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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Try and get the kids involved and make it fun. Make it a race/game or have something fun to do after they have spent a certain amount of time decluttering their rooms.
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I have a good decluttering when I do a spring clean…a fresh start
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At the end of the summer I clear out all the summer clothes that I thought I might wear before summer had started but didn’t, and I do the same at the end of the winter. If I haven’t worn them all summer/winter I’m certainly not going to wear them NEXT summer/winter. I also break my decluttering down into manageable bites so each task is not too daunting and I know I will be able to finish. I might declutter one kitchen drawer without losing enthusiasm but if I tackled the whole kitchen at once I’d lose the will to live before I got very far!
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With your wardrobe, clear out everything which you haven’t worn in 3 months. Books are taken to the charity shop once they are re-read unless I know I will really want to read it again! All CDs are loaded into the computer and put in the loft for safe keeping 🙂
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Chuck out anything that has not seen the light of day for years – be strict and strong.
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I swear by the Marie Kondo method and her Life Changing Magic of tidying book.
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Be ruthless. Get rid of things you’ve not used in over a year, or forgot you had.
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Break it down into manageable sections.
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I’m really bad for hoarding kitchen utensils and gadgets- my tip for de-cluttering these is to throw out anything that is broken instead of leaving it in a drawer in the hope i’ll fix it one day (I never get round to it!)
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Keep on top of it, just a few hours of decluttering every month can be enough to stop things piling up
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Thank you 🙂
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Use old loo rolls in a shoe box to store wires/chargers etc. It stops them getting tangled together and makes them easier to identify
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Pack away your winter or summer clothes when coming into a new season. I’ve just packed away my summer clothes and got my winter ones out. I now have a lot more hanging space to make way for buying new winter clothes. I’ve also packed away my summer night wear, socks, shoes and sandals
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I’m pretty ruthless with de-cluttering. Every year I go through all of my clothes and if I have not worn them the previous year they go to charity. I also put all my summer/spring clothes in the loft out of the way.
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when tidying your wardrobe, turn the hangers in the opposite way from normal ~and when they have been worn put them the “normal” way that way you will be able to tell what clothes you have not worn within a certain time frame, and can donate them to charity
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Be ruthless!
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Get some boxes and organize items into what you want and what you don’t want
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If you can’t remember the last time you wore it or used it, time to go
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Set small targets such as one cupboard/drawer at a time so it’s less daunting
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I agree with most of the other things on here, if it hasn’t been used, even if it’s brand new then you have to ruthless or you will hoard it forever!
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be ruthless – if you havent used it in the last year – you dont need it!
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I am rubbish at decluttering and as soon as I do, I need what I got rid of
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Wow, such a difference to your cupboards, I definitely need to try that one out!
My best decluttering tip is to think to yourself “will I still need/want it in a years time” and if it’s a no, it’s got to go!
My local charity shop love me, haha.
My mum is a big hoarder, so I’m quite strict with myself in decluttering!
StephLeaMead X
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Get someone else to help you, it’s usually easier for others to see where you need help.
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End of every season, declutter by making bin, charity or store away piles
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i declutter every three months, if you havent used it or worn it in three months you wont miss it… 🙂
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Break it down and do it by stages – pick a small area and clear that, if you really struggle to let things go put them in a box or bag and if you haven’t missed them in a couple of months get rid of the box/bag without looking in it!
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be ruthless and donate/recycle/freecycle stuff you know that you will be unlikely to use
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If you didn’t use it for a long time, you don’t need it!
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If you haven’t worn it for a year – let it go!
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If it hasn’t been out of the cupboard or wardrobe since the last decluttering, then get rid
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I ask myself Have I used this in he last 18 months & if the answer is no then it’s off to the charity shop, Ebay or Freecycle
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choose a day and blitz a room at a time putting anything you haven’t used for over a year in a bin bag or in a pile to sale.
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Be Tough with yourself,sort out little & often as sometimes 1 big declutter can be daunting & seem impossible
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I love the 12-12-12 Challenge. A simple task of locating 12 items to throw away, 12 items to donate, and 12 items to put where it belongs
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If you have not used an item of clothing for over 2 years take it to the Charity Shopfor
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We will put things we don’t think we use in a box or a drawer and set ourselves a time limit, say 3 months, and anything still in the box (unused) after the time limit goes – it stops us leaving things in the back of a drawer for years because they aren’t “in the way” but really we don’t need them. Also we have a rule if we buy something new we have to get rid of something – so if we buy a new pair of shoes, we have to get rid of a pair of shoes. Not only does this stop us getting clutter, it makes us think twice before impulse buying.
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On a nasty day i do a spring draw/cupboard clean out it soon cheers me up seeing old objects and old items and unused get taken to the local charty shop
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Start with one room at a time,if you havent used an Item for 6 months throw It,Very theraputic giving to charity
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Don’t try to do it all at once. Break it down into manageable chunks
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Find a cluttered area, empty the whole thing out and just put back what you want to keep. It’s much easier to declutter that way as you wont want to put mess back!
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Anything you can’t part with put in storage boxes in attic, but if you really don’t need or use it then throw it away.
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throw away things you havent used for a long time
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Put stuff in a box and put it in the garage. If you haven’t needed it for three months take it to a chartiy shop
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Just do a little at a time and you’ll be surprised how quick you bcan get things done. If you leave it till everything needs doing it’s going to take ages and feel like a massive burden.
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If you can’t remember the last time you wore it you don’t need it. Give it to a charity shop
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If you have a clutter problem and it all seems too much then just tackle a small area, perhaps and corner or a cupboard, one day at a time. It is more manageable this way and real headway can be made.
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Sort into absolute rubbish for dustbin, recycling, charity shop donation and must keep. By sending items to charity shops you will feel you are doing something worthwhile
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Be ruthless. If you aren’t you won’t succeed
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get rid of all that stuff you never use/wear and then obey the one in, one out rule!
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