Decluttering on Steriods

Moving took our de-cluttering challenge to a new level in May! I was at 248 items given away/sold/thrown away by the end of April, remember?

In May we purged more items than January, February, March, and April put together, including:

2 couches

1 armchair

2 bookshelves

1 television and tv stand

1 baby swing and 1 baby tub (baths in the sink from now on!)

1 full size bed with mattress and frame

Tons of clothes

Picture frames, unused kitchen items, extra towels

1 toaster oven

1 coffee table

More books

1 broken baby carrier

More Army gear

1 lamp....

and tons more. I have officially lost count, because in the week preceding our move and since we have arrived at our new apartment, we have been tossing stuff out left and right. If it doesn't fit, it goes (and with 700 sq ft, there's plenty that doesn't fit!).

Ah, I love the liberty of getting rid of STUFF. Less to maintain. :)

The month of May found us lighter by over 350 items, bringing our total number of items decluttered to over 600...and counting. Hooray!



This post is linked to Amy's Declutter Challenge and Things I Love Thursday. :)

Disclaimer: I am not actually taking any steriods! 

Decluttering on Steriods

April=Lots Less Stuff in our House

This month I made large leaps in the declutter challenge! Remember, my goal was to get rid of 234 things in 117 days. As of last month, I was up to 128 items.

I was planning on posting pictures of the big piles of stuff that we got rid of this past month, but my laptop seems to have a virus, so I'm on the older, slower laptop--without the pictures. BUT, here are the before and after pictures of the guest room that I previously showed you...most of the stuff in this room went to Goodwill.

In April, we got rid of an additional 120 items--books, picture frames, magazines, 2 huge duffle bags of Army gear, a broken carseat, an extra baby swing, and the list went on. This brings my total number of items out of my house of to 248, surpassing my goal!

There are exactly 27 days until our move, and we still have some major items to sell/get rid of, including 3 couches, a large television, the bed pictured, and various other pieces of furniture. And I still need to go through our walk-in closet....

I'm getting so excited about our move, and about living more simply with less stuff to maintain.

This post is linked to Amy's Declutter Challenge. Click over and see how everyone else is doing in their efforts to get rid of the needless things that clutter our lives. :)

April=Lots Less Stuff in our House

Spring Cleaning Part 2

Last week we were showing our house to potential renters. And we found some! We're very thankful and glad to check that off the list of "things to do before we move." Andrew and I spent a day last week cleaning like mad. I was expecting to do my spring cleaning a little more gradually, but we had people coming to see the house and we had to move it. Here are some before pictures.

The office, looking like a paper tornado blew thru

The guest room, which has been our catch all room lately

The bookshelf in our bedroom

After cleaning all day, these areas looked so much better (look below for after pictures), AND the rest of the house was shining as well. It's amazing what 2 people can get done in a day! A big thanks to my hubby for being so helpful--he's awesome. We even tackled 2 of the 4 bedroom closets (that is my last remaining cleaning/decluttering task).

AFTER pictures:

The office

Guest Room

Bedroom bookshelf

Time to start boxing things up for the move...
We also got rid of lots of stuff, but I'll update you on that at the beginning of next month!

~Alicia

This post is linked to Clear Out The Clutter over at Money Saving Mom ,Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage, and The Spring Clean Along at Life as Mom.

Spring Cleaning Part 2

March Declutter Update--Finally Making Some Headway

Only 5 items left my house last month, so I knew I had to do better this month! If you remember, my challenge for myself has been to get rid of 234 things in 117 days--the countdown until our move.

I took a trip to Goodwill early in the month and got rid of 27 items...3 comforters (those things were space killers!), several baby items, books, several odds and ends.

Then last week, my hubby and I went through our bookshelves. From our 5 extremely full bookshelves we pulled 60 books out to get rid off! And I already sold one of them on Half.com for $50. Sweet! :)

That brings my total for the month up to 87 items. AND, there is another pile of stuff in our guest room ready to go.

This brings the total to:
January: 34
February: 5
March: 87
Total: 128

61 days to go until we move!!! 106 things (at least) to go...

Check out who else is cleaning out their closets over at Amy's Declutter Challenge. :)

~Alicia

March Declutter Update--Finally Making Some Headway

Declutter Challenge: A February Flop

Did I do a lot of decluttering in February? Um....

Not so much.

I got rid of a total of 5 things. *shame* So I'm up to 41. And there are only 89 days 'til our move! Ack! I've got to get this ball rolling.

There is an exciting thing coming up in March, however. My husband goes to his last drill ever with the United States Army! Then he'll be done with his military service! That means that TONS of military gear can leave our house and go back to it's government home. *relief*

Sooooo, I have a lot of catching up to do this month with decluttering. I do not want to wait til the month before we move to get rid of everything!

89 days to go, 193 things to get rid of!

~Alicia

Declutter Challenge: A February Flop

Revisiting the Declutter Challenge

In box below are the first 34 items that I am getting rid of in my declutter challenge (the diapers will go to a friend). In the process of going through my things, I realized that I need to up my number of things to get rid of! I said 117 things in 117 days oringinally, but there are 34 things in this box, and it hardly takes up any space! I need to create SPACE!


So, let's double it. 234 things in 117 days. 34 things down, and I have 109 days to go until our big move!

Alicia

Revisiting the Declutter Challenge

Declutter Challenge

We are moving in 117 days. Our family of 3 will be transitioning from a 1700 square foot, 4 bedroom, 2 bath home to a small apartment--probably 2 bedrooms, one bath.

When we first moved into our current house, I thought, "There's no we'll be able to fill all four of these rooms!"

Well, 2 years and a baby later...they are filled! Ooops.

So it's time to downsize! I am joining Amy at Amy's Finer Things in her Declutter Challenge. My short term goal is to get rid of one thing for each day that we have left before the move. 117 things in 117 days. After we move, I might set a new goal, but I'll start with this and see how it goes!

~Alicia

Declutter Challenge