January is the time we look to improve our lifestyles, but with the purse strings tight after festive spending, it can be difficult to justify home improvements, gym memberships or foreign language classes.However, there is a way to kill two birds with one stone: by decluttering your house in the new year, you can enjoy a happier and more organised home – and raise some all-important cash.
To start tackling this task, get your hands on three large boxes and mark them ‘bin, ‘donate’ and ‘sell’. You can then start to fill them with the anti-hoarding principle in mind: if you haven’t used it in the past 12 months, get rid.
Pretty much anything lingering in the attic, clothes that haven’t fit for a good while, makeup past its best-before date, broken chairs, rusty pans, unloved ornaments and toys the kids have grown out of should be on your list of items to go.
Selling
If you own items that could be classed as collectables, such as antiques or Antique Furniture, go to Value My Stuff for an online appraisal and discover how much you could get at auction – it only takes a couple of minutes to apply, and you could find out your items are worth a fortune.
When it comes to everyday items such as clothes and toys, their condition will dictate whether it’s worth putting them up for sale on a site like >eBay or Gumtree. Products that have never been used – especially if they’re still in packaging -and that didn’t have a super-low price tag in the first place are well worth selling.
You can also raise cash for used items: branded products in particular could attract their fair share of attention. Consider grouping lower-priced items into collections, as it may not be worth selling these individually.Bundles of baby clothes tend to go down very well.
Make sure you also take a look at the prices you could get for trade-in – especially when it comes to media such as DVDs, CDs and video games. Get quotes from the likes of Game, musicMagpie, Amazon and CeX – remember that most retailers will offer more if you take store credit rather than cash.
Good planning for unnecessary items that makes the house a garbage bin. Sell it and find a new one.
you are so right here, selling or giving away those things that we don’t use anymore is a great way to declutter our home and starts to live in well organized and clean adobe
i am actually thinking to sell many of my clothes online. most of them I only worn once for outfit shots and some still have tagprice and very new!
very good idea, i know through the years i had collected items we almost do not use or have no use at all, i should find time to get rid of them, though i had donated a lot already but still, it seems things never go away. i really want to super reduce items at home since the more you have at home, the more time you spend cleaning
I think, I can fall in the hoarder’s category. I need to sell some of my stuff because they are just gathering dust.
Was looking at the picture above and it disturbs me how much clutter that guy has. Hehehe! Seriously, I finished editing our closets before the end of last year to make way for more blessings this year 🙂
Between husband and me, he is the hoarder. But he has improved through the years.
You’ve got great tips. Very helpful to those who badly need to declutter their space.
We are now on the process of decluttering old stuff. May pera sa basura eh. http://www.papaleng-amazing-animals.com/
Since last year I’ve been thinking of hoarding some stuffs. I want to save more for my travel plans this 2014. LOL!
Thanks for these great tips Ate Joy! 🙂
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This reminds me of my better half lol. He love collecting stuff but dunno how to arrange them. Ako ang taga ayos.
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This is a must-do for me as well! Lol. De-cluttering and making cash sounds so sweet right now. I only wish eBay won’t ask for a bigger sell-out rate.:D
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Word of the day: de-clutter! Hehehe! I agree that we have to sell stuff that w
Word of the day: de-clutter! I agree that we have to sell stuff that we don’t used anymore. Great way to earn extra income.
its good to be able to earn some $$$ from ur old stuff. I am glad I was able to sold some of my stuff last year and earn some $$$ but I still have a lot here that i need to get rid.