Comments on: Decluttering Tips That Really Work https://www.polishedhabitat.com/decluttering-tips-really-work/ Combining Beauty & Function for a Stylish Organized Home Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melissa George https://www.polishedhabitat.com/decluttering-tips-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-277627 Sun, 13 Jan 2019 15:08:01 +0000 https://www.polishedhabitat.com/?p=10939#comment-277627 In reply to Patricia.

What a blessing that you had done SO much work before the downsizing! And it’s great to hear that you rarely even being to miss the things you purged. I definitely agree with you for all the things I donated from our kitchen last year.

]]> By: Patricia https://www.polishedhabitat.com/decluttering-tips-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-276911 Sun, 30 Dec 2018 15:30:21 +0000 https://www.polishedhabitat.com/?p=10939#comment-276911 I did the oven approach for about six months (closets alone took forever!) I bullet journaled what I had to do each week/month and gradually worked my way along. I’d planned on finishing every closet, cupboard and shelf on the top floor of our house when my husband (who had health issues prompting our upcoming “someday” move) told me he needed to move NOW. And in the next month and a half, I microwaved through the rest of the house (just the parts I had to do) and we moved from a four bedroom two story with basement into a two bedroom condo with absolutely nothing packed away in storage lockers. And this only worked because I’d been nibbling away at this for years.

Years earlier I’d decided when we did move, we’d pick out just what we needed to move into our new home and leave the rest to be sold in an estate sale (family had a free shop the house day first) and the leftovers got donated.

Every now and then I’ll think of something like “I wish I still had champagne flutes for New Year’s eve”. Except not really. I bought a couple packs of all purpose wine glasses from Ikea that can go in the dishwasher and they’re just fine. And that’s true of anything I might “miss”. I almost never used it or I would have moved it. And that’s true of 98% of your stuff. If you love it, use it and value it, you’ll keep it.

It also helped me stop shopping. I mostly don’t go into stores anymore. I gave away so much stuff I don’t want to buy back the junk I gave away for free.

]]> By: Diana Lopes https://www.polishedhabitat.com/decluttering-tips-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-269604 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:07:05 +0000 https://www.polishedhabitat.com/?p=10939#comment-269604 I simply love these tips! They’ll definitely make my organizing much easier. Thanks!

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