Decluttering
These are all the posts in the “declutting” category, part of the “anti-consumerism” section.
Our kitchen is just about smallest proper room of our house but is also the most tightly packed: all the usual food, utensils, crockery etc but also the more specialist stuff for our cooking-related hobbies such as John’s wine making and my preserving. I’m sure that’s not an unusual situation for simple living-type people. At [...]
Continue reading about Declutter November mini-challenge week 3: the kitchen
So we’ve reached the end of Declutter November week 2 and I don’t know about you guys but our “out” pile is getting pretty big! My items for this week: two works diaries from 5 and 6 years ago. I disliked the jobs then, and have no interest in who I had to call at [...]
Since many of us have gone a bit silly in the cheap clothes boom over the last decade, we’ve got wardrobes, chests of drawers and vacuum-packed storage bags stuffed full of clothes we no longer wear. There is a lot of coverage in the media these days about getting rid of everything you’ve not worn [...]
Continue reading about Declutter November mini-challenge – the overlooked bits of your wardrobe
So last week we kicked off our Declutter November challenge – 22 of us have pledged to get rid of one thing every day in November (and possibly other things in the weekly mini-challenges too), with the hope of making our homes a little bit tidier and, more importantly, changing how we look at all [...]
Here’s the first mini-challenge of the Decluttering in November challenge: in addition to your usual one thing every day, find five things to get rid of from your greenhouse, garden or shed. I was going to leave this one until later in the month but, if last year is anything to go by, our worlds [...]
Continue reading about Declutter November mini-challenge – your greenhouse, garden or shed
I mentioned last week that I’m going to set myself a decluttering “challenge” for November – get rid of one thing every day. I’m also going to set some weekly themed mini-challenges to get rid another five things each week, so by the end of the month, 50 things should be gone from the house. [...]
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