Do you declutter/tidy regularly?

hollydolly said:
I don't change my clothes with the seasons... I have clothes I've had for years and still love... but I do regularly about every 6 to 8 weeks give a lot to charity in donations of clothes and Bric-a brac.... in fact I did so just 4 days ago.... handbags, clothes, shoes, kitchen paraphernalia some of it never been used
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I'm not getting rid of everything, I just swap out heavier clothes with lighter clothes & vice-versa. I'll get rid of something that doesn't fit or if I find something that needs to be replaced because it's too worn for decent wear. Worn items get thrown in with my barn/yard work clothes. I have clothing bags that keep things clean between wearing times.

I've had some of my coats & jackets for years. I always buy clothes that I love & I don't follow fashion trends so I get my wear out of them.
 

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@Ronni The way you declutter is so smart!
I do declutter on a regular basis but for me, that’s meant twice yearly when I do my heavy spring and pre Holiday cleaning.
Decluttering a drawer or a closet once weekly would make spring, holiday cleaning so much easier!
i think I’m going to adopt your method!
 
Pendle said:
I have the same.
Some of these posts are making me really depressed!
Think Holly is the only one who is vaguely like me….only she’s tidier. I’m another cupboard shover,out of sight, out of mind.
The houses I really hate to visit are ones like a friend who used to live down the lane. She lived in a newly built bungalow, moved area now.
I was SO nervous of even sitting on the sofa in case (God forbid) I squashed a cushion, so I perched on the edge & used to nurse the cup of tea she gave me for fear of it leaving a mark on a surface. Not a sign of anything….anywhere. No newspaper, books, knitting….nothing.!!!
I was too ashamed to ask her round to my old cottage full of books, plants, pictures, squashy old sofas covered in throws because of the DOGS……heaven forbid she got a dog hair. 😳

So no, I rarely declutter, the thought is enough 🙄
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Pendle said:
I have the same.
Some of these posts are making me really depressed!
Think Holly is the only one who is vaguely like me….only she’s tidier. I’m another cupboard shover,out of sight, out of mind.
The houses I really hate to visit are ones like a friend who used to live down the lane. She lived in a newly built bungalow, moved area now.
I was SO nervous of even sitting on the sofa in case (God forbid) I squashed a cushion, so I perched on the edge & used to nurse the cup of tea she gave me for fear of it leaving a mark on a surface. Not a sign of anything….anywhere. No newspaper, books, knitting….nothing.!!!
I was too ashamed to ask her round to my old cottage full of books, plants, pictures, squashy old sofas covered in throws because of the DOGS……heaven forbid she got a dog hair. 😳

So no, I rarely declutter, the thought is enough 🙄
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Your house sounds lovely, I too have books, pictures and old sofa that is so comfortable but too expensive to reupholster, dog hair and cat hair but no house plants any more only outside where it is like a jungle.
 

hollydolly said:
NO..I'm terrible... I stuff everything into drawers and cupboards so it's out of my sight and everything looks tidy...

You can come and tidy all my drawers out if you like... what a horrible job that is... I did it recently... but I have closets full of stuff, albeit on shelves, drawers full, sideboard.. *ugh* lol.. but it's all good stuff, it's not junk...if it was junk I could easily just throw it all out..

I have 30 drawers.. not including kitchen drawers... desk... triple closets.. walk-in closets.. good grief..it sounds like a jumble sale it isn't because it's all in the closets..:ROFLMAO:
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This is the kind of thing I’m often hired for, to organize and make sense of the jumble 😉

One of the clients I’ve had for 25 years is a repeat offender! 🤣 She had a large, beautiful, artfully decorated home in the expensive part of town. It looked like something out of House Beautiful, and it was…until you opened a cupboard or drawer!!

I spent months, one afternoon each week, going through her entire house, slowly bringing order to the chaos. She was beyond thrilled, and when it was all done, I started over, because she admitted she was simply incapable of keeping it up! That and the fact that I did many other things for her…helping with the parties and gatherings she hosted, decorating for Christmas, computer work and the like.

I developed a routine to cycle through the entire house over a 4-6 month period, re-organizing the drawers, closets, cupboards of each room in between the many other things I did for her.

More recently she chose to move, and it was a chaotic process…for many reasons she lived out of both the old and the new residence for about 6 months, so now we’re back to square one in the new place, as I again am going room by room, decluttering and organizing In the midst of the many other tasks I’m doing for her.
 
Ronni said:
This is the kind of thing I’m often hired for, to organize and make sense of the jumble 😉

One of the clients I’ve had for 25 years is a repeat offender! 🤣 She had a large, beautiful, artfully decorated home in the expensive part of town. It looked like something out of House Beautiful, and it was…until you opened a cupboard or drawer!!

