How did that happen???

I went to look for a tube of special toothpaste for Tim and I found that I couldn't easily see what I had under the bathroom sink...

I made up my mind there and then that as soon as Russell and Josh left for work and school this morning, I would get into that cupboard and get it sorted asap!

I took everything out, gave freebie soaps from hotels to charity. Same with containers and empty bottles. Also creams that were still unopened after six months all went...

Now everything is in groups again and easily accessible! Woohoo... So wrapped... And it only took 1/2 hour as well. Win, win!

Blessings,

Before picture... How easily it happens...

Everything out...

Overflow from under the sink...

Beautiful end result... ;)

Changing around...

The table that I use to make my jewelry was in the way of the dining table.

Yesterday, I asked the boys to help me move a few things around... The table was moved out of the dining area and into the bedroom. The china cabinet from Russell's mum was moved from our room to near the phone. The shoe cabinets are now together...

More decluttering was done at the same time. Needs more attention still...

Love the end result. Had a great time making some earrings and braclets today, in my new space...

Blessings,

I've moved the cabinets down further since this photo was taken. They're now centered ;)

Decluttering the fridge...

The surface of the fridge is something I'm always very aware of. It is also said that when the fridge is cluttered, then so are the main living areas of ones house... 

I absolutely love a clean and clear fridge... I used to have a million magnets and all sorts of receipts, posters and notes hanging off mine. I could barely get into the fridge, let alone see what was on the outside... That changed years ago and my mind is sooooo much better for it... I really don't handle living with clutter in my own home. It is suffocating to me... When I go to someone's house and they have clutter, I know I can escape that in a short period of time so it botheres me very little. After all, I'm there to see the person I'm visiting and not their stuff...

My fridge had a couple of things on there that didn't need to be...there were also four magnets that I didn't love anymore and weren't useful... So they left for charity :)

Loved my fridge before and now even more so :)

Blessings,

 

Decluttering...

But not deowning... That would be too stressful and I am learning to pick my battles...

Tim is in the process of getting rid of his heavy and very large bookcase... He is wanting the slimmer one that goes with his table. This means he has to put a heap of rocks and minerals into containers and for them to be stored under his bed. So far so good. He did get rid of allot of things too, so proud of him. 

Yesterday, when we started he was fine with getting rid of all his old pottery he made during one lot of holidays... Now he's not so sure...

All good as he has plenty of room under his bed. I just hope that storage will not break anything...

Blessings,

Diamond & stand, boot, bowl with gems on the edge, chook, two bowls...

Fridge Declutter...

Anyone that knows me, knows I love a good declutter session or better worded... Deowning session!

Did that to the fridge! Well, not me as I was off to work... But Russell and Josh did a fantastic job ;)

Blessings,

Shed update...

Getting there slowly. More things getting into the trailer too :) Bonus!!!

Blessings,

Shed Clean Out...

It's happening ever so slowly... More stuff is happening in the house and garden at present, so it's on the back burner a little...

This back corner is done though and that's great. Only problem is Russell thinks we need a cupboard in that corner now for all the bee keeping things that we need to store...

Oh boy...

Blessings,

Decluttering Josh's Room...

He went ruthless. I love it. The amount of stuff that he hadn't seen for ages was amazing... But now is gone :) Not just his stuff but things I had put in his wardrobe... All gone...

He's wrapped and can now see what I've been talking about with the wonderful end result of decluttering... He now gets it ;)

It's spurred me on to do the house again. Have already started with the kitchen and my side of the wardrobe :)

Blessings,

Oh la la...

I love clear sinks! I love clean bench tops! I love clutter free kitchens...

I might start decluttering again :) It's been a while and there are a couple of areas in the house that need a little attention ;)

Blessings,

Plastics tidy up...

It's a holiday job... Needed hubby around though to make sure I didn't cull the containers he wanted to keep. I'm ruthless and he would have ended up with less than half otherwise ;)

So now instead of two drawers full, we have only one :) Allot of complete sets will be offered at work in the cottages... The rest goes to charity :)

As long as they are out of my house :)

Now... Can't wait till the break between Christmas and New Year's... Watch out rest of the house... I'm onto you hehe

Cheers

Decluttering...

And so it keeps going... I have acquired a massive amounts of candles over the years... Just lately I've been using them up...

This one's from a friend of mine that thought of me when she was going through her very old stash :) Again thanks Sharon :)

I'm determined to use them all up. Some were so old they wouldn't even light properly lol.

So glad after not using them for a while I've started again :) So many still to go through :)

Cheers Damaris

Timothy's room, again...

This was a big one on my decluttering list and one that had to be done as a team. Meaning Russell, Timothy and I together...

This morning we woke to noises of Joshua cleaning up his whole room. He did a fantastic job. I ended up doing the library for him which was a job and a half but was glad to do that bit for him. :)

Timothy was a whole other story... He got on the computer first up and knew that he was not supposed to have done that... So then in the end we got him off the computer. Russell and him then proceeded to do the floor or try to find it anyway. There were loads of rocks and minerals out and about as he had been 'sorting' and were still there a couple of weeks later. Then we moved onto the bed and put all the folded clothes away that were clean, dirty clothes went into the laundry hamper. That is now full. :)

I went through the whole of his display cabinet as well and halved the rocks on display. All fitted really neatly under his bed. Yay!!!

