I've been decluttering for a couple of weeks now, and sometimes I look at a part of my house that's clear and just feel a burst of happiness. Does anyone else get this?
Things I've done that bring me a ton of joy:
- I completely cleared the kitchen counters. I started with the pile of papers that were left out so I'd deal with them, but instead they merged together so I barely dealt with any of them. I slowely dealt with all of it, then never left it rebuild (I deal with things on a daily basis now). Then I became a bit hooked! I've since cleared our "junk" drawer, and then put all the wooden/serving spoons, etc, from the counters into that drawer. I put the olive oil, salt & pepper, etc, in a drawer right by the oven. Donated all but four of our most used pans. The only things on the counter now are a utensil caddy (the dishrack has gone!) and the kettle. The toaster has even been put in a drawer on a tray, so it's very easy to pull out (I had to demonstrate this for dh, to get him on board, and it took 8 seconds).
- Chucked a load of condimonts in our fridge (things like quince jelly!). There are now just a few in our door and there's a whole half a shelf that has been freed up. It looks so much clearer and cleaner - and indeed is so much easier to clean.
- Moved my dishes to drawers and food to cupboards. This makes so much sense, I can't believe I didn't do it sooner: taking plates from drawers is much easier than high cupboards, and having our pasta jars, etc, in wall cupboards makes them much easier to see and stock up on.
Interested to know of other things people have decluttered!
I realise this isn't for everyone (I have some maximalist friends who I can't mention this stuff too without them recoiling 😅), so if it's not your bag please just move on. I was hoping there'd be a minimalist board on here, but couldn't find one... although, with young kids, I'm a long way off that.