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Declutter Your Home Checklist
Decluttering your home can be stressful and time consuming, and nobody wants to get to the end of their skip bin hire and realise they have missed some clutter that should have been discarded of. That’s why we’ve made it easy for you with this declutter your home checklist! First, we will go through what … Continued
The Benefits of a Minimalist-Inspired Home
Having a well-ordered, clean and beautiful home can create a calming space for you to relax during your free time. However, as you become settled in your home, and you start to accumulate furniture, décor and knick-knacks, suddenly your once serene space becomes cluttered with objects. It is something that can happen to anyone, even … Continued
Choosing Your Skip: A Visual Guide
If you’re planning a clean-up or a clear out at home, make sure you choose a skip that’s just right for the amount of rubbish you want to throw away. Whether you’re getting rid of old furniture, household waste, planning a renovation or redoing your garden, there’s nothing worse than filling up your skip to … Continued
Easy Cleaning Tips for the Year Ahead
Finding the time to clean up your home in the midst of the busy summer schedule can be difficult. With so much going on during the frantic festive season you can often find yourself emerging from the holidays with your once tidy, organised home a cluttered, unkempt mess. The Christmas celebrations are over, Australia Day … Continued
Preparing Your Home for Painting in 3 Steps
Whether it’s been a few years since your walls got a lick of paint, or because you’re ready for a new look and colour, painting your interior walls is one of the least expensive ways to transform and bring more life into your home. Not only does a new paint job add warmth and personality … Continued
How Do I Stop Neighbours From Using My Skip?
Most people generally hire a skip for one reason, and one reason alone: to fill it. You expect – very reasonably – that when you hire a skip you’ll be able to fit as much of your waste in as it will hold, and you’ll have control over what goes into it. This is important … Continued
How to Declutter Your Home
Having too many things cluttering up your home is a huge issue; especially when you are moving to a new place, selling or renting your house, or even planning a renovation. A mess of items you don’t know what to do with can be very frustrating and troublesome when it comes to organising and removing … Continued
9 Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste
Looking to reduce your food waste? The latest Consumer Pulse Report from Choice highlights the soaring cost of food as one of Aussie families’ greatest concerns. So with grocery bills rising, there’s never been a better time to reduce your household’s food waste. Check out these easy ways to reduce your household’s grocery bill.
Community Comes Together to Help Person In Need
In 2015 a young lady by the name of Sharlie Dei-Rossi gave a call-out to SA’s northern suburbs community in an attempt to help her sister, Lyndsay. A 27 year-old nurse from Adelaide, Lyndsay was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2007 and was struggling to make-ends-meet in the wake of living with this challenging illness.
Australia Looks to Turn Everyday Waste Into Energy
Humans generate a staggering 2.1 billion tons of municipal waste per year, almost all of which eventually ends up as landfill. But across the globe an exciting alternative is growing in popularity. Waste-to-energy (WTE) is the process of creating energy from this discarded rubbish, and across Europe this pioneering technology is saving the planet.
Declutter your home checklist: FAQ
Decluttering 20 rule: If you can replace an item for less than $20 or in under 20 minutes, it’s likely unnecessary to keep.
The rule of 5 for decluttering is to remove at least 5 items from each room to throw out, donate or recycle.
Start with the obvious clutter. Begin decluttering by getting rid of any clear rubbish or recycling in your home.