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I'm all about using stuff up from our pantry, fridge, and freezer. You see these pantry cooking, "use-it-up" videos, all the time on my channel. But what about all the other "stuff" we need to manage around our house? We're just a regular, average family out here dealing with a lot of the same "stuff" questions and issues around our household. I thought I'd share some things I've noticed about our family and our "stuff" habits, and how we're trying to tame the clutter chaos!
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As people in our seventies, we are constantly going thru stuff and getting rid of a lot of things. From experience, we don't want our children to be stuck with that job.
Absolutely add comfy furniture to your kitchen nook. There's nothing better than sharing your kitchen time with family and friends.
That's what I'm thinking. We all end up in the kitchen anyway, I might as well make it comfortable.
I completely agree!
I love the idea of a cozy family space.
i love your kitchen idea for the furniture.
We have been making an effort to make our home useful, we work at home, I get it. I would transform the breakfast nook, you will use it more and it won't be such a stressor for you.
Oh Mindy how I just love you! There is not a concept you present that isn't 100% useful in all of us mamma's lives! Thank you for being you!
I agree! Love her!!
Wow, thank you!
“Just in case” is my new mantra. COVID changed me! 😂😂
✋ I often keep things for "just in case". You aren't alone. I desperately need to declutter.
I started following The Minimal Mom a few years ago and her channel is so helpful with getting rid of clutter in your home. She equates things to inventory, and the more stuff you have in your home requires you to handle more “inventory”… it’s a great way to think about it and has helped my family tremendously with minimizing the clutter we bring into our home.
I totally agree! I watch Dawn, too!
Yes, she is fantastic
I'm in a season of life where I want to get rid of as much as I can...don't want to store it!...don't want to clean it!!!...don't want my kids to have to go thru the muck when I die!!!
This! Haha. I came here to say the same thing. So helpful!
Yes! Love Dawn. So helpful to shift from “do we have room for this?” to “Do I want to manage this level of inventory?”
I use the inner part of my salad spinner as a colander/strainer. Saves me having both when the insert is basically a colander anyway.
I am SO glad you talked about the “blind spots”….i have them throughout my house and get upset at myself over them. I need to find storage/behavior solutions like you said.
Thanks for showing this. My husband and I are empty nester. He is also an "Over the Road" semi driver. I make all his weekly meals and I need to use things I already have in our home. We only get around 34 hours together on the weekends, so everything I can make ahead helps.❤❤❤
The trunk in your breakfast nook is so pretty, could totally double as a coffee table or in front of the window for extra seating. We have a large trunk in our living room on a dead space wall, I have a quilt over it with 3 large throw pillows as back cushions and it doubles as extra seating during large gatherings. It's your house! You can do what you want. I think turing that space into a sitting area is a great idea.
Yes, that trunk is pretty…except the backside. 😂 which is why I always have it on a wall (or against a footboard in a bedroom). I usually keep a quilt or a runner on it because the top is finished and very slick. That’s a good point about using it for seating.
@@SeeMindyMomI have a throw on top of mine and I got one of those things you put under a runner from DT under it so it won't slide around if that's an issues for yours. My dog uses mine to jump up on the bed so I don't need him sliding off and hurting himself!
I decluttered a kitchen drawer recently and found a sippy cup lid..its been 14 years since we've had a child in our family young enough to need a sippy cup! 😂 and I go thru drawers frequently. I have no idea why I was keeping it. Nostalgia? It's gone now.
I just threw the last of our sippy cups out a few months back. I used to keep them for friends and family with young kids, but we’re pretty much out of that phase!
You should get a cabinet with doors for the games in the dining room. Go for the second room for hanging out. I did the same thing. Put a small game table in there with a sofa too.
I love the decluttering aspect of this video please share more!
It’s your home! Make it work for your family! I made our formal dining room into a family room and we eat family meals at the table in the eat in area, we also have an island. How many places do I need to be designated in my house for eating? LOL. It was a waste of space so we added French doors to the dining room area and changed it up! I think the comfy nook idea in the kitchen is great! Start the trend Mindy! ❤
Great video! I love decluttering. I have become addicted. It is like a challenge to see how much I can get rid of and not miss any of it. You really find out how much we can live without because we don't use it anyway, we just keep it for "just in case" situations.
