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Episode 146 – 10 things to declutter from your bathroom

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Intro  0:07  
Welcome to today's episode of The Declutter Hub Podcast, your channel for super easy, no nonsense advice on how to declutter and organise your home. Please welcome your hosts professional organisers, Ingrid Jansen and Lesley Spellman.

Ingrid  0:31  
Hello, and welcome listeners to Episode 146 of the Declutter Hub Podcast. I'm Ingrid. 

Lesley  0:37  
And I'm Lesley.

Ingrid  0:38  
If you have clutter and want to sort it out, this is the show for you. Now, in today's episode, Lesley and I are talking about the 10 things you can declutter from your bathroom. Lesley, the 10 things is back. We love doing the 10 things

Lesley  0:56  
we do. It's been a while since we've done 10 things. Yes. We've been talking about hundreds of things. And so actually, we're, we're going to keep it simple today and do 10 things, but it won't be 10. It's 10 categories, really. So it will be more than 10 things when, by the time you've done your declutter, we want to keep it simple so that you've got this goal for this weekend. 10 things from your bathroom. Yes. Go Ingrid.

Ingrid  1:24  
Let's do it. Because we have found 10 really good things. And we've got we were brainstorming, we were preparing for this podcast. We brainstormed like, Oh, yes, we can include this. And we can include that. And this is going to be a very good list. And we know lots of people have these things in their bathroom to declutter. So let's start with number one. And probably the most obvious one over whole list. Let's be honest, because it is empty. Loo rolls, aka empty toilet rolls. For people who do not live here in the UK. A loo roll. It's a toilet roll. They are always there. Why are we the only ones who throw them away? Why do other people in our house ever do?

Lesley  2:12  
Exactly, exactly. I mean, I used to have this thing. It's interesting, really, because I used to have you been to my house sooner. So I used to have this kind of tall kind of decorative vase thing next to my toilet in my downstairs loo and I it's kind of metallic. So it looks quite nice. I used to use that. And I used to then put the empty toilet rolls in there and then just empty them once a week. Who knows how many toilet rolls one goes through in a week. It's like crazy, isn't it? But anyway, but now I've decided that it's a nice thing to have got some artificial can have you saw them last week because you were here. Like some artificial kind of flowers in them. So now I've lost my my Ben for my loo rolls. And so now I have to take them out one by one. I'm still waiting for that time when one of my family members takes the glue roll off and leaves it on the floor and all hell will break loose, let me tell you, but yeah, it's just one of those things. People never ever throw away the empty loo rolls, and they just find themselves everywhere behind the toilet. I don't know, just randomly everywhere.

Ingrid  3:10  
Well, I have a thought about that, Lesley actually, I think because a lot of bathrooms have a bin. But a toilet roll we all know is from cardboard so can be recycled. So you kind of don't want to throw it in the bin with like, other dirty stuff that needs to be thrown away because you kind of know it can be recycled, and you don't want to fish in a dirty bin getting the loo rolls out. So I think that's where so maybe we need tiny bathroom bins with two compartments with recyclable stuff and non recycling. Maybe that's the problem. I'm not completely sure, but I've been thinking about

Lesley  3:50  
this, maybe you should pay attention to new products and maybe you know on the side of the declutter, hub maybe should go into product development. I think that would be a great thing. And you can you can get a loo roll receptacle stroke, ordinary waste bin I'm sure that they exist. I'm sure we are not the first people to think about recycling in a bathroom. But we are here to say if you've got those loo rolls hanging around your bathroom on a regular basis, pick them up and throw them away because it makes your bathroom look so much nicer.

Ingrid  4:18  
I know that's the thing, isn't it when you just immediately Okay, enter your roll boom downstairs in the recycling or outside in the recycling done. But when there's one or two or three, it immediately looks messy. Who knew we could talk about empty loo rolls for like, several minutes Lesley?

