For Days 2 and 3 of my 20 Day Decluttering Challenge, I decided to tackle one of my major problem areas: the spare bedroom.
I couldn’t get a photo of it, but the underneath of the bed was packed from one side to the other with boxes, old clothes and random junk. Here’s what it looked like when I pulled it out:
Believe it or not, this is how much was under there after I cleaned it out last year. Yikes.
This time, I did much better. I was armed with steely determination, and ready to crush any emotional attachments that I was holding on to. Maybe it was because I was mentally prepared, but I didn’t find it too hard at all to start tossing things out. There were many things that I couldn’t believe I’d ever thought were worth keeping.
Here’s the before and after:
Not bad, huh? All I kept were a couple of keepsakes from my grandparents, some photo frames, a couple of bits of jewellery and a few other knick knacks.
My Day 3 task was to tackle the chest at the end of the spare bed, which was packed with clothes that I don’t wear, but hadn’t yet been able to let go of (plus a few of my childhood toys – you just can’t throw out your old friends!).
Here’s a before and after of the chest:
I got rid of a lot of the clothes (and even a few of the toys), but not all of them. I didn’t put them back in the chest though – if I’m going to keep them, I have to wear them, so they are going in the closet. I used the huge amount of space that I’d cleared in the chest to store the box full of keepsakes that was previously under the bed.
To give you a better idea of how many clothes I tossed, here’s a comparison of the clothes that were in the chest and the clothes that I decided to keep. Not too bad!
And here is my ever growing donation pile, which is incredibly satisfying to look at!
Looking good your doing amazing work!!
Go you!!! All you need is a constant thought in your head- do i really need this? Most of the time its a no and that is how your donation pile grows! I beat you will feel fantastic with each achievement and each area you clean. Very inspiring and my goal over the next few weeks to de-clutter our stuff before moving again so we move less :) Go Tamara!!!!