Family Of Four That Decluttered Down To Eight Suitcases And Moved To Europe Debt Free Says Selling Their Old Clutter Online Brought In Over $15,000

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A stack of vintage suitcases for a family moving abroad.

How would an extra $1,000 a month land in your budget? That is the question Marissa, the creator behind A to Zen Life on YouTube, opens with. The follow-up is the part that grabs attention: Marissa says the family made over $15,000 selling their old clutter after one massive decluttering session. The backstory is just … Read more

Veteran Reseller Of 18 Years Says Vinted Has 20 Times More Offers Than Poshmark, But No Seller Fees Let Her Profit On $10 Items Daily

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Colorful clothes hanging on a rack, ready to be listed for resale.

Most of us have heard that selling online is a great way to clear out the house, but the fees can eat the profit on small items. That is exactly why veteran reseller Nikki of the Nikki Buys channel is excited about Vinted. She has been reselling part time for almost 20 years and is … Read more

Certified Decluttering Pro Living With Three ADHD Brains Says Removing 15 Items In 15 Minutes Daily Adds Up To 465 Items Gone By The End Of October

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A decluttering reel cover beside a stock photo of folded clothes on a closet shelf.

Ask anyone who has tried to clear out a closet in one big weekend how it went, and you will hear the same story. Great start, big pile, tired by lunch, and a half-finished mess left sitting in the hallway for weeks. A certified decluttering professional says the fix is not more motivation. It is … Read more

Woman Tries Backwards Decluttering By Pulling Out Only The Clothes She Loves To Wear And Leaving Everything She Has Not Worn Hanging While Her Mom Weighs In

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Clothes hanging on wooden hangers in a closet, sorted by what actually gets worn.

Most decluttering advice starts with the same grim instruction: take everything out, and decide what to throw away. Shannon Torrens tried the opposite. She calls it backwards decluttering, and she did it at home with her mom Kathy sitting by to weigh in. The idea is refreshingly simple. Instead of choosing what to remove, she … Read more

She Hit Goodwill Just Two Days After Her Last Visit And Still Found A Tiki Carving, A Capodimonte Piece And A Surprise Urn On The Shelf

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Wooden shelves filled with decorative items and plants like a thrift store display.

Here is a lesson every thrifter learns eventually: the shelves at your local Goodwill are never the same twice, even when you were just there. Crazy Lamp Lady proved it. She walked into her nearby Goodwill just two days after her last visit, fully expecting repeats, and found a tiki carving, a piece of Capodimonte … Read more

Local Golf Pro’s Garage Sale Had Bags Listing For $500 And $800 On Ebay, So A Picker Made A Package Offer To Clear Out The Whole Garage

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A golf bag on a push cart on a green course with rolling hills.

One man’s garage sale leftovers can be another man’s paycheck. North Idaho Pickers was cruising a garage sale held by a local golf professional, one of the pros at the Coeur d’Alene golf course and resort, when something caught the picker’s eye: a row of golf bags. Before leaving, the picker handed the seller a … Read more

She Asked The Minimal Mom For Help With Her Mail Pile And Shoe Overflow, And The Advice Was To Pull The Shoes Shoved In The Back Of The Cubbies

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A mail pile and shoe overflow organizing video cover beside a stock photo of a wooden shoe cubby shelf.

Millennial Meg has a confession: she has historically been devoid of systems. Her mail piles up on a flat surface by the door, her shoes spill out onto the floor, and she describes herself as a “go where the wind blows” kind of person. That is lovely and whimsical, she says, until it comes to … Read more

Paid $50 At One Estate Sale For Brass Dolphins, A Mahogany Curio Shelf, A Side Table And Brand New Coca Cola Hot Wheels In A Tiki Beach House

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A room packed with antiques, furniture and collectibles like an estate sale.

Estate sale Friday started with a coffee run and ended with a car full of brass dolphins. The Flipped Piece spent a day in Southern California hitting a string of sales and stops, and the last one was a tiki-themed beach house that delivered the big win of the day: brass dolphins, a mahogany curio … Read more

She Spent Under $100 On Shelves, Towels And Organizers To Try Turning A Chaotic Linen Closet Into A Pinterest Dream While Pregnant With Two Young Kids

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A neat stack of folded towels, the kind of order a linen closet makeover brings.

Admit it: almost everyone has a linen closet they would rather not show anyone. Catherine Elaine has one too, and she calls it her “non-aesthetic and actually kind of embarrassing” linen closet. She is a pregnant mom of two young kids who just finished major renovations, and she set out to turn this chaotic closet … Read more

Two Estate Sales Turned Up Four Games And A Manual For $15, A 50¢ Movie And Pricey Underwear Before A Trip To See Giant Recycled Trash Trolls

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A stack of board games, like the finds picked up at an estate sale.

The best part of reselling is that every sale is a little mystery. The team at Florida Pickers headed to two estate sales on a rainy Florida morning, and between them they turned up four Wii games with a manual for $15, a 50 cent movie and a pair of vintage underwear that cost $10 … Read more