Tuesday 29 September 2015

Declutter Diary

Thirty tasks completed within the month of September. I'm sure I would not have achieved so much without the motivation of blogging!!

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Number Thirty Desk drawer
Before: Emptied drawer and sorted a big pile for recycling, a small pile for shredding and a large pile for filing plus large pile of stationary for relocating. In addition sorted further pile of paperwork in addition. Result a much emptier drawer.

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Number twenty nine  small table
Before: Cleared all items to proper places.
After: One empty table top

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Number twenty eight small bookcase
Before: Dusty and cluttered .Removed everything, dusted,threw away rubbish
After: moved to new location, tidy after returning items.

Saturday 26 September 2015

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Number twenty seven  Plastic drawers

Checked through items. One pack of out of date tea to discard. Discovered; lint rollers, padded envelopes and packaging, which as I have a parcel to send will be useful
time; five minutes.

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Number twenty six    Airing cupboard
  
Emptied in readiness for replacement of boiler. Sorted in to piles for putting back
bath towels
hand towels
pillowcases
bedding king size
bedding queen size
bedding single
extra large towels and rarely used items for the back of the cupboard which I cannot reach without a stepladder!

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Number twenty five  
Dining table; before;   ironing put away
                                    camera put away
                                     fruit to fruit bowls, packaging discarded
                                      snacks to blue dish on side table
                                     old magazines/ papers relocated to pile for husband to sort
                                      resulting in one perfectly clear table

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number twenty four  worktop two
Before one and two
After: old ginger,garlic and onions discarded, bowl cleaned and items replaced. old card under bottles discarded and replaced. ceramic tile cleaned and worktop. bottles checked and cleaned before replacing. Cat food moved to one side.Plastic bags relocated.
time; thirty minutes

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number twenty three   kitchen worktop one
 before;one and two
 After; decluttered, cleaning products to cupboard, whole area cleaned, mugs washed, coffee bags to watertight container.
time thirty minutes

Tuesday 22 September 2015

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Declutter extra
Removed from the kitchen for storage in the shed. Jars and egg boxes to be given to my sister.

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Number twenty two    Under bed drawer     before
 Discarded for recycling
 Sentimental save one from my daughters primary school days
  Two; A present from my husbands family which belonged to his mother
 After
Time: fifteen minutes

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Number twenty one     Landing drawer     Before
 Emptied and cleaned
 Returned all dental and toiletry items to drawer
 removed tools and random items, plugs, golf balls for my husband to declutter in second drawer
a small discard pile to throw away
time thirty minutes

Monday 21 September 2015

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Number twenty  Coats

Checked coats hanging in hall ,all still wearable so no declutter needed.

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number nineteen    Shoes

we have shoe boxes hiding an assortment of shoes. Some new and as yet unworn, some needing wearing in to become comfortable to wear. Only one pair of old trainers discarded for recycling. Shoe racks tidied also.

Saturday 19 September 2015

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number eighteen    Sewing, four items in a pile awaiting sewing for over six months!! Two discarded for recycling.Two kept to sew. Jeans which were new and gave way at seam as shown
 and a blouse whose tie came off whilst washing

 self threading needles and cottons in similar shades
 both finished items ready for wearing again
time; thirty minutes

Friday 18 September 2015

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Declutter extra
 Unused bath creme decanted to use as hand wash
sorted bags of clothes to charity shop and recycling box

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Number seventeen   Cat hairs on curtains after cleaning
 The culprit who loves a sunny windowsill
Her bed needs the same treatment
Methods tried, a lint roller then sellotape with limited results
 before

 before
 mini vac useless, bristle brush most successful method
A job which needs repeating more frequently!!

Monday 14 September 2015

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Number sixteen                    Before
 Discarded items very out of date
items to keep
Replaced and items added from another drawer
Time: fifteen minutes

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Number fifteen                Before
 After: cleaned, spice and stock to the bottom, baking to the top!
Time; ten minutes

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Number fourteen    Back to the kitchen      Before
 After; Clean and decluttered
Time ; fifteen minutes

Saturday 12 September 2015

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Declutter extra
Organized my song sheets for  singing for fun group into numerical order from one to our latest sheet thirty- four.