D.O.C (Declutter, Organize, Clean) - Episode 27
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Hi Sophia, I just wanted to chime in here and let you know what works for keeping your silverware from oxidizing/tarnishing.... After polishing and cleaning them, we now keep them each size/type in a separate plastic Ziploc bag with a paper towel and with as much air pushed out as possible. It works like a charm and next time you need to use them - no polishing needed, Yay!. We used to keep them in the silver cloth bags too, and found that the plastic Ziploc bag did a better job, because AIR is the enemy to Silver. You will have quite a few zipper bags in your drawer but this way you only have to open the bags that you need to. Hope this helps you and anyone else too.
My family didn’t have silver but there are other memories of cleaning with my great grandmother. She passed when I was 9 so I was pretty little when I would stay with her. She would have me crawl under the dining room table and dust the chair legs. They were elaborate and it was too big of a job for her. I always enjoyed the job because it made her happy.
I'm so old, I remember when the bank would give premiums of dishes with new accounts and deposits.
That's how I got my first set of dishes. I'm pretty sure that set you're releasing was one of those premiums.
When we went through our parents' possessions there was a very large bowl with an embossed pattern around the rim and the color overlay was off slightly. It had belonged to our grandma whom I adored. I asked my aunt about it. She said movie theaters used to give away premiums to boost ticket sales. My antiques expert cousin ended up with the bowl since none of us wanted it, but I thought that was an interesting story.
I would be scared to have an inventory. I know I have 6 dinner sets, 3 tea sets, and easily 20 English China trios …there could be more which is why I don’t want to count. I am probably in denial. More than half is family stuff. When mum died I persuaded one brother to take a dinner set. They weren’t keen . I am in the process of unpacking into a unit from a big house so I will have to face my problem area soon. The quest to add the one’s crazy tea set as grandma called it was great sport. Hmm…grandma and mum started me in my journey of addiction to using beautiful china. We used it as children and always looked after it and seemingly it was mostly cups and saucers that were broken. To be honest I love it all!
You speak my language!
I could have watched you all day, Sophia. I never thought I'd see the day when you parted with a fulI set of china! I have but one set ~Johann Haviland Moss Rose ~ with serving pieces that I acquired as a young wife and mother - one piece at a time. It was reserved for holidays and I don't use it anymore. It sits idle in my china cabinet. None of my adult children want it, so I've tried to sell it to no avail. It takes up the entire bottom of my buffet which I would love to be able to use for other things.
Sophia I made a mosaic stepping stone for my flower garden out of the broken pieces of China from my mother....a beautiful way to repoupose broken dishes
You look so fabulous today- your curly hair & beautiful top. I learned alot about the china cabinet & china. You have so many beautiful family heirlooms that you show so much respect & honor to them. Love your organizing. Have a good week & be safe & healthy. Hope you got more PPE equipment & masks to do your job.
Fantastic job Sophia, I’m very proud of you letting go of a full set 😁 you have done so well. Donna from Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺
Very impressed that you got rid of one set of China! I also love the set of China that that you kept and plan to keep in the future. I display my cornflower blue Corning ware dishes now. Have always loved them but had no idea about displaying them. Fun!
I’ve used the method of aluminum foil in the bottom of sink, baking soda and boiling water. Shines silver quick! Look online for measurements because I cant remember exactly
You Can Do It!
Keep facing your challenges.
Love your hairstyle! - 1940s look.
Very Pretty!! 🥰
Sophia, you have such lovely penmanship. It's sort of become a lost art as young people only use digital forms of expression and cursive isn't taught so much.
I can't wait to see what you're doing outside. I have been working in my gardens a lot. Time seems to be playing tricks since we're staying close to home. It's still May. I've never been this far ahead of weeding. It's very meditative. Nature is my place of worship.
Great declutter! Everything looks very organized! Happy gardening!
Just wanted to say how fabulous you looked today. Very pretty and relaxed. Loving the series! Will be binge watching it again when you finish 😍
Really enjoyed looking at all your China. I am impressed that you are Decluttering a set and it sounds like you are almost ready for the blue set to leave also. Then maybe your platters will fit there. I just kept my wedding China (which is sturdier than most China - Mikasa’s Italian Countryside) and gave my Grandma’s dainty China to my niece who expressed an interest in it. I don’t live near my family and was concerned if something happened to me the China might accidentally get discarded or donated instead of making it to the next generation. My niece is in her 40’s so I thought she should get it now so her family can enjoy it. I so enjoy your DOC series. I check UA-cam every day to see if you have a new video up.
