Are you decluttering your home and wondering where on earth to start?
These are 101 things you can declutter and get rid of right now!
If you are looking for more decluttering motivation, check out my post about the top reasons why you need to get going with decluttering today!
Paperwork
1. Expired coupons
2. Old receipts
3. Old diaries
4. Filled notebooks
5. Old wedding invitation guest information sheets (store sentimental invitations)
6. Empty pens and random lids
7. Electrical manuals for products you no longer own
8. Electrical manuals where you can replace with a digital version available for download
9. Stationery you have no intention of using – including notes and post-its
10. Old birthday and Christmas cards
11. Old train tickets (check you don’t need them for business expenses)
12. Takeaway menus
13. Out of date product guarantees
14. Magazines
15. Newspapers
16. Supermarket recipe cards you have no plans to use
17. Very old payslips (older than three years)
18. Business cards
Bathroom
19. Old make-up – you shouldn’t keep eye and face products longer than six months
20. Excess make-up brushes
21. Empty or dried up nail polish
22. Perfume you never use
23. Out of date medicine and vitamins
24. Hair ties where the elastic has broken
25. Miniatures – use them this week or bin them
26. Sample sachets
27. Excess hair pins
28. Expired sunscreen
29. Old razors
30. Old toothbrushes
31. Mouldy bathroom toys
Kitchen
32. Wooden spoons (you only need two!)
33. Old plates and crockery you never use
34. Chipped glasses and mugs
35. Extra pairs of scissors
36. Extra cups and mugs
37. Plastic cutlery38. Expired food
39. Ingredients you will never use
40. Extra cookie cutters you never use
41. Travel mugs and flasks you don’t use
42. Gadgets you never use – for example pasta roller, masher
43. Baking trays and pans that have become scratched and too worn for use
44. Excess boxes of matches you haven’t used
45. Recipe books you have never used or use very little
46. Old shopping bags
47. Disposable shopping bags
48. Freezer items past their best
Linen or airing cupboard
49. Towels you never use
50. Duvet and pillow covers you haven’t used in a long time
51. Excess bed sheets
52. Baby sleeping bags your child has grown out of
Living room
53. Books you’ve read and won’t be reading again
54. DVDs – Be really ruthless with these as so many films are now available to stream through services such as Netflix that you probably already have!
55. Old CDs
56. Old technology you don’t use such as MiniDiscs and VHS tapes
57. Unusable candles
Office
58. Dried out glue sticks
59. Empty markers
60. Dead batteries
61 Old computer games
62. Old computer parts and accessories
Bedroom
63. Clothes you never wear
64. Socks with holes
65. Odd socks
66. Gifts you have never used
67. Old sunglasses
68. Odd earrings
69. Tarnished jewellery
70. Excess make-up and toiletries bags
71. Hobby kit you never use or do not need
72. Excess coat hangers
73. Bags and purses you never use
74. Belts you don’t wear
75. Shoes that give you blisters
Kids’ rooms
76. Toys they never play with
77. Nappies that no longer fit
78. Socks with holes
79. Clothes that don’t fit and can’t be handed down to a younger sibling
80. Books they never read
81. Toys with missing pieces and parts
82. Broken toys
83. Completed colouring and sticker books
84. Old drawings and craft projects – I know some people want to keep everything but I think you need to draw a line if your child is making 10 things a day at nursery! Keep the stuff you really love and means something to you, and get rid of anything else.
85. Dried up wet wipes
Garage
86. Old paint
87. Excess floor tiles and material
88. Furniture that will never make its way back into the house
89. Broken tools
90. Excess tools
91. Christmas lights that don’t work
92. Christmas decorations that are broken or you won’t use again
93. Sports equipment you never use
94. Broken outdoor chairs
95. Mouldy outdoor seat covers
96. Old pet supplies
97. Dried up paint brushes and rollers
Miscellaneous
98. Old mobile phone covers and chargers
99. Old mobile phones
100. Store loyalty cards you don’t use
101. Spare change – bag it up and pay it into the bank!
