![]() This may mean putting boxes in a guest bedroom or attic.įor us, it meant renting a storage unit. Packing can take a long time, especially if you’re doing it all yourself. Once you’ve started to figure out what’s coming with you, figure out a storage solution for while you’re moving. If you have the room, eventually, that choice may give you the opportunity to replace that item with something you do love. Give yourself permission to get rid of the things that you don’t take any enjoyment or pleasure from. Marie Kondo asks “does it bring joy?” Emily Ley asks if it’s “the best, the favorite, or necessary?” William Morris, as quoted previously, said “have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” You can find just about any manual online and save it to a folder in your computer labeled “Manuals,” so if you ever need it again, you’ll have it even after you throw away the bulky physical item.įinally, ask yourself if you actually like the item. Is this item already digitized? Is also useful for items like appliance manuals. I can still look back on them from time to time, but the physical item is no longer taking up space. So I made an album in my phone, took pictures of them, and tossed them. When we were moving, I had some sentimental papers taking up space in my desk that didn’t really need to be there. But when that one day comes, wouldn’t you prefer to buy a pack of new pens that you like? Or easy and quick just to start a promotional pen collection from scratch?Ĭhase’s rule for this was that if it costs less than $20 to replace and was an item of infrequent use, it was tossed or donated. The thirty promotional pens in that junk drawer may be useful one day. I’ve found this question is useful for things like pens. If an item isn’t used often, but you know that theoretically it is useful, another question to ask yourself is “is this expensive to replace?” Is this item worth the cost of storing and moving it around even if it may be useful one day in the future? If I hadn’t worn it in two or three summers, I probably wasn’t wearing it again anyway. If I wore a swimsuit last summer, it stayed. I’ve found this question is especially helpful for seasonal items like swimsuits and coats, items that usually just sit around for a good portion of the year. The first question to ask for most items is, is this item being used? A good time to give each item is all four seasons, if you didn’t use it this past winter, spring, summer, or fall, you probably won’t use it (or miss it) next spring, summer, or fall. Decluttering is a deeply personal process, but here are some good questions to ask while you go through your things: While you’re making decisions about furniture, you can also start decluttering. “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” - William Morris And, of course, if something was broken or hated, it wasn’t coming with us to the new house. If I liked the piece of furniture, but it wasn’t functioning the way I wanted it to in the old house or if I knew it wouldn’t have a defined, necessary function in the new house, we got rid of it and hoped it went to a new home where it was needed. I knew we’d be buying a lot of new items that we didn’t already have functional versions of, and I’d rather spend my money on the things that needed to be purchased as soon as possible. If it wasn’t the prettiest, but was in good shape and would need to be replaced immediately after we moved in, it came with us. We were pretty cut-throat about getting rid of furniture, but focused mostly on function than style. Some pieces were picked up by the time I reached the door to go back inside after putting them out. We lived on a busy street and once people heard we were moving, some people would check back every day to see what was new. When we were moving, we sold a few items online and gave a few others to family members, but the vast majority of furniture we weren’t taking were put out on the curb. Selling them on something like Facebook Marketplace or donating them to a specific location, orĬurbing them, putting them on the street for people to take or for trash pickup. Go room-by-room and log all of your big items and what’s happening to them, whether you’re: This includes all of your furniture and other bulky decor items like mirrors, lamps, and curtains. The first step I’d recommend when moving is to make a list of all of the big items in your house. ![]() Just in case you’re looking to move houses soon too, I thought I’d share all the tips and tricks I learned in the process, plus a couple of printable checklists based on the spreadsheets I made for my move! Taking Stock of Furniture + Bulky Items I shared my moving story in a recent post.
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