{"id":131293,"date":"2023-09-29T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131293"},"modified":"2023-09-29T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T18:03:44","slug":"i-chucked-away-2k-items-so-i-could-clean-my-home-in-10-minutes-i-even-hired-a-skip-to-chuck-it-all-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/beauty-and-fashion\/i-chucked-away-2k-items-so-i-could-clean-my-home-in-10-minutes-i-even-hired-a-skip-to-chuck-it-all-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I chucked away 2k items so I could clean my home in 10 minutes – I even hired a skip to chuck it all in | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A MINIMALIST mum says her house is empty after throwing away 2,000 items – and she's now able to clean it top-to-bottom in just ten minutes.<\/p>\n

Lauren Tyson decided to "hire a skip and go crazy" following a travelling trip, desperate to declutter her space.<\/p>\n


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Having lived off just the contents of her backpack, she realised she didn't need loads of possessions.<\/p>\n

Lauren and her husband, Roy, now keep as few items as possible in their home.<\/p>\n

She says she first became interested in minimalism two years ago – and quickly became "hooked".<\/p>\n

"My husband and I went backpacking for a year where we travelled to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and New Zealand,\u201d the 30-year-old from Suffolk says.<\/p>\n

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"It was such a chilled out and easy time – we didn't have to think about what we wore or anything, and it was fine.<\/p>\n

"It made us think long and hard about whether we needed most of the stuff we owned in our lives."<\/p>\n

Lauren adds that she was \u201chooked\u201d on the minimalism movement from the moment she discovered it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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"The pure amount of stuff that comes with owning a house is ridiculous,\u201d Lauren says. "It helps my mental state to have everything minimal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe less I can have the better. Clutter and mess stresses me out, if I know I'm going out and it's messy I can't control."<\/p>\n

Lauren, who used to have a job selling skincare products, previously lived in an old 1700s cottage, where she and Roy, 36, accumulated a "mass of stuff."<\/p>\n

They had two boys, Roman and Lennon, aged one and five, after their travelling trip.<\/p>\n

But it wasn't until 2021 that Lauren said she started reading up on minimalism.<\/p>\n

"When we were moving, we just thought let's get rid of everything,\u201d she recalls. We hired a skip and went crazy.<\/p>\n

"If we hadn't used it in a while, we found another home for it.<\/p>\n

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