Decluttering Thread 13 - Hopefully Lucky For Some!

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Good morning fellow sorters, chuckers & sellers! Starting a new thread as No 12 was almost full. This thread is one of my favourites & I find it hugely inspiring. I have a very long way to go as my house still resembles a jumble sale but I have got rid of a lot over the last few months plus made some money into the bargain. Last night I transferred several carrier bags of clothes that are on Vinted into a pink velvet storage chest that, ironically, hadn’t been assembled & was taking up space in DH’s office 🤣🤣🤣 It’s now in front of the storage cubes in the lounge & honestly, the pleasure I get from seeing it & the space created is immense.
I need a day to dedicate to Vinted as I have bags of clothes still to photograph & upload, some clothes to try on which may end up on there too & some TJC rings to photograph for selling. They were quite expensive but I rarely wore them & now they’re too big. I have a huge car bill to pay so the extra pennies will be great. Have a productive day all!

My younger two DC had an unprompted clear out of various stuffed toys and have put together enough to fill a couple of carrier bags! I am half tempted to put some of the less tatty ones on Vinted, but I think to be honest I'll just end up putting them in the textile recycling bin at school. They will be sorted out and hopefully the nicer ones put aside and the real ragbags can go to be made into car seat stuffing!

New football strips are coming in tomorrow for my DDs, so the old ones can be recycled and the club has asked for old boots to be donated this weekend at training, so I can get rid of a few pairs via that.

I've had a quiet few weeks on the decluttering front, but a flurry of sorting clothes has resulted in the following being donated to charity:

Knitted dress
Vest top
Shorts
Cardigan
Top
T-shirt

Also sold something on Vinted

I've got a few things to list next week.

I don't have many clothes left 😂

My wardrobe is still full, but I keep taking things out of it! I'm not buying new stuff. It's like Mary Poppin's carpet bag in there. Hoping that I'll notice the difference soon!

Charity shop: 2x dress, top
Bin / recycling: candle, half used frizease serum that does nothing (i have recently discovered a new serum that actually does reduce frizz for me)
Vinted: top, jeans, 3x dress, 2x skirt, collagen powder

Total: 1443

I’m a little bit stuck with thinning out clothes and I’ll tell you why; remember I said I found a load of summer clothes that I can now fit into coz running? well I’ve barely been running coz chronic migraines 🤦🏽‍♀️ also I will have a tummy tuck when finances allow so that means I’ll fit into even more stuff. so that’s a lot of uncertainty. also I’m the sort of person that genuinely misses liked clothes which are gone 😩 but sure what to do?

I keep clothes that I'm currently too big or small for, it's daft to get rid of everything when my size fluctuates. I have them boxed up on top of the wardrobe. But I only keep good quality stuff that I really love and suits me. No supermarket brands, primark or stuff I feel meh about. Would creating a similar rule for yourself help you?

good idea thanks

Right I'm.back! Got Anglo doorstep collection coming tomorrow and just under 300 things going ( 150 are hairclips, hair bands etc for dd so that's a bit of a cheat I guess to get numbers up. Just need to total up this year. I might well hit my target of 2026 items out in 2026 yet dispite being absent for months.

We have had a total shift in how many clothes the kids have now. My dd has 50 items ( excluding coats and uniform hanging in her wardrobe. One half full chest of draws and I never buy her clothes now. When we rarely go out to shops now I buy her whatever see wants on that trip. Eg if I go to Primark once every eight weeks, what ever she likes and trys on i buy which might be 2-4 items. I used to buy lots in the sales for them but this works out much cheaper. Two years ago she had two sets of draws, over 100 things hanging up and her summer wardrobe under her bed.

I'm still sorting and finessing my house.

Charity bag:

Dress
Cardigan
Harry Potter themed wine glass (a secret Santa gift 😂)
Unplayed with cat toy (she's terrified of it!)
Pen pot

Out...

2 x holey pj bottoms & a similarly holey 22 year old skirt - bin
6 x bags of rubble & a 1960s glazed door - tip
10 x shirts, unopened bag of floating candles & another bag of books - charity shop

Hoping to do a car boot sale before the weather turns as we need to clear more garage space!

2 bags of toys to the charity shop.

1 bag of clothes to clothing bank,

4 lush bath bombs used up.

I have booked another Anglo collection for next week, I need to sort out the cupboards in the kitchen..

I just want to get sorted ready for Christmas, as stuff piles up otherwise

Good luck Alondra!

I'm still plugging away. Have had the best success pulling things from the dry laundry so continuing on with that.

1 x dress that's not my style any more
1 x dress that doesn't fit right
2 x tops that doesn't fit right
1 x worn out t-shirt
1 x hoodie that's never worn
1 x skirt that was a mistake
1 x leggings I don't like
2 x face cream used up
2 x leaflets hanging around recycled
1 x document shredded
1 x DVD nobody here wants

Total is 5130

W/E 13/09 Week 37

Aiming for at least one item per day.

Recycled/binned
Old broadband hub posted back to be recycled, food magazines x 6

Charity shop
New bag started, getting full.

