I would love to be a natural de-clutterer but sadly I am not. Neither is BB. Neither was BB's dad. 12 years after he died we still have the half roll of wire netting in our barn that he'd asked us to keep for him 'in case it came in handy'. Sheesh.
It's gone now.
We did have a massive de-clutter on the barn before BB started the renovation. There were about 12 full trailer loads went to the tip (trailer is 8 x 5 x 6ft thall) including wood, the aforementioned netting and several dead lawnmowers.
Now I need to declutter the house, but there's BOOKS, dammit. I should start on the non-fiction in the library, many of which have been rendered unnecessary by they advent of google and wikipedia. Do I really need Whittaker's Almanac 1966 and the Headteacher's Legal Guide 1983, plus a cheap but bulky thesaurus and three German dictionaries left by the kids? (I never even learned German.) I could get rid of some of it that's become outdated - as long as it isn't beautiful or useful in its own right. Of course the history books etc. (of which I have many) never get outdated because they are always someone's particular take on events and often lovely in themselves.
With all the touring musicians passing through I also have a stash of stuff for them. I insist they all buy the 60 litre 'Really Useful' boxes and limit whatever they leave to one or two of those, but I have 16 acts on my agency books - and about 8 of them, the ones from from Australia, Canada and the USA, leave stuff from tour to tour. One band recently left me with 2x 60 litre RU boxes plus a guitar (boxed) and a roof-top box for a car. It's quite... bulky.
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Date: Apr. 9th, 2010 12:16 pm (UTC)It's gone now.
We did have a massive de-clutter on the barn before BB started the renovation. There were about 12 full trailer loads went to the tip (trailer is 8 x 5 x 6ft thall) including wood, the aforementioned netting and several dead lawnmowers.
Now I need to declutter the house, but there's BOOKS, dammit. I should start on the non-fiction in the library, many of which have been rendered unnecessary by they advent of google and wikipedia. Do I really need Whittaker's Almanac 1966 and the Headteacher's Legal Guide 1983, plus a cheap but bulky thesaurus and three German dictionaries left by the kids? (I never even learned German.) I could get rid of some of it that's become outdated - as long as it isn't beautiful or useful in its own right. Of course the history books etc. (of which I have many) never get outdated because they are always someone's particular take on events and often lovely in themselves.
With all the touring musicians passing through I also have a stash of stuff for them. I insist they all buy the 60 litre 'Really Useful' boxes and limit whatever they leave to one or two of those, but I have 16 acts on my agency books - and about 8 of them, the ones from from Australia, Canada and the USA, leave stuff from tour to tour. One band recently left me with 2x 60 litre RU boxes plus a guitar (boxed) and a roof-top box for a car. It's quite... bulky.