Decluttering idea

Post from Scott Adams’ blog.
I love the idea of cubby holes at the top and bottom of the flight of stairs. I remember doing way more trips up and down the stairs in either of the two heritage houses that my family owned. Big stairs, long trip if you forgot something.
If I had to rebuild [...]

Is it time for the tree yet?

Kristina’s post about holiday decorations has reminded me I’d better get my act together.
For a number of years, I’ve been pretty slack putting up Christmas decorations. For a couple of years, I didn’t even manage to put up a Christmas tree. Cards were stuck around the edge of the buffet and I found a couple [...]

Gardening and Decluttering

I decided to be brave and spend some of my hard-earned cash on a gardener. He has made fantastic progress with the front garden, aka Messy Anonymous Spiky Green Stuff Central. There’s a lavender bush that is still OK, a leucospernum which is still trying to flower, an anonymous shrub and two enormous gum [...]

Decluttering – who’s winning?

An article from The Sydney Morning Herald looks at one woman who has started to fight clutter in her home. I can relate to this!
Surveying the mountain of clothes, jumbled toys and over-stuffed bookshelf, I fear the plan is too optimistic. Especially when a barrier of plastic tubs, dining chairs and baskets of cords [...]

Nesting

I honestly thought that nesting was something that pregnant women only did to their own houses or apartments. That final burst of energy, zooming around and making a nursery look “just right”, sorting out cupboards and wardrobes, eyeing off the garage with hungry eyes, and in the background, there is their partner rushing out to [...]

Queen of Clean Looks at her List

For everyone’s delectation, here is my to-do list for the next couple of days. In deference to my asthma problems, nearly all of these can be achieved with soap, water, lemon juice and elbow grease. The mould will be zapped by DH, I hope.
1. Scrub out the microwave oven.
2. Pull out the griller tray and [...]

Reduce, re-use, recycle

I can’t be the only person who is thoroughly sick of being exhorted and entreated to reduce, re-use and recycle.  Most of the public relations bumf that comes from various govt agencies and non-profit organisations assumes that we are all starting from a position of being spendthrift wastrels who seek to fill in municipal and [...]

Bargains – Free! Out they go!

Why such a title? Well, I got rid of another bag of things I no longer want or need today by taking them to our local church’s op shop. It’s been helpful to me to listen to those who sort out clothes and goods there, finding out what they think will sell, what can’t, [...]

Ms Clutter, that’s me!

My decluttering project is going ahead very very slowly. Yesterday there was a unexpected boost. Instead of having a nap (what’s better than a nap on a hot Saturday afternoon? No, don’t answer that!), I tackled two boxes near the bookcase and three boxes in my study.
The two near the bookcase were full of uni [...]