The Unf*ck It Thread

Two nights a week? Ambitious!

Otherwise, same. I also recommend some half-empty bins that were carefully selected for a variety of interesting color. (Also have Trofast here!)

At least with the plastic bins I have some confidence that I’ll be able to get the marker off if I ever try–I would not have the same confidence with fabric bins.

…I love bunnies a lot but if they’re coming in my house they better be using a litter box and also allowing me to hand-feed them dandelion greens.

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Oh no. Oh no what have I done.

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The unf*cking is probably not obvious here, but this closet no longer contains clothes that don’t fit. Or I don’t, in some way, like. (OK, there are some items one size down stashed in the back. But only ones I really like.) Probably ~30 items left the shelves and hangers, half to give away and half to long term storage (eg warm sweaters for winter).

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This is HUGE!!! It can be mentally, emotionally, and physically draining to do this kind of unf*cking. Major props!!!

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Thanks! I tried on evvvverything (that I hadn’t worn recently, anyway). I was pleasantly surprised, actually.

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That’s so emotionally exhausting to me.

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I unfucked some kitchen counters in the process of replacing Sparky McSparkson (the artist formerly known as our microwave). Took a bunch of things off the counter, rearranged as the new microwave is too big for the old spot, and things are much better and more usable.

Off the counter:

  • Electric kettle I brought home from work because global pandemic
  • Automatic can opener that no longer opens cans
  • Toaster (we’re using the convection oven on toast setting instead)
  • Coffee grinder (we buy preground - was still out from grinding TVP into protein powder forever ago)

Coming off soon:

  • A bunch of tea that can now fit in the cabinet, I think
  • Paper towels used only in cases of cat barf but up there because we have a cool marble holder

Staying because regular use:

  • The new, nonsparky microwave which can apparently also do our taxes and shit
  • Bread machine
  • Bread slicing guide
  • Convection/toaster oven
  • Bananas (where do other people keep bananas? They turn black in the fridge and I forget them if they’re in a cabinet)

The kitchen is already much more usable and looks better to boot.

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Fruit bowl. I hear it’s ideal to hang them, though

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we definitely keep them on the counter.

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Same.

I am going to be so, so sore. We’ve lived here nearly a year, and I finally got around to washing the walls and baseboards and doors upstairs. This uh…. Really should have been done before we moved in. They were bad. Bad bad. Like, I can tell what foods some of the splatters were bad :nauseated_face: but! It’s done. That’s what matters. And hopefully I’ve removed yet another cat allergen reservoir from my home.

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That’s something I always let go too long, even though you see the results right away which is so satisfying!

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It’s so much worse when it’s not your own filth though :grimacing: I’m a little ashamed to admit it took me this long, but this thread seems like a strict no judgement zone lol, so I decided to just be honest.

And full disclosure? There’s still other areas of the house I need to do.

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How do I wash a wall? Mine need washing. I don’t know what to use.

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I just wet a washcloth and ring it out so it’s damp. If something is particularly sticky, I use Trader Joe’s all purpose cleaner, which is basically a dilute soap near as I can tell.

I go back after the cleaner and do a just water wipe since I’ve always heard cleaner residue let’s dust cling to it? :woman_shrugging:

ETA oh yeah and I’ve seen a hack where people take the reusable microfiber dust mop style things and do that. I had more spot scrubbing, but it would work nicely for just broad swaths.

Second edit, when in doubt for cleaning stuff I like to check Go Clean Co and this is their “recipe”: https://www.instagram.com/p/CC07e6TJeqc/?utm_medium=copy_link

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I have also used Mr. Clean Magic Eraser and TSP for wall cleaning. TSP is a pain because you have to rinse.

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Gotta be careful with the magic erasers though, they’ll take paint off if you scrub hard at all :grimacing: learned that the hard way a few years back…

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True. It did start turning blue but I was able to get the dry-erase marker off before the paint came off too bad.

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In the future try an alcohol swab :slight_smile: dry erase markers are alcohol based so they rehydrate with alcohol pretty quickly and can wipe off again :raised_hands:t2:

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I call BS on hot water mattering much here. It may help you keep your rag cleaner, but by the time you wring it out and touch a wall with it, your working rag surface is stone cold. More so after a minute of scrubbing :woman_shrugging:

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