How to Get Rid of Old Encyclopedias and Furniture

De-cluttering your home is one of the most therapeutic activities you can do. After all, getting rid of old items that you rarely have use for any more is a great way to gain additional space and make room for new stuff. Moreover, if you utilize some creative methods of getting rid of your old encyclopedias and furniture, someone else might benefit from your re-organization.

Instructions

1. Move all old encyclopedias and furniture to one area of your home. This will give you an opportunity go through everything carefully and discard what is no longer useful. You can organize the items into piles and categories, including clothing, household items, encyclopedias and other educational materials, furnishings and any other piles dictated by the items you are removing from your home.

2. Determine which items still have value. These are the items that you can sell on a site like eBay, where customers are always on the lookout for vintage items to complement existing collections. This will likely be best for your old encyclopedias, as some book collectors try to piece together entire encyclopedia collections from sites like eBay. You can not only get the items out of your home this way, but also make a little extra money in the process. While you can do the same with your furniture, the process of shipping furniture might make it more complicated to find buyers.

3. Have a garage sale. This is your starting point for ridding your home of the rest of the items you have left. Hold a garage sale on a Saturday morning and price furniture to move. The lower you slash the prices, the more likely it will be that someone will purchase what you are selling. When advertising your sale, be sure to list that you have furniture and old encyclopedias as these items will stand out from the usual garage sale fare.

4. Donate your encyclopedias to a school library. Even with cutting-edge technology, many school libraries are still stocked with traditional encyclopedias for students to use as research resources. Call your local school district and offer your encyclopedia collection as a donation. Not only is this a good thing to do for your community, but it is a tax write-off as well.

5. Donate your furniture to a local homeless or battered women's shelter. Since these types of agencies are always trying to help clients get back on their feet, free furnishings can go a long way to help out with these causes. In many instances, they even offer to pick up the items, lessening the hassle for you. This is also a great way to give back and possibly an opportunity for another tax write-off.

References

• What To Do With Old Furniture