Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?

Yikes! Where do I start??

Anyone have any tips or ideas? I have this urge (that I've had for sooo
long) to just clean, clean, clean and get rid of ALL the clutter. This
place is a disaster, not because it's so dirty, but because there's just way
too much stuff... Toys, clothes, you name it, we have way too much of it...
Does anyone have any suggestions? I've sorted through some boxes in the
basement that have been filled with toys - probably about 10 medium-large
boxes, and I was able to give away, so far, a big box full of random toys.

I know my style is The Hoarder... "This might come in handy some day!"
(found a bit of info on one page about trying to declutter)
I have all kinds, for example, of kitchen gadgets - sandwitch/snack maker,
hand chopper, blender, coffee pot, kettle, toaster, electric mixer, small
grill, rice cooker, crock pot (x2), etc, and I don't think I've ever once
used this snack/sandwitch maker, the hand chopper, either crock pot, and so
many more... I use my blender all the time (mainly for baby food and milk
shakes every now and then, and I've been known to mix puddings in the
blender rather than the mixer because it's easier to clean the blender) and
some of this stuff that I've never even used, I just can't seem to part with
it. I know some stuff like crock pots can be handy, but I never use them,
and I know they can get kind of expensive, especially when I was given them
for my birthday, Xmas, whatever... I just can't part with junk I don't want,
need or use.

Also, the toys... We have so many toys that no one even looks at. Some have
been packed in boxes for months and months, some even for a year or two, but
I sort through it and *I* want to keep it because I remember it, or someone
pipes up that this is their favorite toy, or they missed it so much... Any
ideas on how I can part with my junk and how I can get little ones to part
with theirs? Should I just get down to it when I'm home alone and no one
would know the difference? That then leaves the question of my household
junk... I seem to keep it all... Is this something that the kids can help
out with? Something DH can help with? I should do on my own? With a
friend or family member?

Spring is here... Perfect excuse for "Spring Cleaning" and it's not the
cleaning I have problems with, it's the darn clutter!

I know this is fairly off topic, but still... Maybe someone here has an
idea?


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  • Re: Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?
    ... long) to just clean, clean, clean and get rid of ALL the clutter. ... basement that have been filled with toys - probably about 10 medium-large ... hand chopper, blender, coffee pot, kettle, toaster, electric mixer, small ... grill, rice cooker, crock pot, etc, and I don't think I've ever once ...
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  • Re: Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?
    ... long) to just clean, clean, clean and get rid of ALL the clutter. ... basement that have been filled with toys - probably about 10 medium-large ... hand chopper, blender, coffee pot, kettle, toaster, electric mixer, small ... grill, rice cooker, crock pot, etc, and I don't think I've ever once ...
    (misc.kids)
  • Re: Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?
    ... boxes, and I was able to give away, so far, a big box full of random toys. ... used this snack/sandwitch maker, the hand chopper, either crock pot, and so ... I use my blender all the time (mainly for baby food and milk ...
    (misc.kids)
  • Re: Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?
    ... long) to just clean, clean, clean and get rid of ALL the clutter. ... basement that have been filled with toys - probably about 10 medium-large ... grill, rice cooker, crock pot, etc, and I don't think I've ever once ... I use my blender all the time (mainly for baby food and milk ...
    (misc.kids)
  • Re: Kinda OT... Cleaning/Decluttering?
    ... basement that have been filled with toys - probably about 10 medium-large ... I dont have young kids with toddler preschool style toys. ... grill, rice cooker, crock pot, etc, and I don't think I've ever once ... I use my blender all the time (mainly for baby food and milk ...
    (misc.kids)