I want to get rid of, and DIY things like paint, caulk & adhesives that can't take the cold temps of the garage, so I need to find them a home. I'm hoping to get it all finished by the end of the weekend so I can then bring out the Christmas tree and decorations. ![]() ![]()
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Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| ![]() Oh, and my Mum came over yesterday and helped clean. She loved how she can whip around each room so quickly now that theres no stuff in the way and shes not having to move things to wipe under/around them. But, she got a little distracted going through my discard & donate tubs... ![]() She pulled out fleece fabric i was getting rid off, and she took measurements of ZoE's grooming table, as well as the big arm that clamps onto the grooming table. Mum is going to use the fleece to make bags to put the table and arm in so when I slide them under the guest bed, where i store them, they wont scratch the hardwood floor. ![]()
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Alaska
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
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Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Maui, Hawaii
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| ![]() Karan, you are truly an inspiration in tackling this project. It must be so liberating and I feel your joy as you make more progress. BTW, if you want to show pictures you could put them in an album on your profile page, then you can edit and remove whenever you want. I need to do this too, and even though I work "at" it constantly, I never get it all done. I find myself getting emotional about certain things and not able to get rid of them, but then other times I can really get on a roll and dispose of a lot. A few months ago I took 8 huge bags of clothing out of my closet and donated to the Women's shelter. They provide items free to women in need and sell the rest in a boutique to support the shelter. It felt so good, knowing that my clothing would be utilized by women who need them. I also took a truck load of left over building materials, good but used toilet, sink, and furniture to Habitat for Humanity Restore after my remodeling project. Both places gave me donation receipts for tax deduction. Another truck load went to the e-cycling (electric recycling center) that included old tv, stereo stuff, lots of old computers, printers & accessories. I still have half of my garage stuffed with stuff to go through, then I can have room to store everything from my overloaded kitchen and pantry which I have to remove to make way for remodeling my whole kitchen. That is a big project, but a big reward for 2015. Living on an island, I always try to re-purpose items when possible, rather than throw in the trash which goes in a landfill on our little island.
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YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: King County, WA
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| ![]() My better half has been pretty caught up in this Buy Nothing group about the last year. Seems a bit time consuming to give things away but it has provided her with a huge social expansion to local people. If there is a Buy Nothing group near you it's worth looking into. For her, it started with giving things away now it's a total social club for her. Buy Nothing Project | Buy Nothing, Give Freely, Share Creatively Here's a news clip of something she and others did with Buy Nothing Kirkland just a week ago, my better half gets interviewed!!!: Strangers come together to organize couple's dream wedding | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News |
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