If you are considering and planning for a spring cleaning, the best preparation is to clear out the clutter, unused, broken, or unwanted items in each room of your home. Sort each item into 1 of 3 piles: donate, sell, throw away/recycle. Here are some items that you will want to consider getting rid of.
- Unwanted, unused appliances
- Broken items
- Expired items
- Outgrown clothing/shoes
- Clutter and piles of paper
- Hidden clutter/piles in closets/drawers
- Media/books that are no longer enjoyed
- Items you "plan" to reuse (just get rid of it)
- Unused, outgrown toys/games
- Unnecessary, extraneous furniture/collectibles
7 Comments:
I've been doing this slowly... room by room. It feels great!!! But you left something off your list. The Children! Because you know if you purged your children from each room you would have a MUCH tidier house!!
With a 15yo, a 3yo and a hubs who acts like a teenager, I agree with EntertainingMom.
Who would we blame ALL the mess on though... =)
My mother would take all but just a few of our favorite toys to goodwill each christmas eve - I was in my twenties before I realized.
Great list. I have to do this at my house.
This is a fantastic list - - thanks so much for sharing... and posting it as a download!
Oh absolutely. I like to go through my things at least twice a year because it's amazing. I can always come up with something to get rid of. I love your website. I have been on it before but could not remember the name. So glad I know now so I can add it to my list....get it, list! (hehehe)
Great list, and thanks for the worksheet! I definitely need to do periodic room by room purges in order to keep things under control.
Thanks for linking up too, I knew you would have some great organizing posts! :)
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