I am right into doing some major decluterring at home (little bit per weekends). Not that I keep a lot (not a fan of knicknats and I like my surfaces to be clear of junk). But still too much in drawers, or not put in the right places. Hubby does tend to keep everything...in case.

Imagine what the workshop can look like. Just this past Sunday, I spent the afternoon just sorting through one shelf (mostly bolts and stuff that were loose and not in their respective containers), empty boxes, etc. I think I would need 2 weeks vacation just to clean/re organize that shop (it's big) to what I would love to see. I have almost 2 weeks off for xmas vacation and I told hubby to get ready to work on cleaning up the shop! No way getting away from it!

Like you LPH, I need to keep stuff as we do our own furniture (woodworking) and I do all my home renos so I need the paint and all stuff related to that. But at some point, paint cans are not really good after a while. So I end up just keeping the lid (for colour code and an idea of colour) in case we need to get a new gallon. We have way too many things we keep for "just in case".

But it is clean-up time one room at a time. Trying to get hubby to imagine if we had to live full time in a motorhome (our future goal) what would he need to get rid up as it has to fit into a tiny living area. That could be very interesting to see. hihi Not getting anywhere so I have to take the bull by the horn and start and then he whines and complains but ends up helping.

I gave or recycled a LOT of books, binders and junk that we were no longer using but was collecting dust. Lots of music CD (we never use CDs anymore and all is downloaded into a hard disk and then into our iphones, tablets, etc.

So part of the basement (that I turned into my gym) is done now that the "office" area is cleared. And I'm sure I'd do this room in 4 weeks and still would find stuff to "eliminate". I wil take pictures of my gym room once it is to my liking. Not there yet! hihi

This weekend is not going to be great outside so I will attack my clothes closet as I have to get my winter stuff out. I'm sure I will have a full gabarga bag of very good shirts, pants, etc. to give to nearby shelter. And that is like this every 6 months (change of season). And those night table we keep stuff for nothing or misplaced.

I am not sentimental or very little on stuff. I keep our wedding videos, and pictures but that is about it.