THIS COMPETITION HAS CLOSED. THE WINNER IS TRACEY PEACH FROM CAMBRIDGESHIRE. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED AND YOUR GREAT DECLUTTERING TIPS!
Earlier this month I told you all about HomeSense opening their fab new branch in Taplow. Well to celebrate, I have teamed up with HomeSense to offer you lucky readers the chance to win a £100 HomeSense gift card! (UK residents only)
If you’re unaware of who HomeSense are, where have you been?! 😉 They are the sister brand of TK Maxx, selling the most coolest, quirkiest homewares and gifts. They also sell practical stuff too. On the HomeSense launch day I got these drawer organisers and glass jars, with the aim to do a spot of decluttering.
I was fed up of packets of pasta cluttering up my kitchen cupboard, the packets never resealed properly and I was always finding rogue pastas at the back. And as for my kitchen drawers, I couldn’t even see what was in there!
BEFORE:
So I cleared a shelf on my bookshelf to make a display of pasta jars, and sorted out that kitchen drawer!
AFTER:
It’s so much easier to find things now, it makes me so happy!
So, now for the bit you’ve been waiting for – how do you enter the competition? Well, I want you to tell me your best decluttering tip! Think of one, and click here to enter via Rafflecopter:
You have until close of play Friday 20th November to enter. Good luck!
Sabrina x
This competition is open to UK Residents Only.
Terms & Conditions: There is 1 prize of a £100 HomeSense Gift Card – the prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered. Closing date is 11.59pm 20th November 2015. The winner will be selected randomly via Rafflecopter.com from all valid entries and be notified by Twitter and email. The winner will have 28 days to respond before a new winner is selected. HomeSense will be sending out the winning gift card. Open to all UK entrants aged 18 or over only.
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Get rid of things you no longer use – makes cleaning so much easier
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Make a date in your diary – a whole day off dedicated to decluttering. Make a list and move EVERYTHING into one room of the house. At the end of the day you can take all the ‘decluttering’ to the tip or give to charities!
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If it’s not beautiful or useful get rid of it!
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If you havnt used it for 6 months get rid of it .
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make piles of what you need and will use. let others go
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Use a timer – set it for 10/15/20 minutes and work on a drawer/cupboard until the timer goes off – get rid of items then decide if you can go for another period of time – set, & go again if you can
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Be Ruthless!!!!!
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My fave decluttering tip is the 3 basket rule. One basket — put away — another basket — recycle/charity shop/Ebay — third basket — BIN IT!! Worls wonders for me! 🙂 Thanks so much for linking with us on #HomeEtc
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My initial thought was put it in the loft haha! But I’ll say that if it hasn’t been worn since two seasons ago – bin it! I’m a terrible clutterer and need a home sense near me!
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if you haven’t used it in 6 months to a year then your not going to use it anytime soon!
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Take the stuff you have no use for anymore to a charity shop or car-boot, or if it’s night time you can often find recycling for books and clothes in supermarket car parks in the form of big metal bins, there are also websites dedicated to re-homing your clutter which you could use.
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Treat yourself to the toiletries you have in your home rather than ‘saving them for a gift’.This way you’ll declutter your toiletries and smell gorgeous !!
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If you’re trying to throw some things out but you’re not sure, leave them in a box for a week or two and see if you miss them! If you do then keep them, if not then chuck them!
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Once you have identified something is clutter get it out of the house as soon as possible, before you get re-attached
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always think do you need it rather than do you want it. that helps
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Do it room-by-room!
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If you havent used it in 6 months, throw it away 🙂 X
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If you don’t use it, chuck it! And sort that attic/spare room out, it won’t clean itself!
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Every time you walk into a room, put something away
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Every time one of those charity bags is posted through my letter box, I try to fill it up to the top. Luckily there have been quite a few lately – I’m getting there slowly!
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If it has been sitting in a drawer for six months unused..get rid of it! Or better still get someone else to declutter for you…they will be more ruthless!
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Concentrate on 1 room at a time, make piles for charity shop / bin / sell / keep and sort through everything that way
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once every six months recycle clothes that you havent worn during the six months
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If you haven’t used it for 3 months, chuck it out.
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Dont attach emotions to clutter – do you love it? No? Get rid of it no matter who bought it for you
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Resell your clutter on ebay, you will get more motivated and it’s a good way to earn money
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I am the worlds worst hoarder and unfortunately have passed the trait on to my 5 year old daughter (who won’t even throw sweet wrappers away). we have come up with a system to help us both and not go into complete meltdown. If it’s something you haven’t used/worn/played with in the last 3 months it goes in the loft, if you then need/want it in the next 3 months we can go back up and get it. If we don’t go in the loft in those 3 months the whole lot gets chucked/donated.
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Storage – it’s all about storage. If you haven’t used it/worn it for more than 12 months then ditch it
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Invest in some good see-through boxes for storage! allison.
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Decluttering is all about being ruthless. Have your husband/partner/children near by to tell you the truth -you don’t need all this stuff!
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Be ruthless!! Otherwise you’ll still end up with a load of clutter
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I’m really ruthless when it comes to decluttering. Usually will donate/chuck it out if I know it hasn’t been used for a year. Usually happens that you need to use the item for some reason right after you get rid of it though! Just hate clutter and mess – my nan is infamous for hoarding, she’ll have stuff that’s ten years out of date in her cupboards!
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If you’re struggling to get motivated, start with one drawer or one cupboard! If you don’t use it anymore, aren’t going to use it, or it doesn’t fit, then get rid of it! Donate to charity or sell on eBay. If you’re not very ruthless, maybe enlist the help of a friend or relative 🙂
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Ebay! Think of all the money you could make and it will keep you motivated!
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Sell things you no longer need on Ebay
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For everything new you bring into the home, charity shop something else.
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Tidy as you go – that way it never reaches the cluttered stage!
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Get someone to help, so you’re not tempted to keep all the useless tat.
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donate to a charity shop, will help declutter and make you feel better at the same time knowing its gone to a good cause
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Tidy as you go
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Get friends and family in to help you, give them anything they want that you don’t then send things to the charity shop 🙂
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Get rid of any clothes you haven’t worn for 18 months.
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If haven’t used it in 6 months…chuck it
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Those hanging pocket bags intended for shoes are great for organising things like toiletries, stationery and all kinds of bits and bobs that tend to get jumbled together. And when they are organised, you can see at a glance what you have so don’t carelessly buy more before old products are finished.
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If you don’t use something anymore give it to charity/sell it on or recycle it somehow.
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If you haven’t use or wore the item for a year just get read of it. Don’t get attach to anything. Been ruthless is the best principle. Ask a friend to help.
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Spend 15 minutes a day on one area
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Spend 15 minutes a day on one area, soon clears clutter
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My tip is that when decluttering set a timer for 15 minutes and declutter for 15 minutes – that way it isn’t a terrible chore. If necessary you can do several 15 minutes during the day.
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Use vacuum packs to store winter clothes under the bed
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