I have a whole basement full of just in case stuff and I probably wouldn’t be able to find it if I needed it anyway. Need to declutter so bad!😬
I vote for the furniture in the second family room! Ditch the table and do what functions best for your family and promote family time!!!
If you have a storage unit-- you have TOO much STUFF!
I love this pantry recipe! I made “pantry” jambalaya last night with boil in a bag brown rice, one package of smoked turkey sausage, diced tomatoes, beans, veggie broth, salt free Tony’s, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, tumeric, and a little instant mashed potatoes. 30 minute meal. 5 servings. So good!
I have one of those collapsible rectangular over the sink strainers, and I truly love that thing…lol. Especially in the summer when I drag stuff in from the garden. I use it all the time. Isn’t it funny how one girls trash is another girls treasure 😊
So true!
The second living room idea is such an ideal set up for a family with teens.
I was just an Aldi with my spouse yesterday and we were walking up the aisles where they sell all the household things. And I said this is all the stuff. People buy that they really don't need and that ends up in a thrift store.
My husband sent me links to minimal living a couple of years ago because he knows how much I hate clutter. We simplified in so many areas and also make it a goal now to tidy our spaces, especially the kitchen and dining, at end of day and before all leaving for the day. I have noticed that our entire family now acknowledges the change in our calmness when this occurs and we strive to keep it. Love the idea of a comfy kitchen spot instead of two tables. We are building in the next year and have already decided we do not need a kitchen seating AND dining area because it’s wasted space for us. Thanks for a great channel! I have learned SO much from your creativity and have stretched our budget greatly with your ideas.
I am most definitely a "just in case" person! 😂
Glad I'm not alone!
My husband and I are "just in case" people.
I think you’d love transforming your breakfast nook to a comfy den/conversation area! We just retired after 42 years in the ministry & it may sound silly, but in each parsonage we lived in we somehow found a little space we could retreat to during times we needed a small break! We tried to leave the entry points fairly neat in case of unannounced visitors! 🤣 Love your tips, recipes and real life you share in your videos! ❤
YES!!! PLAY SPACE BY KITCHEN IS A MUST TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY CLOSE!!! Not a designer idea, but just the mom's intuition!
I decluttered two years ago when I retired and if I bring something new in home I have to get rid of at least one thing. I've told family and friends so no unneeded items are gifted. So much easier to clean. Great, helpful and realistic video
Thanks!
For the stairs we have decorative baskets with the kids names on them. As the day goes on things need need to go up or put away go in the baskets and taken up stairs at the end of the day. It's helped the dreaded stair pile!
I came here to say the sale. I had a basket near the stairs where I collected everything to bring upstairs.
I've had a can of salmon in my cabinet for two months. Since I have leftover sloppy joe's in the fridge for tonight, tomorrow will be something made out of the salmon. And I also just watched your video with the USDA food chart. For our household, we should be at 243.30 per week for groceries for 4 of us. That's the low budget. My budget is supposed to be under 100 a week (that's what I try to budget for) and I normally spend around 110 to 120 a month, depending on paper products and medicines, etc. each week. This has been my budget for a few years now. I do this by watching your videos, and other budget videos. You are very appreciated here.
Make the space yours. Yes, put a sofa in the breakfast nook. Move that beautiful hope chess over for a coffee table and put all the games in there. Move the metal shelf someplace else(the bottom of a closet for shoes, etc) mount the tv on a swivel, that way if your home and in the kitchen you could have the tv on while cooking.
On the decluttering...ask yourself these questions..
1. When was the last time I used/wore this item?
2. Did you forget you had that?
3. Will I ever make time for this again? It was cool when I used it before but am I over it.
4. Will future me be happier with less stuff?
I will say there is feeling of freedom with less stuff. A feeling of liteness that comes over. Last year I started to reorganize spaces. I got inspirations from Pinterest and it snowballed. Everytime I had a drawer or cabinet that bugged me, I stopped, took everything out and reorganize it. I tell you the next time or time after that when I opened that drawer and it worked so well...my future me was happy over and over.
