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52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week 8 Update

February 24, 2015 By Victoria 4 Comments

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Last updated on July 8th, 2021 at 06:48 pm

I  procrastinated on doing this week’s project leaving it until just yesterday. The problem was yesterday seemed already packed, and I woke up in a grouchy mood, meaning I really had to push myself to get the work done.

side table

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I decided to do the one last area of the dining room that needed de-cluttering. I call this our sideboard. It is really just a $7 yard sale find I had my son repaint. I am not sure what the pieces original purpose was, but it fits in this spot of our dining room perfectly

We use it mainly to store some photo albums, the kids Nintendo DS systems that they don’t use except for when we go camping (yeah we don’t rough it when we camp) and my husband’s paper piles.

Just like I use the top of the dresser in the dining room as my home office, my husband uses several baskets on this piece of furniture as his home office. Not ideal but it works.

empty side board

First I emptied out the entire cabinet. Then I gave it a good dusting. I also pulled it away from the wall and cleaned behind it.

I then went through the contents. I didn’t add much to the giveaway pile. I did have a bunch of small tools to put downstairs and a bunch of cleaners to put in the bathroom. The end result is not impressive, mostly because a lot of the paper stuff is my husband’s and he wasn’t home when  I did this, so I got rid of 100% pure junk only, like receipts for take-out meals, and left the rest of the stuff for him to go through.

side board doneI guess it does look somewhat neater and I do now have an entire empty shelf. I am thinking of finding a basket that would fit in the empty shelf so my husband’s paperwork could go in there instead of the one on top of the cabinet. That would free up space for a framed print to be displayed. I do prefer display items only on top of furniture.

Oh, and if you are wondering what is in those three sugar bowls those are my children’s pay slips for chores.

What did you declutter this week?

Don’t forget to join the Snail Pace Clutter Removers  Facebook group, where you can share your progress, and receive encouragement.

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
  2. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Two
  3. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Three
  4. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Four
  5. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Five
  6. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Six
  7. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Seven
  8. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Eight (you are here)
  9. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Nine
  10. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Ten
  11. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Eleven
  12. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twelve
  13. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirteen
  14. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Fourteen
  15. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Fifteen
  16. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Sixteen
  17. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Seventeen
  18. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Eighteen
  19. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Nineteen
  20. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty
  21. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-One
  22. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Two
  23. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Three
  24. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Four
  25. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Five
  26. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Six
  27. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Seven
  28. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Eight
  29. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-Nine
  30. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty
  31. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-One
  32. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Two
  33. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Three
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  35. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Five
  36. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Six
  37. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Seven
  38. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Eight
  39. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Nine
  40. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Forty
  41. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Forty-One
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  49. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Forty-Nine
  50. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Fifty
  51. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Fifty-One
  52. 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Fifty- Two

 

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  1. Clare Speer says

    February 24, 2015 at 7:19 am

    Hey – you did a great job!!!!! I am so bad (and my husband is worse) about piling junk on cabinets, counters, in bookshelves and tables! I love your visuals!

    Reply
    • Victoria says

      February 24, 2015 at 10:25 am

      In our house it seems an empty surface is an invitation for paper clutter. HORRIBLE.

      Reply
  2. Amanda @ queenofthelandoftwigsnberries says

    February 24, 2015 at 9:11 am

    Looking good!

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    • Victoria says

      February 24, 2015 at 10:22 am

      Thanks.

      Reply

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