Garage and Loft Inventory
Know what is in the boxes without going up into the loft, by numbering the boxes and keeping the list on paper.
PR-12 1 page
Cleaning and routines · CR-10
Decluttering Checklist
A free printable decluttering sheet — one room at a time, with a decision, a destination and a leaving date recorded against each item.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Get the decision written down and dated, which is where decluttering actually fails — not in the sorting but in the pile that migrates to the garage.
Who it is for
Anyone clearing a house, downsizing, preparing to move, or reclaiming a room.
How to use it
- One room or one cupboard per sheet. Whole-house plans do not survive contact.
- Write the decision before you move the item.
- Give everything leaving a date, and put that date in the diary.
- Record where it is going, so 'donate' does not mean 'the hall'.
- Box the undecided, date the box, and open it in a year.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One room at a time, with a decision recorded against each thing rather than a pile that migrates.
Decide, then date the leaving. Decluttering fails at the deciding, not the sorting. Writing the decision and the date it has to leave by is what stops the 'maybe' pile moving to the garage and staying there.
How to use this sheet
- Do one room, or one cupboard, per sheet. Whole-house plans do not survive.
- Write the decision down before you move the item.
- Give anything leaving a date, and put it in the diary.
- Record where things are going — charity, sale, tip, relative.
- Anything you cannot decide on: box it, date the box, and open it in a year.
Write-on lines: Room or area · Date started · Finished · Doing it
Table, 7 rows: What it is · Decision · Where it goes · Out by · Value, if selling · Gone on · Notes
Write-on lines: Boxed and dated for review in a year · Review date
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The same subject, with a version you can fill in on screen.
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Which area you did on which day, so the easy ones are not repeated.
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Where each load actually went, with a date against it.
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Each item for sale, where it was listed, the asking and sold price.
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