Lesley  4:35  
Yeah, I want to know I want to know in the comments whether you your family are the blue roll people who just randomly I mean you're lucky because to be fair, what normally happens is the empty loo roll stays on the loo roll holder thing and the full loo roll sits on top of the toilets doesn't it? So even if you get to a stage where someone would take the empty loo roll up and put the new one on that would be a Bonus, I suppose, wouldn't it? We might even be one stage before that. But anyway,

Ingrid  5:04  
that's so funny. Let's because this, this whole thing just completely made me think about this Dutch saying that we have and I will translate it because otherwise people are gonna go what language is he talking? But actually there's a Dutch saying that says, Don't think with the last piece of loo roll. The person after me is going to be fine. Which basically means don't just leave one tiny, sad little piece of toilet paper on a roll and think, oh yeah, the person I have to meet is going to be grabbed with just one tiny bit of loo roll left.

Lesley  5:40  
Like how? I'm sorry, right? Let's take a step back from there. So number one, we want you to say in Dutch in a minute. And number two, why do the Dutch people say that? Like, who thought of that as a say in an actual saying, it's like, oh, that rolls off the tongue doesn't he? Like

Ingrid  5:58  
it's it's donkey's years old. So okay, there we go. Dank, neat. Buried lots to fill the Namic come to the Red Hat. Val. Nice.

Lesley  6:09  
Oh, so it does rhyme. Rhymes. Okay, so it makes it better. It rhymes. Okay, fair enough.

Ingrid  6:14  
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's

Lesley  6:15  
not really the first thing that you think about as a sort of kind of rolling I've got, you know, these

Ingrid  6:19  
little in the Netherlands, we had these little tiles like this Delft blue tiles with like sayings. And you would find them in toilets. And people would hand up these little tiles with this saying, in the toilet to kind of prompt other people like, Don't be selfish. If there's one tiny little bit of loo roll left, change the role, don't leave the next person hanging when they're actually in the toilet. So that's something where it comes from, but it's actually quite funny, isn't it?

Lesley  6:46  
It's very funny. It's very funny. But we, we could have done a whole podcast just on the rails itself. And so we actually need to move on to level two, otherwise, we will be here for an hour and a half. Yeah, number two is coming in grid.

Ingrid  6:59  
Yes, it is out of date medication. That little cream that is a lingering, maybe it's a cold sore cream, or a headache tablet, or some pseudo cream or something like that. These things have a date, but they end up in our bathroom somewhere in a cupboard on a little ledge somewhere. And then it's like, oh, and then you want to actually use it. And it's out of date. So that's the next one.

Lesley  7:28  
Yeah. And so medication, typically in a bathroom falls into kind of two categories. So some people keep all of their medication in a bathroom. So all their tablets, their anything that doesn't need to be in the fridge. So some people, that's definitely the place that they keep their medication. And for the people who use those kind of like, let's call it private medication, we call it that. So things that you don't want to apply in the kitchen. Those kinds of things find their way. This vision in my mind of what you do with you see to cram in the kitchen. But anyway, let's move on. But yeah, so there's two different ways that medication goes, but you're right, there typically is some kind of medication in the bathroom. And it typically is out of date. Before you know it, it's gone. Because quite often with medication, we just buy it for one problem, don't worry, we've got the medication on the problem is fixed. We don't need it for several months after that. And so that's why these things go out of date. Now, if you want to do a really good declutter, then medication is a good place to start isn't angry, because I guarantee lots of stuff will go you feel very wasteful. Of course you do, but lots of stuff will go

Ingrid  8:35  
Yeah. And here in the UK, we can actually hand in medication at a pharmacy. So out of that medication doesn't have to be thrown away, we can hand it in into a pharmacy. So for those of you who are listening here,

Lesley  8:48  
yeah, it's definitely the same in the States as well, isn't it? They actually have like a drive drive by tech not drive by but when a truck comes into local communities to pick stuff up as well. So that's quite

Ingrid  8:59  
Yeah, so that's really brilliant. So let's move on into the third one. Lesley, that was one that you came up with. I had not realised this probably because I do not do this in my bathroom. But you had another really good one for our list, didn't you?