All of your pieces are very pretty 💜 your wedding china is my favorite 💜😊
I love your channel! My mother passed her love of China and all that goes along with it. I noticed that you and I have some of the same napkin rings. And the gold ones with the cute little utensils attached are so adorable. I like the way you organized the china today. It is very easily accessible. My favorite patterns (yes, I have two) are the Havilland (because of its elegance) and the Old Country Rose. I have a teapot, creamer and sugar in that pattern that was given to me by a very dear friend.
Hi Sophia, declutter looks great. As you you were saying you have to stack tea cups i thought that you could use shelf risers or add new shelves. 🥰
Very nice! Looks neat and very organized... impressed you let a set go! Great job👏🏻👏🏻
I think Tubby has a set of 6 Haveland bread plates at his house (lol). Love to see your videos where you are happy to go through the china...reminds me of my mom loved flowers on her dishes.
You do wonderful work hon. I love all my China pieces. A lot from thrift stores. I could of sat there w you and helped. I have a hard time parting w anything. But I don’t Jordan. I can’t believe the weight you’ve lost working on the garden. You are amazing. I miss having a neighbor like you. You know what Sophia, the China days are gone w the young people. I always loved setting my holiday table. Such joy. Now I have fam w gorgeous homes and during the holidays they use “paper plates” . They still set the table, (with paper plates ) and it looks pretty. It saves a lot of work cause these girls work every day. I’m torn!!! You could do a Tag, Who still uses China???❤️❤️😘😘🤗🤗🤗
Sophia looking gorgeous today
Enjoyed it, Sophia! Kudos to you for letting one go. Can't wait to see your raised garden! Hugs and kisses to you! 💗
I love cleaning the silver!! My mom would let me clean it when she was having a dinner party. I loved watching the beauty of the silver come thru!❤️❤️❤️ I have the same napkin holders ( utensil ones) in silver! And I’ve never used them😂
Sophia....you are doing good....little by little you are making major changes. Glad to see you guys are doing well. Thank you for the entertainment during these crazy times.
My favourite is definitely the white Haviland one. I love the elegant simplicity.
I love your wedding china. Your arrangement makes so much sense.
Sophia, if you rub some soap or wax at bottom of those drawers, it should be easier to open. Btw. Your hair looks really lovely today.
I thought both of those things as well.
I always love seeing the big white goose on top of the curio cabinet by the staircase. It's just too big for the
dining room!!
(Yes, my opinion, not yours.)
I like the colored rose pattern. Its beautiful
We just built a fence around our garden and our fruit trees. We have many deer that love our apple trees and bunnies that like anything I have ever tried to grow. Now I have a nice gate and everything is fenced in. I am so excited! I need to do my sets of dishes. None are china but have too many! Need to organize them!
Great progress! Congrats on all you decluttered.👍
I am impressed you let go one of your sets. I love hearing your stories and your knowledge of everything is wonderful. I have enjoyed your cleaning and decluttering videos so much, very inspiring. 🌹🌹💕💕
My mom and I would always polish silver before Thanksgiving. I loved doing that, too. I still make a day of it myself before the holidays. So, I don’t think it’s weird 😊
I love the one with roses (and the name just went right out of my head). It was always my favorite pattern. Unfortunately I don't have room to have sets of china or I would have many. I just have every day dishes, but I do have a Christmas set of china. I see I'm storing them all wrong now as they are in the plastic bags with foam liners made for dishes and it's all stored in the cabinet above my stove. I recently bought crystal knife rests, but haven't had a chance to use them yet.
It is called Old Country Roses
Since you sew you can buy silver material on amazon and custom sew for your silverware.
Love this series! It’s such a nice break from all the craziness. Thanks Sophia! Hope all is well. You are looking fantastic!
I love the chair place card holders. Your home is beautiful
Love watching you go thru your China cabinets with gentleness and love. May I make a suggestion : on your inventory paper or on a separate paper write info on each set or object so if something should happen the boys ( or some day their
wives) would have that info. Great for insurance purposes too!! I am loosing my memory so I'm glad I had done things like this already. And so is my family. I've even wrote a note to who I would like to give it to or who has shone interest in. Some I have already asked them or have already given. You have so many beautiful things and the love you give them is beautiful!!
