Since moving, I have had this urge to purge.. go through everything and get rid of the junk we don't use.. or even worse... didn't even remember that we had. It became really obvious which things fell into this category during the packing and unpacking stages. Seriously, we have too much crap. I need to simplify, get rid of excess..
I see a garage sale coming on! Those are so much work though aren't they? Are they worth it?
Example.. the pile of cardstock on the right, keeping for me... the pile on the left, going into the kids' craft stash! I know.. not really purging, as in getting it out of the house, but repurposing for a better use (because honestly, some of those colours only a kid could love heee!).. but this is an example of the 'excess' I was talking about.. how on earth did I end up with this much cardstock!?
We have dozens of boxes and bags of stuff down in the basement that we haven't even thought of unpacking yet.. do I miss it? No. Do I know what is down there? No. Some of it is indeed for the basement when it is finished.. but some boxes got sent down there because we just didn't want to deal with them.. and I don't think I have missed a single bit of it in our day to day living.
Garage sale.. or online classifieds.. donate!? What to do what do!? Maybe a bit of all three options?
Now to find the motivation! Is it the season? Spring cleaning? Anyone else feeling the need to simplify? Anyone else crazy enough to go through the process of a garage sale? ha ha ha! ;)
To be continued (??? lol)...
We're going to move on june 27th, and the sunday before there's a big garage sale in my village.. so the couch, furniture and all things we don't want/need anymore will be on sale here, and I can tell we really want to get rid of them so there will be lucky people! it's great to start on new basis! we are moving things anyway, so that's the best time to do the big cleaning!
Posted by: caroline | June 01, 2011 at 08:57 AM
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Posted by: Fruta Planta Diet Pills | June 01, 2011 at 01:11 AM
Yeah, garage sales are kind of a pain. But we did one last summer, made a few hundred bucks, then took the rest STRAIGHT to Goodwill. Felt good. :-) We're planning another one for the end of June. Can't wait to unload all this stuff! LOL. :-)
Good luck with whatever you decide to do! :-)
Posted by: reyanna | May 31, 2011 at 10:51 AM
I know garage sales are allot of work, but you can always put the money towards something new for your home, or maybe just fun money towards a family fun day this summer.
My advice is have a garage sale the weekend before fathers day is a great time, run an add in a small local paper. Fridays are great days for the sale. Have it on fri & sat. Be organized price the stuff as you go through it. Set up tables too. My neighbor has them every few years and makes 2500. or more every time. If you have decent name brand cloths hang them up. They sell better that way.
Then what you don't sell if it's worth it put it on craigs list (it's free). Then donate the leftovers. Just my 2 cents ;)
Glad to see your back I enjoy all of your posts the home decor and craft related!
Posted by: denise morgan | May 31, 2011 at 12:49 AM
I am definitely feeling the need to purge, and I think it is the season. That, and I just started my summer vacation and my house is in dire need of a little purging and cleaning. I don't have the patience to collect, categorize, and pull off a garage sale though. I prefer to just haul it all to the thrift store as a donation.
Posted by: Jill Scott | May 30, 2011 at 10:22 PM
boy. good for you! garage sales are a lot of work. it goes tons better when you have a group of people doing it... you can split the shifts and the work. afterwards just donate the rest.
Posted by: marcy | May 30, 2011 at 02:21 PM
if you have someone you can trust (to keep anything sentimental), don't even look in those boxes. Have someone double check that nothing "really good" is being tossed.....and then tape the boxes back up and send them off to good will! Don't even look at them
I am going to do this with same parts of my house, back a bunch of stuff in a box....date it....and 3-6 months later if I haven't gone back for anything (and you know we wouldn't).....just send it to good will. In the maritimes we have "value village", which you can just pull up and drop off your stuff for them to resell.....or the "diabetes society" and they come and pick it up (and larger items too) right from your home!!!!
Good luck purging
Posted by: MichelleK | May 30, 2011 at 02:05 PM