It’s out! It’s at the curb! The door spectacularly exploded on the front porch when it hit the cold, so it ain’t coming back!
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I said goodbye to my old sewing machine today. Someone posted on BN asking for one to be a Christmas gift.
GO FREE, HAPPY LITTLE MACHINE!
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Took all the workout stuff out of the baby’s closet (it’s a teeny closet, clothes on the rack have to be slanted to fit lol) so I could fit his file box and the box of diapers. Success!
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And when I got home it was gone, so a scrap collector must have driven past at some point
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I ruthlessly tossed stuff out from the bathroom. Why was I keeping my teeth moods? Nail files, expired cream, wipes, cleansing clothes- I think it was a good 12 things.
I also have 2 recycle bags filled with work branded tshirts and jackets, plus 2 other jackets to go to my mat leave report. I forgot to grab it yesterday to give her but will see her mom on Thursday at the office so it will be leaving my house.
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Regifting a journal and a package of cheddar cornbread for a birthday present, 2 more things out of the house.
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So happy with how this space has come together even though it took longer than expected due the sofa being delayed. The bed sold within an hour of going up on our local Facebook buy and sell group and we gave away the mattresses.
The bookcase and the coffee table came from the B&B dining room as they had been stop gaps until we found the right pieces for that space. The rug was a speculative auction purchase before we had even finished building the house. So apart from buying the beautiful sofa bed everything else has fitted with our recycle, reuse values.
So much decluttering has been done yet there still seems so much to do 
Needless to say the hard bits are what is left, two boxes still taped up from the move and labelled ‘old photos’, multiple cases of slides from DH’s grandparents, plus his stamp collection and a few books.
Some very gentle nagging will have to start after Christmas - I’m hoping to persuade him to sit on the sofa with me and start going through it all. I think it would be good if we could get it all down to one small box that would then be fun to bring out when family visit so that we can reminisce over old photos.
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Um, WOW! This is such a beautiful calming space!! Also Bravo on using mostly what you have to transform it to work better for you 
incredible Before/After.
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Declutter progress. We have a backlog of returns at the front of the house. I threw out the trash and organized them better. Didn’t get a before pic, but imagine how bad it was that this is the soothing after!
Now we just have to do the returns 
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OK loving your little holiday scene on the corner of the table tho!!!
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FYI: I use pillow cases to hold potatoes in the pantry basket, 2 with potatoes, 1 with sweet potatoes. It means if I need > than 1-3 for a dish I can just grab the “bag” weigh out what I need and return it.
I don’t use pillow cases on our bed any more, just fabric, dust mite proof pillow liners…
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Thank you, it’s such a lovely space with amazing light. It was a definitely wasted as a spare bedroom that only got used once a year. I’m planning to read a lot of books on that sofa!
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2 lamps I was going to post on buy nothing are going to be rehomed next week to a friend- yay! 2 more things out of the house.
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Decluttering and categorising my craft and work area. Right in the middle which means shit is everywhere. I’m pulling out all the fabric I’ve attached in weird places, and by end of January all the remaining stuff has to fit in the assigned space. Which means using or getting rid of 1/3.
Really focusing on grouping stuff together and on my OWN stuff.
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Going to try to declutter (post on BN, throw out, put in donate bin, consolidate, etc.) one item per WFH day.
Today’s items:
- Sheepskin rug. It is dirty, and every time I look at it, I feel bad, because I don’t have the time/energy/lifestyle to keep it clean with a crawling 1 yo at home. Be gone!
- Small box with a lid I don’t like (had a gift in it from Ravioli’s birth)
- Cat puzzle we don’t want to do. It’s new and unopened so would make a great gift for someone else on BN
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“The waste happened when you bought it”
Reminder I always need. Whether it sits in your cupboard or a landfill, trash is trash. I’m bad about this with food especially- like if I end up not liking a snack, it just stays in the cupboard for ages. How does that help??
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dammit, it me too.
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My issue with Mr. Meer is that for nonconsumables he’ll say “but it’s still a good table/container/slow cooker/etc” and, sure? But can it be someone else’s? I don’t think we used the show cooker in 2023 (he vaguely thinks he used it once) and yet it takes up a ton of space in our cabinet so at some point when I can do it stealthily I’m moving it out to the garage in a spare plastic storage bin. We’ll see how long it takes to be noticed.
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On durable goods like that, I feel like you’re actually doing more damage by holding onto them. (If you gift them mindfully or donate, and they’re in good condition). Because then, by the time you release them, no one else can or wants to use them. By hoarding without using, that means that somebody else has to then step in and buy new to fill their needs.
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