I'm crazy about your videos! You have the most original ideas and so many of them! All of them useful. It's almost inconceivable. My boyfriend saw me watching your videos and now he's all pumped to declutter and downsize with me! Thank you for changing our lives. Truly. We struggle to keep our home clean and simple and you have inspired us to keep going and trying.
I never would have thought of those bump on things! My husband shuts the drawers really hard, and I have to constantly move things back into place. Thank you for the great tips!
I use parmesan containers also. I like them, as a leak would cause the original Ajax cardboard container to get soggy. Saw a plumber using them for small parts and have used them in my home.
Love the OXO Pops. The square design makes everything look so neat and orderly, and you can see what you have. I keep all my dried beans, quinoa, amaranth, and other healthy grains in them. I don't like to spend money to "organize", but the OXO Pops are a good deal. I keep all my recipes on my smartphone. If I see anything online I e-mail it to myself and save it in a Recipe folder to retrieve from my smartphone when I'm preparing a meal. Paperwork was my last clutter mountant to scale and it was the smartphone and the cloud that changed my way of looking at the problem.
I dropped all cabinet doors and switched to drawers (a row of wall shelves lifts with Blum). This was the biggest change and prevents duplicate buying / things getting stuck in the back / items going bad. Dropped all hardware and several ucut back on knives, pots, pans, plates, etc ).
Using the bumpers to keep things from sliding is brilliant! I recently purchased 2 sizes as we added cabinets to our kitchen and I am using them as the drawer/cabinet door bumpers. Again, brilliant use! The custom ones through specialty stores are so expensive, and the bumpers only cost pennies each.
Melody, there's just something so intriguing about your videos. They instil such a calmness in me while I'm watching them; you make me aspire to keep paring down the unnecessary things in my life. I always look forward to your videos, as they have quickly become some of my favourites. Keep up the wonderful work, Melody! Sending positivity your way from Canada
I rent too and you've given me so many storage ideas! My apartment has really crappy paint and the command strips rip the paint off the walls so I haven't been using them, i've never thought of actually putting them in my cupboards though, so smart!
You inspired me to rethink what is necessary in my kitchen. I love to bake, but I think I may have more ideals than I do reality. I have cake stuff, but I really don't do cakes. Or pies. I bake bread, cookies, muffins and cupcakes. So, I am going to share some of my things with folks who will use them happily. Something I should just buy is a new scratch free flipper for eggs, etc. Ours gets a lot of use and sometimes I want to use it and someone has it in the d/w. I don't see going as minimal as you, not yet, but I've been working at it and getting my heart and upbringing out of the decision and bringing in a dose of real is a good thing. Though cupcakes are definitely part of the heart. . . sharing is caring and all that:) It's something I make that others like to eat. Probably don't need 12 breadpans though. Really. Jeez. What was I thinking?
Perfect. Finishing a kitchen remodel currently & all these tips will help to set it up right. I’ll click through your video to the links so you can get paid for all the Help and Joy you bring to me. I have a Melody Notebook now because if you’re talking I’m taking notes!! And, as always, hi Pat.
thank you so much for your video. Yours is one of the few videos that is actually minimalist kitchen living. I really appreciated all the tips and tricks...
Did anyone else LOLed when Melody used the aloe plant to hold the curtain open?! I thought you were going to say you like the aloe plant cause of the gel 😂 which you probably do, too. You really are practical! 👍
Love your video! I use a mason jar to store my baking soda and I saved a lid from a parmesan cheese container (like the Kraft brand) and it fits on top of the narrow mouth mason jars. Then you can open either side of the lid for large opening or just the holes to shake out the baking soda.
