Category Archives: minimalist challenge

the BIGGEST downsize!! [minimalist challenge item #361]

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[item] My house

[purchase info] Purchased pre-owned in Preston Vineyards.

[time in my possession] Approximately 5.5 years.

[last used] Today.  (Well, I’m a little late on posting this blog entry, but I was in it until I moved.)

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Difficult

[destination] Rental property right now.

[replacement item] A smaller house.  I went from 1792 square feet to 1419.

[info] Wow.  Where do I start with this one?  I wanted to downsize my house.  I bought this as a fixer-upper and spent a good part of the first 4 years doing just that — fixing it up.  A lot of sweat equity went into this home, which made it a really difficult decision.

I still own the home and I’m renting it to some really awesome people!  I plan to sell it, but for now it’s a rental property.  With that being said, I’m not sure how to quantify this downsize in dollars like I have all of the other things.  I’ll have to figure that out when calculating my final dollar amounts.

a back door for the front door [minimalist challenge item #360]

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[item] A glass door.

[purchase info] Purchased at the Habitat ReStore for $65

[time in my possession] Approximately 5 months

[last used] Never

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Medium

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I bought this to use as my front door.  It didn’t fit right right, and I did try more than once.  The door was just a tad bit too big.

fill it up! [minimalist challenge item #359]

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[item] Pink mesh laundry basket

[purchase info] Purchased new at The Container Store.

[time in my possession] Approximately 7 years

[last used] 3 years ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Easy

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I don’t have a big house anymore and no place to really use this.  Also, the side kept collapsing.

susan is really lazy [minimalist challenge item #358]

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[item] Lazy susan

[purchase info] Purchased new at Ikea.

[time in my possession] Approximately 6 years.

[last used] Over a year ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Medium

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] Why is this called a lazy susan?  Who’s Susan?  She must have really been lazy.  I like this, I just really don’t have a spot for it anymore.  I used it at work for a long time.

fabric scraps & painted sheets [minimalist challenge item #357]

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[item] A huge lot of fabric scraps and 3 painted sheets

[purchase info] The sheets came from an art project at work and the fabric scraps are mostly old clothing.

[time in my possession] Not sure, but many years.

[last used] Several years ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Easy

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I have lots of stuff like this.  I needed to purge some of it.

art canvas & vintage pins [minimalist challenge item #356]

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[item] A painted canvas and some vintage pins / broaches.

[purchase info] Purchased at a thrift store.

[time in my possession] Approximately 4 years

[last used] 4 years ago

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Easy

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I bought this canvas half painted.  I finished the painting and pinned vintage flower pins all over it.  It’s been in my garage and some of the pins broke off.

creepy doll collection [minimalist challenge item #355]

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[item] Box of dolls, some new, some vintage.

[purchase info] Purchased mostly on eBay and at thrift stores.

[time in my possession] Approximately 6 years.

[last used] A few months ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Difficult.

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I bought these to use in a photographic art project for an altered book.  I like taking random photos of them and using them for art projects.  Interesting conversation pieces too when you set them out around the house or bring them to meetings.

sewing supplies [minimalist challenge item #354]

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[item] A plastic box of sewing supplies

[purchase info] Purchased new.

[time in my possession] Approximately 6 years.

[last used] Never on a lot of it, 4 years ago on the rest.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Easy

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I’m not good at sewing, nor do I like to do it.  bye, bye sewing stuff.

shhhh… huge box of toys [minimalist challenge item #353]

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[item] Huge box of toys

[purchase info] Purchased new and used at all different times and places.

[time in my possession] Approximately, well, in my kids’ possession… too long.

[last used] A long, long time ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Way easy.

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] My kids didn’t even notice all this missing.  Actually, they selected much of it to get rid of.  I added a few items to it.

yes, pigs do fly [minimalist challenge item #352]

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[item] Toy flying pig

[purchase info] Purchased at a thrift store on vacation

[time in my possession] Approximately 5 years

[last used] A few months ago.

[difficulty level in getting rid of it] Medium

[destination] Freecycle

[replacement item] None

[info] I bought this as a joke for a friend.  He didn’t find it so funny and threw it across the room.  Oh well.  The joke was that I used a blank, black screen in my presentation programming.  The pig inspired the painting below…