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Decluttering and home maintenance

Decluttering and home maintenance

When MI crisis happens, keeping house can take low priority. But having a messy house can further dent what is often an already low self esteem. Build up of grime follows and rodents have a field day in inaccessible places.

Getting that 2 minute job done (that has been annoying you for years) can lift ones spirit.

I have slowly been decluttering and tidying up our house. The progress made thus far has been achieved primarily by persistently dealing with one item a day.

What has often kept me going has been the encouragement from others @Faith-and-Hope, @Smc @Determined @Shaz51

This tip passed on to me today. Hang all your clothes in the wardrobe with the hanger back to front. As you wear them, return them with the hanger the right way round. In 6-12 months review all items that remain on back to front hangers with a view to donating/selling them.

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haaaaaa my super @Bunniekins , i knew you would understand with mr shaz xxxx

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Lots of cleaning up happening here too.have a trailor ready to take to tip tomorrow

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I understand @Shaz51 , if you lived near by, I would have invited Mr Shaz to help himself to the pickings from our shed 😀.

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'Onya @outlander @Bunniekins

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ha ha I am not building another shed @Former-Member

Mr shaz has told his mum to leave his dad`s stuff in her shed for later xx

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@Shaz51

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ha ha add a couple of more @Former-Member

mr shaz`s dad ( my FIL ) who has passed away has 3 or 4 of everything in his sheds

my SIL wants to clean all the sheds out but my MIL says "no , because they all belong to mr shaz "

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Sounds like everyone has been productive this week!

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Yikes @Shaz51 glad it is not me having to sort through the inheritance.

Have been thinking of how we can better store our tools so I don't get stressed.

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@Former-Member, handtools or rakes, shovels etc. or powertools...?
Handtools are usually best on a toolboard or hanging rack, long handled tools in some sort of broom cupboard setup or broom rack. Powertools often are best with some kind of pigeopnhole shelving, except each "pigeon" tends to be a different size and shape to the others.
Had a stickybeak online. There's a million and one ideas out there. I think a lot of blokes are kinda proud of their shed organising skills. 😛 (Fair enough too.)

"The Studley Tool Chest"- literally has the reputation of the internet's prettiest toolbox. 🙂

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