I adore your kitchen because it has a window and you can see all that beautiful greenery outside. Thanks so much. I love all your videos I've been watching for a while. I'm trying to figure out how to hide my broom, and floor cleaning broom, maybe in my small washer and dryer closet i could hang them up. Ideas or suggestions? i think you did a video on this also. I'm still searching for it. See ya in your next video. Hugs
Your kitchen is great! I recently bought some plate organizers, and it really makes a difference. I'll try to organize mugs in a drawer, I really like this idea :)
I am always excited to see your videos your content is on point I love your seamless minimalism it's refreshing I don't see this very often I wish more people were like you I just love it. It was so funny because tonight I pushed in my silverware drawer and I can hear my silverware moving around and I was like I wish there was something I can put behind it so stop moving around I watched your video about two hours later it was so funny when you started talking about those clear nubs. Haha I guess God answered my prayers on that one.
Love how easy but functional your kitchen is especially if you cook a lot it makes sense to have clear counters and only things you need😄I get rid of any thing that comes in box or cardboard pkg it takes up space and a exterminator told me never keep cardboard pkg or things that have sticky backing like contact paper it attracts bugs and especially roaches!! That made up my mind
Wow I am so jaloux of your determination. I have sets and duplicates of everything.... Just thinking about going through it all makes me sweat a little : P I should though - thank you for a wonderful kitchen tour!
Thanks for letting me know about the pet food covers. I'm so excited to get some for canned goods! Can I ask why you need a turntable on top of the plate organizer?
+Brittney Cloyd Thanks, Brittney! I used to use a lazy Susan to keep oils/vinegars. I have since pared down my oils and vinegars to one, but if I had more than that, I'd still use that system because it made sauces easy to access by the stove :)
Wow, that is one healthy looking aloe vera. Please tell me the secret of how you accomplished that. Mine is looking so miserable and I am pretty certain I have put it in a bigger pot than you have, thinking that the roots might need more room would make it happy but it's not working. I would sincerely be so thankful.
I noticed No Forks. is that a person favorite to use spoons only. I have got the dishwasher pods on order and happy to have non scented one soon. I'll look in the dropdown, but I liked your strainer, what brand is it?
I noticed some changes to your kitchen with little peeks here and there from your newer vids so can you do an updated kitchen tour and tips?!?! Please? Thanks!! ❤️
I'm a minimalist too I have four forks since there are four ppl in my house I have plastic forks for guest I also don't keep stuff on my counteracts either thinking about getting a shelf and having it bolted to my wall to put my microwave on I just think the less clutter u have in ur home it makes ur home look so neat clean and inviting I can't stand clutter papers, trash, extra trinkets plants none of that stuff I'm about to deal utter some more seems like you always wind up accumulating extra stuff over time
do you have any food storage containers?? what do you use? i have a minimalist kitchen, but have so many food storage containers...I want to scream! LOL
I seriously almost had an orgasm, when I saw that cabinet door with the command hooks and oven lid! Oven lids are the worst, I stack my pots and never know how to store the lids without taking up a ton of shelf space! I've never been so exited about an organisational tip before 😂😂😂 Thanks!
I have them in my kitchen. It`s not rocket science girl lol you buy them, stick them to the door or wherever you wanna hang the items and that's it. Actually it's a very famous pinterest tip many people do it. Don't understand your comment "not convinced" and "ask viewers to trust blindly" nobody is asking you to buy anything, jesus!
I really love your tips, but I would love it even more if you weren't using so much plastics. Plastics are not only bad for the environment but also ugly. But you're lifehack's are inspiring, thanks fot that!
Love ur kitchen... but it is only possible if v live alone with a husband & 8 month old baby my house is a mess n my wish to live a minimalist life has gone out d window. 😳
devra cooper you can CHANGE the speed of any video by clicking the 3 horizontal dots on the top right corner. When that opens look for playback speed and make her talk faster or slower. For me Melody is just right. Once in a great while she talks fast but 98% of the time she is soothing. I use the speed up for people who talk way too slowly and wander off topic. Melody doesn’t. I don’t like videos where the person talks to their pets, except Melody. She can talk to and about Pat all she wants. I love 💕 her relationship with Pat.
I just have to say, it’s now 2020 and I remembered this video and searched all over for it again because it is just SO helpful!
Same!