Lesley  9:12  
Yeah, and so quite often, so I'm going to talk about bathrobes or dressing gowns or house coats or whatever you want to call them. So what happens is because we love a dressing gown, don't we let's call it a dressing gown for argument's sake. Because it's kind of cosy. It signifies the end of the day, they normally kind of cut nice and warm and snug and things like that. But every now and again, we think oh, I'm gonna get a new dressing gown. But because we love the old ones so much, even though it may have holes in it might be a little bit rocky, we kind of keep it and so what we find on the back of bathroom doors, or in bathrooms somewhere is we find multiple bathrooms because we haven't quite got round to getting rid of the old one. So I've seen it so many times in houses England, and I'm sure you have to You're saying you've never seen this you tell me now you've never seen my house. Now, you do have other experiences we know that you don't have in your house. But this big mound of kind of bathrobe sitting on the back of the door for multiple people and stuff. So check out your bathrooms. If you have bought a new one, you did that for a reason, because your old one was not fit for purpose. And so if you've got unless you've got very specific reasons why you're keeping to so for example, I do have two, I've got one that's woman Snuggie. And I've got one that's cotton, because I dry my hair in my bathrobe. And if I dry my hair, when I'm just come out the shower, in my snuggie bath robe, I get a little bit hot. So I have like a cotton bathrobe that I use for that purpose. And I have a Snuggie bathrobe, if that makes sense that I use so I do have two but no more than two. And they both have very specific purposes. So that's fine.

Ingrid  10:48  
Yeah. But I mean, they're not all you don't have AIDS, or hanging on a bathroom door. And then you're like when you want to open a door sometimes at a client's house. I'm like, why is this door so heavy? And then you look on the back? Ah, there's the eight bathrooms there for two people's like why there's so many and there's like all those other things get cut hidden in between them as well. So if you are a bathrobe person or a dressing gown person, maybe this is the perfect thing to declutter. Excellent idea, Lesley. Excellent idea. So I've got a good one for number four. Right? Picture this, you get a really nice bath set for your birthday, or for a holiday or something like that with like a shampoo and a body soap and some body cream and you have this nice packages that they normally sell like around December time you get that for as a gift. And then you use one of them and the other to end up in your cupboard. Because you're not a body cream person. Or you're never are a bath oil person always put oil in what is that about? Like what do I do with Bothell? First of all, I'm not a bath person, as we've recently found out anyway, I think I've gone into the bar three times the last decade, but there's like a bath oil and I'm like, Okay, well, that's going to be completely useless. So the packages look beautiful. But it gives these Oddish fluffy sponges they put in to kind of make it look pretty. But then you never use them. All that stuff gets gets gets put into bathroom cupboards don't it?

Lesley  12:25  
Yeah, what are those things actually called those? Those round? I don't even know what they're called. They're like balls of Yeah, kind of wrapped up kind of spongy. It's not like a plastic kinetic kind of thing. Yeah, yeah, we see a lot of those because they form part of every single basket that you ever buy, don't they? And they hang around. And they're quite a lot of people do really like them, actually. But quite a lot of people don't like them. And they're the kind of things that we hang on to, aren't they?

Ingrid  12:52  
Yeah, yeah. So we declutter a lot of those unused products, don't we? So?

Lesley  12:59  
Yeah, and they can have a second life as well. So those kinds of things. You know, this is about getting it early. So if you get a batter and you know that you're never ever going to use that oil, be realistic, and give it away straightaway donate it to the charity shop straight away, because they will love these things. Yeah, you know, to mean, so it's about being realistic. And you know, but it's hard because it's wrapped up in guilt, isn't it because someone potentially is giving you that as a gift. And you feel bad for getting rid of the other components of the bat set. But what we're saying is tackle that straightaway as it comes in, donate the rest of the stuff that you're never going to use it doesn't then go out of date and become useless.

