100 Things To Declutter in the New Year

New Year Declutter

Once the Decorations come down after Christmas, it’s the perfect opportunity to declutter and clean.

Try This New Year’s Declutter Checklist with 100 Easy Things To Get Rid Of After Christmas. Start the New Year With a Clean and Clutter Free Home

10 Rules of Decluttering

1. Don’t throw away anything you will need in the future
2. Recycle where possible
3. Sell, Repurpose or Donate any good quality items
4. Clean as you Declutter
5. Make a place for everything
6. If it’s broken, get rid of it! 
7. Don’t overwhelm yourself – one room at a time is plenty!
8. Go at your own pace
9. Take Before and After Pics – This is SO Satisfying!
10. Get everything out of the house ASAP! 

100 Things to Declutter From Your Home in the New Year 

You can Print this Checklist here

Remember: Decluttering doesn’t have to be hard work. If turning your entire house upside down in one day seems too daunting, break it up into small manageable sections or rooms. 

Things to Declutter From Bedrooms

• • The Sock Drawer (we all have one)
  • Toys from Children’s rooms
  • Makeup
  • Toiletries
  • CDs & DVDs
  • Dried-up Nail Varnish
  • Hair Accessories that have lost their stretch
  • Hair Combs and brushes with missing teeth
  • Scratched Sunglasses
  • Stained, Unused and Damaged Clothing 
  • Old Underwear
  • Laddered Tights
  • New items you swore would fit eventually
  • Accessories
  • Broken Jewellery
  • Computer Games
  • Board Games
  • Old Books & Magazines
  • Old Purses and Handbags
  • Work Clothes

Things to Declutter From The Cloakroom

• Coats that are too small
• Shoes that have holes
• Old Air Fresheners
• Old Bags
• Unmatched Gloves
• Old Hats and Scarves

Things to Declutter From The Kitchen

• • The Cutlery Drawer – do you need 5 forks and 250 knives? (how does that happen)
  • The Top of the Fridge
  • All Cupboards
  • Any Expired Food
  • Plastic containers that have no lids
  • The pile of 100 lids with no containers
  • Cookbooks that you don’t use
  • Broken Gadgets
  • Any old cleaning products needed from the cupboard under the sink
  • Odd Glasses
  • Chipped plates and Mugs
  • Saucepans with broken handles
  • Tatty Tea Towels
  • Vases (one is plenty)
  • Blunt Knives

Things to Declutter From Bathrooms

If you have lots of half-empty bottles, it’s a good idea to combine them into one, to avoid waste!

• Empty Bottles
• Expired Medicine
• Empty Tablet Packets
• Suncreams
• Old Toilet Roll Tubes
• Old Towels
• Old Toothbrushes
• Blunt Razors

Things to Declutter From Home Offices 

• Read Books
• Books you’ll never read
• Broken Pens
• Pen Lids
• Desk Drawers
• Old Magazines
• Broken Equipment
• Any Papers you don’t need such as Junk Mail, business cards, notes, minutes and to-do lists.
• Dried-up pens, Glue Paint and Tip Ex
• The Junk Drawer

Things to Declutter From Handbags & Backpacks

• Old Receipts
• Leaflets
• Appointment Cards
• Food and Sweet Wrappers
• Loose Coins
• Empty Tablet Packets
• Chewing Gums
• Sports Equipment

Things to Declutter From Your Car

Remember to Check your Boot, Glovebox, Doors and Floor

• Empty Drink Bottles from the Floor
• Papers from the Glove Box
• Bags 
• Junk in the Boot
• Food Wrappers from the Doors
• Shoes and wellies in the Boot from those muddy walks
• Carrier Bags (you don’t need 100s)
• Coins from the centre reservation

Things to Declutter From Your Airing Cupboard

Remember to get rid of anything stained, unused or with Holes 

• Bedding
• Linen
• Tablecloths
• Towels

Things to Declutter From Your Junk Drawers

• Batteries
• Broken Pens
• Pen Lids
• Expired Vouchers
• Dust & Debris
• Anything Broken
• Keys that don’t open anything
• Coins
• Takeaway Menus
• The 100 Christmas Cracker Gifts
• Old Mobile phones, Chargers & Batteries
• Spare Buttons
• Fairground Tokens

Things to Declutter From Garages, Outhouses & Sheds

• Broken Garden Electricals
• Rusty Tools
• Old Children’s toys
• Used Paint Tins
• Seeds
• Old Garden Furniture

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We hope this ‘Declutter Your Home Checklist’ has helped you step into the New Year, with a beautiful, stress-free, clean home. If you have any questions or know of anything else we should add to this list, please let us know in the comments below…