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badkitti
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I'm moving from one rental property to another smaller one. Not only does this mean I've been going through stuff to recycle/chuck/donate, but I've an excuse to ask the husband to consider all his stuff too. Hurrah!

The Husband will get a garage at last so nothing of that ilk will darken my door again. Another hurrah!

I'm moving to a bungalow - no more stairs to hoover and store stuff on 'to be sorted later'. Triple Hurrah!

Today and tomorrow morning has been/will be spent getting the place tidy enough as we have viewings on tuesday/wednesday/thursday.

I'll add photos as I load up the new place - see how it comes together.

Posted 1 month ago #
Claycat
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Good luck with your move, badkitti! Pace yourself so you don't get too tired.

Posted 1 month ago #
Gypsie
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Good Luck with moving. DH and I will be moving this summer across the country. As we get ready to move and sell our house we will be taking the time to get rid of stuff. I love moving every few years!

Posted 1 month ago #
Laetitia in Australia
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Just moved 6 - 7 weeks ago; spent 5 - 6 weeks before than culling and sorting to reduce the packing; still got rid of lots of stuff at this end though. All the best with it.

Posted 1 month ago #
bandicoot
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what a perfect opportunity to get rid of stuff!

i've moved a lot in my lifetime but the rotation is slowing down lately.
right now we've been here for five years, and look set to be buried here.
we've got too much invested in the garden and workshop to want to move!
so, naturally, the stuff had started to accumulate....last year i got the uncluttering bug and part of my strategy is to pretend i am moving back into a small apartment again.

my husband knows when i've been watching hoarders... my efforts are redoubled for a few days, lol.

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Usually I just just moved all my things - as a student I didn't have much so never worried. However, I lived in this house for 7 years and got married, and, as you know, things accumulated. My stuff + His stuff = exponential the amount of stuff. Before heading to Africa we decluttered a lot and stored the remainder in a friend's house. When we moved back, we unpacked most stuff and decluttered agian. And yet, now I find even more stuff needs to be sorted through. H is starting to complain the hosue feels too empty.

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Right, as the place was tidy today for the viewers (and the Sun was shining for once!) here are some pics of the house inside and some piles of stuff tht has gone!

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Oh no, I forgot the link!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/sets/72157623274654875/

Posted 1 month ago #
Claycat
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You have been very busy, badkitti! It feels good when you can get rid of things! You go, girl!

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Thanks Claycat.

Pics of the new place added to the set, before I move in (I'm not that minimalist lol)

Posted 1 month ago #
bandicoot
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you are very busy!
lookit that pile of notes going out!

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Today's small project whilst watching Friends - took 1/2 hour!

Before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/4351082961/
After: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/4351085525/in/pool-hpad-2010

The big box I'd just stuffed all the stationery in before was emptied, pens were tested and boxes were repurposed. Huzzah!

I have a cupboard in the new place that will be my new reception station ( copyright Erin!) and the finished boxes will go in there.

Posted 1 month ago #
Claycat
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I had to look at the other photos, badkitti. I like the new bungalow! The built-in in the living room is great! Overall, it has a peaceful, calm feeling.

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Oh well Claycat, it probably won't stay that way next week as the husband and I do our usual moving day bickering lol.

I can't wait to get my book loving hands on those built in shelves!

the annoying thing is i have to wait til April for the sofas to arrive.

Posted 1 month ago #
Claycat
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Bummer!

I loved your new bed!

Posted 1 month ago #
Zora
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Badkitti, looking at your reorganized stuff ... it's an improvement, a great improvement, but ...

Since you've got several different types of things stored together, some on top of each other, you're going to have to unpack a whole bin to get at something on the bottom. I'd suggest getting a couple of the small, cheap, plastic drawer units so that all the colored pencils could go in one place, all the markers in another, etc. It would be an expense (which your current arrangement is not) but you might think it's worth after you unpacked and repacked a few times.

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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I agree Zora. Unfortunately, the husband is on a bit of apanic over the money we're spending moving (the new place is unfurnished and the old place wasn't so we've had to buy a bed and sofas.)so repurposing is the way to go for now, as I am agreeing with him. Your suggestions wil probably come further down the line. I hardly use coloured pencils anyways, and all the other pens in that tub are seperated by rubber bands so esy to remove.

I have a dream, that one day, each item will haveits own storage container!

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Right today, i've sorted out the junk drawers - the ones with candles, matches, spare keys, batteries etc in. And packed the plates and am just started on the mugs and glasses. The ornaments have been wrapped too.

I've just worked out that I can use my t-shirts to warp the mugs in - t-shirts are no longer unitaskers lol.

Here are photos of the drawers I should have taken a before but got stuck in too quick!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/4353588673/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/4354338914/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badkitti/4353595385

Posted 1 month ago #
badkitti
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Well, its move day - 1, so the house looks terrible now - boxes everywhere!

On the good side there is atleast tree more bags pf stuff to take to the charity shop.

I had one cupboard full of boxes - empty boxes - that electronic gadgets came in, some we no longer have! At least it was easy to persuade H to get rid of those! What a waste of cupboard space.

Posted 1 month ago #
charmed2482
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I hate moving, and my boyfriend just came home yesterday talking about applying for a job four hours from where we live now and asked how I felt about it. I want him to be happy so I told him to go ahead. I was kind meh about it for a while, then started thinking about all the uncluttering possibilities it could have for us and I'm way more optimistic about it now than I was yesterday. There's no guarantee any of it will even happen, but Its gotten me motivated to do more uncluttering regardless. If I won't keep it and haul it to a new place, there's not reason to keep it here now. I told him there is no way I am hauling all those book to yet another apartment. I just took a whole stack and listed them on bookmooch. Anything I can give away on Bookmooch before we move is going to the library.

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