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52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Project One

January 6, 2015 By Victoria 6 Comments

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Last updated on July 6th, 2021 at 05:13 pm

This week went by really fast, and I will be honest I left my decluttering project until yesterday evening. Honestly this is one New Year’s goal I wouldn’t keep if it wasn’t for all of you that are joining along with me.

Which is why I decided to create a Facebook group for all of us. I am calling it Snail Pace Goal Clutter Removers so that I can use it for those of you who might not be joining me for 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home.  You can find and join it here.

Now for what  I decluttered this week.

bookcase before

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I decided to start in the room we call our library room. I started with the small wooden bookcase that holds the kids books. A lot of these books are too young for my children and others we could easily get at the library if needed.

books for saleI ended up with almost an entire box of books to put away until the annual homeschooler’s second hand curriculum sale I sell at each year. This might seem to go against my “worth $20 or more resell rule” as each book is only worth .50 cents to a dollar at the sale, but this whole box will bring me at least $20 and I already have the date  of the sale saved on the calendar.

book case with spaceThis is what the book case looked like when I was done. Those books on the lower shelf are the read aloud books that we loved reading to our kids so much we just can’t part with them. book shelf refilledThis is what the bookcase looks like now. I took all the books  from my “to read”  pile that I had in a different area of our home and placed them on the shelf. They all fit perfectly, which now opens up that area for something else.

My plan is to not just declutter but to find homes for things as I go.  I am hoping  this will eliminate our embarrassing floor piles for good.

If you are wondering where I got so many books to read, well most of them come from Tyndale Rewards, Paperback Swap, yard sales and thrift stores, I don’t spend much on books.

What area of your home did you declutter this week? Share it in the comments below.  Don’t forget to join the Facebook group so we can share our decluttering goal reaching journeys there as well as tips and tricks we learn that help us along the way.

A few great posts to help you with your clutter roadblocks…

  • How To Start Decluttering When You Feel Overwhelmed By It
  • How To Declutter When You Just Don’t Feel Like It
  • 4 Essential Items For Efficient Decluttering

 

View the plan and grab your free 52-week planning sheet here

Update: I finished this challenge so below are the links to all my weekly updates showing my progress.

  1. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week One (you are here)
  2. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Two
  3. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Three
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  1. Amy says

    January 6, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    I haven’t gotten to it yet, but I’m cleaning out my freezer this week. I haven’t done this since we bought our house 5 years ago, so it’s going to take some elbow grease!

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      January 6, 2015 at 1:21 pm

      Great! I hope it goes well.

      Reply
  2. Jackie Smith says

    January 10, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Hi Victoria, I have stumbled across your threads by accident. I love the way you think, it is as though you are talking to me directly, I see myself in so many of your posts I have read so far. This post has inspired me to sort out my wardrobe and I removed four bin bags of good quality clothes, some of which still had the tags on, and I am going to take them to my local Salvation Army charity shop later today. This is just the tip of the iceberg so I need to try to keep this up and do at least one area a week. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂

    jackie

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    • Victoria says

      January 10, 2015 at 11:11 am

      Great job! And thanks for your kind words.

      Reply
  3. L.L. says

    January 10, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Do you remember where you got the bookcase? I am looking for one like yours, but w/ three shelves, not 5 or 2.

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    • Victoria says

      January 12, 2015 at 7:09 am

      I bought it from a neighbor who I believe bought it from a thrift store.

      Reply

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