I love that red cheese grater that is manual, I usually shred a whole block at once with mine. 😊
Mindy, looks like the "other side of the kitchen hot spot area" needs to be turned into a game room. if you are changing the furniture, you have to find a table where all people can sit comfortably and play games - otherwise they will just migrate to the dining table.
Also, looks like you need a better shelving unit for that corner - something that would hold all the games, and look organized and neat (and you wouldn't have to put those games away to other rooms all the time)
Hope the suggestions help!
Oh. I love the idea of turning your breakfast nook into a family room or den. A multi functional small sectional would be great. If it had an ottoman that could be used as a coffee table or more "lounge area" for sick kids or movies. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
I absolutely am a person who keeps things “just in case”. I always think someone might need it in the future.
I’ve wanted a couch in my kitchen for years. Go for it.
Your home, do what makes you happy! My mom is a recliner sleeper, just moved into assisted living. I thought 2 living rooms, she wants a bed for appearances….her home so that’s ok!
Yes I used to keep things just in case starting to declutter still working progress
I love the idea of a couch area there. Who needs two tables for everyone to put their stuff on? I would do that, or turn the dining room into a sitting room.
I loveee declutter content! Please keep some of that as a part of your content!!
Would love to see a creative “use it up” challenge for snack foods. My kids like to leave the last 3 crackers, the last 1/4 cup of cereal etc. i know you can gather it all up and do a cereal bar or a Chex mix but that gets old. Would love to see what you do Mindy! I use to save the tortilla chip crumbs because sometimes there was at least a full cup of crushed tortilla chips at the end of every bag (or more!), I’d put in a mason jar and use as a crunchy topping for casseroles or tortilla soup etc Would love to see other ideas! 🎉
Just went to visit my mom, I moved out 18 years ago. I wish she would get rid of her stuff, it’s piled up to the ceiling. She grew up poor and is a hoarder. We went to Costco (she should revoke her membership) and she wanted to get more clothes, and in particular a 10 pack of toothbrushes…even though I told her a found her stash of 12 toothbrushes already. Side note I forgot to bring my toothbrush and she couldn’t find any, so I had to do a target run just to get a toothbrush, but I’m just looking through her stuff looking for batteries I found her stash of toothbrushes. 😮 if she wore all her clothes and never did laundry, she could go a year without laundry and buying new clothes. It’s overwhelming. One of these midwestern cleaning channels said to a hoarder it’s like throwing away a pet in the hoarder head …or in an extreme case a kid 😮
Yes Midwest magic cleaning! He’s great
@@whitneysummers1094 yes! That’s the one. I like his commentary
Decluttering is one small step at a time. I hate having to make those hard decisions. Your dinner looks great. My friends always joke that I can cook something out of nothing. Hahaha 😆 And then they love it. Thx so much!
One of the biggest challenges with ‘stuff’ is that we have so many methods of bringing it into the home (from school, work, birthday parties, sports, etc.) and very few methods of getting it out of the home. Stuff just keeps creeping in!!
P.S. I’ve always heard not to keep medication in the bathroom because the moisture can affect it, but I don’t know how true that is 🤷🏻♀️
Oh I think your idea for the breakfast nook is great!! Go for it!
The Minimalist Mom gives each member of the 1 zone in the house which is theirs to clean. Works for her
I grew up in a house with TWO stairs. My mother would always put things on the stairs that needed to go up so she didn't forget them. The kids knew that if something was on the stairs they better bring it up. Things didn't sit there for more than a few hours.
Murphy’s Law: The day after you purge an item you will need it! 😂
This week’s goal: kitchen drawers and cabinets. Replace liners, weed out, and organize.
Your dinner recipe sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
😃😃😃
I am a declutter queen...if I haven't used or worn it in the last 6 months I can easily get rid of it. My hubby though is a "just in-caser". He works in tech and literally has a bag of cables. I finally convinced him to dispose of somethings and no kidding, the next week he needed one of the things he got rid of. This only enforced his "just in case" mentality.
Less stuff. Always. Live the idea of a small lounge near the kitchen!
Our counter,one section, holds my purse and becomes a desk/ office fast…post it’s and receipts…and ohhh I love the idea of moving out that table and putting sofa
The stairway clutter haunts me Mindy... I totally get it.
I think a second living area is a great idea! You could probably find a small space sectional!
