It’s APDO Spring Clearing Week! Learn where to donate, sell, recycle and ditch your things so you can ‘make clutter count’ as you refresh your space in lockdown

The increase in lockdown online shopping has probably filled your living room with an ‘unprecedented’ (sorry, I had to) number of delivery boxes from far and wide. So, here are 25 ‘thinking-outside-the-box’ ideas to get that packaging glammed up, used up, or torn up so you can see the carpet again.

Do you love a bargain? 2 for 1 on a regenerating, magic face cream. Retailers know what lights up the reward centres of our brains, but it’s not on their agenda to keep our bedrooms and bathrooms peaceful and clutter-free.

That’s why I’m sharing 4 creative ways you can donate, use up and repurpose those extra bottles so we can claim back your space and avoid unnecessary waste all in one go