5 years of kitchen clutter: A long overdue clean out!
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- In today’s video I FINALLY get round to tackling the kitchen clutter that’s been building up for way too long! #cleanwithme #cleaningmotivation #cleaningwithadhd #decluttering
My sister is in the last stages of dying from cancer and I’ve not been able to think of anything else. My husband said why don’t you look up that English girl who cleans that you love so much. So I did. Thank you so much for allowing me to smile a bit. I totally understand the chin hair … need I say more 😂. Your son is adorable and he is really proud of himself for helping mum. I love your casual honesty about your life. About that cubbard you wanted advice on, perhaps a lazy-susan would work on top shelf. On the bottom of dog shelf leaving so much empty space in front is a magnet for throwing stuff on thus causing the need to declutter again. Love your optimism about everything. Thanks again for helping me cope on such a bad day. ❤
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❤Praying for your Sister and family❤
Sending hugs to you and your sister from Northern Ireland.
Bless you, sending all the love in the world to you, your sister and the rest of the family, it means the world to me to be a source of comfort ❤️
Sending lots of love and hugs xx
I'm just at the intro and you know what? It is refreshing to see an actual lived in home with clutter spots. It's realistic. Not a fan of the videos where they clean it before they record and it already looks organized. Thank you for posting this. I really appreciate it!
there are actual people whos houses are already qquite organized, i dont think that they necesarilly clean it beforehand 😅
Ditto! Great to see normal mess. 😊
But most of them just do it for content and it is not real@@karin-jessikaheubeck6536
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"I'm one whisker away from being the proud owner of a goatee!" OMG! I seriously love you so much! Thanks for making content and sharing it with UA-cam!! ❤❤
Hi Remi.
Once again, letting you know that you are loved and appreciated for your honesty and inspirational videos.
Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. At 72 yrs old I am using your wonderful videos to inspire me to declutter before it's too late. I don't want to leave a mess behind. As you said, a little bit at a time works wonders for me. I have achieved so much over the last twelve months. And you have played a large role in my success. Thankyou so much Remi.
I think why we are all attracted to your channel is because all of us can relate to you. We aren't as disciplined or professional as like the other channels. Your down to earth & honest approach makes us all believe it's possible to declutter even though it looks impossible! Thank you for your sharing & giving us motivation. Your son is so cute & you are a such a loving & supporting mum to him. Can't wait to see him grow up on this channel! ❤
Oh what a lovely thing to read! Thank you ☺️ ❤️
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I’m 72 and u inspire me to declutter I don’t want to leave my kids with a bunch of junk to get rid off .
@remiclog I suggest that you put the painting stuff in the closet with the vacuum, or under the sink around that corner in the back, and put **any boxed foods and plates, bowls, cups on a higher shelf.** Canned goods or things **in hard plastic packaging or containers** can go on a middle shelf. But you **don't want ANYTHING in cardboard or plastic bags or that you'll be eating or drinking from** in a lower cabinet. It's a food safety thing. Some people even store cups upside down and plates/bowls upright vertically, **like how they rest in a dishwasher or dish rack, NOT stacked**, especially in the past, to keep their dishes clean and keep critters off of them.
I used to have old cards and letters miixed in with paperwork in misc boxes. I finally pulled them out and put them in a dedicated container.
I did throw away the ones that had no real sentimental value. I kept everything from my Mom, my Mother-in-law, my son, my husband, and really special friends. When I run across them every few years, it's like a visit with my Mom, who passed away 30 years ago, and my friend who passed away 10 years ago. ❤❤
How beautiful ❤️
I find that a knife block is great if you only have 4-6 knives. Anything more, the Block just doesn't seem to work for me.
Your son's little voice, "I'm helping you", is just too adorable!
I found your video by accident. I was watching something else on UA-cam and saw you on the side. Watching your video made me smile and I just loved it. I'm 65 years old, married, with 2 kids and 3 grandkids. I retired a few years ago and have really gotten into downsizing and organizing. You are so real and honest that I couldn't turn the video off. Your son is just adorable and reminds me of my 3 and 2 year old grandkids, who always want to help. So glad I found you and I'll keep watching from the U.S.
