Guest Post: How to De-clutter your House and Make Money
Kat : February 20, 2012 12:00 pm : Commercial Content, Sponsored Guest PostThis is a sponsored guest post provided by MusicMagpie. For more information about this kind of post please read my disclosure for readers page. Kat xoxo
The winter frost may not be thawed yet, but there’s no doubt that spring cleaning is already on your mind. If you’re relishing the thought of getting rid of all those old toys, magazines, and thoughtful but impractical Christmas gifts, why wait to get started? Organising and de-cluttering your home now will give you a head start on all that stuff; plus, it’s a good way to make money for a vacation or fun-filled outing when the weather finally warms up. Here’s how you can do it.
1. Sell your games and toys. If your kids have officially outgrown all those old toys, search around for consignment sales where you can turn them into cash by passing them along. Make sure to organise each set of toys by age group to make lightening your load a little easier. And if you have “big kids” who like to play video games, consider selling those games online, which is an easier and faster way to get rid of them. You can sell computer games for cash, many times without even having to pay for the shipping to send them off.
2. Clean out the closet. Are you still holding on to those tie-dye shirts and acid wash jeans that you wore decades ago hoping that they will come back in style? If they ever do, we’re sure that there will be an updated version of them that you can pick up at your favourite apparel store. In the meantime, however, pack up all of your old fashion statements and head to the nearest vintage store to see how many quid you can get for them. This will make space for more modern, more adult fashions and also give you the cash to pay for them.
3. Donate to a charity. Speaking of old clothes, you probably have some items that don’t fit neatly into any “vintage” category. If this is the case, consider making a charitable donation to an organisation that provides low-cost clothing for low-income families. It may not be a direct way to make money, but you could get a tax break for your thoughtfulness.
4. Digitise your music and movies. That home entertainment centre never really went with your decor to begin with, so why not put it up on Gumtree to make a few extra bucks? And while you are at it, you can also download and then sell all those old DVDs and CDs that it holds so that you never again have to figure out how to make rows and rows of discs look like an attractive feature in your home. MusicMagpie is a site that allows you to sell music and movies in bulk while also paying for your shipping and sending a cheque directly to you.
5. Use the Internet for selling miscellaneous items. And finally, what will you do with the exercise bicycle that never got any use, or that hideous set of kitchen towels that someone gave you for Christmas? If the Internet has taught us anything, it is that one woman’s trash is most certainly destined to be another woman’s treasure. Unload all of your quirky and unwanted items onto buyers using a popular listing site that will get you lots of page hits.















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