Ingrid  13:33  
Yes, Lesley? Absolutely. If you have these products in your bathroom, get them out into the food bank to the charity shop, give them a second life because they've if they've been in your cupboard for six years, then there's no point. But if you tackle it straight away, somebody else can enjoy it and use it.

Lesley  13:49  
Definitely. Now I want to go on on number five to something that somebody else absolutely will not enjoy. And something that drives me insane. So there's definitely a movement these days. Some people have always done this, but there's definitely movement now towards bars of soap rather than plastic bottles are hand soap and those kinds of things and shower gel people use it hand soap for that or body soap. So, we use these nice pieces of soap and then we go down and down and down. It gets smaller and smaller and smaller until you get to the really kind of small bit and then it's kind of awkward, isn't it to kind of wash your body with a one inch square kind of bit of soap, they started to get a bit manky. So we kind of leave it on the side of the sink or we leave it in the little shower tray or the shower caddy thing. And then they kind of sit there and actually we don't want to use that anymore. So we get a new bar of soap out. Yeah, but we don't really want to throw away the old one. So how many times tell me Ingrid that you've not seen this when I first mentioned this you like What do you mean? I'm like, What do you mean? What do I mean? What do you mean? What do I mean? I mean those little monkey tiny kind of one inch bits of soap. Yep, that hang around when you've already decided that you want a new one? You're never gonna go back to the old little tiny bit of stuff. Grab a bit of soap, or you're always going to use that nice brand spanking new bar of soap, aren't you?

Ingrid  15:05  
I know, it's so interesting because when I grew up, we had a bar of soap and our toilet downstairs, right? Not a problem. Everybody wash their hands. But I think we're a far more conscious now that people other people touch things. So now if I come into a house when there's a bar of soap, and I want to wash my hands and be like, oh, there's no hand soap in a pump. Now, I do believe in refilling and all of those things so we can get the plastic down. I think when you use a bar of soap within your own family, so if you've got like a bathroom, that's for you, and you've got a bar of soap to use every day, that your hands that touch it, I think it's fine. But when you visit somebody, I think it's I know, I'm gonna be like, I would rather that they have a hand. So pump things, I can just squirt the bait out and wash my hands that just doesn't feel nice to use somebody else's bar of soap is that am I being weird here, or it's,

Lesley  15:59  
I don't know, I don't I don't think you can wait for yourself. But I think the interesting thing is, I think you've got a guest bathroom, then you probably would do that. But if you're in the in the general bathroom, I'm a big believer that you need to create a home that you can use 365 days a year and not create something that's used by a guest that comes five days a year. And so I think if you generally are a bar of soap kind of person, and that's going to suit you for those 365 days, and you're never going to use the hand soap for whatever reason environmentally or whatever, then I think go for the bar soap and the guests that's going to come to just gonna have to make do so I am. This is same with spare bedrooms. You know, we've spoken about this before, you know, so many people give a room in their house for a spare bed for guests, and forfeit what they need themselves, like a home office or a play room or whatever. And I'm like, you know, that's five days a year, you need this to work 365 days a year. So it's the same principle really. So I kind of get you if you've got the benefit of giving pumped handsoap to a guest. Of course, that's probably going to feel more sanitary, particularly at the moment. Now. Well, hand washing is such a big thing. You know, it's just I mean, but yeah, generally, you don't have to make use of fiscal African or was it English.

Ingrid  17:09  
But I think though, what made it work can help really, especially with a sink, if the what we see our ASEAN regulations that the soap was actually on the sink, there's no soap tray. So and because of course, soap is always is wet, because people just wash their hands. And if you leave it on the sink, it kind of starts to stick to it. So I think maybe when maybe getting a soap tray, this really nice little soap trace now, maybe that helps to kind of get get it off the sink itself. But I agree with you once it's like a tiny sliver of soap. Let it go. About because it gets really grotty.

