50 Things To Declutter

We’re on a mission to declutter in our house lately! Last weekend my husband and I watched the documentary Minimalism: A Documentary About The Important Things. The next day we both went through our closets, getting rid of lots of old clothes. I passed my clothes along to a friend’s daughter (should I be worried a teenager likes my clothes?). We are going to donate my husband’s clothes. When I went through my closet I put everything back on hangers backwards, so when it’s used I will put it back the right way, and I will know what I haven’t worn in 6-9 months and then it can be donated. It’s hard to believe how much you have until you are going through it!

My dog Ellie enjoying her clothes nest before we bagged it up!

Since then we have gone through our books, threw out old magazines, and I have downsized my digital life as well! Here are some things to start going through! Obviously you don’t have to do this all at once, pick one room or category a day or week until it’s all done! I can’t tell you how much better I feel looking at my more organized closet and book shelf.

New and Improved closet!

50 Things To Get Rid Of To Declutter

Kitchen
1. Mugs you don’t like / never use
2. Food that’s been in the fridge / freezer forever
3. Plastic containers that are broken or don’t have lids, etc.
4. Doubles of cooking utensils
5. Extra pots and pans you never use
6. Plastic bags

Living Room
7. Old magazines
8. Books you don’t like or will never read again
9. DVDs or CDs you don’t watch/listen to
10. Toys your kids don’t use or have grown out of
11. Board games you don’t use or are missing pieces
12. Candles you don’t burn
13. Knick knacks you don’t love

Bedroom / Closet
14. Clothes you don’t wear or are ripped, etc.
15. Socks or underwear with holes
16. Old photos that mean nothing to you
17. Shoes you don’t wear
18. Old phones / electronics
19. Worn out sheets / bedding
20. Purses you don’t use
21. Old jewelry you don’t wear or like
22. Extra hangers
23. Shoe boxes
24. Old pillows
25. Random buttons
26. Stuffed animals that aren’t special to you

Bathroom
27. Towels that are worn
28. Old nail polish
29. Old makeup
30. Old toothbrushes
31. Expired medication
32. Old perfume
33. Travel size toiletries you’ll never use

Office
34. Junk mail
35. Old newspapers
36. Old text books
37. Receipts you don’t need
38. Pens that don’t work
39. Old school work you don’t need anymore

Items in storage
40. Décor you don’t use or like
41. Christmas decorations you don’t use
42. Christmas lights that don’t work
43. Any boxes you haven’t opened in years
44. Old costumes

Digital life
45. Old emails
46. Unsubscribe from mailing lists you don’t read
47. Photos on your phone or computer that are bad / duplicates
48. Old documents you don’t need anymore
49. Outdated contacts
50. Apps you don’t use

Obviously everything isn’t all garbage! Anything that can be passed along please donate to a friend in need, a charity or shelter. Some things you could even sell!

Do you have any tips to declutter? Anything to add to my list?

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