Vinted
1

Week 37 total = 8
Total for year so far = 373/365

Out
Bin

• Kilner jar damaged
• Used up hand cream
• Old sun cream & aftersun
• Expired air freshener
• Used up detangler spray & hotel shower gel

Vinted/marketplace

• 4 outgrown t shirts & jumpers listed
• Outgrown coat listed
• VR headset sold

Charity

• Outgrown t shirt
• 3 x vest tops that I do not have enough boob for

Work outs! We have gone from having hardly any storage to too much this week as I have had a massive clear out at work including-

• Lockbox donated to another department
• 3 bin bags of random rubbish in drawers
• 2 big lidded plastic boxes donated to another team
• Old tech in cupboards returned to IT
• Battered folders in the recycling. Replaced with nice new folders from a cupboard 😅

Ins at home have been

• Vinted bundle of hype hoodies to replace outgrown ones.
• Next size up school jumper.
• Next size up walking boots

Wooooo. I’m in the shed! (Again but hopefully this is the final tidy). Not much throwing away because I did that in May. Tidying and organising. Enough floor space for the bbq and patio table to be stored over winter so well happy.

Gardeners coming tomorrow and planning to sort the junk corner. Going to plant a few things I’ve in pots on the patio and minimise things like watering for next year.

I think I've finished going through my clothes. Everything is listed on vinted that I want to sell. Everything else has been taken to the charity shop. I'm looking for places to get me up to my 2026 total. I've done everywhere once now. Time to go round again I guess! I might start by giving the cupboard under the stairs a second pass.

Bin/recycling: coat, 2x underwear, lone sock
Vinted/sold locally: skirt, dressing gown, boots, 2x jacket

Total: 1452

Can I join please? Feeling inspired by how well you are all doing.

i keep telling myself that it’s time to declutter and then not doing it so I’m hoping posting here will make me more accountable. Would like to clear at least 200 items by Christmas, and then hopefully step it up a bit in 2027.

Today I will package up one pair of jeans sold on Vinted and take to the InPost locker. And then spend 5 minutes seeing what else I can easily get rid of.

Hi @JustOneMoreMargarita 👋 Welcome!

I missed a kitchen cupboard!

9 baking trays to the charity shop. 3 random baking utensils in the bin, 1 pile of brown paper intended (but never in 20 years used) to wrap round the massive christmas cake tin in the oven

Total 1463

Finally made a start.

One pair of jeans sold on Vinted and taken to locker last night

Did a sort out of DD’s wardrobe this morning (as I couldn’t fit all her new stuff in) - five old school shirts, 3 polos, various bits of PE kit, plus a couple of stained T-shirts = 15 items in the bin bag

16/200 done.

Outgrown:
2 x hoodies
1 x top
Worn out:
1 x trousers
Finished up:
1 x moisturiser

Total is 5135

Struggling to get rid of tatty children's toys because I can't put something with a face in the bin 🙈

I've sold four things on Vinted.

Added a dress, a cardigan and three pairs of jeans to the charity shop bag, which is leaving the house today 🥳

Will start filling another charity bag tomorrow, I'm still plodding along 😂

Well done on the Vinted listing - I have some more to list, and should have time next week to get photos taken, at least.

2 x work trousers
1 x work shirt
2 x jumpers

All ⬆️ from a job I no longer have. Think there's more of the same somewhere.

Also:

1 x hoodie I don't like
1 x damaged storage box

Total is 5142

Mugs that have crazed. Two frying pans that had seen better days. More books to Tesco charity bookshelf.
Another couple of sales on Vinted!
God I have wasted so much money!
My project run down pantry is still ongoing! I made a list! And have been asking AI to help with meal planning!
I have also found my library card so I’m on the waiting list for the newest Richard Osman 😭

New here and a keen, often ruthless, declutterer (but also a buying habit). So a lot of Stuff Management experience.

I moved house a year ago and now have a garage for the first time (but no car) where a lot of stuff is living pending major works next year. It's been a little bit like 'Sort Your Life Out', having the garage and seeing a lot of previously hidden/stashed away stuff.

Decluttering destinations include 1) Freecycle, 2) a big charity shop 5 mins away which takes most things, even slightly chipped things, 3) a friend who is a busy Vinted seller so she's taken a huge lot of clothes and I'm giving her a good percentage of sale profit, 4) ebay, 5) local auction house for stuff too difficult for ebay like framed pictures.

I have an enclosed porch which is the holding area for stuff on the way out.

For while I had a big pile of old textiles, including the old curtains from the house I bought, grey white towels, ancient stained pillows, fleecey things covered in cat hair - was planning to take to the recycling tip but then read that a lot of the rag-level textiles don't get recycled. So I just put it all in the rubbish bin.

One category of stuff which is hard to get rid of is stuff guests leave behind at an Airbnb short let property I have. They leave nearly full toiletries, herbs and spices, etc. Some I can use, most I can't - I can't use three jars of cinnamon or chili flakes, and the quantities aren't enough for Freecycle.