If you were building a new home, and you and hubby had set a generous budget for new furniture/homewares/ linen throughout would you bother saving any of your old stuff? I.e. none of our plates or cutlery match, buying a 10 seater table as current 6 seater we dont fit at, towels pretty much are threadbare, we are replacing their current bunk beds with double or queen for the older kids and king singles for the two little ones who will still be sharing a room. The kids furniture is pretty much being held together with extra screws gaffer tape and prayers. Even our bed is falling apart. Other than taking our clothes and memories/treasured items there is nothing really worth salvaging. Am I better off just getting a skip bin and dumping everything that's rubbish?
Side note we are staying in our current home until our new home is move in ready I.e. furnished, everything set up, new linen washed and on beds etc basically like walking into a holiday home with just your clothes ( sorry not sure how to word it better)
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I would offer everything you intend to bin as free to good home :) many people doing it tough would think of your trash and their treasure
If you can afford it, why not go all new?
Brand new home, brand new stuff, sounds amazing.
Skips are great, can put all your crap in, they fit so much.
Congrats on the new house xxxx
Skip it! You will feel as though you don't have much but that's a good feeling, the less junk you have the less stress you have! When you're ready to leave i would get rid of the lot.
If you can afford to refurnish your whole house from top to bottom, why not I say!
New house, new belongings - what an awesome fresh start. Not only that but if you buy quality goods, you won't need to replace anything for a good while.
I would try and see if you can spare some of your stuff from landfill though.
Threadbare towels and linen - perfect for animal shelters.
Mismatched crockery - Op shops and charities will willingly take them.
Outgrown toys, clothes, DVDs and books - often items womens shelters are in desperate need of.
Functional but no longer aesthetically pleasing appliances - ideal for youngsters just starting out.
Old couches and tables - people often want them for their man caves or sheds.
Broken or hanging on by a thread furniture - loads of people want things like that so they can repurpose the wood or metals.
We have a "helping the needy" Facebook group for my area. People are always looking for whitegoods and they are not fussed about the condition as long as they work.
A skip is a great idea as well though, we got one recently to get rid of decades of accumulated crap.
Thanks for the ideas. I'll post them on marketplace once we are ready to move into the new house. Didnt think of sending towels into vets that's a great idea. I might see if they'll take the blankets and sheets as well!!
We have tried to not replace anything for the last year as we knew we'd be moving soon and our current home would fit into out new homes rumpus and lounge room! So we would have to buy more furniture to fit in anyway and have kept our 3 year old in the highchair for meals to avoid buying a bigger dining table as we had to put our dining table under the pergola as our eldest is living in the dining room lol
Thanks for your ideas!
I'm excited for you lol. You guys won't know what to do with yourselves with all this new space!
Happy shopping đ
Tell me about it!! We are so excited. The house is due to be finished in November so we are hoping to be in at least 3 weeks before Christmas. We've lived in close quarters for far too long - 8 people sharing 1 bathroom is hard work!! But need to organise this sort of thing now so it can be move in ready đ
Is it really necessary to replace everything?
I totally understand new house, new things feeling everyone is on about but I just donât understand the necessity.
If it ainât broke, donât fix it.
Personally I think sometimes itâs these things that make a house a home.
In a few years, all your new stuff will eventually be the same.
I use the âgood Chinaâ when I have guests, I have nice guest towels, but sometimes certain things just make a house a home instead of âinstaworthyâ.
It sounds like youâve already made excellent use of your household items as is. Iâd start fresh in your own home.
If furniture and items are truly warm out/broken etc please throw those items out. Donât donate them to a charity as that just pushes the problem onto the charity.
Thanks. This is my thoughts too. I will go through it slowly and throw out anything not worth salvaging! I'll only donate things that will genuinely help someone as I know charity's have to pay to dump rubbish!