I am always amazed that we must be "china sisters" ...lol! The white & gold set is the pattern I have always loved the most...so elegant! I think I might have told you this in the past, the Asian Song is the pattern I have, which my mom helped me pick out for my wedding china that was given to me by my grandmother & great aunt. & the Old Country Roses was what I had always wanted as a teenager, so I don't remember the reason why I did not get it! I have always said if I had the room, I would probably have 8 sets! Unfortunately I only have room in my buffet for one complete set, although I do have some other things in there including a big stack of blue pressed glass plates I have contemplated letting go because I don't have blue in my dining room anymore, but I still love them! I really need to clean out & reorganize my buffet, but I have broken my leg...again...& now I am quite behind in everything in my life...again, so will not be getting to it anytime soon. I am just hoping I will be able to do my gardening this year!
Great video!!!!
Your handwriting is beautiful!!!
I'm impressed! I have things that I know I'll keep forever and I have things that I know that I will rotate eventually. I just bought a new set of dishes. It's Staffordshire Yorkshire. So pretty. There were 4 cups that didn't match the set but were added into the sell. I have no idea how to figure out what they are called. I've looked and just can't figure it out. Looks like I will have an adventure ahead. Thanks for talking about the pieces. I know very little about this stuff and I find it fascinating!
Very proud of you for letting that China set go😁👍
Love your videos ❤️
This is been one of my favorite videos very relaxing 😌
Thank you for sharing. We can tell you so enjoy working with these things. Your face shows us that. Blessings Sophia and your family.
Sofia you give me motivation to clean my buffet I love your videos xx
Always love your videos 💕💕
Nice job! Can you show us how you shave the cup handles down?
I love hearing you share your memories of growing up. I have a 12 place setting of Old Country Rose. I have my mother’s emerald green crystal. Much love to you and yours from Canada.
You did awesome Sophia! Thanks for sharing! 🤗💐
I did the same thing with my mom and grandparents they did bridge partys cooking and baking thats how they earn their money wedding cakes,mergines, rolls ,cinnm ,cookies.
Great job Sophia. You got rid of alot, cleaned inside, and are putting things where they belong. Feels good just watching you.
I use my left over batting scraps between my China and Spode
Oh Sophia, what a fantastic video. I love sugar spoons, jelly spoons, and butter knives. The set you let go is beautiful and someone will enjoy it very much. You are so calm when doing your China and curios. I like the recycling of the broken teacups!! Maybe plant a succulent in each. You look beautiful! Can't wait to see your garden. Hope everyone is doing well. Stay safe 😷 👍 💖
I have seen people collect odd serving pieces we no longer use and have them framed. It's so neat.
I have never heard of a monkey bowl 🤣. The white scalloped plates with the gold edges is my favorite china. So pretty!
I LOVE the China set from the convent!
I’m curious how the tea cup handle will be “shaved” off. Please let us see what you use it for. The rose pattern is beautiful!
With a dremel
You look absolutely beautiful!
Where did you get that gorgeous cabinet?
It's a Habersham that was grandma's she used it in her foyer.
You're such an inspiration, Sophia! I can't pick a favorite. I love them all. I just wish you lived closer to me. I have a couple of pieces of the set you're letting go of and I haven't been able to find more anywhere around here.
I can’t tell you just how much I hated having to polish silver when I was a kid and how I still hate it today.
I’m a fan of the blue pattern!!👍🏻❤️
Enjoyed your video as always!!! I’m definitely a buyer for you blue set of dishes whenever you decide to let it go!!!
A recommendation I’ve seen for old tea cups and saucers is to make bird feeders either hanging or attached to a pipe or chair leg to act as a stake.
Excellent job! The "hutch" holding them is simply beautiful.
Would be great to have a raised bed garden. Would be better for you physically, less weeding, and better produce. I will have one next year. :)
My favorite pattern is the roses! Very beautiful set. Second would be white and gold china!
I like your wedding China the best. Glad I watched this, getting ready to move my China sets from a cabinet to a buffet. I wasn’t stacking properly.
I don’t know how well it works, but you can put the silver in plastic bags and they won’t tarnish. You could do that until you get some silver bags.
