Cluttered Closet Nightmares! BEFORE and AFTER Decluttering 💚
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- Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
- Sometimes on the path to simple living you forget that your backpack was wet and it ended up shoved into a closet three years ago.
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A Mommy memory bin would be good for those really sentimental items.
Keep the blue snuggly!!!! Create a memory bin like Dawn says, then items would not be balled and become spider nests on the shelf. It will be lots neater too.
I made 3 memory boxes for my kids and offered it to them 10 years ago, they all just dumped them. My daughter keep 2 things, it was a waste of my space thinking they would want what I thought was special. They did not want junk.
I understand why, your children don’t have memories about these items. In my opinion the memory bin should be kept by the person who created it, in this case the parents.
Children when they’re older can have their own memory bin and keep a few special items that they’re attached to. That memory bin I’m sure they would like to take with them when moving out.
I had trouble getting my adult children to take their photo album!
You can create a memory bin for the special baby things. It's ok to keep them. I kept my daughters blue ribbon sash/ belt from her confirmation dress in a tiny plastic box. I kept it with my socks...lol. I moved that tiny box with me every time I moved to a new house. When she was going to get married, I gave it to her, her something old and something blue. She had no idea I still had it. The florist used it to tie her wedding bouquet. I donated the dress, but, kept the sash. It was everything.
I’ve learned that when I declutter, it makes space for the sentimental things that I can’t replace and still want. You got rid of many things you don’t need and now you have space to keep the things you want to keep.
Yes!!! 😊
I kept a tote of baby clothes for each of my kids and I'm just gonna be honest and say that by the time my kids were old enough to use them for their kids, they didn't want them because baby clothes are so much more comfortable now than they were then. For a while, I put a big Teddy bear inside one of the cutest outfits I wanted to save and used it as kind of a decoration in a corner that kids could play with when they were visiting our house. That was a good emotional transition for me. That was before I began my minimalism adventure and I had not yet developed any decluttering muscles... Now I have decluttered both the Teddy bear and the outfit and kids play with magnet tiles when they come over. 😊
I love how you can make me/us watchers feel you. Such a gift! I admire the clarity and structure you can apply to your decision making and dealing with emotions.
Well done Erica, it's difficult to declutter baby things but they will bring joy to a new mum x
Erica, keep the baby stuff that is special to you. I donated some baby clothes that I regret. Keeping a few items doesn't hurt. The first baby year is very special and I wish I had kept a little bit more than I did....
I kept a bin of each child and plan to have a quilt made from their first year clothes. Also, you can have a cushion or teddy bear made from those things. I'm so glad I heard of those ideas before I started decluttering sentimental items.
Great job! 👏👏👏👍💞
Decluttering is hard ..... letting go of baby stuff is Always even harder! Hold tight 2 the memories in Ur Heart! Hopefully, U have a few pics of Ur sweet babies wearing the clothing items! 😘😘😘
Thanks 4 sharing the process!
It's truly inspiring! 💞
Erica, get a bin for baby items sentimental to you! And then everything you want to keep has a home. Then you’re not finding them in a closet that kiddos accidentally knocked down, but it’s tucked safely in your “mamas baby treasures bin” 😊
Edit- I don’t keep these things thinking my kids will use them, just a few special things for me.
Hi Erica. I'm admiring the fast keep/don't keep/ donate or trash decisions. Even more bc it was children's stuff. 😊
You did a fantastic job in that closet. Oh the feels are real with sentimental stuff. Have a great week. Mary, Joes wife 🙇♀️👏💪👍🙏💐
Hello Erica, do you keep a special item bin for each of your children? It maybe better to put the snowsuit in one rather than getting lost and possibly moody or dirty in the closet. Then if you someday have too much to fit into the bin, you can make decisions about what stays.
I’ve been wanting to build those! Great idea!
@EricaLucasLoves I like to let my kids keep memory bins, but I put a few baby things in MY memory bin since their baby years are actually my memories and they don't care about their baby clothes.
@@EricaLucasLoves I have a friend who kept one baby outfit each that her kids wore. I believe it was the outfit they came home from the hospital or their first Christmas outfit. She put the outfits in a keepsake frame and hung them on the wall to use as decorations. I want to do this and hang them in my laundry room. I think the outfits would be fun to look at while doing my laundry. 🙂
Oh my heart! THOSE CUTE FREAKING SNOW SUITS WITH THE LITTLE EARS 😭💜💜
I saved a sweater my M-I-L made and gifted to my 1st grandaughter for her new baby. Saved only that sweater, christening gown made by my great grandmother in Ireland and two first bonnets that my twins wore.
