Parents were hoarders. I moved out on my own. I learnt bad habits but kicked them, learnt good ones along the way.
Our new home is clean, bless my wife for this journey, themed was minimalist, and after throwing away 150 bags of trash that weighed almost 350-400lbs from our old place, did we allow ourselves to move in.
It took 3 weeks of DAILY cleaning, discarding useless crap to get us here.
Nothing that didn’t fit our beige/white themed home, was thrown.
Even after moving in only “The essentials”, We threw away close to 30 bags more.
After the dust was settled, our new home gives me such happiness and peace of mind, I am even throwing out Wiping clothes/rags that don’t match, and a red bucket and Red Toaster that my FIL gave us (sorry Dad) replacing them with a Beige or white one..
Biggest tips:
You will never use 99% of that what if, this looks nice/cool crap. Buy only stuff to replace your spoilt/old/outdated or mismatched item. Have a theme for your home and stick with it even with small stuff, start simple.
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