In the kitchen nook instead of the open shelving unit get something with doors on it that closes so you won't have to see all the "stuff" every time you look over there. I gotta say for a very busy mom with several kids your house looks very tidy to me! I've been decluttering for years and I still have hot spots too and that chair that is collecting stuff and sometimes 2 chairs 😆 I think it's normal but it's also annoying to those of us who want everything to have a spot. ❤ you are doing great!!!! 🎉 Also I think the kids would love that area as a den.
I turned my formal dining room into a reading room. I have a chair and a half with an ottoman, a nice rug, a lamp, and a desk in the room. I use it all the time and others have taken my idea and copied it!
I have been working on decluttering and organizing my house. we do not have alot of storage to work with so its a constant sorting to get rid of stuff sitting around and better organizing what i keep
I got rid of my formal dining room (we only ate there every 4 years when I host thanksgiving) and turned it into an office. I’m much happier with this choice
I used to keep things for in case because I have a lot of my mother’s and grandmother’s things. Now that I’m almost 66, I have been doing a lot of decluttering. We still have a ton of stuff to go through in the basement.
I keep a great deal of "just in case" items. Food, toiletries, first aid, cleaners, clothes, etc.
❤ My advice would be to add a cabinet that matches your kitchen in your adjacent room for games to keep them close to the point of use. Also, you won't have to look at it behind cabinet doors. A sofa sounds nice, but might fill it up too much. Maybe just a comfy loveseat? In your kitchen, I could give away your can opener which is using prime eye level storage space and buy a hand can opener instead that fits in a drawer. I love your videos. I always feel like I am listening to a friend.
We were absolutely “just in case” people. Our garage completely burned and home caught on fire. Much smoke & water damage on everything that wasn’t a total loss. Needless to say we now have very little. As it turns out we don’t need all those things in our life! What we NEED, we are having to buy it again.
I’m sorry for what you are going through. 🙏
I’m not seeing clutter issues in this video, most of these “problem areas” are lifestyle related and could be solved by having tailored storage for your hot zones that are multipurpose- like a storage unit that doubles as a tv stand in the dining are. Build storage around your habits and it makes things so much easier! Could put a small loveseat or couch under the windows that is raised off the floor with storage baskets below. Wall-mount a flip down desk on the small wall and hide a chair behind the couch- instant school work zone. ❤
I just cleaned out a kitchen cabinet and found 6 pie plates and I don’t even make pie! So I am getting rid of 4 and keeping 2. So I think having a couch or loveseat and coffee table would be a great idea! You can use any room the way that fits your family. Like our Christmas tree sits in the middle of my great room, sort of, closer to the living area, but not against a wall or window.
A second small living area next to the kitchen would be charming. Great video, as always!
That cheese grater is dishwasher safe. Love it.
Our dining room is the place where things go to gather dust and spiderwebs. We don't use it - ever. The stuff sits there because I don't know what to do with it. The bottom of our stairs is full of boxes to keep our dogs from going up there and tearing things up. Way too much stuff!
If you decide to change up the furniture in the breakfast nook and go for a coffee table, maybe consider getting the kind where the top rises to typical table height. Or go typical coffee table (or use that trunk like someone else suggested) and get a smaller dining table set, maybe even a dropleaf item that could expand if needed but otherwise doesn't take up much space.
Also, I so wish my family liked gnocchi!
A tip I heard somewhere... to see your room with fresh eyes, take pictures from various angles and examine the photos.
I relate so much to keeping things because I spent money on them and then I never use them! I’ve been watching Minimal Mom and it’s really helped change my mindset. It’s still hard I admit but if it’s not serving me in my current stage of life I need to let it go. But I must admit it’s helped me think twice about what I’m spending my money on! 😂
I personally would leave the table in your breakfast nook. It looks like it’s a well used area which means it’s working for those using it. A table is so much more comfortable to sit at to do homework or play games on vs a coffee table. Plus it keeps the table you actually eat at clear. I’d love to have another spot like that. Unfortunatly our dining table is in constant chaos because that’s where my kids always sit to do everything and our spot to eat as well! I would just seriously declutter it and possibly get rid of the shelf with everything on it all together. I’d find homes for everything and if I can’t or don’t want to I’d toss it.