I'm 73 and have gone through so many organizational periods. Nothing really helped until it clicked that you put it back where it came from. Once you establish its place, return it every time. That's The Rule. The seconds it costs you short term, saves hours of re-do, later. You're an absolute joy to watch, and several statements actually brought me to tears of joy and remembering. Thank you for that! If you teach your husband and kids the rule and insist on it, your life actually changes. But, you have to embody it.❤❤❤❤😂😂😊😊
@@vinniediaz6829you’re so right!! i apply this rule, it makes tidying fun because i don’t have to puzzle and think where i should store something, it has a perfect place where it lives 😊
Remi what an incredible job you did Decluttering 👏👏👏 thank you so much for the shout out! That was incredibly sweet of you to mention me and my comment section is filled with “I’m here from Remi’s recommendation”. So appreciate you and grateful for your videos 🤗❤️
You’re more than welcome!! I love your videos, and you! I’m glad people have come over to check out your videos, you work so hard and deserve all of the recognition for that ☺️❤️
I just lost my dad. He died 6 days after the 2 year anniversary of my mom's death. The loss of my father has made me feel like I need to make changes in my life. If they are watching over me, I want them to be proud and at peace. Hearing you say, "2024 is gonna be the year I no longer have unneccessary stuff smushed into every crevice of this house" gives me such inspiration to tackle my own cluttered home. Decluttering my house and getting things to where it's easier to keep it organized and clean would be like taking a huge weight off of my shoulders I think. I love watching your videos; I tell my husband all the time how relaxing they are. You're so so kind, caring, genuine, and inspiring. Thank you for sharing your life with us. I know it's not easy to be so open and vulnerable to so many strangers. I wish you and your family well!
I am so sorry for your losses 😔 I love to hear how determined you are to take control of your space, because I believe it really does influence every other area of your life in such a positive way! I’m sure your mum and dad are so unbelievably proud of you right now, just as you are ❤️
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💕 so sorry to hear
Your house is for YOU, not for your stuff! You can totally do this. You're not a slave to stuff!
It seems unlikely that you’ll see this since it’s been months since you posted this, but regarding the cards and the feeling of betrayal you described: I recently heard the advice about keeping loved ones’ belongings who have passed, and how, if they were still here to say so, they would likely let you know that they don’t want you keeping their stuff to compromise you enjoying your day to day life - they would want you to declutter what you need to, and keep a couple mementos that will serve you as you choose… but they wouldn’t want their stuff to be holding you back. I feel it’s surely the same situation with cards from your loved ones, so I hope perhaps that mindset shift might help you or someone else going through similar dilemmas! 💌
You’re such a wise young woman. It’s taken me 63 years to come to the same conclusions as you! You are an inspiration to many I’m sure!
I have found this video really inspirational as a neurodivergent with a whole neurospicy family. I started to declutter my conservatory while watching. Thank you for the inspiration, if you can do it I can too! Xx
Neurospicy 😅 I have a daughter with PMLD and I'm convinced I'm ADHD undiagnosed. I am going to use this term to describe us in future!!!
After I clean the kitchen every evening I declutter, clean, and organize one drawer or one shelf in the kitchen. It takes me 64 days to do the entire kitchen and pantry, then I start over again, in time your drawers will only need a quick tidy, you may even skip a drawer/shelf because it won't need attention.
Edit: You got yourself a new subscriber, that was an epic job cleaning and organizing your kitchen! Watching from Arizona, USA.
I'm watching from AZ also!
I really like your idea of tackling one kitchen drawer or shelf every evening - think I will try it myself. Thanks!
I really love that you are showing your son that cleaning can be calm and organized even if he spills everything. My husband still has a stress reaction when I am cleaning because his mother panicked cleaned just before guests arrived which lead to her screaming at the kids. It seems no matter how long we have been together and the fact that I keep my house in order so there is absolutely no stress cleaning, it still lives with him.
I love your videos and teaching myself that you don’t have to be perfect and tidying can be done at a relaxed pace. Thank you for your videos.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy them! Bless your husband, I had a similar experience (as much as I adore my parents) it really does imbed itself in your psyche. And it’s one of the reasons I chose to parent the way I do ❤️
It's called a butcher block where the knives are stored. I didn't use it either when my child was younger.
@@remiclogit doesn't sound weird at all. I have a favorite utensil as well. I prefer this sugar spoon that is from the set that came from my grandmother's house. And years and years ago I had this long handled spoon that was the milkshake spoon - the one my father used to make milkshakes for me with slightly melted ice cream and any add-ins. It is long gone, having been either thrown away accidentally - possibly left in an ice cream tub - or lost in the move, or donated. I wish that I still had that spoon every so often to this day - over ten years later. So no, you having a favorite spoon or utensil is not weird at all.
Great video. You make decluttering, tidying and cleaning fun. I don’t know how you do that but you do. Your videos are always motivating too.
I totally get keeping cards. I bought myself this A5 (?) sized folder for like a hundred cards and I keep them all, they're such a treasure! Not just birthday cards, but wedding invitations, birth announcements, postcards sent to me from holidays... They've gotten so rare that I keep them all. Neatly stored, but I keep them. They're like a time capsule
Hi, my name is Peggy and this is the first time I see your channel. You are so adorable, you made me laugh so much with some of the things you were saying. I really enjoyed watching you clean out all the cabinets and drawers and I've decided I will start tomorrow with one drawer just like you did. Thank you for inviting me into your home. God bless you and have a wonderful day.