Plastic bags are working very God. I am doing this for years now and have never thought of buying any other protection. The tarnishing has been very slow ( years)
Sophia, you did a very nice job. It looks so organized. Your China is beautiful.
Please tell your husband Thank you for his service.
Today was cleaning DCO cleaning closet and under sink cleaning products ..I switched to Green cleaning products gradually...
I also love your white and gold one, great sets of china x
Very nice job, good arranging of the pieces........You'll think I'm crazy but my fav china is the set you're letting go!!!! Love the silver edging & the small muted design.
I like platinum edging. I think my sister had that same pattern.
Your hair looks wonderful. Great video!
You said not to store your china in plastic...does that also account for my Fostoria dishes? I have them in the soft plastic containers for dish storage. I love your cleaning videos!!
They can t breath!
First books and now china! You are a transformed woman! Love ya girl:)
I store my china in flannel or felt. I hope thats ok.
Love seeing all of your china. My favorite is your wedding set and the one you're letting go off. I prefer platinum and green is my favorite color.
Me and my sisters china burnt up in our childhood home. Only thing I was able to salvage was the stick butter case.
Question why don’t u stack a saucer with its teacup saucer teacup etc?? Maybe too unstable??
They would slide and you always want to protect the rims. Especially if gilded.
My Great Challenge thank you I’ll remember that from now on!❤️
Great job . That’s one relaxed dog!😂Anne
Do you use your China just for holiday
Holidays and when we have people over and family visiting.
Curious to what you will choose next!
Caution stacking so many plates on top of each other especially your large Royal Albert plates with time they can split in half
You looked terrific today! Series is inspirational!
It's so lovely to watch your videos. I've been 'catching up'. You inspire me to let go of things. It's hard, so 😊. You did so well to let go of one whole set. 👏I love your country roses set. I love roses too. I have my Mum's Royal Albert 'Winsome' on display in my kitchen. I also have my Mum's gold plated cutlery! I have no idea how to clean it, though. She had lots of lovely things, including a huge teapot collection. We distributed them amongst the Grandchildren as she had to downsize. What a job!
Love your china! Wish that I had been able to get some of my Grandmothers!
Uou looking great, Sophia! I get excited everytime I see new videos from you. Though I dont get to see them all right away and all at once. But I know when i feel down or bored, I know where to get some ADRENALINE RUSH.
YOU ARE MY HAPPY PILL. Thank you.
If you sew you can order Pacific cloth and make bags for your silver. I love China and seeing all your beautiful things..
IF she sews? Haha!
Now you're speaking her language.
you have so much nice dish items. I felt like, invited in a (traditional) home, that passes valuable items from one generation to the next. you know, these big families, with long traditions. like in some movies :-D (I know such a family here in Austria. they are rather rich. so your home feels a bit like theirs to me ;-)) . it seems, you got some of them yourself, but they some how fit. I have some plane whites and some colouful stoneware. but my home has totally different design. not so nice antique furniture like your cupboard in this room. still, one two person set for my husband and me in a style like your set would be nice. I feel encouraged to get at least that. but I would use it regularly. so I really use them. because, we almost never have special occasions. our flat is too small. that way I would never get to use them :-D
I like the blue and white set
sometimes the knifes are not to be sharpener
I can so relate. In Norway , most of the wedding gifts are either silver , crystal or china so i have a good amount . My mother in law loved to polish. I agree with you about psper plates. I try to avoid them Even If we eat outside . Carol Ann
You look pretty today, I’m cleaning out. I’m keeping only 1 set of dishes in d. r. Country roses! 1 set in kit. The rest gone! I think your still saving more than you use. I let silver ware that needs polishing go! Ahhhhh relief. Same w wine glasses. Most have to go. I feel so much better. I’m very sentimental but I had to give in. Recycle old country roses plant candle soaps, etc. do you really neeed that many tapered candles? Sell your stuff and buy something for you. Life is soo much Easier!!i got rid of napkin rings and name tags. Nobody uses them anymore.
Love the video! You look great and were so productive! 😀
I’m curious...did you ever go to Replacements.com? I got a vintage plate there when my aunt accidentally broke the one I had.
Hey Sophia
I have never seen a dinner knife that was sharpened. Serrated at the tip, yes. But any I have ever seen or had were never sharpened.
Hello there
You have such beautiful things.