I spent months, one afternoon each week, going through her entire house, slowly bringing order to the chaos. She was beyond thrilled, and when it was all done, I started over, because she admitted she was simply incapable of keeping it up! That and the fact that I did many other things for her…helping with the parties and gatherings she hosted, decorating for Christmas, computer work and the like.

I developed a routine to cycle through the entire house over a 4-6 month period, re-organizing the drawers, closets, cupboards of each room in between the many other things I did for her.

More recently she chose to move, and it was a chaotic process…for many reasons she lived out of both the old and the new residence for about 6 months, so now we’re back to square one in the new place, as I again am going room by room, decluttering and organizing In the midst of the many other tasks I’m doing for her.
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Ronni, if you didn't live so far from Hollywood... you would make a fortune..... from the stars !
 
hollydolly said:
Ronni, if you didn't live so far from Hollywood... you would make a fortune..... from the stars !
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@hollydolly I used to live in Hollywood back in the late 80’s early 90’s when the kids were little and one of the few times my ex kept a job for more than a few months. He worked in the Industry so we mingled with celebs a lot.

Paige’s best friend back then was Lucy, the daughter of Nancy Cartwright who was the voice of Bart Simpson from the Simpsons. I was friends with Leigh Anne, Tom Cruise’s sister and her son Sean and our kids played together.
 
I bought new towels, breakfast plates and some other items and packed up the old stuff right away. A young single mom wants it all so I will deliver it to her. I have emptied many homes and have helped people downsize.

I love doing it and was going to start a business doing it for people. But the last time I helped a friend my back, neck and shoulder was killing me. Plus I make 65/hour consulting and can’t make nearly that much helping people downsize so I decided against it.
 
No, because I infrequently have guests, and when I do, they are those I know well. My residence is a...hideout. So it doesn't matter and yes dust does pile up on clutter. But do not like dust and messes where I frequent like in the kitchen. Nothing in my sink ever sits there more than a couple days. Two months ago over a week, thoroughly rebuilt and cleaned up several rooms so is very presentable at the present.
 
Anything I don’t or won’t need gets tossed. My housekeeper does a great job of keeping things clean. We kind of work together trying to keep everything tidy.
 
Over the past week I have decluttered our kitchen pantry and cabinets. I typically go through the pantry once a year just before the "Scouting for Food" food drive.

It's amazing how much junk accumulates over time. Old cruise ship tiki drink glasses, jars, unused cups, lost lids, and once needful kitchen gadgets that we never needed that are stuffed way in the back of the corner cabinet. Talk about useless space, the corner cabinet is like a black hole of the kitchen.
 
Bit of a minimalist here but the past year, things seem to have gotten out of control with all the work being done on the house. Clutter will make me a little anxious sometimes; when that happens, I start getting rid of things. Last week, it was clothes. Next week, it will be a few items that I have kept that I don't use.

I have two weed eaters, two leaf blowers, two vacuum cleaners. One of each is plug-in electric, the other of each is battery operated. I am considering getting rid of the plug-ins but what if the battery ones die? Decisions, decisions.

Edited to add: All the left over and extra building materials take up the entire storeroom. When this work is finished (next summer?), I will put it all out as freebies, someone will take it.
 
I'm currently decluttering my junk drawer. While I'm using the microwave and waiting, I'm also standing there working on that drawer. It seems that some paper or something is interfering with my closing it, I can't quite figure it out yet. I may have to pull out the drawer, and if I do that...I'm hoping I can put it back in properly. 🤷‍♀️
 
VaughanJB said:
Oh dear.

See, I have a space I inhabit a lot of the time. It has my stereo there, my music, etc. It's where I truly feel at home and relaxed.

That said, everything I remotely need tends to travel toward my space over time, like a magnetic field is there, dragging it all in. Eventually I see with my own eyes: Man, what a mess. Then I tidy. But I admit, I do have clutter around me, even if unintentional.
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The nice part is you have lots of good music to play while you tidy!
MACKTEXAS said:
I want the house looking neat at all times. I won't leave home without making my bed and sure everything is in place. I have this strange thought about what if something happened to me while I was gone and people went to my house and found it messy. Dishes are washed immediately after a meal.

I saw some posts about cleaning out drawers. There is my one of my downfalls because I hardly ever do that.
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I'm the same way. Sometimes my husband has to wait an extra minute if a throw pillow needs plumped. or a glass washed. I say, "What if a burglar came in and saw it like this?"

One time, long ago, I had to search for something in one of my dresser drawers just before catching the bus, and I had to go to work knowing the drawer was all tossed about. It distracted me from my job all day.
 
Yep. I swear if I ever had a title bestowed on me, it would be Duchess De-Clutterer or perhaps Lady Clear Outalot. Actually, When Willy becomes King, I might drop him an email and suggest he add me to his Honours List. 🏆 :)
 

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