Is there a declutter for Christmas thread?

[ShittyGlitter]

Hello,

We’ve got a bit of renovating going on at home, at the same time my DC have outgrown a lot of toys and it feels like a good time to have a really good declutter.

All our bedrooms are being redecorated, so I’d love to have declutterred really well to move back in to cosy rooms in time for Christmas.

Is anyone else doing a deep clean/declutter on the count down to the holidays? Or is there a thread I might have missed?

hoping to stay motivated to get it all done in time and share some inspo for lovely bedding, PJs and decor!

Sounds a great idea for a thread @ShittyGlitter . I need to do some serious decluttering. I keep trying, but my efforts keep getting detailed by DH, who firmly believes the best place for tools, little bits and bobs and anything he may occasionally need is out on the nearest surface or table!

Sounds like a really good thread idea, I'd love to join you. DD has just started school and grown out of a lot of her younger toys.

I'm not a big decorator but we don't have a lot of storage space so it can all feel very cluttered when the tree goes up.

Haha @Confusedmeanderingsmy DH is the same everything gets left on any horizontal surface because he’s always just about to use it, even though it’s been there all week.

@DillyDeclutterwe have limited storage space too, I’m hoping we can invest in some better furniture or built in cupboards to help give everything a home.

Today I’m tackling my DD14s room, shes been good about boxing up some things for charity and she’s put aside some things to list on Vinted. If I can get through her clothes/list her Vinted things/do a charity shop run I’ll be chuffed!

I love putting the tree up and all the decor, but by January 1st my eye balls are itching at all the visual clutter 🥲

I need to go into this with a minimalist approach before Santa (or my MIL) arrives and fills the house again.

If there's a group doing this with a theme or prompt each week for decluttering I am so in. I have adhd so whereas intentions are there, motivation and action is lacking. something like this would help keep me on track and be like woo let's go girls lol 😆

Just a heads up that there’s a long running Christmas Clean-Along thread too https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/5152551-christmas-cleanalong?page=28

Definitely create your own thread though if it keeps you motivated and going. I’m terrible about consistency (yay also ADHD) so I totally get needing the accountability. 🙂

Oh thank you! I’ll take a look.

I’m decluttering too. my biggest problem is shifting the stuff I’ve decluttered though.

The charity shops in my local town have signs up at the moment saying they’re not accepting toys.

I’ve got bags of stuff just sitting around my house and in my car!

We have just the one charity shop in our small town, and I went on Wednesday to be met with a sign saying they were full and weren't taking any donations at all just now. The stuff is still in my car.

Hello...is this thread still active???
I am mid way through a whole house declutter I was aiming to be finished by November...my motivation is running out as I can't see much Improvements at the moment I don't actually think there is a room I'm currently happy with!!!...it must be better than it was but I feel like I have got decision fatigue now... I don't know how we have accumulated so much stuff!!!...just after some sympathy and encouragement please hehe!!!

Hey CrystalHaze19, just try and remember, it always gets worse before it gets better! I imagine you are in the trenches at the moment? The 'Why in the name of sanity did I start this?!' Just remember, if you keep going, it will come together and you''ll have a lovely clutter free house to enjoy. 😀For a while at least until you get all the Christmas presents...lol
I want to try and declutter a bit but my abode is small so I need to play a bit of Tetris to get it sorted. I have some storage baskets on top of my wardrobe in the bedroom I want to go through but my Christmas presents are currently stacked up in from of them. I need to wait for the tree to go up so I can wrap them and put them under...and so on and so forth. 😑However, in the spirit of Christmas, and because this is the Christmas section, I'm going to start putting my Christmas decorations up on Sunday. 😁That's actually quite late for me. I once put them up mid September.
I also have my relatives festive treats I bought them for 1st December boxes in my bedroom so that's taking up space too. Once I can get them sorted and neatly stacked in the front room ready for collecting I'll have more space to declutter and sort into.

I’m currently decluttering all the bedrooms. Mine and both DSs have been completed. Booked an Anglo collection to get rid of all the charity bags. Gave another load of stuff away on fb.
I decluttered the food cupboards the other day and did a stocktake on the freezer today to get rid of some of the older stuff before I start filling the freezer back up for Christmas. I really need to do the garage but I can’t be bothered at the moment.

Don’t mind me, sitting over here in the corner, just looking vicarious inspiration.

We are in the midst of a major declutter at the moment but it's not specifically for Christmas. In fact I know it won't all be finished by Christmas but hopefully we will be a long way along by then. I have actually drawn up a 13 step plan and we are currently on step 3 but, for logistical reasons, I know we won't get beyond step 4 until the New Year.

Last week we had a blitz on the small back bedroom and then put up some new shelving units for storage. This week we have started on the front spare bedroom which has a very large wardrobe and four drawers of a double divan all crammed full of stuff. The aim is to go through all that stuff and put anything we want to keep on the new shelves and dispose of the rest.

It's going quite well. Today we visited three different charity shops and got rid of loads of toys, games and jigsaws. Another visit tomorrow with more stuff. We also have at least one tip trip coming up with stuff nobody would want.

I am kind of surprised that DH seems to be much less ruthless than me. A number of items I know for a fact he hasn't used in years but he has still squirrelled them away on the new shelves.

Ultimately we want to get rid of nearly all the furniture in the front spare bedroom, apart from a sofa bed. Then, after we have redecorated it, DH can move his railway layout in there and make it even bigger. 😆

Decluttered the food cupboards the other day and did a stocktake on the freezer today to get rid of some of the older stuff before I start filling the freezer back up for Christmas. I really need to do the garage but I can’t be bothered at the moment.

@CallMeFran Ahead of you there! We sorted out and defrosted our freezer the week before last and have already got our Turkey crown and a couple of packs of vol au vents cases. (Well we have plenty of other stuff in there too but those are the things bought specifically for Christmas so far.)

Ooh way to cold and windy and rainy to do the garage atm CallMeFran. Is there lots of stuff in there?

A 13 step plan 5foot5? Sounds interesting and you obviously know what you are doing. Very good luck to you.
Does everybody find you have periods of raring to go and really getting stuck in, then other times of, I'll start tomorrow? lol
Love the username SlatternIsMyMiddleName. 😅

Joining!

We started some redecorating work a few weeks ago (we are planning on putting our house on the market, but probably delaying until next year now due to there being very little on the market and Christmas fast approaching). Few rooms left to do which we will hopefully get finished by the end of November. So tricky getting stuff like that done when you both have work and young kids.

We have been decluttering from the summer. Luckily we got our loft boarded then, too, so we do have more space available which has been so useful, but I don’t want it ending up being filled again.

Kids are currently sick over the half term break (of course!)

Seeing as we are all going to be cooped up for the next few days, I’m hoping to do some more decluttering and some deep cleaning.

Aim for today is honestly to just get caught up on laundry and do a quick whole house clean. Starting onto deep cleaning by the end of the week. I also must go through the kids toys and donate/bin anything that they don’t play with anymore, or is broken.

Hello everybody, how are we all doing? I finished my clearout. I have around 6 bin bags full for charity but looking round my place doesn't look any different! 😕😅