Yeah I save the ‘good’ shoestrings from old boots and shoes also buttons from rags. If a friend or family member needs something on the spur of the moment I’m the one they go to. I had an unbelieveable stack of magazines.
A friend moved and gave me a bunch of her gardening magazines too. And cookbook? I couldn’t live long enough to cook everything or read everything so….. I’m eating the elephant one bite at a time. I have to say I’m glad I’ve saved some things that came in pretty handy and if I want to make something I have stuff to make it with….. but its gotten to be too much so a lot has to go.
Molly when you mention your horrible closet it reminds me of one of mine. I took some scrap boards and made shelves for a pantry, but honestly although it doesn’t look so good I’m not the crazy person who lived in your apartment before you, LOL.
I do like my sewing machine by a window as the light is so much better there and that reminds me I have some projects to do (or give up and toss).
And I am also decluttering SNOW! It was 20 and 30 below zero near here and I read on pinterest that you can blow soap bubbles that freeze before they pop, but forgot to try it. Might as well be in my second childhood while I still can enjoy it.