Now it's 2024 and I'm watching these videos again 🎉
I'm crazy about your videos! You have the most original ideas and so many of them! All of them useful. It's almost inconceivable. My boyfriend saw me watching your videos and now he's all pumped to declutter and downsize with me! Thank you for changing our lives. Truly. We struggle to keep our home clean and simple and you have inspired us to keep going and trying.
I never would have thought of those bump on things! My husband shuts the drawers really hard, and I have to constantly move things back into place. Thank you for the great tips!
Beautiful kitchen. I use a old parmesan containers for my baking soda. One in laundry room and one in cleaning caddy.
I use parmesan containers also. I like them, as a leak would cause the original Ajax cardboard container to get soggy. Saw a plumber using them for small parts and have used them in my home.
Your videos are so therapeutic. I love how everything from the editing, the information and your choice of words are also minimalistic.
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Love the OXO Pops. The square design makes everything look so neat and orderly, and you can see what you have. I keep all my dried beans, quinoa, amaranth, and other healthy grains in them. I don't like to spend money to "organize", but the OXO Pops are a good deal. I keep all my recipes on my smartphone. If I see anything online I e-mail it to myself and save it in a Recipe folder to retrieve from my smartphone when I'm preparing a meal. Paperwork was my last clutter mountant to scale and it was the smartphone and the cloud that changed my way of looking at the problem.
I dropped all cabinet doors and switched to drawers (a row of wall shelves lifts with Blum). This was the biggest change and prevents duplicate buying / things getting stuck in the back / items going bad. Dropped all hardware and several ucut back on knives, pots, pans, plates, etc ).
I look forward to your videos every Sunday, thanks so much Melody. I love the idea of using clear nubs so stuff doesn't slide around.
+Neon Dots Such an affordable and great solution. I liked it a lot better than museum putty.
Using the bumpers to keep things from sliding is brilliant! I recently purchased 2 sizes as we added cabinets to our kitchen and I am using them as the drawer/cabinet door bumpers. Again, brilliant use! The custom ones through specialty stores are so expensive, and the bumpers only cost pennies each.
Melody, there's just something so intriguing about your videos. They instil such a calmness in me while I'm watching them; you make me aspire to keep paring down the unnecessary things in my life. I always look forward to your videos, as they have quickly become some of my favourites. Keep up the wonderful work, Melody! Sending positivity your way from Canada
+fashionisbliss Thank you so much! Much love to Canada.
Melody, you just made my night
I rent too and you've given me so many storage ideas! My apartment has really crappy paint and the command strips rip the paint off the walls so I haven't been using them, i've never thought of actually putting them in my cupboards though, so smart!
Love how neat your kitchen is!!! Thanks for linking the products for us!
+The Conscious Creative Thank you!
+More Melody Thank you so much. I like your kitchen tips. I don't like clutter or a lot of tools so this video really helps :)
You inspired me to rethink what is necessary in my kitchen. I love to bake, but I think I may have more ideals than I do reality. I have cake stuff, but I really don't do cakes. Or pies. I bake bread, cookies, muffins and cupcakes. So, I am going to share some of my things with folks who will use them happily. Something I should just buy is a new scratch free flipper for eggs, etc. Ours gets a lot of use and sometimes I want to use it and someone has it in the d/w. I don't see going as minimal as you, not yet, but I've been working at it and getting my heart and upbringing out of the decision and bringing in a dose of real is a good thing. Though cupcakes are definitely part of the heart. . . sharing is caring and all that:) It's something I make that others like to eat. Probably don't need 12 breadpans though. Really. Jeez. What was I thinking?
Perfect. Finishing a kitchen remodel currently & all these tips will help to set it up right. I’ll click through your video to the links so you can get paid for all the Help and Joy you bring to me. I have a Melody Notebook now because if you’re talking I’m taking notes!! And, as always, hi Pat.
thank you so much for your video. Yours is one of the few videos that is actually minimalist kitchen living. I really appreciated all the tips and tricks...
