August Clutter Control

[Harriet]

Welcome and we hope you'll join us! Here in this thread we encourage each other to give 15 minutes a day (or the equivalent on other schedules) to the wholesome art of decluttering!

For those of us who experience a hot August climate, decluttering can get a real boost this month. Too hot to head outdoors? Stay indoors and clear a cool, inviting space!



If you’d like some partners while working:

One scheduling suggestion has been a weekly room/area rotation together. During each current week, those who choose to can declutter "together" in the upcoming week's Focus Cleaning room as a first step toward lovely spaces. We know cleaning is efficient if clutter is not in the way - we can almost have fun with it. But clutter can discourage or stop us if we can't find the surfaces in the first place. Decluttering is a preceding step that can (literally) make cleaning a glide instead of a stumble.

You’ll find some August declutter partners in these rooms:

Week of 7/27 kitchen
Week of 8/3 living room
Week of 8/10 dining room
Week of 8/17 porch/entry
Week of 8/24 bedrooms

Substitute a different room or area whenever it will match your home’s needs best, and change back and forth from this plan to your own anytime.

[Harriet]

Got 2 "tall kitchen trash bags" ready, labeled and set out for the Kidney Foundation pickup Tues, yay!. Oh, and receipt filed for taxes.

[Nancy]

Way to go Harriet!
Yesterday I was able to give some pots, planters to
the neighbors that like to put stuff in pots
that I was not using it felt great to find a good home for
these items and clean up the back yard at the same time!