I would definitely have more space in my cupboards if I didn't have multiples of the same thing ...
eg magazines
wool
books
tins
baskets
bowls
vases
types of clothing
material
craft items
shampoo
aftershave
toilet rolls
crocheted blankets
duvets
duvet covers
pillow cases
... to name but a few!
As part of my de-cluttering I am ridding myself of books and some of the first to go are those of Charles Dickens. We saved a full set on one of our forays to the tip (DH knows how to treat a girl!) and they have decorated shelves ever since. I have read a few and intended to read every single one. Now we have decorated it is time to cull and I can read the stories I haven't read yet online - and the print would be a lot larger.
So, off to the CS go the books and I've already made a start reading CD's books in order online. Now there's more space made.
The trouble is - I want to fill it!
I know what you're talking about, every time I empty a space things expand and fill it right back up.
ReplyDeleteI have now succumbed to the "if I bring in one more thing at least 2 have to leave". So far.... I haven't brought anything in and have gotten quite a few things out. Keeping my fingers crossed that this continues.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I know what you mean. Do you have a community library in your area. They took all my books.. Magazines were the first thin I got rid of they went on free cycle and some one took them all, mostly cross-stitch mags which I had about ten bags full.
ReplyDeleteJulie xxx
what committment. I can't seem to do that just yet...
ReplyDeleteI really need to cull my bookshelves. We have so many books that are just lingering becasue we can't bear to part with them. As soon as I feel stronger (flu bug) I will have a thorough sort through the shelves and pass on any that we won't read.
ReplyDeleteThere is something therapeutic about having a sort out. I always donate to the hospice shop and love the idea that my unwanted items are helping others and giving money to charity.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fact - a space can't just stay empty. We have to fill it with something! We have a large two-storey loft. We keep 'downsizing' it and then one of the children will ask if we can store something for a while. Trouble is - some of those 'whiles' end up being three or four years!
ReplyDeleteDe-cluttering!!! Yesssssss!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe eliminated books too. Not all books, but ones we obviously will not read again. And I use our Library System. And "cheap/free" books, on Kindle on my tablet.
I did not want to *Abandon The Printed Word*! But my husband's eyesight is very poor, and not all books come in Large Print. So we got him a tablet, on Kindle. It has been wonderful for him.
I tried some, and it was wonderful for me too, to be able to enlarge print, to comfortable-for-me. I can still read regular print, so I do get Library books.
But I am no longer a *True Purist* about The Printed Page. :-)
De-clutter on! And I will be right behind you! :-)