Include her in the decluttering of toys. If you’ve ever watched any of these “sort your life out” programmes you would see kids are ruthless and often the parent shave more hangups about the toys.I read this thread (from the savings thread) last week and it made me realise I have more clutter than I thought (someone said if you’ve not used something for 2 months it should be gone was pivotal so thank you)!
I’ve got 2 bags for life for the charity shop already, managed to sort my clothes whilst doing bedtime last night so a BOGOF of life admin moment there.
Has anyone got toddlers/pre school or early school aged kids and if so how do you de clutter their stuff kindly please? My LO’s type of play is definitely on the cusp of the next stage (more crafts, small world, puzzles/magnatiles, and less sensory/messy) which means I could clear some space in her playroom which is verging on being a bit overwhelming rn. I’d most like to get rid of a dolls house that she doesn’t play with (bought it before we moved closer to family, she prefers the old Victorian one at nanny’s house so saves her play for that?) but feel a bit weird of the idea of depriving her of access to anything as my mum was a major dick (for many reasons!) and would just bin cherished toys and not tell us.
I do similar - I really like Marie Kondo approach but can’t be as minimalistic as I’d like. What I do is categories of clothes for instance I’ve just done dresses, undies, t shirts etc and need to do jumpers and scarves (end of winter) at the end of of a season.
, I've ended up watching quite a few of them.
. I actually started decluttering a few weeks back as we were supposed to be having work done on the house, it's on hold now obviously. I'm not a 'right, let's get this done now' I just take my time. I started with a massive cupboard that was so full of stuff there was no way you could access most of it. I just chipped away at it and did a little bit everyday, I was amazed how easy I found doing it that way. The only downside to decluttering right now is the closure of all the public recycling centres. There are normally recycling bins in many supermarket car parks though. Slow and steady is my motto.
Have a look at tkmaxx, in store and online too. I buy notebooks a lot from there super cheap and they always have various cheap pots and boxes.Kind of a decluttering question, kind of not ...
I recently bought a new desk as I will be working from home in my new job *yay* but it only has shelves, not drawers!
Does anyone have any recommendations for small storage pots/ boxes which don't cost an arm and a leg so I can organise my desk?
I know I need to buy a folder storage thingy, but no clue where else to look without it being so expensive
Hadn’t thought of that so thanks for the suggestion. I had a look there and cash sale exchange you probably going to get 20-30 less than eBay. But it does have convenient element of one drop and not being worried about things being declared missing in the post.
Yes!!
I did the same challenge! Went way over in the end, haven’t been counting this year though.
Wow, you guys got a lot done! Congrats on the big boy bed and cotbed milestones. And impressive that you sold those items so quickly!
Thank you! This is helpful and a really good reminder (when I helped my hoarder friend have a clear out some years ago we found over 30 pairs of unworn jeans - because she'd buy them, forget where she'd put them, buy more etc
all the time just wearing the same one pair 
Thanks. I found a website that listed lots of organisations and what they accept, which you could search by area. Hopefully it'll work if not it's called toiletries amnesty. https://www.toiletriesamnesty.org/directory/
Oh, thanks for this. I've been staring at the rogue tin of potatoes wondering what to do with them.This is such a good idea, I had to come back to say thank you!
I found a tin of tomatoes that were going to expire, so I had those on toast for lunch. My husband rediscovered his love for tinned spaghetti bolognase, I didn't even remember buying that lol.
And best of all, a small tin of potatoes, (which has been annoying me for ages, the tin is a different size to all of the others so it can't be stacked), has FINALLY been used to make a potato salad.