REMI, You’ve been hiding these treasure trove cabinets from us! This content is absolutely golden. ❤
Thank you so much!!! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️
You are the only cleaning channel I ACTUALLY watch, I could hear you talk all day, lovely accent and great narrator❤️ this is one of the most satisfying videos I’ve watched on your channel so far. Thank you for putting your heart in every video, you are so lovely. When you talked about your babies, I could tell how much of a lovely mother you are.❤️ sending you lots of love😘
I love your channel! I lived in England as a kid and having you on in the background makes me miss how nice, down-to-earth and open everyone was. I feel like I've been dropped off at a friends house for tea
That is a good video - I'm 62 and diagnosed at 55 with ADHD and OCD and wondered why I struggled with stuff like this, its like living life in a three legged race! I'm decluttering and you have added to my inspiration to get it done! Lovely woman you are, lovely attitude, lovely kids, great actions - keep going its the long haul
It’s odd but declutterring seems to get a lot easier the more you do it. When I started I really struggled. Now it’s a lot easier. I can let things go with less angst and stress. Things I kept thinking I needed them have now been let go as I realise I don’t. My wardrobe has gone from 110 items to 12. The stress has left me. It’s uplifting for sure.😊. Good luck to everyone on their journey. Ps. I also got rid of my junk drawer!!!😮. I put pens in my paperwork cupboard. Batteries in my tool kit in a little box. I just found homes for all the crap. It freed up a drawer for me to put utensils in so I could clear the counter tops. Result!😊
Thank you for this advice it was super helpful! 👍
That's my goal, as I have a tiny kitchen and 2 junk drawers lol
I was thinking that too! Just don’t have a junk drawer! Everything really has a true home that’s not in a junk drawer.
It’s true that it gets easier-decluttering is like a muscle that gets stronger the more you use it! 💪🏻
Isn't it great how that happens? You may also find that your threshold for clutter gets smaller and smaller over time, and that also makes it easier to get rid of things
There is something about decluttering that does great things to our mindset. Once i started letting go of sentimental things like cards, it started getting easier for me to become unattached to a lot of clutter. It also started lifting up my spirits and clearing up my head. I'm not quite a minimalist but it is my goal. I also see a difference in my husband and kid's when they can live in a clearer, clutter free home. Turns out, my kid's don't even need a ton of toys. When we moved from a large house to a very small cabin style home, we got rid of so many toys and my kid's didn't even notice. They have their favorite ones and they play with them all the time.
I love this!!! It’s such an uplifting thing to read! This is my hope in my decluttering journey too, so thank you! ☺️
You did such a wonderful job. It doesn’t matter how long it may take, what is important is completing what you set out to do. You are a good mother, and the kids come first as they should. You are such a joy to watch and an inspiration.
You are so much like me, my daughter and grandson.with our ADHD. They have only recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Its hereditary. So the clutter is me. i found this video by accident and every morning i wake up thinking 5tart decjuttering and never do . But you have given me the push to start Thankyou
Omg, you kill me. The chin hair confessions! 😂 You are a true delight, and so very relatable to me. Love Jodi Dunn as well. You might like "Danni Rearranged". She's spaz, but a very likeable spaz. She has been on a big house keeping journey and has really been getting it together.
I love Danni! She always brightens my day.
This was a MASSIVE declutter!! I know from experience that this is going to be life changing for you and your family!!! You should be very proud. You have built your decluttering muscles to the point that you can handle anything. You've got this mama! This really will help you when you are running late, by knowing where everything is because everything has a home. Love the clip of your little helper. So precious
Thank you so much!!! I’m so hoping this is the case 🥰
Life changing and you become addicted 😅 I start same👍🏻
I'm a serial card keeper as well and it has NEVER occurred to me to take photos and let go of that guilt! Thank you so much!!
Remi, I haven’t had a lot of good, healthy consistency in my life. I had bad parents and when I got married (to a wonderful man) it felt too good to be true and inside I kept waiting for the shoe to drop.
But he loves me dearly and has shown so. I got very sick right after we got married and we couldn’t have babies for 3 years. (Not as long as some, but still painful). And when it finally happened, I took three tests! And I kept them all. I kept mine from my last baby as well, she is my precious rainbow baby. I kept hers as well.
My mom used to make fun of me for wanting to keep everything when now I know I was trying to keep a sense of stability and comfort in my life since I had none.
I can see that with my son when we haven’t been good with a schedule and if we go through the toys, he wants to keep everything, even little broken pieces.
I hope and pray that I can be a good mama to my sweet babies and a good wife. I love my sweet family and I’m still in shock sometimes that I’m out of my abuse, my previous life and I have such a beautiful life.
I hate the ways I act like my parents, but I’m doing my best to try to be different and loving and encouraging to my children. It’s so hard to break generational stuff.
I'm still blown away by how alike we are in our approach to certain things. When you express some of the sentiments specific to the way your brain operates, and asking aloud if that makes sense, I find myself nodding along. And so much of it I've never felt able to share, so thank you for sharing your perspective. I'm so happy to know I'm not alone in some of this. ❤
Oh what a lovely thing to read! You are absolutely not alone ❤️
Now I need a spinny plate for my cleaners! I LOVE cleaning with you Remi! Your house looks like a real, lived-in house. And your clutter is the same clutter that everyone has to try to manage every day.