Wow, it really feels like you, this spring, has had the energy and motivation to declutter another layer in so many areas! Amazing!
Great video! The thoughts and questions you asked your self are good. Keep one snowsuit, you can put it with the blanket.
I'm over 60 and you made me think of my children's snowsuits oh how I want to be able to hug it like you were but thankful for you I got to remember. Thank you ❤
"Welcome to my channel. I just stepped on a car" LOL!!!
thank you, you helped me today ❤ i did one of those fast declutter quite a few weeks ago, you know when you just go around and pick what feels an obvious no or immediately gives you negative feels, and made a pile to revisit more carefully later....well, that 'later' never came, up until now: your video gave me the inspiration i needed and put me in the right mood to finish that project. i have a small house and used to see that pile many times a day, each time increasing my anxiety ❤❤❤❤ you really helped me, i'm so grateful
I kept no baby clothes, because it never occurred to me to keep them. In our family we passed everything to the next kid among our family or friends. I’m glad I didn’t because they don’t keep well and styles change so much.
You did such a great job Erica. The closet looked much clearer and it is wonderful that the clothes in the donation pile will bless someone else.
My advice, just in case, regards the mould in the backpack, is to use some of your vinegar solution to wipe the base boards, the lower half of the walls and the floor of the closet. Remember mould spores can grow up to 1 square inch a day in confined, dark and warm spaces. However, they can often lay undetected on the surface of drywall, in the groves around skirting boards and in groves of vinyl or wood flooring. Come summer as the weather heats up the spores will suddenly appear as grey or black mould. Also wash anything that was on the floor in the closet as well or that you placed into those bins. This is especially important as your children suffer with asthma.
Absolutely!!
Unless it's an heirloom and you hang it, clothes do not store well long term in a bin. Take a photo and let someone else get use out of them.
Fumio Sasaki says the things you discard are the things you will remember forever (his book "Goodbye Things")
And if you can see it in your mind , you can see it whenever you want! You don't need the item- your heart already has the memory.
Keep the star blue and white snow suit and the solid baby blue one…memories🎶🎶!! If not, take a picture!!
Erica, I love your videos, I find them so motivating. Try using one of your empty lidded bins instead of the open crate for next years summer clothes, it will keep them dust and bug free.
Maybe take photos of the sentimental items that you're having trouble letting go of but deep down you know they're just occupying precious real estate.🇨🇦♥️
Hey girl❤so good to see you, friend. I haven’t seen your vídeos recently. I was thinking about you yesterday. Wishing you well. You matter to me. Your existence matters to me and i don't even know you. That must mean that my existence matters to somebody. Which means we all matter and our existence together is connected, whole, perfect, and complete all the time. We are one.❤🎉
You are so fun and sweet. You also make me feel normal. Perhaps a unit on spiders with the kids would be fun and would help the spider concern. I can only imagine the art and cute reports that would come of it. They are fascinating.
It's so interesting to me how sentimental some people are about "things". I just have just never been that person. My family did tons of stuff together; camping, skiing, fishing, boating, hunting, etc., but none of it was centered around things, wanting things, having collections of similar things, wanting name brand clothing/shoes etc. Our money was spent on experiences, I think. My mom made all my clothes till I was in high school and I had many hand-me-downs. We had toys but not excessively so. Birthdays and Christmas were more about getting one nice thing like a bike or a sleeping bag or some other thing that went along with our family activities. I guess it was a whole different generation and not so much commercialism/consumerism as there is now but I think that taught me a completely different way of thinking about the stuff I might accumulate and getting rid of unused items. Also, I think, it's the reason I think these type of videos are fascinating to me, lol. Love you Erica!
I totally agree with Beth about the mold and the mold spores spreading!! Straight vinegar sprayed on all surrounding surfaces…allowed to sit then wipe with paper towels and then repeat!! Treat all clothes that were in the closet also!!
Thank you for these videos Erica, I find you so relatable! I lost a beloved pet early this year and have been at a loss of what to do with all of their things. Your “I can do hard things” mantra helped me to round up some items to donate and it WAS hard but I also feel better for helping a local shelter and not just hanging on to everything feeling sad.
