This post also includes two printable versions of these lists, one is; 75 things to declutter now in a tiny house, and the second is; 56 things to throw away, incase you want to print them out or save them for later!
I’ll start by saying I didn’t make these lists up on a whim or search google for lists of stuff to declutter. I actually live in a tiny house on wheels! And in the past I’ve lived in a camper, a small basement apartment, and I grew up living in a double wide trailer while my family built our log home. So these 75 things to declutter now in a tiny house (and 56 things to throw away) was made from personal experience in my life!
I hope you can benefit from these lists if you’re living in a tiny house of your own!
Let’s get started
- Blankets including old comforters, itchy blankets, and anything you never ever use.
- Cups
- Things stuck on the fridge like magnets, old holiday cards, art and to do lists
- Inside the fridge
- Cords You know the ones, it’s time to get sorting them
- Reusable bags Just because they are reusable doesn’t mean you need to keep every single one you get!
- Shoes
- Socks & Underwear drawer
- Utensils
- Coats & Jackets
- Books
- Pots & pans Id recommend getting rid of non stick pans and switching to cast iron instead!
- Pajama drawer
- Tea towels
- Desk drawers
- Cleaning supplies
- Pantry staples Cook a whole bunch of food and freeze it, or put it in the fridge for your week of meals
- Shelves or space under the stairs This can be crucial storage space when you live tiny, make sure you’re utilizing it well!
- Tools
- Building material
- Items in your shower
- Vitamins
- Items around the sink
- Medicine cabinet
- Mismatched/bad hangers
- First aid kit
- Junk jar
- Essential oil collection
- Candles
- Notebooks
- Food containers
- Freezer food
- Tea & coffee
- Hats
- Cooking utensils
- Jars
- Masks Goodbye!
- Christmas tree ornaments that aren’t sentimental to you and never get put up
- Holiday decor
- Crafting supplies
- Items in the sewing box
- Yarn
- Sewing material
- Records
- Movies
- Game systems/old tech
- Picture frames
- Cutting boards
- Serving trays
- Knives
- Bed sheets & pillowcases
- Tin foil/parchment/food wraps drawer
- Towels Turn your unwanted ones into rags or baby wipes
- Board games
- Puzzles
- Keys
- Music books
- Sports equipment
- Clothes that don’t fit
- Lotion & creams
- Nail polish
- Art supplies
- Items under the sink
- Belts
- Baking trays/pans
- Herbs & spices
- Night table/ area beside your bed
- Under the bed If you’re blessed with a space under your bed use it wisely!
- Pet supplies
- Childhood memorabilia
- Lighters
- Soap bottles
- Oven mitts … you have two hands… remember that…
- Picnic/beach bags
- Flash lights/outdoor lights
Items to throw away NOW
These items might overlap the decluttering items I listed above in a way, but I wanted to include a good stand alone list of things to throw away in your tiny home!
If you’d like the printable version of this list scroll to the bottom and you’ll see the “list #2 Items to throw away download”
- Expired vitamins/supplements
- Recycled food jars
- Broken outdated laptops
- DVD and CD’s that skip
- Dish sponges
- Oven mitts with holes
- Old sunscreen
- Extra pens and markers
- Masks
- Odds and ends of crafting supplies
- Remotes that don’t belong to anything
- Cracked picture frames
- Stained sheets
- Old pillows
- Rusty knives
- Broken game consoles
- Old sewing projects
- Glue/sealants/adhesives
- Old ratty towels
- Puzzles with missing pieces
- Broken board games
- Incomplete playing card deck
- Mystery keys
- Completed Bible study/self study books
- Broken sports gear
- Old ratty clothes
- Socks with no match
- Almost empty bottles in the laundry area
- Dead plants
- Worn out belts
- Expired cosmetics
- Old herbs and spices
- Broken tools
- Batteries
- Old dishcloths
- Broken toys
- Broken flashlights
- Cords that don’t work
- Old pajamas
- Full notebooks
- Expired pantry items
- Cracked food containers/ containers with no lids
- Broken kitchen gadgets
- Worn out shoes
- Old socks and underwear
- Utensil drawer random items
- Worn out coats/jackets
- Mitts with no match
- Broken books
- Non stick pots and pans that are showing signs of wear
- Pots and pans with broken handles or cracked lids
- Worn out hats
- Random papers from desk space
- Random office supplies
- Worn out ratty rugs
- Broken workout equipment
Download for later!
List #1 75 things to declutter NOW in a tiny house
List #2 56 Items to throw away
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Great lists!
Ohh, I needed this today. Oven mitts with holes–of course, why do i keep them around? I tossed all masks months ago. But it’s sometimes hard to remember that you can just TOSS stuff that you no longer need. I declutter for a few minutes every day because this is definitely a weak area for me. Thanks for assembling these lists!
That is a LONG list. Extremely thorough!!
You’ve officially made me want to declutter my house
yay!!! Im so happy!
this is great! We lived in a family-built timber frame tiny house for 3 years with our 4 kids. what a wild experience. Learning how to live with less and carefully consider anything you bring into your life is a great practice.
Yes, I know this life all too well lol It comes with good and bad. But the family relationships created are amazing always
Can’t wait to get started on this list!
Great timing for spring cleaning. Amused that masks are listed as items to throw away, lol. Feeling very motivated to get my space back in order for this new season. Thanks!
haha! I think we are all done with masks here in Canada!
Great lists Micheon, Im going to get right at it. Im going to declutter and recycle starting tomorrow. I must say I always am concerned that I will need the very thing I get rid of shortly after its gone!
I used to be like that too! But now I keep mental categories: the things we ACTUALLY use, and the things we THINK we actually use lol I throw out or giveaway the “think” category and never look back. (well, maybe sometimes 😉