when we moved here years ago, I got fed up of seeing cardboard boxes everywhere so I bought ottomans, some large and some small - there are 9 downstairs - so each year I keep saying I will start decluttering and each year, it doesn't happen, so finally made a start...
Declutter List / Contents – 2026
Started paperwork in Ottoman No. 1 ✅
Out-of-date moisturiser ✅
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Ripped toiletry bag ✅
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Website / digital declutter started ✅
A4 blank notebook - keep for sewing ideas ✅
pack of photos = keep ✅
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Paperwork – blank sides to scrap paper box ✅
wired xmas ribbon - keep ✅
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Coat sold ✅
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Hubby’s winter boots – photos/listed ✅
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Hubby’s coat – photos/listed ✅
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last years paperwork sorted / 80 envelopes kept to reuse - saves buying new ✅
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Tissue paper relocated ✅
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Gift bags + birthday paper + balloons = keep ✅
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Empty lightbulb box — keep for reference ✅
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Pack of red & white twine ✅
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Two new unread books ✅
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Tealights x4 — relocated ✅
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New birthday card ✅
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Small empty cardboard box — to store cat teaspoons ✅
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Silver wrapping paper (new) ✅
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Five more gift bags ✅
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Small piece of bubble wrap — protect teaspoons ✅
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x2 CDs — home videos ✅
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Book – Boost Your Brain Power ✅
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x2 Napkins ✅
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Mug — “Do I look like a f****g people person” ✅
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7" tablet cover — new ✅
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Oil-filled radiator instructions ✅
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x2 empty plastic bags — relocated to ottoman packaging ✅
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Bunting — lovely / keep ✅
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RSPB magazines x12 ✅
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Present in jiffy bag — unopened ✅
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Westminster coin collection – Harry Potter pack ✅
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Paperwork – mine ✅
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Black folder with house info ✅
Thrown away / eliminated:
37. Bag strap ✅
38. Junk leaflet ✅
39. Another 2022 diary ✅
40. Paperwork – 2021 ✅
41. x2 Covid test kits ✅
42. 2021 receipt ✅
Undecided / don’t know:
43. Wallpaper border ❓
44. Information leaflets of local places ❓
45. Empty fudge box — “Happy Birthday” ❓
...so Ottoman No 2 & 3 to sort next...and then No 1 and ...to be continued ...February
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