Spring Cleaning Tips AKA 35 Things In Your Home To Get Rid Of RIGHT NOW

With winter hitting its peak, homes are quickly becoming tight quarters as we hole up to ride out the rest of this frosty season. It may be early for spring cleaning, but there's no time like now to make good on that resolution you've been harboring since the new year.

Here's a list of 35 things in your home you can get rid of RIGHT NOW. Trash, trade, sell or donate -- the options for handling this clutter are endless (and could make you some serious money). Having trouble getting started? Choose to tackle one item a day, and you'll have a clutter-free home in NO time.

1. -- Appliances that don't work anymore (hairdryers, toasters, vacuum cleaners)
2. -- Hangers from the dry cleaner
3. -- Air mattresses that do nothing but leak (you know you have one)
4. -- "Extra" bath towels, aka the ones that hog cupboard space
5. -- The excess rags you don't use
6. -- Every last one of your 10,000 high school T-shirts
7. -- Expired sunscreen, medicine and beauty products
8. -- Crusty old makeup
9. -- The plastic silverware you hoard from takeout
10. -- Wadded-up plastic grocery bags
11. -- The clothes you don't wear
12. -- Decorative throw pillows that do more annoying than decorating
13. -- Books you've never read and never plan to read
14. -- Cookbooks you've never read and never plan to use
15. -- The shunned mugs, bowls, plates and cups in the waaay back of the cabinet
16. -- Stacks of old magazines
17. -- DVDs, CDs and VHS tapes
18. -- The miscellaneous cables, wires and old phone chargers that don't get used (The Razr was last eon, people.)
19. -- Excess Tupperware
20. -- Random kitchen gadgets that never get used (you know who you are, XXL grapefruit slicer)
21. -- The freezer meat that's been there for a year
22. -- Receipts. ALL of the old receipts.
23. -- Miscellaneous office supplies
24. -- Almost-empty alcohol bottles that have remained untouched since the wedding of '89
25. -- All those ancient ketchup packets
26. -- Stationery that lost its envelopes
27. -- Any hotel-size toiletry you won't use in the next year
28. -- Ratty hair bands
29. -- Expired cleaning products, and ones you never use
30. -- Holiday cards
31. -- Ancient craft supplies
32. -- Old yard toys
33. -- Any pot or pan that's seen better days (then treat yo'self to a new one)
34. -- Unused paper goods (plates, napkins, cups -- you know the drill)
35. -- Tattered board games (It was fun... but now we're done)