They’re definitely my new favourite thing!! Thank you, glad you enjoy it here 🥰❤️
Please link of the spinny plate
this comment might be coming late but thank you for this video
What an amazing video! So TRUE! Not just some pinterest BS with all cleaning supplies color coordinated. I was super inspired by Konmari series on Netflix and decluttered my ENTIRE home, getting rid of 50% of my stuff. It took me like...8 months! (huge home, building materials as I remodel homes, staging furniture, garage and a storage unit). Best decision of my life! Now clean up is 100 times easier, less laundry, less stuff to take care of. I LOVE IT!!! You go girl! Please keep making videos. You are amazing.
Thank you Remi , you make the most difficult tasks look easy . Your intelligence, wit and empathic ability is what makes your channel special. You have no idea how much impact you make with your non judgmental attitude and view of life . Wishing you only the best ❤
Thank you so much, what a lovely thing to read!!! 🥺 wishing the same for you! ❤️
I live in florida, USA. I decluttered my boyfriends house after his divorce. Took four months to get it "liveable". Took another 6 months to get the rest organized. But I clean the house (all 3000 Sq ft), every morning before going to work. You have done an incredible job on your home. Pick out an hour a day to keep up the Maintenance and you will see it gets easier! ❤❤
I might see why he's divorced. Is he cleaning every day?
Your son’s voice is absolutely adorable! Brought tears to my eyes. 🥰
My mom died a few years back, when I was 26... she kept EVERYTHING... our first hair trimmings, every art piece from early childhood, any card she had ever gotten, handwritten letters between her and her mom and her best friends from the 70s and 80s. Going through it all was tough. I don't have kids yet but I also am a sentimental hoarder. I wish there was an easy off switch.
I was in the same boat as you years ago, now I'm a mum I really wish I'd held on to some of her things. I have an ottoman full of her things but I still wish I wasn't so hell bent on giving everything away- the grief takes over and that overwhelms you. Sending you love ❤️
I've often divided clutter people into two categories, surface abuser and cupboard abuser, and I am definitely in the second category. You did an amazing job. I find that when my cupboards are properly decluttered and organized, all the other cleaning and daily life tasks become so much easier. I'm so impressed with how you stuck with it, even when it took longer than you expected, but just did one section at time until you were all done! Completing such a big job deserves a treat. I hope you gave yourself a nice indulgence when it was finished.
I'm a surface abuser! My cupboards are normally immaculate lol. My mom is a cupboard abuser. You can eat off her floors.
I almost cried when you were talking about keeping the pregnancy tests and how you view the relationships in your life - like it's all too good to be true - ughhh that was so beautiful.
What a fab little helper it’s too cute isn’t it when they get all excited helping and it’s makes us keep going too. My daughter is 18 now I miss these days lol 😂 x
I never comment on youtube but you posted this video right when I needed a mental pick me up, thank you Remi. I love your videos 💜
Ahh this makes me very happy! Thank you ☺️ ❤️
For spaces like clothes drawers and cleaning cloth/sponge boxes, you might try stacking the things in them vertically instead of horizontally, a la Marie Kondo. That way, you won't have to dig under things and dislodge the tops things to get to the bottom ones (like the sponges to get to the microfiber cloths), and they will all be in sight so you'll be able to see all the pretty things you have at once. Also helps to identify categories of excess or lack.
Great advice! Thank you, I’ll be sure to do that 😊
On the topic of Marie Kondo, she recommends that once you declutter (she says "tidy") an area, and it's sort of bare, that you put a picture or other small decoration there. It makes the area prettier and prevents the empty space from getting full again because there is a nice decoration there.
What a fantastic job you've done. Just wanted to say I really enjoy your eloquent and thoughtful commentary. You're a delight to listen to. Thank you for your videos.
I just came across your channel, and wanted to say what a truly wonderful person you are ❤
I'm from the UK but live in China, and your videos are really helping me with missing home. I'm originally from Manchester and hearing your Northern accent is so comforting ❤
I just wanted to share with you, that due to a pulled shoulder, and a dodgy wrist and back these last few weeks, I have put off clearing my kitchen, and putting the stuff in the dishwasher (I live alone, so only me to see it) but I took you on my laptop in my tiny kitchen with me, and whilst you were talking, I put all the dirty stuff in the dishwasher, ready to run it tomorrow! So thank you for inspiring me to get off my bottom, and clear that mess! xxx
My favourite video of yours so far! I had tendency to collect too but one day I made a big, sweeping decision not to collect anything ever again. It was such a relief because I didn´t have to manage collections anymore. The big difference though was that I got rid of the feeling that something was uncompleted all the time, that something was missing to make things perfect. Ahhh... 😌
That sounds like the biggest relief! And that last sentence hit home!! ❤️
the morning run part is 100% spot on
Thank you so much for your video. Listening to you inspired me so much. My husband and I finally did our kitchen. It was nice to wake up and everything was clean and organized. Love your channel ❤️ and your thoughts. ❤ Thank You❤
Remi, you are absolutely amazing! This video was so inspiring. Everything look great about all that hard work and you should feel so proud of yourself. The amount of clutter from your sentimental cabinet you got rid of was epic. I can't wait for the next video.❤❤
Thank you so much!! I’m very chuffed ☺️❤️
You are a wonderful mom! Your patience with Ike and letting him help you is so wonderful! I am sure this will make him feel so loved and proud of himself for helping you. And great job on the clean up too!!
