How to De-Clutter

[wolfy999]

I can hardly wait to see DP's progress.....should be interesting!

[MouseWife]

This is a topic I deal with daily. All of your reasons/stories, I can relate.

But, like NA, I am quite attached to my books, records, cds, movies. I also am an avid photographer {not so great, but, I love to do it and love looking through albums} and collect toys.

Oooo, I know what is going through your minds {messy messy messy!!}. And, yeah, not the tidiest of homes. I have become more organized with my 'schtuff'. I do want to keep things, so, I have gotten rid of a lot of other things. I have gotten rid of things that we don't need and I box up things we want but don't want laying around.

That is a great price for storage, DP.

Thanks for the reminder of the clothes for working women. Also, right now they are taking donations for fire victims. Oh, and the winter homeless shelter opened up yesterday {I think} and they always need things.

Umm...that seems off topic...

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by 3894

Dress for Success is the organization. I understand that they are very glad of donations and most especially looking for larger-sized professional women's clothing.

Thanks for the link! Goodness knows I have plenty of exactly what they're looking for.

Originally Posted by MouseWife

But, like NA, I am quite attached to my books, records, cds, movies. I also am an avid photographer {not so great, but, I love to do it and love looking through albums} and collect toys.

We took our 400+ CD collection and 200+ DVD collection and put them in binders (with the cover art) and chucked the cases, and stored some of the cases that have collectible value. It has saved us a load of room, and it also makes it very easy to carry over to friends' homes to share.

As for our Disney collection, it stays - it's not like I'm diminishing to "one item per shelf" or anything. It will still be pretty elaborate/overloaded, but there won't be stuff crammed in boxes or waiting to avalanche from closet shelves. And, it will stay dusted on a regular basis. And, we're making the rule that the floor is for furniture and a few select large pieces (like these few jumbo Disney statues we have) only. Shoes go in the closet, purses/bags have hooks, etc. So far, it's looking really good, and it's not costing us any time at all to keep a tidy home, always ready for guests at a moment's notice. It's amazing at how less stressed we are already.

One of the show's main tips was to respect those things that you cherish by displaying and treating them properly.