Lesley  17:46  
It does, you know, it really does. And so I think a lot of people are probably thinking now, gosh, these girls don't have going to a level of detail. That's if you like what we're saying this is this is the way our minds work. So what we are not about is Yeah, declutter your bathroom, 10 minutes a day, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, that we've heard a million times, we get cut into the core of the actual problems that people have in their homes, whether that's an unused bath, set the end of a bar of so a bathroom, that you've not gotten rid of an empty toilet roll, or out of date medication that you don't want to pull out in your kitchen. That's what we're all about. We're all about getting down to the nitty gritty, getting down to the detail, so that hopefully those light bulbs will go on. Yeah, because I'm sure that that Yes, that's me. So we talked about resonating with people. I'm sure as you'd be listening to this podcast, you've been thinking, Yeah, that's me the toilet roll. Oh, yeah. That's me to borrow soap, or yeah, I've got five bathrooms on the back of my door. And so if you like what you hear, this is what you could get more of in the membership. And trust me, we go into lots and lots of detail about all these little things, don't we all the time because we know these little details are the things that make a difference in your decluttering. We could also go and set to and declutter your bathroom, that's not going to help you. We need to say have you thought about your loo rolls. And then that's what's going to make a difference, isn't it? Ingrid? Yes, if you like what you hear, of course, we have much more of this in our membership, don't we? Ingrid? So in our membership, we have courses specifically, we've got a bathroom course about the general bathroom. We also have a makeup course which is amazing, isn't it? Because a lot of people do, of course, store their makeup in their bathroom. And we also have a medication course in case you store your medication in your bathroom. But of course if you store your medication, your makeup elsewhere, that's also fine. So we just want to highlight that really and the way that we roll in the membership is really getting down to this nitty gritty, isn't it and actually keeping it quite real. I think that's what we're all about.

Ingrid  19:45  
Yeah, definitely. So if you're thinking to yourself, I want to know more about this membership. Have a look at members declutter hub.com And if you're interested and think oh, I would love to see behind the scenes. How does it all look like? Book a discovery call with me with one of us? We Normally to me, I love doing them. And they're 15 minutes, we can have a chat, I can show you what the membership is all about. So let us know if that is something that you're interested in. And you can just like I said, have a look at members dot declutter help.com or email us on support at the culture of.com

Lesley  20:16  
You make it sound like I wouldn't like to talk to members, Ingrid. Yes, normally me because I like doing them. It makes it sound like I don't like doing them. It's just that you've completely taken over the discovery calls. Because you like to chat. Yeah, I like to chat to honestly, please don't feel I feel if anybody got me on a discovery call, they'd be most disappointed. And anyway, we need to move on because we wait. I have more things to talk about.

Ingrid  20:42  
Yeah, five more things. Oh my god. I always love it when you pull me up on things Lesley because I'm like bla bla bla bla bla, you're like, Oh, hold on a minute. Hold on a minute. Yes, listeners. If you get Lesley you are definitely in luck. Because normally you get just little old me. So when you get Lesley's like

Lesley  21:04  
of course as normally I can be found sitting behind my computer doing technical matters. That's why I'm doing well. You're lording it all about it's with lovely people and discovering calls Ingrid's.

Ingrid  21:17  
Anyway, last anyway, yeah. Anyway, number six old nail files and clippers that don't work? How many nail clippers nail files are hanging out in your bathroom? Because they get misplaced and we buy another one or we buy one that was a bit cheap. And we thought Oh, that'll do and a dozen because by the time you then want to either file your nails or clip your nails. They're like rubbish. And you think oh, let me that's this isn't work for me. I need to get something else. Loads of them around.

