Ultimate Decluttering Guide: What to Throw Away Tomorrow
Got some spare time on your hands and want to get your family home more organised? Look no further than this ultimate decluttering guide! Free up space and start fresh with our carefully curated checklist of things to throw away tomorrow.
We’re all guilty of holding onto items we don’t use, need, or keep “just in case” we find the missing part.
However, the reality is if we haven’t found the missing part in the last year, we probably won’t. If we haven’t fixed the broken item, it’s likely because we don’t know how or never will. And if we haven’t used something in over a year, it’s probably because we’ve outgrown it, no longer like it, or simply don’t need it anymore.
This decluttering guide will help you tackle the clutter head-on and stop cramming your family home full of things you could easily throw away.
If we throw these items away then ultimately, it’s less to clean, less to look at and if your anything like us then less to pick up and ram back in the cupboard as it falls out each time, we open it!!
Ok so decluttering can be time consuming and faced with a mammoth task is often the reason we don’t start it lol!
But to help you tackle Project Organised we have put together a Handy Checklist which is broken down room by room, so if you don’t feel up to it or can’t manage to do it all at once, then you can keep a record of where you got to and carry on another day, rather than just not starting at all.
Checklist of Things you can Throw Away Tomorrow
Bathroom
- Old Makeup
- Expired Sunscreen
- Expired Medicine
- Old Hair Bobbles / Ties
- Broken Brushes
- Old Perfume
- Old Toiletries
- Dried up Nail polish
- Old Towels / Bathmats
- Old / Broken Slip mats in bath / shower
Bedroom
- Unworn Clothes
- Old and broken jewellery
- Earrings without a match
- Stained Clothes you can’t get clean so don’t wear
- Unused purses
- Old Shoe boxes
- Clutter under bed and at bottom of wardrobe
- Odd Socks you have been holding onto for over a year waiting to find the matching one, you not found it so far you aren’t going to
Kitchen
- Plastic Tubs without Lids
- Lids without Plastic Tubs
- Kids Juice Bottles with broken or no lids
- Travel Mugs with Broken or No Lids
- Broken Appliances
- Expired Food in Fridge
- Expired Tinned and Boxed Food in cupboard
- Unused Cookbooks
- Chipped plates, mugs and glasses
- Old un-useable kitchen tools
- Melted, mashed up birthday candles you can’t actually use again
- Any rogue cocktail sticks that are not in clean container
- Loose Birthday napkins that can’t be used again
- Old Cleaners
- Ripped Cleaning Rags
- Old Detergents
Kids Playroom
- Broken Toys
- Games with missing pieces
- Old Electronics
- Unloved Soft Toys
- Dress up clothes that the kids have outgrown
- Unused Reading Books
- Unused Toys
- Unwatched, damaged DVDs
- Old Colouring Books
- Broken Crayons or Pencils or dried up felt pens
- Dried out Playdoh
- Unused Craft Supplies
Garage / Shed
- Old Paint
- Outgrown Bikes
- Old Sports Equipment
- Broken Tools
- Old Rags
- Unused Holiday items
- Damaged Old Paddling Pools or Slip n Slides
- Old Outside Toys
- Unused Décor
Lounge / Office
- Old unused books
- Old Magazines / newspapers
- Shred old receipts
- Dried up or old pens
- Old notepads, just rip out any important pages needed to save
- Outdated electronic
- Old chargers and cables
- Outdated software
- Expired coupons
- Old School Project resources
- Old warranty books for items you don’t have anymore
- Old keys
- Old parts / accessories for old hoovers
- Old Batteries
Don’t forget, when you’ve gathered everything, you’ve decided to throw away, those items might no longer be of use to you but could still be valuable to others. This decluttering guide doesn’t just help you free up space—it can also help you make some extra cash.
For items in good condition, consider selling them on eBay, Gumtree, Facebook Groups, Shpock, or at your local car boot sale or tabletop sale. If you want a quick solution, you could bundle items together as a job lot, a popular option for many buyers.
Not looking for extra cash? No problem! Many items can still avoid the landfill by being donated to charity shops or listed for free on Facebook community groups, where people will often collect them from you.
If you’re on a cleaning spree and need more tips to keep your home sparkling, check out our articles on Top 5 Dirtiest Places in Your Family Kitchen and How to Deep Clean Your Microwave the Natural Way. These guides pair perfectly with this decluttering guide to help you transform your home into a clutter-free, clean haven.
Happy De-cluttering!
