This week I worked on the last of the random boxes on the top shelf of our master bedroom closet.
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I pulled them all out and put them on my bed for the before shoot because our closet is so narrow that I couldn’t get my camera to get a good shot of the space.
Oh and look, there is my glue gun-truth- I have been looking for it for years. I didn’t break down and buy a new one because I knew I had one somewhere.
I think these boxes were like the bag last week, things just shoved up out of the way when we moved to deal with later, and well—I guess seven years is later!
I ended up reducing the things in the 4 boxes down to just 2 boxes worth. That is a throw my mom made in the top box. It is on its last leg but I keep it since I use it as a pattern for knitting my own throws. I have always been a visual learner so when I craft I prefer having a sample of what the item is suppose to look like as well as a pattern. The bottom box is full of memory items of years gone by.
The rest of the items went to the giveaway box–except the cloth bags my daughter had fun finishing them up (they needed cords) and is using them in her room.
What area of your home did you declutter this week?
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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
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Update: I finished this challenge – below are the links to all my weekly updates showing my progress.
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week One
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Two
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Three
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- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Nineteen
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Twenty-One
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- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Eight (you are here)
- 52 Weeks To A Simplified Home: Week Thirty-Nine
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Bethany says
Is it too late to join in on this challenge? I joined the group and printed the plan, and then never got started in January. But I’ve read your posts and admired your work and I want to declutter this way! I’ve just printed it again. I’m thinking I’ll start at week 1 and just go into next year…
Victoria says
Never too late to join and get started Bethany. Although I will be wrapping up my 52 weeks in 14 more weeks the FB group will stay open to cheer each other on and I plan to do the challenge all over again personally but with a slightly different twist (since I won’t have as much clutter left) next year but within the Facebook group itself as I will be moving on to another 52 week challenge in another area of homemaking in 2016 here on the blog.