Thank you, such a lovely thing to read! 🥰
I’m working on DEcluttering my kitchen spaces while listening to you. It is so energy draining. But enough is enough! So I’m happily listening to you finding it so encouraging. I like to think I was polite in other people’s homes so could never understand why I would be told visiting an Aunties home NOT! to go into her living room cupboard every single time for years. As a teenager and a working girl I was at my Aunties one day when she called me into the washhouse asking me if I would please go into that very cupboard to get something for her. Just as I was about to open the door I heard my mother’s voice again. I told myself it can’t be wrong when Auntie has asked me to. So open the door I did! Only to stumble backwards when an avalanche hit me. It seemed like half of the cupboards contents fell on top of me!
On telling Mum when I got home she simply said. “Why do you think I always told you not to go into that cupboard?’ 😱🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations Remi, you've worked "miracles" in those kitchen drawers and cupboards. Might I suggest that you put the pasta containers on the top shelf and bring the smaller, more-often-used items down to the third shelf down, where you can access them easily. I put all my herbs in one of those smaller Ikea boxes and all the spices in another one. It is easy to grab the box by the "handle" opening and bring them down to your counter and pick out whichever herbs or spices you need. The same goes for the adult medication containers: put them in Ikea boxes that you use like "drawers". Not sure I've explained this clearly but hope it helps. You've done really well. I look forward to seeing the next part of you clearing out your aunt's house to allow your granny to live with her. Your wee boy did a great job helping; children love to help and if you give them wee jobs to do to put their toys away, they'll love the praise.
Loved this. The time you spent doing this will save you hours looking for items that you couldn’t find previously!You’ll know exactly where everything is! Whoop whoop! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
That is exactly how I declutter my kitchen. I took one cupboard at a time or two to three drawers. It took me almost two weeks (I have a big kitchen). I scrubbed everything as I went along and donated at the thrift shop after every cupboard was cleared out. I didn’t put it in a pile and wait. That’s a recipe for disaster. It’s such a relief to have it all done!
It really is the biggest relief!! 😁
I've just started dipping my toe into decluttering UA-cam, and the algorithm said "Try this one!"
I'm grateful to have come across a ND person decluttering their home, one that is like mine. Stuffed to the gills and overwhelming to tackle. You are giving me hope that I, too, can accomplish decluttering my home, even if it takes a month. Thank you for the motivation, the inspiration, and the reassurance that it's okay to not have a perfect system and to just go with the flow.
I just wanna pop by and say I'm loving this comment section! I'm sorry everyone that is having a tough time, my heart goes out to you 💜
And Remi, you are amazing! I sense a well needed community forming here, and it's all because you had the courage to share your hardships and experiences with us! Thank you 💖
A 2 tier lazy Susan for the spices. Oil bottles with spouts for your oils. Containers for your flour and sugar. Preferably ones with handle’s. And an additional set of lazy Susan’s. And one of those organizers that looks like a set of steps for your jars and canned goods. All for the food cabinet. Keep the receipts if you over buy and return what you don’t need. Love your work REM! And your lovely family! From California, U.S.A.
Wow!! The cupboards and drawers look great! I recently started cleaning and rearranging my house including the cupboards and drawers in my kitchen. I thought it would take me a week to 10 days. Nope! Its been 2 weeks and I'm only half done. It is stressful to throw away or donate items. I'm donating a lot of my kitchen items because I don't use them and relatives don't want them. I'm 66 yrs and I've been working on decluttering so my family won't have a mess to go through when I get sick/older. I really enjoy listening to you and then I sit down and watch you later in the week. You are so calming to listen to. You have a great program.
I started to get an overwhelming amount of plants in my house. I love them and they do make me feel good, but I realized at one point I had over 150 house plants. So I've been doing the thing you mentioned - every day I try to get rid of three plants. They have to go OUT of the house, either if they are not healthy they get tipped into the back of the garden, or if they are nice and I have several, I give them to a friend or put them on freecycle on Facebook. I can't bear to do one big declutter but knowing that I HAVE to get rid of three a day has really helped. I will probably stop in the nicer weather when I can put a lot of them outdoors, but at least I won't buy any more knowing how bad it got!