Did anyone else LOLed when Melody used the aloe plant to hold the curtain open?! I thought you were going to say you like the aloe plant cause of the gel 😂 which you probably do, too. You really are practical! 👍
Love your video! I use a mason jar to store my baking soda and I saved a lid from a parmesan cheese container (like the Kraft brand) and it fits on top of the narrow mouth mason jars. Then you can open either side of the lid for large opening or just the holes to shake out the baking soda.
Thanks! I love your minimalist approach!
Love your use of command strips!
I adore your kitchen because it has a window and you can see all that beautiful greenery outside. Thanks so much. I love all your videos I've been watching for a while. I'm trying to figure out how to hide my broom, and floor cleaning broom, maybe in my small washer and dryer closet i could hang them up. Ideas or suggestions? i think you did a video on this also. I'm still searching for it.
See ya in your next video.
Hugs
Thank you for this! I'm going to go through the pans/lids I really don't need tonight!
Your kitchen is great! I recently bought some plate organizers, and it really makes a difference. I'll try to organize mugs in a drawer, I really like this idea :)
I am always excited to see your videos your content is on point I love your seamless minimalism it's refreshing I don't see this very often I wish more people were like you I just love it. It was so funny because tonight I pushed in my silverware drawer and I can hear my silverware moving around and I was like I wish there was something I can put behind it so stop moving around I watched your video about two hours later it was so funny when you started talking about those clear nubs. Haha I guess God answered my prayers on that one.
+Jodi Michaels Thanks, Jodi. Glad my video could be a solution! I'm happy to know people like you that love domesticated minimalism as much as I do.
The clear bump-ons are a great idea! Thank you :))
Really enjoyed this. Is that a piano in the background? Would love a tour of that pretty room if you haven't already. Thanks for all the great tips!
+TheGreennblue Hey, it's my dining table :) I have a video on the room for you: ua-cam.com/video/DQqD53r90vc/v-deo.html.
Love how easy but functional your kitchen is especially if you cook a lot it makes sense to have clear counters and only things you need😄I get rid of any thing that comes in box or cardboard pkg it takes up space and a exterminator told me never keep cardboard pkg or things that have sticky backing like contact paper it attracts bugs and especially roaches!! That made up my mind
such adorable voice 😁
Great vid and some awesome ideas for the kitchen!
Also, shoutout to the squirrel in the backyard at 1:19 😂
Thank you for sharing. I've always been a mess. You are so inspiring.
Wow I am so jaloux of your determination. I have sets and duplicates of everything.... Just thinking about going through it all makes me sweat a little : P I should though - thank you for a wonderful kitchen tour!
Those horizontal hooks for pot lids are genius. What do you think of the knife utensil magnet strip?
So many great ideas, thanks!
Great video i loe how you orgaize the kitchen
I appreciate the list of items and where to get them....
fabulous kitchen! Where did you get that salt container?
Thanks for letting me know about the pet food covers. I'm so excited to get some for canned goods! Can I ask why you need a turntable on top of the plate organizer?
+Brittney Cloyd Thanks, Brittney! I used to use a lazy Susan to keep oils/vinegars. I have since pared down my oils and vinegars to one, but if I had more than that, I'd still use that system because it made sauces easy to access by the stove :)
I love your kitchen. New subbie here!
Wow, that is one healthy looking aloe vera. Please tell me the secret of how you accomplished that. Mine is looking so miserable and I am pretty certain I have put it in a bigger pot than you have, thinking that the roots might need more room would make it happy but it's not working. I would sincerely be so thankful.
What do you cook in the crock pot??
I love it!
Who makes the salt shaker you have? It looks like the pepper mill is OXO but I wasn't sure about the salt.
How come you don't have any forks?
I reuse a Parmesan shaker container for my baking soda. Just a thought.
Hi I was wonder if you have a dishwasher ???