I raised two boys. My oldest had a boy and had absolutely no interest in his baby clothes I had saved. My youngest son doesn’t have kids yet so who knows what he will do!
Baby things can be difficult. I loaned some precious items to a close relative, stipulating I'd like them back, but never saw them again. My mother gave me items she'd saved from my oldest brother and I. We lost him a month ago at 75. Tge "baby items" she treasured aren't worth donating, but I'd rather burn than just trash them. Weird feelings, I suppose illogical, but so be it.
Good job! You can put the baby clothes in the kids memory boxes.
I am so happy we have little cousins. To know I will see them in our clothes makes it easy to let go. But obviously we also keep the handmade blanket and some little items like the crocheted baby head my friend made for my newborn daughter.
Making progress. Good job!
I love it when you say “in case I loose energy“. So realistic & refreshing. Love how you explain your thinking!
My grandmother knitted some clothes for my daughter as a baby. I kept them an my daughters test now wears them. My daughter is now40
I get it..."cognitive depletion" or mental exhaustion, aka decision fatigue is a real thing (science has studied this). Acknowledging that a particular decision is simply too difficult to make at this time is okay, you're keeping your focus on the big picture/larger project & choosing to stay with the bigger task right now. You will be in a better mindset (less overloaded) later on to revisit certain items that feel too intense at the moment. Thank you for sharing your process with us :)
I love your sense of humor. Great video and I’m so glad you kept the baby outfit.💕
Keep sentimental stuff.. have a box.. one or two for each person.. you can keep the baby clothes in yours. I put my kids baby clothes in their boxes.. they aren't interested in their boxes at present...but I have them for them later if they want them. They give me stuff to put in their boxes. Later if the they don't want the stuff.. I will photograph, make a digital photo book and only keep a few items I find special, which they can still have when I am gone (if they want).
I'm sentimental... I would keep some specific baby stuff for possible grandbabies. and take pics of everything for the memories.
Looks great!
Great job!!!😊
Good job!
Good job Erica.❤
Proud of you!
You did great!
Good job!!
Érica, we are allowed to keep sentimental items. Just put it all in a box labeled sentimental
"I can do hard things! I can do hard things!" ❤
Bet you wanted to scream stepping on the toy car at least it wasnt a plug on the end of a cable lol
Ha yep - those and Legos!!
Hi my name is Stacey I hope you had a wonderful happy Mother's Day.
I wish wondering how would you clean under the kid's beds? I told them to clean their room. I think they shoved everything under the beds my kids are 5 and 4. I hate the bunk bed. Do you have any videos cleaning kids bedrooms? Could you make one?
You are wise not to push yourself in the baby clothes.
??? Will you do more videos or at least a basic gardening 101 on starting and caring for your garden . Love some of thevones you have done and the tip on the dish with holes down in the dirt fir deep watering. How about staking up plants, pruning and over all during the growth. ❤ Thank you
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Best part: your dog!
What’s your thought on quantity of daily use in season clothes that fit for kids? Mine: Summer - 3 shorts, 3 pants, 3 t shirts, 3 tanks, 3 swimsuits, 5 each socks & Underwear. 1 nice dress pant/button shirt.
How did the special baby quilt from your mom end up in a heap on the closet floor if it is so special to you? Do you try to backtrack and figure out how this could have been prevented in the first place?
You can make a teddy bear out of the blue overall
Hi, from one arachnophobe to another. I currently have Schrodinger's spider. I sprayed it. It ran behind the chest of drawers. Is it alive? Is it dead?
This is the worst horror plot I read all year 😳
I don’t want to know 😂😂😂😂
That’s so scary - what if it’s gone!!?! ❤
@@EricaLucasLoves I haven't seen it for a few days, so it's either dead, or going to leap out at me from somewhere another day. Oh joy!
Great job! Moldy backpacks are nothing new in our house. I once found a half-eaten pbj sandwich, hard as a rock, in my son's toy closet. Happy days! It's okay to keep baby clothes just for yourself. Keep the baby items in a memory bin for you. Take care, Linda 🦋
Can the baby stuff be in a memory box and out of the boy’s closet?
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Just one more baby 😂😂😅
You found SpiderMan instead of spiders. 😊
I hope the notebooks in the moldy backpack were contained and thrown away!!
Good job!