What about the boring declutter? Welcome to my first ‘Decluttering the unfabulous’. Sometimes becoming a minimalist isn’t choosing between your purple leopard print cocktail dress and your velvet gown, it’s having to choose between the blue dishcloth and the pink one.
I forgot about dishcloths and tea towels, but they have been taking over our house.
This was our dishcloth drawer. Please note that I could not open it all the way. The problem with dishcloths is:
1. They are useful…always. (Even if not your favourite);
2. Unless they’re falling apart, they get put back in the drawer because (see number 1) they’re useful.
The other problem is that decluttering dish cloths is boring. I don’t hold up dish cloths in a hug and ask if I love them. Dish cloths and tea towels, for me, equal cleaning and not love.
This was my method for decluttering.
1. Figure out how often I want to wash dish cloths, tea towels, pot holders and window cloths;
2. From that number, determine how many dish cloths etc I actually need.
I figured I’d only want to do dish cloths at maximum once a week. Therefore I would keep 7 dishcloths, 7 tea towels, 2 potholders, 2 window cloths and 2 speciality dishwashing cloths. This may seem like a lot but I’ve set a date at the end of summer that I will review use and discard more, if appropriate.
One thing I found was that my favourite Norwex face cloths were hiding in the dish cloth drawer and I didn’t even notice. It was like I won the lottery when I found them!
This was the end result. I can shut my drawer too!
More fabulous minimalist to come, but today I had to tackle this drawer. I actually feel better knowing this drawer is clean. Less time finding ‘the right cloth’ means less time cleaning, means more time doing what I love.
My most fabulous tea towel, from Mischief Made.
The Fabulous Minimalist 