I'd add some comfy stuff to that nook, (an armchair, some chair cushions) but keep the regular table for games and homework. Don't make it too much like a living room, you've already got one of those. There's something special about the way that room is already configured that draws your kids there to use it, which is nice for them and you. For the shelf with the "stuff" on it in that space, get a little cabinet with doors and put that stuff in there (what you don't get rid of). If it's any comfort to you, for me at least, as I got older I just lost all interest in buying new stuff--kitchen gadgets, clothes, etc. So there's hope!
I would use the dinning area at 15 min for a seating room/ library reading room. Bible study room.
I have that same black and Decker electric can opener. I got it from a Family Dollar for like $5 about 5 years ago. Best can opener I've ever had
Thank you Mindy ! I appreciate your videos. It feels like I’m visiting a friend 😊
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!
This is right where we are right now. We are potentially facing a big change and so we have been going through everything and deciding what to keep and what not to keep. This is the second time in three years we have done this. I have reached the point that if we can give away so much stuff in just three short years, then we have way too much. I am one that will buy things for my kitchen based on what other content creators are using and find that I don't ever reach for them like I thought I would. so you are definitely not alone. We have removed a lot of decor and I am loving how much better things look. I have sensory overload and too much drives me nuts, and when I create too much stuff, I get overwhelmed and then cannot handle it, so it becomes a vicious cycle. Thanks for always being real! ♥
Absolutely do the conversion! You could even add a faux fireplace and call it your hearth room! Great recipe, must try! 😊
I think you should make your “breakfast nook” as functional as possible. I think your kids would love a more cozy area since they play games and do homework there.
I am thy just in case person but just realized I’ve been doing things wrong thank to you channel. I’m going to use it up - I hate wasting food and really try hard but buy before my refrigerator and pantry are not near empty. Thanks Mindy!!!
Hi Mindy! Thanks for the video, I’m a “just in case”person, sadly. So know I have more than normal “stuff” because of it😔Meal looked delicious!! And agree most meals that aren’t a recipe or just “thrown together” can turn out quite tasty😋Hope things well with you and all of yours. Take Care
I appreciate you being real and genuine. So many only show the perfect places of their home/ lives.
Oh Mindy, you struck a nerve! Yes, also easily overwhelmed, I find decluttering so satisfying. I have a problem though with being too sentimental. And-the dreaded stairs. We are a family of six, my husband and I, daughters (24 & 20), son(16), and my father-in-law. They all turn blind when it comes to picking up things on the stairs. The oldest is getting married this weekend, so there’s hope that we’ll have a few less things on the stairs next week. 😂
I hope you have a fantastic and memorable weekend!
Ah yes, the aisle of shame gets me every time! I am fortunate to live in an area where Vietnam Vets will pick up donations from the porch.
Clean out the pantry/frig meals were what my kids called ‘Mon’s Concoctions’. They would say, “It will either be bad or absolutely delicious. Either way, we’ll never have it again.” 😂
I've spent a few hours a day for the last two weeks decluttering my apartment. I come from a long line of hoarders with the "I might need it someday" mentality that I've spent a lifetime trying to break. "That's such a great box!" No, recycle it. You can get another box when you actually NEED it.
I've started watching the channel Clutterbug, and she did a podcast interview with Matt Paxton (from the show Hoarders). One of the things Matt said that I wrote down is, "It's okay to throw it away." It's great if you want to donate your clutter, but if it's just going to sit in your trunk for three months before it gets donated, just throw it away. The money is spent, you aren't getting it back. Get it out of your life.
I love my rotary grater :) but I bought mine at a Goodwill, so glad someone else gave it away.
