I hate hoarding! As a result I have been ruthless all my life at giving things away or donating to the salvos or just throwing stuff out. This has resulted in regret on several occasions when I've thought later on when I wanted something "why the hell did I throw that away"!!! Now I am a bit more selective since we have our own house and we have space to store things. Doing it this way means that we have the big plastic containers with handles and wheels and we have a label maker so everything is clearly marked and easy to find again and it feels tidy. I also hear you on wanting to get rid of it straight away once you've decided. This is why I rarely give to friends. If it's not good enough for the salvos it's in the bin there and then. This way I can drop it off to the salvos as soon as I have my pile. Mind you I have offered things to friends but I always give them a date by which they need to pick it up, if they haven't collected then it's off to the salvos.

Have fun with the kitchen, I did mine a couple of weeks ago and it's great! I bought loads of containers half price at big W and went through my pantry too.