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Category Archives: Declutter

{Decluttering} Mt Junk Mail

{From the Archives} Task 28 – Throw away all junk mail Majority of mail we recieve is junk mail.  It is easy to accumulate a mountain of it especially in your busy zones such as the kitchen bench, dining table or the office desk, which makes these area’s look untidy. Take control of your junk mail! …

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{Decluttering} One Shelf

#26 One Shelf Today I would like you to set aside 20 minutes to clean one shelf in your house, any shelf of your choosing.  Sort through through the contents and consider if you really need to keep each item or where a better home for it maybe. I want to show you this shelf…

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{Decluttering} Wardrobe Cabinets

#26 Wardrobe What do you keep in your wardrobe that necessarily shouldn’t be in there?  Does it belong in the shed, the office, or in the laundry?  Today I would like you to find at least 5 items and place them in a better home and find 5 items to declutter from your wardrobe.  Not clothes…

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{Decluttering} Handbags

#25 Handbags This month I will be discussing Wardrobe Organisation, each week will be a different area we are going to clean, declutter and organise.  This week…handbags!! Decluttering your handbag collection maybe heart breaking, but please consider the following: Have you used it in the past 6 months? Does it still function well? Can you see…

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{Decluttering} Odd socks

Join me in a week of decluttering. Please comment below if your able to part with today’s suggestion, I would love to hear from you. Are you following the Declutter 52 things in 52 weeks challenge, more info HERE, it’s never to late to start! #24 Odd Socks I have mentioned before that I buy…

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{Decluttering} Plastic Bags

Join me in a week of decluttering. Please comment below if your able to part with today’s suggestion, I would love to hear from you. Are you following the Declutter 52 things in 52 weeks challenge, more info HERE, it’s never to late to start! #24 Plastic Bags Do you have a big pile of plastic…

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{Declutter} Around your kitchen sink

Join me in a week of decluttering. Please comment below if your able to part with today’s suggestion, I would love to hear from you. Are you following the Declutter 52 things in 52 weeks challenge, more info HERE, it’s never to late to start! #20 Around the kitchen sink Today’s quick decluttering task is…

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{Decluttering} Unused exercise equipment

Join me in a week of decluttering.  Please comment below if your able to part with today’s suggestion, I would love to hear from you.  Are you following the Declutter 52 things in 52 weeks challenge, more info HERE, it’s never to late to start! #19 – Unused Exercise Equipment Do you have unused exercise equipment…

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