As far as a suggestion, it seems like your shelves are sometimes deeper (higher?) than they need to be, which may be why you are always tempted to pile things on top of other items. I have used small 'add a shelf' metal shelves so that I can store lightweight items in my food pantry, so that I get two or three levels in one shelf. That might help.
This is a perfect use of the “3 a day” method! I get how hard it is when you have such an attachment to something, I think giving them to friends is a fab idea cause then at least you get to see how the plants are thriving ☺️
My husband and my youngest have a favorite fork each. They have to use it! The word youre looking for is a knife block! 🤓. Big knives can go in a drawer in an organizer with thin spacing, made for knives. ❤️. Loving your channel. Glad i found you. Live from Alberta, Canada
My sister passed away yesterday peacefully. Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. ❤
So sorry for your loss. I'm glad it was peaceful.
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so sorry for your loss , it is good it was peaceful think it helps to know it
this was so satisfying to watch, i love the organisation you did with the labels and storage as you decluttered...i love decluttering it feels freeing to not have so much stuff, makes cleaning so much less daunting! ❤
Hey Remi, That spinning plate organizer is called a “Lazy Susan” here in North America (poor Susan getting dissed!) I have one on each shelf in Kitchen corner cabinet & on pantry shelf - clear with 3” high sides - so I put condiments that get used together in each one - eg: BBQ Sauce, Ketchup, Squeezy Mustard bottles , flavoured Vinegars etc. and another one has different unopened Fruit spread & Jam jars = backups for ones in fridge - another one has Sealed salad dressings (not in use yet) and so on. And I have an attractive wooden tray one for Center of Dining Table - so everyone can easily reach condiments salt pepper etc. for that meal. Love spinning Lazy Susan’s around! Thanks for your chat with your organizing because I need to hear you think through the why’s & wherefores of how we do things when neurology-divergent! You also make me laugh a lot - which helps when feeling like a failure at getting things & keeping things organized All the best to you & all your wonderful family! ❤😂❤😂❤😂❤
Dear Remi I doubt you will have time to read this but it might give others a bit of hope. It resonated when you mentioned that you can't do anything until the last minute or until the mess is at it's worst. Maybe my issues are not the same but as time passes I'm getting better. I now wash up after a meal, floors get attention regularly etc. I can find a container for my current craft project so it doesn't encroach on the rest of the house. Don't know if it was aging or what but things are definitely getting better. Not perfect but better. So don't beat yourself up and just do your best.
You are a bright spot in the world! Appreciation for what we have is an awesome attribute. I did a little digging under the front seat of my vehicle this evening. I found a long, lost brush that I just knew one of my grandchildren had taken off with. 😂 I hope you find a jewel or something that brings you joy, in your bedroom closet. Thanks for the idea of taking pictures of our cards and memories. I also have trouble throwing things away, when they’re from the heart.
You did a fantastic job!! It all looks so organized and nice! I am 68 year old Shane from Tennessee, USA.
I seriously need to declutter. I will do my clothes closets next week.
I love you Remi and have an obsession with England! Keep being yourself and I will be here for you!! ❤❤❤🎉
You're an incredible woman!! I love who you are as a person. You're absolutely darling, and I love hearing your thoughts and your stories. Plus, you have a home like most people do, and I love that we have a place to go to get encouragement and relate❤
You are so soothing and motivating! I love your accent, too! There's nothing like kicking back after a stressful day and watching one of your videos to decompress! Much love from Pennsylvania, USA ❤ 🇺🇸
Remi, I just cleaned my cutlery drawer, I was pleased to see a dog hair in yours like I had in mine. Yes, I have favourite items, cups etc, but they do change from time to time; however there is a really heavy fork that none of us like using. We have a ASD household. I did my decluttering years ago, and the hardest thing is putting an item back in its place.
I totally agree with you there! My problem is also putting things back every time! And that heavy fork sounds very upsetting 😂
Also: install a magnetic strip on the kitchen wall and add knives.
I cleaned my fridge out before Xmas and there was dog hairs in the bottom of it! Best wishes from Northern Ireland.
Thank u so much for making me feel less alone in my struggle to be organised & tidy. Also for the little tips & tricks & inspiration not to give up.
You videos help me is so many ways. You are amazing and such a beautiful person.
Thank you so so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
Good on you!! Looks fantastic!! I am amazed how many crumbs get into a closed drawer!!! Thanks for your honesty and realization that all our brains run differently!! It is hard to tackle some areas of our home but it feels so good to live in a clean and tidy space!!!!
Another wonderful video! I too was a collector as a child. I loved collecting book series. I had Harry Potter, The Babysitters Club, and a few short serials. My favorite was The Royal Diaries, a series of fictionalized diaries about famous female rulers set during their respective adolescence/young adulthood. I had an entire shelf filled with them in the bookcase in my bedroom.
