LoopyChriss
Day 1 - 11th August
Time for another declutter. The last one in June got cut short because I ran out of energy and inspiration, but it’s back with a vengeance now! Since June things have steadily been accumulating again and we are now embarking on decorating two bedrooms, so all those things that got stashed in bedrooms just for somewhere to put them are now being sorted out.
Today’s offerings are mainly from the bedroom. From top left:
Wooden rocking chair that was given to us to give to our daughter when she had her baby in March 2008. Her house was never big enough to take it and when they moved it didn’t fit in either, so we inherited it and it was in our bedroom until today. We are minimising the furniture in our bedroom and this is now excess to our needs. This has gone on Freecycle.
The pleated lampshade from the bedroom has also gone on Freecycle. We are changing the colour scheme so will buy a new one.
The ugly ornament was originally on our charity stall to sell as Russian goods. No-one has bought it in 3 years, so it was given to me as a tombola prize. I really don’t think anyone would be thrilled to win that, so I’m giving it to Oxfam to see if they can sell it!
Hubby bought me the book on Victorian England for 10p from our local library. He got it a few years ago when I showed an interest in studying for an OU course, but I didn’t do the course and have never read the book! This too will go to Oxfam to see if they can find it a new home.
The wall bracket for TV has been in our bedroom ever since we moved in, in 1998. It has served us well but we feel that we’d like a change now and will be putting up some shelves to hold the new flat screen TV we hope to get when we decorate. This has been put on Freecycle.
The empty perfume bottle is one that I have only just finished. I used to keep empty ones in my underwear drawer to make them smell nice, but I have learnt now to just dispose of them as they empty! This is going in the glass recycling.
Hubby cleared out the garage last week and found an Umbro polo shirt. No idea whose it is as it is far too big for him. This is going either to Oxfam or to the homeless shelter we send our clothes to.
Old table mats. We bought a lovely new set and relegated the old set to the breakfast room. These are the ones from the breakfast room that didn’t match or had chunks taken out of them. They are going in the box for Oxfam.
TV from our bedroom. This has done us a treat, but we would like a flat screen one for the bedroom now. This TV, like all the other portable ones we’ve ever had, was given to us, so we’re giving it to someone else now through Freecycle.
The clock radio was in our bedroom for a good few years. We haven’t used it since Christmas 2008 as we have been sleeping in the spare room pending decorating our main bedroom. (Yes, it’s taken 8 months to finally get around to it!!). We don’t need a clock radio any more as hubby has given up work now (voluntary redundancy) so there’s no need for an alarm any more. And if we do, we’ve got all sorts of other devices that can wake us up! We’ll probably get another one when we’ve decorated and moved back in, but there’s no hurry, and this one is destined for Freecycle too.
Day 1 - 11th August
Time for another declutter. The last one in June got cut short because I ran out of energy and inspiration, but it’s back with a vengeance now! Since June things have steadily been accumulating again and we are now embarking on decorating two bedrooms, so all those things that got stashed in bedrooms just for somewhere to put them are now being sorted out.
Today’s offerings are mainly from the bedroom. From top left:
Wooden rocking chair that was given to us to give to our daughter when she had her baby in March 2008. Her house was never big enough to take it and when they moved it didn’t fit in either, so we inherited it and it was in our bedroom until today. We are minimising the furniture in our bedroom and this is now excess to our needs. This has gone on Freecycle.
The pleated lampshade from the bedroom has also gone on Freecycle. We are changing the colour scheme so will buy a new one.
The ugly ornament was originally on our charity stall to sell as Russian goods. No-one has bought it in 3 years, so it was given to me as a tombola prize. I really don’t think anyone would be thrilled to win that, so I’m giving it to Oxfam to see if they can sell it!
Hubby bought me the book on Victorian England for 10p from our local library. He got it a few years ago when I showed an interest in studying for an OU course, but I didn’t do the course and have never read the book! This too will go to Oxfam to see if they can find it a new home.
The wall bracket for TV has been in our bedroom ever since we moved in, in 1998. It has served us well but we feel that we’d like a change now and will be putting up some shelves to hold the new flat screen TV we hope to get when we decorate. This has been put on Freecycle.
The empty perfume bottle is one that I have only just finished. I used to keep empty ones in my underwear drawer to make them smell nice, but I have learnt now to just dispose of them as they empty! This is going in the glass recycling.
Hubby cleared out the garage last week and found an Umbro polo shirt. No idea whose it is as it is far too big for him. This is going either to Oxfam or to the homeless shelter we send our clothes to.
Old table mats. We bought a lovely new set and relegated the old set to the breakfast room. These are the ones from the breakfast room that didn’t match or had chunks taken out of them. They are going in the box for Oxfam.
TV from our bedroom. This has done us a treat, but we would like a flat screen one for the bedroom now. This TV, like all the other portable ones we’ve ever had, was given to us, so we’re giving it to someone else now through Freecycle.
The clock radio was in our bedroom for a good few years. We haven’t used it since Christmas 2008 as we have been sleeping in the spare room pending decorating our main bedroom. (Yes, it’s taken 8 months to finally get around to it!!). We don’t need a clock radio any more as hubby has given up work now (voluntary redundancy) so there’s no need for an alarm any more. And if we do, we’ve got all sorts of other devices that can wake us up! We’ll probably get another one when we’ve decorated and moved back in, but there’s no hurry, and this one is destined for Freecycle too.