Comments on: Further downshifting and associated decluttering http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/ permaculture on the new home front Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fiona http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/#comment-922 fiona Thu, 12 May 2011 14:51:39 +0000 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/?p=523#comment-922 What a treat to discover that I'm not the only person battling with this! Recently got married and my husband has moved in. We are 3 in a two-bedroom cluster home. Cannot believe how hemmed-in I feel...have already given away loads of stuff, but it hardly makes a dent. Love the list of 'what we really need' but am unfortunately a lover of books and old things, and an Archivist, so I guess it goes with the territory. Thanks for your encouraging site - will continue to bless the rest of the world with all my unwanted materialistic treasures, hopefully will end up with a lovely Zen-like house someday. What a treat to discover that I’m not the only person battling with this! Recently got married and my husband has moved in. We are 3 in a two-bedroom cluster home. Cannot believe how hemmed-in I feel…have already given away loads of stuff, but it hardly makes a dent. Love the list of ‘what we really need’ but am unfortunately a lover of books and old things, and an Archivist, so I guess it goes with the territory. Thanks for your encouraging site – will continue to bless the rest of the world with all my unwanted materialistic treasures, hopefully will end up with a lovely Zen-like house someday.

]]> By: dottyspots http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/#comment-496 dottyspots Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:12:28 +0000 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/?p=523#comment-496 Argh! The *stuff* problem. We moved a few years ago and rehomed quite a bit of Freecycle, but it's amazing how stuff creeps back in *sigh*. I have hoarding tendencies and a love of books (and yarn), really I could declutter more but I find it very difficult to do. We're 6 people in a terrace though, so some clutter is to be expected. Argh! The *stuff* problem. We moved a few years ago and rehomed quite a bit of Freecycle, but it’s amazing how stuff creeps back in *sigh*. I have hoarding tendencies and a love of books (and yarn), really I could declutter more but I find it very difficult to do. We’re 6 people in a terrace though, so some clutter is to be expected.

]]> By: Steve http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/#comment-491 Steve Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:02:44 +0000 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/?p=523#comment-491 "a list of things we actually need as opposed to just like to have" - a good idea. Our house is full of rubbish and we store it all for some strange reason. We moved from a tiny terrace house to a large family sized semi which seemed like a palace but now 5 years later it seems very small. But, we are still 4 people living there so the only thing that is now different is the amount of clutter and rubbish taking up space. A de-clutter is well overdue. “a list of things we actually need as opposed to just like to have” – a good idea. Our house is full of rubbish and we store it all for some strange reason. We moved from a tiny terrace house to a large family sized semi which seemed like a palace but now 5 years later it seems very small. But, we are still 4 people living there so the only thing that is now different is the amount of clutter and rubbish taking up space. A de-clutter is well overdue.

]]> By: Ackers http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/#comment-488 Ackers Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:44:31 +0000 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/?p=523#comment-488 Thanks Rob. Yes in this big drafty north facing Victorian semi we feel like we are heating the drafts as they blow a gale through! Thanks Rob. Yes in this big drafty north facing Victorian semi we feel like we are heating the drafts as they blow a gale through!

]]> By: Rob... http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/2008/10/20/further-downshifting-and-associated-decluttering/#comment-487 Rob... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:18:20 +0000 http://becomingdomestic.co.uk/?p=523#comment-487 Whenever I think about how small our house is, I'll now remember that it's cheap to run :) Regards, Rob... Whenever I think about how small our house is, I’ll now remember that it’s cheap to run :)

Regards,

Rob…

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