Woo hoo. Been waiting for this. Thanks for posting xx
You’re so welcome!! I hope it was worth the wait 😁
@@remiclog always. I absolutely adore your videos. You're so relatable, and I love how grounded you are. I'm so glad I found your channel. X
my father passed away on 31st January. My sister and I have been decluttering and cleaning his bungalow for the past month, finally started on my bedroom this morning after having cleaned and decluttered the lounge, dining room, sewing room / junk room, master bedroom, bathroom and loo and hall. I like to watch cleaning videos to relax. Thanks for the fun video. My room is half stripped of wallpaper at this moment and half the furniture is now messing up the master bedroom and hall again, but we hope to,be completed by the end of the week. Planning on checking out more of your videos and the others you mentioned. ☺️😊💕👍🇬🇧
Please remind me of those video channels to check out. Thanks
Listening to you speak is like listening to an audiobook ❤ your voice is so lovely and you are so articulate
I actually do have a favorite fork and spoon as well. 😅 You're absolutely not weird for that. I literally only use them even though I have a lot of other spoons or forks. Also thank you for the motivation. I do have to do a massive declutter. I was starting and so motivated a few days ago but have to put a stop to it because I got sick now. I hope I'll be able to get back on track and not push it away to the future again. 😔
Oh bless you! That always seems to happen to me too! Whenever I get on track with something I’ll get sick in some way and it’ll throw me off my motivational streak! I totally believe you’ll be able to get back into it! 💪🏼
I have never yet found a channel as warm and relatable as yours! Thank you for another wonderful video. You have done amazing here and it’s soooo inspiring!! I adore how you are with your family, you set a great example for parents everywhere xx
Oh this has made my day! Thank you! ☺️❤️
@@remiclog honestly, I’m uk too, supermarket shift worker, mother of 3, hectic life!! Artistic and overwhelmed lol, So relatable! I just haven’t found another creator whose home I can relate to more, I look forward to all your videos 🥰
I just found you Remi. I totally love your channel! ❤️ I can see myself watching your posts while cleaning house. And I'm horrible at cleaning house, ugh. So I'm hoping this can help me. I love how you are all out there. You don't seem to mind us seeing how cluttered your house is and you don't hide the mess. That helps us see we aren't alone 😊. Love you little one, what a cutie pie.❤
Your theory about why you hold onto things feels very familiar to me and totally makes sense. :)
Love love love your video's especially the longer ones. Keep it up sugar. You make some of us feel we are not all strange! Xx❤❤
Thank you so much! So pleased you enjoy them! 🥰
@@remiclog genuinely mean it flower. I'm in a bad patch of depression and ill health and your videos help me to kick my butt, but also your openness is amazing. Full support for you duck.xx❤️❤️
I desperately need to declutter my kitchen. I've been putting it off for months. You have just given me the motivation and inspiration I needed to get started, one cupboard at a time. Your kitchen looks fabulous!! Awesome job Remi!! ❤❤
You’re amazing 😘 I love listening to you when I’m cleaning and decluttering! My favourite videos are the long ones! Keep doing what you’re doing! 👑
My husband invented "invisible band-aids" [what we call plasters] when our kids were in that stage.
Just found your channel. You say such lovely things. Thanks for sharing. ❤
Hey Remi! First I just want to say I have been listening to your videos for months now, and you have changed my way of how I look at house work for the better. I thought to myself maybe I did feel alone. So once I found that out almost every single time I have a huge mountain of clothes to fold, loads of dishes to do, major decluttering, I have a playlist of alllll of your videos and I’ll put it on shuffle and repeat 😂 lol. And I tell people it feels like we are both working at the same pace (you have a chat and then you talk about what you are doing in the videos, so I don’t have to look at the screen. I can keep working and you talk about us drinking tea and spending the time together, 😮 what a wonderful visualization! You talk about rewards until after the work is done, 😮 revolutionary!! So now I find myself doing that for example, I’m not going to answer that text until the dishes are done. I appreciate your long form videos but to me you have plenty of videos and my house is the best it’s been in years and I’m finally staying on top of the chaos and it no longer brings me down. It use to be extremely stressful, but now management on my part is taking over and now I realize once you start and keep exercising that management/chief executive officer(ceo) skill 😉 that mental muscle gets stronger every time you use it. Such an amazing feeling, your channel has given me so much joy/ happiness/ appreciation, like I said I can go on forever, so thank you thank you thank you! Love from the USA 🇺🇸
P.S. Also Remi I feel your on the right track, I don’t think my tips will help because my tips help me lol, the big thing is stay focused on yours and your families “thing”, you’re all learning together. So you just got the kitchen cupboards done, I say just maintain those for awhile until you are ready for the cupboard of doom! Wishing love to all!