Lesley  21:52  
Basically the rule is, if the nail clipper doesn't clip your nails if the nail file doesn't fall your nail down or if the tweezers don't tweezing an eyelash out. No no. No, an eyebrow will be better. They got this idea of tweezing out eyelashes that were basically you know the scar they don't join together and over time they go out of sync and they don't work. Yeah, kind of keep them and we see these all the time we get a new one we keep the old one for some bizarre reason. So check your tweezers check your nail clippers check your nail files are still fit for purpose and get rid of the old ones.

Ingrid  22:33  
Yes, exactly. So let's move on to number seven. And this is kind of my little bugbear. We already talked about it very briefly when we're talking about bots sets, etc. It is Monkey sponges and like monkey flannels.

Lesley  22:49  
I'm just wondering whether monkey is like an English word.

Ingrid  22:54  
Probably Yeah, probably. Yeah,

Lesley  22:56  
I think it probably I'm not sure that monkey is something that I've heard coming out of Australia and New Zealand American Canadian person. So I feel like we need to explain what manky means. Ingrid. Yeah,

Ingrid  23:07  
a bit grotty. A bit black from mould a bit falling apart. Because it's been used so many times. It's now the sponge nearly breaking in half. It is one that has lots of soap residue. It's like little flannels, like face little face towels that you use to wash yourself that have gone all raggedy and have got like little strings of the cotton kind of loose everywhere. And it's like how long have they been here?

Lesley  23:39  
Exactly. And so tell me about monkey sponges. So yeah, so So sometimes it's just you just need to replace them. But sometimes when I wash my sponges, do you wash your sponges?

Ingrid  23:49  
I don't use a sponge.

Lesley  23:51  
Why are you so bothered about monkey sponges?

Ingrid  23:53  
Because I see them everywhere else. Okay. Fine.

Lesley  23:59  
I mean I don't use sponges it really in the bathroom, but I wash my sponges from the kitchen. You know how you have like scours with a bit of a story I've just, I don't know, we're talking about bathrooms when you say I do wash my kitchen sponges. And if I did use a bathroom sponge, I would put it through the wash. And so I'd be interested to know whether other people put their sponges because they are going to harbour loads and loads of bacteria is the bottom line. And so that's why they definitely have a shelf life. So look around at the sponges and make sure the ones that you have got are fit for purpose and not harbouring all that nasty bacteria and monkey stuff that we've spoken about.

Ingrid  24:33  
So do you throw them in a washing machine there, Lesley just to get to clarify this washing of sponges. How do you do that?

Lesley  24:39  
Yes, I'm in the washing machine. No. Why not?

Ingrid  24:42  
So not in the dishwasher or in the microwave?

Lesley  24:45  
I do put them in the dishwasher sometimes as well. Sometimes you can't. It's nice to just put them in the washing machine. So if I was doing my cloths my cleaning cloths I would put my sponges in as well.

Ingrid  24:57  
Oh interesting. Okay,

Lesley  25:00  
something very interesting.

Ingrid  25:03  
Let's move on to the next one. Kids bath toys. That's the next one. Because these cute little rubber ducks that we see, a lot of times if it gets the water in them, and then they get lifted aside and the water is not squeezed out of them properly, it gets all a bit mouldy inside. And then when you squeeze them out, it's like, oh, oh my word what comes out of this little cute rubber duck?

Lesley  25:33  
Yeah, also very monkey. Also, not good when you're talking about little kids that tend to be the ones that play with these bath toys as well. So I think you definitely need to have a process in place, if you're keeping bath toys to make sure that they are, as you say, squeeze out the water. That's why these net kind of content and not containers, kind of the storage. net storage bags that they have with toes are brilliant. Because what happens is over time that water drips out, they dry off, and then they don't get full of mould and bacteria. And but you really need to think about that. Because you can see all of the internet when they open these kids toes up. And they are just vile inside, aren't they? And we're allowing our kids to play with them at bedtime. And the other thing is, these bath toys hang around for donkey's years, don't they? So your kid might be 16 years old, and you still got bath toys hanging around in your kitchen each to their own if your 16 year old wants to play with bath toys. But I'd like to wager that they're probably not doing that. So really look at whether you still got baptised hanging around if your kids are older.