When we were growing up we had stuff on the stairs, mostly our clean laundry piles when we needed it off the dining room table 😂. If we had clutter my dad used to throw out our stuff 🙄. we learned quickly to clean up
Your kitchen nook has already been commandeered by your kids. They have a great place they are comfortable in to do homework, play games, make puzzles and probably a lot more. If this were mine, and wanted to spruce it up, I'd ask the kids what color they'd like the table and paint it. I'd also get an inexpensive cabinet at the thrift shop and paint it to match. It would have easy access for puzzles, games, and video games. The cart in the corner could hold things useful for homework - pens, pencils, highlighters, stapler, scissors, etc. If you put regular furniture in, I think it might be more uncomfortable to have to scrunch over to the coffee table to play games and do homework, and the coffee table would not be as large as the surface of the table. Anyway, it's just a thought. I'm sure whatever you do, your kids will love it. I wish I had a nook like yours!!!
my parents always had a sofa and side tables in one end of the kitchen, I loved it 😊
I say this on every decluttering video I see, hoping it helps someone. I had gone through the house and had 6 giant boxes of clothing (seriously 40lbs each) and 4 big boxes of household goods ready to go to the local shelter and thrift store as donations. Never got around to taking them out and then I accidentally burned my house down. One of the most upsetting things, odd I know, is that all those business casual clothing that could have helped so many women were ruined and destroyed.
Don't wait thinking you'll get around to it, you won't until you make it a priority. Make it a priority now, give it forward before the items aren't useful to anyone.
Oh my. I relate to the clutter blind spots. Right now my little family of 3 is living in our RV while we build our house on our land. I simply cannot let anything go unnoticed or it builds up on me quickly! Then in a day or so, I have no room to work in my little kitchen! I don’t have the option to not clean up after dinner because my sink is so small and we keep so few dishes in the cupboard that after one day all our dishes can be dirty! It does force me to keep up with the clutter and put things away or rehome items and I definitely think twice about bringing new things into our home because there is just no room! I even have to watch what groceries I buy because it may not all fit in my teeny fridge. I will tell you though- I am the queen of Tetris when it comes to my fridge! lol. Sometimes I amaze even myself how much food I can fit in there and still close the door. 😂Luckily we do have a chest freezer on the property so I can buy some extra things and I can a lot of our own food either from the store or the garden so I’m lucky to have storage for those shelf stable items until my house is finished enough to live in. ☺️👍🏻Boy am I learning a lot about space management right now!
I am SO guilty of keeping things because I feel obligated to, whether it’s a gift or something I bought that I just never use. I crochet part time and about 1.5 years ago I was gifted some yarn that wasn’t being used, it’s not a weight or color that I enjoy working with but I appreciated the gesture so much that it’s still in my closet, I keep trying to make things out of it but I just can’t because I don’t enjoy it, so it’s collecting dust 😬😂
Hi Mindy! I actually created a sitting area when we moved into our home 1.5 years ago that’s pretty much part of my kitchen with vintage furniture and I love it! Good spot for family and guests to just hang out and talk! It’s very cozy ☺️
I think the table is probably more comfortable for the activities your kids are doing at the table. Find a better storage piece for the game shelf. Take the gaming system back where it came from. And, enjoy these few short years of the opportunity to have your kids close while you’re busy in the kitchen. When they are no longer there, change out the table for a sofa.
I really appreciate when you talk about clutter. As I was watching, I was tidying up in my kitchen, and you made me finally wash a water bottle I'd been ignoring on the counter because it's got a skinny opening and is kind of annoying to wash. :)
I have the same problem with water bottles. And also straws, the silicone ones we reuse. Ugh. LOL!
Add the furniture to the kitchen room! My Salvadoran hubby’s family always has coffee and chat time after parties or dinner and I imagine that area would function for that as well. Like a little tea area?
I turned my dining area into a comfy play spot for my family. No regrets. Make your home work for your needs.
like the idea of a cozy nook
I love using the over the sink colander for washing fruit and veggies , but like you, I usually grab for the standard type for draining pasta and the like.
On the second living area idea - I really like having a room sans tv/electronics where people can sit and play games, maybe go with a bench along one wall for the kids and you can use the bench as storage? Or switch the living room and game room? All food for thought - you know your family's needs! Love the video Mindy
I feel seen. Or rather, I feel like you've seen my clutter - LOL! I always love your videos and this one really hit home! My best to you and yours!!!
If I have a lot to grate of cheese or carrots I use my Cuisinart or Kitchen aid. If I only have a meal's worth, I also use the box grater.
That recipe looked so delicious!!
We haven't had a 2 story home in almost 20 years. But I remember the clutter on the stairs. This was common in the house I grew up in and our townhouse. The rule was "you go up, you take something with you." Well ... that would last a day or two only. 😂😂
Haha! So true!