The Minimalism Game February edition!

[ImFree2doasiwant]

Time for a new thread! The aim is to declutter your home, removing 1 item on the 1st of the month, 2 on the 2nd, 3 on the 3rd, and so on up to 28 items on the 28th. By the end of the month, you will have decluttered over 400 items!

I will be posting daily.

Day 1 - 1 nightie to the charity bag.

Well I suppose I’ll go for my 4 th month although not sure I’ll make it to the end ! This time I am not lots ahead already .
Day 1

• 1 DD lovely cableknit sweater DH ruined in the wash to rags 😡

@Nordicmom I think I'll struggle tbh, but whatever I do will be an improvement on nothing!

Agreed !

I’m at about 63 after finishing last month so that’ll give me some time to gather those big numbers for the end …

I git quite a few "in the bank" yesterday and will keep at it, do the same you dud last month.

Day 1 - dried up felt tip (starting with the big guns 😆)

@wejammin are you going through them one at a time? You have reminded me though, I know we have at least 1 useless red

@ImFree2doasiwant, no, I just found one as DC3 was doing some colouring. I don't have the patience to go through the whole lot!

Thanks for the new thread ImFree
I had forgotten how hard the big numbers are but I had a pile set aside from the weekend
dressing gown
5 sweatshirts/jumpers
6 t shirts
2 joggers
2 running shorts
2 pjs
3 pairs of socks (new outgrown)
apron
2 bags
hot water bottle
hat
cape
beauty kit
all to go to charity (28).

I love how accountable this thread is, I did January silently along with you all & I'm going to do February too but backwards so 27 to go out today!
Does anyone have any tips for obvious spaces I might have forgotten? Done all my makeup/bathroom drawers in January & that took care of most of my big numbers

Welcome @tabbycat985 . It does get harder as you go along. Medicine cabinet, the Kutcher drawer of crap? Kitchen drawers generally. Clothes, kids clothes don't forget underwear/socks/tights. Under the sink. Kids toys, dvds, cds (if you still have them!)

Day 2
1 pair thermal leggings unworn - charity bag
1 pair knickers with hoke, bin

Oh fun, I'll join!

Yesterday:

1. decided to return a dress to the shop, which was ok but not amazing and I don't want to keep it

Today:

1. bag of protein powder which has been open for years and not being eaten - I've honestly been hanging on to it in case the apocalypse occurs and we have no food

2. plastic tub with no lid - into the recycling as I think it can be recycled

Day 2

• 1 foot cream I didn’t like the smell of to bin
• 1 unused shower gel to charity

The shutters (23 of them !) and two roller blinds on doors have been going in for the first day here and they’ve finished the two top floors so only downstairs left tomorrow / Friday . Then I’ll have 30 paper curtains to declutter ( some had more than one and black out ones too ) !

How exciting Nordic Hope they looking amazing
Today 26 books to charity and a bar of soap to the food bank trolley as not going to be used (27 in total)

Here they are in one of the bedrooms !
They managed to get the two top floors all done today so just the downstairs tomorrow and maybe some on Friday . Happy so far , but it’ll take me a while to get used to them after the paper blinds …

Day 3

• 2 zip top food containers never used
• 1 stained tea towel to rags

Ooh they look great @Nordicmom! The whole room looks lovely and peaceful!

I’m very happy with them ! They’re going everywhere in the downstairs now and they just got so well in our house and look like they belong . Seem good quality so far and the fitter’s doing a neat job . They were an investment but I didn’t want to start planning curtains on all these windows and I love the look anyway .

So many windows!!

Yes 23 with the shutters and 2 bathroom frosted ones we didn’t get them on (but I might get shutters later on my one since that bathroom is blindingly bright in sunny weather )and two glass doors we put roller blinds on the side of the house in garage and the utility room . I was just looking at a window washing company website for the first time ,they put a card through the door ,and I think now we will need them ! Also have a few skylights we’ll have to get someone to clean . The fitter is now finished all but the three sets of double garden doors he’ll do tomorrow and it’s all looking great . Also the roller blinds are good too and I never saw a sample or a picture of them so that’s lucky . Then suddenly rest of DH garage furniture turned up without a warning , thankfully he was at home and not at work or doing school run like last time ! It’s all coming together bit by bit . Still need a dining table and chairs for dining room which now houses a new elliptical machine we’ll have to move somehow . first I was going to have it in my bedroom but now think we’ll have to get it to the attic although that will be hotter . Ds birthday present foosball table is now in the attic room too after DH moved his garage stuff out of there into the new garage rack . I need to go up to declutter and organise more soon !

What a calm and tranquil room - amazing.
Cassettes 19 to charity 3 to bin along with 2 teddys. 2 old pyjamas to recycling. Total 26.
Plenty still to do but strangely getting easier to make decisions.

My goal is to have every other room looking as clutter free too . I’m becoming more and more minimalist in that way but I live with three mess makers and a dog who just don’t care 😒…

26 for me today, paperwork x11, notebook, cd, tin x3, cap, photo frame, bag, jar, hanger, packaging, T-shirt’s x2, bottle, towel.

Definitely tackling under the kitchen sink tomorrow, that's a great shout imfree!

That bedroom looks amazing nordic!! That's literally a dream