I wasn't joking about how lists make my life more motivated. I have kicked my own butt into high gear here. At 8am this morning I was up flinging stuff out of my closet with my dh still asleep in the bed. LOL! I loaded up 3 more garbage bags into the back of the van for Goodwill out of all of our closets tonight. The kids closets I go through rather regularly (you know, because they grow and stuff) but ours? Wow... it has been a LONG time since I had gone through our stuff like this. The bottom of our closets was full with stuff we either didn't need, or that didn't really have a place. Most of that went.
This time around with the decluttering, I have made up a new personal rule: Anything that I come across that is broken, damaged, or in any other way unusable, goes automatically. Unfortunately that meant a couple of my grandma's old quilts that I have been thinking for years I would fix back into working order. I just haven't done it. They have been taking up space for years and I haven't done anything with them. So I took pictures of them... and set them free. Our closets look great now! (In a day or so, I may even feel that sigh of relief that others talk about when getting rid of unfinished work that wears you down.)
My side of the closet 'before':
My side of the closet 'before':
And 'after':
Don's side of the closet 'before':
And 'after':
Pretty amazing huh?
P.S. An offer on a house we put in got accepted tonight. Wish us luck!
Great job on the decluttering!! I need to get my butt in gear and do more of that.
ReplyDeleteGOOD LUCK on the house!! I cant wait to hear about it!
You are making me wish I had a house to declutter.
ReplyDeleteGood luck!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood job! Hope you land the house of your dreams! It's time, isn't it??!
ReplyDeleteI pray that this truly is the perfect home for your family Val! It has been a crazy home finding ride for you guys!
ReplyDeleteWow, best of luck with the house!! I have to say, I don't think your "before" pictures look that shabby, but the "after" pics look fabulous. :-) Great idea to take a photo of your Grandma's quilt. That's a great way to remember it without having all the clutter.
ReplyDeleteWOW. I would be happy if my closet looked like your before picture. I really need to do this but I get anxiety attacks just thinking about it. I guess if i tackle one thing at a time it won't feel so overwhelming. I am terrible at getting rid of things. I have boxes of stuff that I need to go throguh for scrapbookign and family history stuff but I have a feeling 3/4 of it can go!!
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