I have a huge apartment and your kitchen is bigger than mine. I'm so jealous 😭
I noticed No Forks. is that a person favorite to use spoons only. I have got the dishwasher pods on order and happy to have non scented one soon. I'll look in the dropdown, but I liked your strainer, what brand is it?
Maybe you can share some of your recipes :)
Great job. Love your video :)
wow this is inspiring
Goals!
I noticed some changes to your kitchen with little peeks here and there from your newer vids so can you do an updated kitchen tour and tips?!?! Please? Thanks!! ❤️
What do you do with the extra pieces of a set as to not loose the money spent on them?
oh and what did you use to stack your cans?
Where is kitchen roll holder from?
I'm a minimalist too I have four forks since there are four ppl in my house I have plastic forks for guest I also don't keep stuff on my counteracts either thinking about getting a shelf and having it bolted to my wall to put my microwave on I just think the less clutter u have in ur home it makes ur home look so neat clean and inviting I can't stand clutter papers, trash, extra trinkets plants none of that stuff I'm about to deal utter some more seems like you always wind up accumulating extra stuff over time
Do you use electric stove more than appliances to save having lots of appliances
looove it!!
i have yet to discover a way to store the scrubbier brush that I like
Where did you get the recipe holder on your fridge?
Woow girl just amaizing 😍😍😍new subbie
where do you buy the organizer you kept the rice in...
i love you melody...❤❤❤
oh I so need this. my kitchen bull dozers me. it owns me....
+Mary W Haha, Mary. It is the most difficult to organize, for sure. :)
I don't see a link to the double shelf on the outside of the cupboard by the window
do you have any food storage containers?? what do you use? i have a minimalist kitchen, but have so many food storage containers...I want to scream! LOL
Oxo containers are not air-tight.
Your voice is so therapeutic that I played back at 1:55 a few times.
(Am I a pervert?) maybe but seriously you are gorgeous.
ah the squirrel!
I seriously almost had an orgasm, when I saw that cabinet door with the command hooks and oven lid! Oven lids are the worst, I stack my pots and never know how to store the lids without taking up a ton of shelf space! I've never been so exited about an organisational tip before 😂😂😂
Thanks!
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I have them in my kitchen. It`s not rocket science girl lol you buy them, stick them to the door or wherever you wanna hang the items and that's it. Actually it's a very famous pinterest tip many people do it. Don't understand your comment "not convinced" and "ask viewers to trust blindly" nobody is asking you to buy anything, jesus!
I really love your tips, but I would love it even more if you weren't using so much plastics. Plastics are not only bad for the environment but also ugly. But you're lifehack's are inspiring, thanks fot that!
Love ur kitchen... but it is only possible if v live alone with a husband & 8 month old baby my house is a mess n my wish to live a minimalist life has gone out d window. 😳
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So nicely organized! For European standards this kitchen is not so minimalistic though...
I agree, very organised, however she got loads of storage cupboards (I'm not jealous!😜) My kitchen is tiny so I have to be a minimalist lol!
Home & Order by Tonia It was never a competition to see who has less stuff...
1 butter knife? yeah no lol!!!
Minimalists aren't environmentalists so I don't totally understand the point.
Some are. It just make some people happy and calmer, so that's the point.
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i just discovered your videos; lots of good information. however, i find it difficult to understand you because you talk very fast. :-(
devra cooper you can CHANGE the speed of any video by clicking the 3 horizontal dots on the top right corner. When that opens look for playback speed and make her talk faster or slower. For me Melody is just right. Once in a great while she talks fast but 98% of the time she is soothing. I use the speed up for people who talk way too slowly and wander off topic. Melody doesn’t. I don’t like videos where the person talks to their pets, except Melody. She can talk to and about Pat all she wants. I love 💕 her relationship with Pat.
Please don't edit so much. It's hard to keep up with you when your sentences run together.
Please speak more slowly. The brain has to take in what you say and if you speak too fast it can't!
depressing
I thought a few decorations would cheer it up. Her organizing is nice and clean but yes I thought the counters were depressing
very plain ... need more life & color in ur home for me lol ...