His library I fixed up as well and he can't wait to sleep in his freshly made bed tonight... This job was enormous last time and this time took just two hours. I am soooo thankful that Timothy stayed on task that whole time, well mostly, and that Russell did such a great job with him... :)

Cheers Damaris

Decluttering...

Yep it was on the cards again... The toy box just had to go. The boys were not using it. It was only getting a work out whenever I had someone with kids over... That was fine but I didn't want a box around anymore just for those few occasions...

So I went to Crazy Clarks and look what I found... It is one of those plastic containers you put under your bed but these ones had different compartments. You can even take some of the slots out to make them bigger, which I did on one occasion...

Love it. Fits perfectly where I have it too. Got rid of the box which Russell can use in the shed and I have a nice and neat area. Now it is still used by kids but even easier to clean up afterwards. LOVE IT :)

Cheers Damaris

The work of Mice or Rats???

Not much left...

Russell has been decluttering the shed. And thank goodness too... This is what rats or mice, who knows did to a packet of cockroach bates... Not impressed... Just so glad that they are not in our house. lol

Cheers Damaris

Candles galore...

Candles...

A friend of mine was decluttering a few weeks ago... I was fortunate enough to score all her candles. Many of these were still from her father so they were very old... I am using them as I need them.

Am very thankful for them as it slows the need for me to buy supplies... :)

Cheers Damaris

Shelves, shelves and more shelves...

New table for the Shed...

Lots of room for storage :)

Didn't take long to fill this one...

Russell and Joshua have been very busy over the last few weekends that I have been working... They have made two massive shelves for the shed. We also made another two shelve table last Saturday before I left for work for the night. :)

The shed is looking better... Soon it will be organised. I realise that it is Russell's shed and that he is by no means as worried about clutter as I am but... You know... I just can't stand it...

Anyway he is well and truly on his way to having a tidy shed. Yay!!!

Cheers Damaris

Decluttering time :)

Russell and Joshua playing in the shed :)

Russell has been in his shed playing... And throwing out a whole heap of stuff that he doesn't need. Yay!!! What a hoarder... So now with allot of things gone and the cubby being outside also we can again play table tennis. :) Boys are loving it and so are Russell and I :)

Cheers Damaris

Decluttering, again...

Out of my house and blessing someone else :)

Last week on Friday the boys both stayed home from school. They were going to be cleaning at school part of the day anyway so they wanted to do their rooms instead... Was a great day to declutter their rooms... Just in time for School Holidays :)

I went through both the boys' rooms and not only were they tidied up but I also went through all of their clothes. Glad that Fiona and her family will be able to use the three bags I took to her. :) :)

So glad to have the drawers back to normal. No bulging out clothes anywhere. :) Now to keep them that way...

Cheers Damaris

Under the Bathroom Sink...

So much space. :)

This is another little job that doesn't take long but one that I wanted to get done today. I know stuff was lurking under there that needed to be in its proper home. So that is where it went. :)

I found old make up that was tossed and massage oil from The Body Shop that I have never used so that will go to Charity. They love me there as I have kept bringing all sorts of things over the last year. I love going to town with a full car of stuff to give away. I also give allot away to local families and regularly ask if there is anything that people might like. Best out of my house and into someone else's.

When we originally planned this house, Russell actually had a program on his computer that enabled us to measure our furniture and place it into the program. This way we knew before we even moved what furniture we could take and what we have to sell or give away. We came from a house that was nearly twice the size as this one so allot has had to go over the time. Freecycle got very lucky with allot of stuff. So did the neighbours across the road from where we used to live.

This is another reason why I can't just let anything into my house. Any piece of furniture, for example, that comes into the house must have another already homed piece removed in order to fit it in. There is no room for new stuff I am afraid and am quite happy with that actually as we don't need anything else. We have more than enough. We are happy with what we have and make good use of what we have. Less is more as they say and I totally agree with that...

Cheers Damaris

It is finally done...

Love my new look cupboard...

I have three linen cupboards... Two are actually used for linen and the other holds all sorts of bits and pieces. From spare tissue boxes to my hammer and needle and thread for hand sowing...

I needed to rearrange it and get it more flowing as it was in a bit of a pickle. So after procrastinating for the last six weeks about getting it done... I finally got it done yesterday. And what a relief it was so nice to see it finished. I went to bed last night with a huge boulder off my shoulders that is for sure.

There is nothing wrong with me keeping at myself to get it done I realise that but when I keep saying to myself I am going to get it done this week and don't do it... well it just gets me down after a while. To take it all out, sort, throw out stuff and donate a whole heap more and then rearrange and put it all back together took about four hours. Four hours well spent in my books. I love going in there now. :)

Joshua is finding it all strange too as he went there yesterday afternoon to get a pencil so that he could do his homework. Never mind he will get used it being there and not on the butchers block. I want to keep that free from clutter so in the cupboard in a neat box it goes.

I love it all nice and neat. Tidy is what I love and crave so that is what it will be :) Amazing the amount of things I found that I had no idea I had. I found two containers of Borax of all things. I had been looking everywhere to make some more homemade soap and there the last ingredient was all along. Amazing what you find when you tidy up :)

Cheers Damaris