Decluttering a hoarder’s study tips?

[u/Cool-Alfalfa]

My father has reluctantly agreed to let me declutter his study.

It is stuffed with old machinery, houseware, technology etc - half the room is inaccessible.

Do you have any good tips on being ruthless when disposing of unnecessary items?

So far I have:

• If you haven't used it in a year it can probably go
• If you haven't "got around to fixing it" in a year you probably won't

Thank you

[u/shannofordabiz]

Keep the boxes after you empty them so it looks like not a lot has gone. Have the front boxes full of the stuff he really wants to keep. Clear space behind the wall of deception using more empty boxes

[u/Cool-Alfalfa → u/shannofordabiz]

That is an interesting approach, he does like to keep empty boxes so shouldn’t be too hard to achieve. Thank you.