My home (and office) are suffering. And it's driving me nuts...has been for years.

Everything is so cluttered. I have difficulty throwing things away and organizing my living space. We do have "open floor space" so we can walk through out house without having to hack a trail with a machete, but all horizontal surfaces are a mess. The dining room, well, we can't walk in there.

I have gone as far as to organize old clothes into bags--three each for men, ladies and boys clothing. Into one I put tops, another bottoms and another misc. Some of these things are new w/ tags and never worn. Some are designer names.

I have cd's, dvd's, all kinds of papers. Old electronics and small appliances. And books. Way too many books, and this with me bagging up a huge sackful of paperbacks about twice a year and donating them to Friends of the Library.

I have bought 3 books on conquering clutter and usually can't find them...because of all the clutter. My husband never throws anything away either and gets mad when I suggest we do something about this problem. He and my son are both slobs. I'm so stressed about it that I hardly ever go into their man cave any more. If we pared down our home/barn/possessions, we would possibly remove tons of stuff.

In the past I've donated items to the local Goodwill or Hospice stores. Get a receipt for my taxes (and promptly misplace it in the clutter). We don't have a local consignment store. Nearest city w/ upscale resale type stores is close to an hour away (in other words, too time-consuming to be worth it).

Has anyone here had experience w/ selling things on ebay or other on line resources such as craigslist? Is that more time-consuming than I need to fool with? Would it be possible to find an ebay seller who would be willing to do all the work and give me a cut? How?

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do? I think my SIL is going to come in 2 weeks to help with a purge