You help me so much. My depression is at the worst. I watch your videos every day . Your amazing
It honestly means the world to hear that! I’m sorry you’re feeling this way, sending so much love ❤️
the sweetest moment was hearing you talk about how lucky you are to have these little ones in your life. swoon. ❤
Love love love this video, thank you for the motivation 💗
"Give me that fork!" 😅 i have a favorite spoon and it's the same way- smooth, rounded, long handle and perfect round spoon. 👌
This makes me feel a lot less strange 😂
You did an amazing job! The cabinets look so clean and organized. Congratulations. 😁
Thank you!! I’m so happy!! 😁
Hey, I just cleaned out my little kitchen! It wasn’t that dirty because I’ve not lived here that long but I kept buying the same StApLe food items because I couldn’t find the ones I already had crammed in my cupboards 😂
Oh, also the favourite spoon or favourite fork is one of the things the ADHD community has found many of us have in common. There is some overlap of the criteria that make them our favourites that many of us agree on too!
And also switching between the intense (and sometimes niche) hobbies and interests/collections that can last anywhere from weeks to years is common.
I’m so proud of you for taking this step; the fact that it took you so long to muster up the courage and motivation speaks to how hard it was to do. And I admire your strength to stay positive and draw positive thoughts from accomplishing this.
I also get attached to little memory things like birthday cards etc. because my adhd and depression impacts my brain/memory. I forget what I did, events I went to or time spent with family and friends. I keep a calendar for that reason and as time passes it becomes a diary, and I stick in receipts and tickets or I jot down little notes on what I did, especially on happy days, because re-reading and seeing the tickets etc, my brain usually recovers (some of) the memories. That’s why I struggle to throw away even notes from school, because they contain little doodles from me and my friends and I want to hold on to that now that we’ve not been seeing each other as much for years.
For your kitchen cupboards, I don’t know if this would work for you, but there are metal baskets or additional shelves that you can hook onto the top shelf or the upper wall of the cabinet and it creates a second little shelf to put things on, so you don’t have to stack cans or boxes just to get the full use out of the vertical space. I mean, you could probably also just buy a board cut to size and add another shelf into the cupboard but what I like about the basket things is that they’re removable and also see-through, so you can see what’s inside even if you’re (like me) not tall enough to see the whole shelf.
Your videos always cheer me up. Thank you for letting us step into your home like this.
The result is amazing for each cupboard! You did a great job!
And you are so right about involving kids and using these opportunities to teach them and to bond with them. You are a good mom.
Yay I'm so excited for this video!!!
I hope you enjoy! ☺️
I 100% enjoyed it. I also have a specific fork I use lol. It just feels better in my hand than all the others. The only difference is that everyone in my house makes sure I have that specific fork. Also, I really enjoyed the cleaning cupboard but Mushrooms cupboard was a runner up for sure. Also, hearing Ike being so helpful was just the sweetest thing. Thank you for filming the whole kitchen declutter, I know that has to add quite a bit of time to getting things done. Great Job Remi!
I can’t wait for your next one! This was sooooo absolutely satisfying to watch! Great Job Remi!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much!! ☺️
What a delight you are Remi! You have helped me understand a member of the family better and not to pass judgement. I think I have some form of divergence too. Take care and I look forward to catching up with your vlogs. 🥰
I just got a recommendation for your channel today and I’m excited to watch more of your videos! Everything you said makes sense and you have given me the motivation I needed to start decluttering my kitchen - and the rest of my house. I love that it took three weeks and not just a single weekend because I get stuck thinking an entire project has to be done all at once and then I can’t bring myself to start.
On Amazon or the dollar stores, they have little trays. That has helped me organize all of my little bits and stuff. Real cheap, easy to clean, gives items a home to keep the frequently used drawers and shelves. If items have a home, shelves and drawers will not party and get out of hand. 🥰
I’ll check them out, thanks for the suggestion! ☺️
You did an amazing job it helps make everything feel more tidy n organized
Thank you 😊
I love your videos because you are a real person, with a real house. It's easy to relate to you! Also, I admire you because we know it's difficult to mantein a house organized with ADHD and small kids and working, but you can do all of it and also make videos! You are amazing! Hugs from Brazil
Yipppppy long overdue 🎉 have bewn waiting for this video. Sending love all the way from South Africa
I really hope you enjoy it! Sending love your way too! ❤️
When you first said "Mushroom's drawer," I thought you were growing mushrooms😅 I thought this is going to be interesting. Then I realized that Mushroom is a pet!!😂
I should have clarified that beforehand!!! 😂
@@remiclog I'm sure you've talked about Mushroom in past videos & I just missed it. It was so funny to me because I was ready to learn about growing mushrooms in my cabinets!!😂
The only thing I would have done differently on the cleaning products cabinet next to the laundry, was stack the sponges and clothes half & half side by side, not one over the other. In a hurry, I probably wouldn't leave the sponges tidy if I had to dig under the sponges.
I really enjoy your energy and conversation voice over. The spinning plate is called a lazy-susan in the US. I use it for condiment bottles on my counter. Truly amazing for organization.
Thank you for being so honest and open with us. I am having a bad day, and sitting to have down time with you and your video is helping me relax. ❤ I am ND as well.