Ingrid  26:33  
Yeah, I think I see that a lot. You know, suddenly, it's almost like kids suddenly make a jump and they get more teenagers and loads of stuff suddenly is no longer to interested them. But we still kind of cling on to that kind of time when they were playing a little. But we have to be realistic. You know, some kids play with Barbies or trucks in the bath. And at one point, it's like hold on a minute. They're like 12. Now, they don't do that stuff anymore. Clear it out. And a lot of them have become really dirty over time and just full of limescale. And there's not a lot of rescuing normally from bath toys, I believe.

Lesley  27:10  
Exactly, exactly. So the monkey sponges and the kids bath toys need to go and we are on to number nine, we are motoring through our 10 Top Yes, things to declutter from your bathroom.

Ingrid  27:21  
Yeah, I thought of another really good one, Lesley. And that was those little testers that they put in magazines that are always like stuck in the magazine with a little bit of kind of glue thing. And it's like a tester for a new eye cream, or a new day cream or a new night cream or little tiny little perfume in the tiniest bottle that you've ever seen in your life. And we think, oh, I want to try this out. I'm going to keep that I'm going to put it in my bathroom. And I'm going to use it. For example, when I go away for the weekend, or when I go on holiday, I'm going to bring all these testers with me. But of course, there's no date on them. How long have they been in your bathroom? cupboard?

Lesley  28:00  
Yeah, exactly. No, they're definitely there. I mean, we like to use those up. And we have sort of strategies, though, if you're using those kinds of things. So I do use them. But I don't keep them till I go away. I mean, unless you're travelling every week for work or something, then you don't go away that well. I mean, a lot of people do. But I suddenly don't go away as much as I would like to to be able to use these testers. And so yeah, it's really important for you to have strategy to start to use those in general use, don't keep them for when you go away. Because when you do go away, typically you want a bigger bottle. If you're going away for a week or two, you probably want something that's much larger than a tester. So yes, they need to be decluttered from your bathroom, or at the very least brought into general use.

Ingrid  28:42  
Yes, yes. Now, Lesley, come on, and tell us then last but not least, what is number 10.

Lesley  28:49  
So I'm going to set the scene here in grid. So we have this nice serene bathroom, and we're like, Okay, I'm going to go and have a bath, I'm going to relax in my bath. And I'm going to put some candles on. And so we bring some candles from downstairs or we might have them in our bathroom already. We put them on this happens infrequently. Let's face it, you know, this might be once every six months, you get a chance to have this nice kind of relaxation session in your bathroom. You bring your glass of wine up, you put your candles on, it's all lovely. And then that doesn't happen for another six months. The candle sits there. It's kind of almost burnt to the end. Using the towels every day. There's a lot of dust in a bathroom, the dust starts to settle and settle and settle on top of that candle. And all of a sudden we've got a kind of two thirds burnt down candle with a huge layer of dust over it, which doesn't really give you that serene relaxed feeling that you want to have in your bathroom. I see that quite a lot. Not just in the bathroom, a lot of other places in the house as well. But definitely see candles, scented candles and things like that in a bathroom covered in a layer of dust. Yeah, and I think it's time for them to go.

