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Cleaning Out My Scraproom

kiwisocial November 30, 2016
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sell now/sell later (Organize)

If you missed the first episode of Clearing the Clutter, make sure to read it HERE, https://kiwilane.com/how_to/organizing_tips/clearing-away-the-clutter/

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Amy Jussel

Where to Begin?

Welcome Back! It has been a few hard, chaotic weeks now, and it’s crazy how trying to clean things up can make more of a mess! It really has been therapeutic, though, and some glimpses of sunlight are beginning to shine down through the metaphorical rain clouds!

So, early on in this process, I accepted the fact that I had to get rid of a lot of GOOD stuff since I plainly had too much stuff and not enough space! I set a date for a garage sale and knew that I had to go through everything before that date. I made the date relatively close. I had a burning desire to change the way were were living. Rather than spread this out over months and months, I decided to make it happen quickly.

This desire also compelled me to throw caution to the wind and go through my entire house, not just my office/scraproom. This method is not for the weak! My husband and I talked about it beforehand and kew it would be a hard few weeks. Even knowing this in advance, it was a trying experience!

With toddlers and a baby in the house, I could only go through things when they were napping during the day or sleeping at night. This would mean a lot of sleepless nights, so to make the most of my limited time, I knew I needed a plan!

In this article, I want to share with you the method that i used to sort through everything. It REALLY worked for me in every room of the house!

bucket of stuff

DIVIDE TO CONQUER

First things first: You have to divide to conquer!

There is no other choice. Categorizing and dividing things up turns all of the chaos into controlled chaos, making everything less overwhelming and easier to handle. I’ve tried buckets before and was left with boxes of “stuff to go through” in the end. I didn’t want that again!

The key was to be more specific! I didn’t want to have to go through a pile later if I didn’t have to. This meant using more boxes than you usually hear about, but the goal should be for things to pass through your hands as few times as possible. 

Here are the Categories I developed to Handle the Mess:

  • Put Away Now
  • Put Away Later
  • Sell Now
  • Sell Later
  • File/Scan
  • Shred
  • Trash

Let’s break them down.

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NOW & LATER

Put Away Now

My rule is, “if it is something we use, and it is just simply in the wrong place, the don’t wait. Put it away, do it NOW.” If we used it, but it didn’t have a home yet, then I created one.

For example, I realized that I had stamps and adhesive everywhere, all in different places because there was no specific place for them to go. So, I started piles. That way, all of my stamps were together in one place, all of my adhesive was together in one place, etc. Then, once they were gathered, I found them a home, since I knew this was something that I was going to keep and use. 

Put Away Later

This was a dangerous bucket. Make sure you use it sparingly and only for certain reasons! For example, my home is a two-story house, so if I went and put something away every time I fount it, I would lose steam, and it would have taken much longer to get through everything. So, into the box went anything that belonged upstairs. I think about 700 hair bands ended up in this box to be taken to the upstairs bathroom later.

And this part is key! At the end of every sorting session, I would immediately take that box upstairs and put everything away! Don’t procrastinate this!

Sell Now

I was hesitant to sell anything at all. I hadn’t had a good experience with selling things. I’d been trying to sell some of my stuff on Craigslist and a local Facebook garage sale group. It took a ton of time and energy. In the past, as I was sorting and came across an item to sell, I would take a picture and post it. Almoset immediately, I would have to stop and reply to post after post. It just took too much time away from all the sorting I had to do!

It was during my online selling phase that I felt most buried, and that there was no hope of digging my way out. As I mentioned in my last post, I just wanted to rent a large dumpster and throw it all away. 

Susan taught me a trick to help blow through your pile while prepping to sell things successfully online at the same time. As you are sorting through things, when you find an item to Sell Now, take a picture of it, but Don’t Post it Yet!

The things you will sell online are generally bigger items that cost more than a few dollars.

  • If it’s clothing, take a picture of the tag showing the size.
  • If it’s a frame, a rug, or a piece of furniture, take a picture of it with a tape measure beside it to show the dimensions. 

Once you have the details in the pictures, throw the item in a bag, and toss it in the Sell Now box. This allows you to bolow through the room quickly.

Later, when you are riding shotgun in the car, or sitting and watching tv, you can start posting. Because the pictures you took included the sizes and details, you don’t have to go back and look at the items again!

It’s so simple, but it works! 

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Sell Later

As far as your smaller items go, there were some things I just knew I didn’t want, usually because the style didn’t fit me anymore. Some things, I thought were adorable, but I could easily see that I wouldn’t use them. They weren’t practical. These things would be perfect for my garage sale later, so I put these things together in a box, and I did not even bother trying to sell through the online groups.

Trash

Sometimes one person’s trash is another person’s treasure…sometimes, it’s just trash!

I had a LOT of binders full of notes from college classes and magazine cut outs. I haven’t revisited those notes in the 10 years since I graduated college, and I don’t think I ever will. If you have things like that, throw them away! What are they really doing for you?

There were 5 binders just full of magazine cutouts! That’s what Pinterest is for! Throw them away! I thought about saving the binders, but most were falling apart, so I threw them away too!

File/Scan

File/Scan

I have a ton of paperwork, and too often, important papers are mixed in with unimportant ones. I was ready to throw a big pile away when I found my kids’ social security cards. After that, I went through every piece of paper one by one. I started a file/scan folder (instead of using a box). These are papers that I needed to keep copies of, whether physical or digital. I didn’t want to stop and deal with them right then, but it was good to have made sure that they are the ones I want and need to keep.

Shred

Instead of having a box for this category, I just used the shredder itself! I set it up under the desk and would send anything I wasn’t keeping through the shredder immediately. Scanning and filing takes time, shredding is quick and easy (especially if you’re only going through a bit at a time), and maybe even a little satisfying!

I found piles of expired credit cards that I had meant to shred but hadn’t. If you do, as well, now is the time! Anything with account numbers or personal information you will want to shred before throwing them away!

Shred Image
craft room
office

Categorizing things in this way, gave me a plan and a structure to work inside of that really helped me make sense of my hoard, and feel productive, which fueled me to keep going. Not only that, but it allowed me to work my way through things quickly!

If you can’t commit such a large chunk of time to sorting through your own things, you can still make a change! Start by prepping a place for each of these categories: Put Away Now, Put Away Later, Sell Now, Sell Later, File/Scan, Shred, Trash.

  • Keep a small basket nearby for your Put Away items – small so that you don’t get overwhelmed. As soon as it’s full, it’s a perfect time to stop and put the items away!
  • Put your Sell Now and Sell Later boxes in the garage so they’re ready to go but out of the way.
  • Keep your file/scan folder handy, and your shredder plugged in and ready to go!

"Ok! The easy decisions have been made. The stuff I don't like is gone. Next comes the hard part! But, more about that next time!"

Amy Jussel

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  1. Veronica Traupman December 1, 2016

    This is an awesome post! I have been waiting for more videos on FB and just stumbled on these posts in the blog instead 🙂 Thank you for sharing your steps! We have a lot of stuff that we totally don’t need. I have always been one to just hide it in the closets and warn guests when they say your home is so clean and organized…”thank you but trust me when I say don’t open the closets.” But, even with it all hidden in the closets I am starting to be stressed out about it. My husband has even given me permission to hire a monthly housekeeper, but I am too embarrassed about our closets. So this post and the fact that I really want to stop cleaning my house all day on Saturday after working two jobs all week…..I am thinking I will use your process and start tackling my closets. Will come in handy when we place our house for sell sometime next year too. Thanks again!!!! Can’t wait for more posts.

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