Ingrid  29:55  
Yes, yes, it's time for them definitely to go. Either rescue them and cleaned them and dust them off. And then ask yourself, if there's this much dust on this candle, it's maybe better for me to take it out of the bathroom, or actually now have cleaned it and dusted it. I'm going to have a bath this weekend, and I'm going to enjoy it. And then I'm going to take the candle out and put it maybe back downstairs, where you would use it on a regular basis. So it's these things that end up lingering in your bathroom, and then never to be often used again. So I think that is a really good number 10. So Lesley, we did it. 10 things to declutter,

Lesley  30:34  
I love it. 10 things, don't you? Yeah. Because you know, if we think about it, it's gonna be multiple liberals, multiple medication, multiple nail files, and clippers, maybe some sponges, quite a lot of bath toys. And so actually, it's 10 things, but it might be 30 by the time you've decluttered. And that's 30 Things that you no longer need that are going out of your house this weekend. So make sure you follow our list and do some decluttering in your bathroom this weekend.

Ingrid  30:58  
Exactly. Listeners, that is your action, because we are all about taking action here at the declutter hub. So take a little bit NMAC get some of this stuff out that we've mentioned, and your bathroom will be more serene. So that's it. For this episode, listeners. We hope you've all enjoyed listening. And if you're thinking to yourself, I need to have this list of these 10 things. Go to declutter help.com, forward slash 146. And that's where you can find all the 10 things in the show notes. So you can maybe use it as a kind of little checklist or tick off list for yourself. So we hope that is helpful. And we appreciate you being here today and taking the time to listen in. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please share it with others. And on the show notes on our website, you can find the sharing buttons. Now if you want to have more handy tips and advice from Lesley now you can find this in lots of places. We've got a fantastic Facebook group called the declutter hub community, which is a great starting point. And you can also find us on Instagram as well. If you'd like to know more about our membership, have a look at members topic lockout.com To find out more. And if you don't want to miss our next episode, please subscribe to the declutter hub podcast and it will pop into your notifications each Friday. So thanks so much for listening, and we'll see you next time.

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Looking for more tips and advice on decluttering your bathroom? Check out our blog post below...

If the contents of your bathroom storage are thrown rather than placed, haven’t seen the light of day for many a year, and there’s rust from the bottom of your deodorant can all over your shelves, it’s time for some DECLUTTERING action.

Rule Number 1

Be ruthless. Be honest with yourself. If it hasn’t been used in 6 months, chances are it won’t ever be.

Rule Number 2

Don’t feel guilty. By keeping that expensive perfume that you never liked because it’s too strong for you, all you are doing is prolonging your guilt by reminding yourself each time you open the cupboard.

Rule Number 3

Be realistic. If the ambience in your bathroom is more My Little Pony than Molton Brown, having all your expensive potions and lotions on display might not be practical. Your spa sanctuary will come one day!

Rule Number 4

Be hygienic. Make up, perfume, toothbrushes, bath oils. They don’t last forever and can harbour nasties if kept too long. Check the bottles for advice. You’d be surprised how short the recommendations are and how fast 5 years goes by!

Rule Number 5

Be frugal. If you use the item in question but have ten half empty bottles, don’t throw them away. Do a bit of a David Beckham and line them up with the bottles with the smallest amounts at the front or, if you can, decant into one bottle.

Rule Number 6

Be different. Just because you always buy a 48 pack of loo roll every time you go to Costco, ask yourself whether the money saved is worth the hassle of storing it.

Rule Number 7

Enjoy. The bathroom cabinet is one of the first things we see in the morning. Make sure your day starts off on a positive note.

Happy Decluttering! Let us know how you get on in the comments box below.

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Anna Stiscia says:

21 July 2021 at 8:17 PM

Not sure how you spell it, but had to laugh at the reference to manky (or is it mankey?) sponges … it really does describe things past their sell-by date!

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1. Lesley Spellman says:
  
  21 July 2021 at 11:17 PM
  
  I know – it's such a great word, isn't it, Anna?!!
  
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Jenny Hopkins says:

16 July 2021 at 8:16 PM

Great podcast, really enjoyed this one

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1. Lesley Spellman says:
  
  19 July 2021 at 8:17 PM
  
  Glad you enjoyed it Jenny. Thanks for listening!
  
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