Professional organizer here. One mistake you didn't mention is not accounting for your personal organizing style. I know that you, Daniel, are the sort of person who likes very clean, uncluttered surfaces, and that's definitely a valid way of organizing! But some people (visual organizers) need their tools and items to be visible -- if they're out of sight, they're out of mind. For people like this, even the most well planned cabinet and drawer system isn't going to work, because they won't put things in the cabinets and drawers! For people like this, clear / wire baskets, open shelving, hooks, and large labels can be extremely helpful. For people who don't like taking the time to put things away, having large, lidless bins or baskets can reduce the friction of "putting things away." Finally, look for areas where you ALREADY have clutter as a place to put your storage solutions. If you have a side table that gets cluttered, put a basket or drawers next to it -- you're not going to walk across the room to put something away just because that's where the chest of drawers happened to fit.
Thank you for this comment! It took me years, and the channel clutterbug to realise it is OK to have stuff out! And that there are different organising styles for different people! Which are all valid!
Hoarding: One trick for clothes in a wardrobe is to pick a date like new year to put all cloth hangers on the hanger bar with the hook coming from the back, like you usually wouldn't do. If you use those clothes during the year, you'll be putting them back into with the hook from the front in the "normal" way. That way, after one year, you can just check the orientation of your hooks to find out if you've used that piece of clothing during the past year.
I'm a big proponent of ziploc storage for little bits & bobs, and to contain cords that would otherwise tangle. Being able to label those containers but still see their contents makes a search quicker. I store all my electrical bits & cords in one canvas tote, all my hardware/repair bits in another. The container-in-container method allows larger items like shelf brackets to be kept with the smaller necessary bits. The canvas totes can be hung or placed on a shelf as the current domicile's storage spaces provide. Specialty cords and other tech paraphernalia are held in a decorative storage boxex attractive enough to be on display. (FWIW, all my occasional-use items and holiday decorations are also stored inside storage trunks and boxes that serve as furniture pieces.)
I love the idea of a transition bin! I usually have transition bin bags (lol) in hard-to-reach places, but having a bin in a relatively visible location would probably persuade me to part with things much more quickly.
So glad I started watching your videos before moving into my tiny home. It became a well-planned, organised and cosy sanctuary, rather than a frustrating little box…. Thank you!
Excellent video, Daniel. I love how you address organization straight and to the point. I have been obsessed with organizing when I first had my own room at age ten in the mid nineteen sixties.
We did two things to help keep toys and books under control. Twice a year we would put a donation box in the hall and our children would fill it with items of their choice they had outgrown. A bit like your transition bin. We also had something called toy changing day. We would gather collections of toys and store them. We would then pull out a stored collection, think toy trains, for a month or two. It was like getting 'new' toys several times through the year.
Sometimes I use a method, believe hearing about it from KonMari is one touch rule, meaning to immediately put things at its "home". For example upon arriving home immediately put a jacket or a bag in it's place instead of a chair/counter top...
I also love making the homes for my items easy to access and see. I use little soap dishes for my keys so they’re always home just by dropping them on the tabletop
Liked cz the initial input changed my approach in life by 180degrees. As someone with a new home in construction, I thank you! Sofa and TV later, first storage!
Love your videos, maybe not implementing everything but inspiration to do it my way in the end I get from you! Happy to have found you since you talk from your own experience and you have a passion for what you do 🙂Thank you!
Very nice video! I’d also love a special for students and similar who can’t choose their own furniture, only extras/accessories, and don’t have a high budget :)
Love your vids, Daniel. Always useful, and sometimes affirming with your advice on things I was already applying. Maybe you don't have the time for it, and I'm not sure if I'm speaking for a lot of other people, but I'd love to see more bts videos or vids outside of the apartment. Maybe you could do a series where you visit people or businesses and help them redo their interiors. Whatever you do, I remain a happy subscriber 😊
Our "transition bin" is called the "garage sale pile". We have a table in the garage where stuff gets piled all year. We always SAY we'll have a sale, but when the table is full it all just gets hauled to Goodwill.
very nice and smart. I like your videos. But :), can you advise something also for a roof apartment with sloping walls? the rough construction is over and I'm waiting for the design and purchase of furniture from the kitchen to the bedroom. I can send you photos of the space if you want.
I dunno about the financial priorities. If I'm lying on a couch reading a book, I can accept that the bookshelves are a bit cheap and nasty a lot easier than I would accept the couch being uncomfortable. Nice shelves do look nice, but objectively when I'm "looking at my bookshelves" I'm actually looking at the books, not the shelves. Also, some of us don't have object permanence. If I haven't seen that kitchen appliance in the past few days to a week, it no longer exists. This is probably because it's been put away somewhere that with my physical restrictions I'm not going to be able to get it back out anyway.
9:45 Literally all but one rental contract I've signed had a clause about not putting blutac on the walls without permission. If I start fixing things to the walls then I'm gonna be blackballed for future rentals.
While I enjoy your videos very much, discounting a comfortable couch, chairs and beds may be a bias of yours due to your age. Starting at around 50, I was no longer willing to tolerate uncomfortable furniture which exacerbates sore muscles and bones. You too may appreciate a comfortable oversized Lazyboy lounger like we do at 70. Furniture makers could make beautiful and comfortable furniture but they rarely do. I also agree with the “out of sight, out of mind” organizational mindset. If I can’t easily see it, I can’t find it and I’ve always been that way. 😂
16:30 i've spent years trying to keep the house organised. i even knocked through a covered over under stairs are and built an entire pantry and a pull out fake cupboard with tons of storage on it. Trying to keep the kitchen less cluttered. all that happened was everyone else in the house just kept buying junk that got used once and filled up all the space i made and now the kitchen is as bad as ever. Same story for pretty much everywhere in the house. having chronic fatigue, i just don't have the energy any more to bother trying.
I'm sorry to hear that you have chronic fatigue 😢. Decluttering should really have been number 1 on this list, and less buying of stuff. It's hard when the rest of the members of your household don't help with the maintenance of the space 😢.
Oof, that sounds tough. Not having control of your space is difficult. Of course you didn't create that space expecting others to fill it with things you don't need. 💜 Maybe a hard talk with them about your need for a decluttered space for your health would help.
Time to raise your voice with the other household members. Dogs and cats need to be trained to live in the house without making a mess, same applies to two legged big apes.
You've wasted years trying to force a system that doesn't work for your family. Hidden storage works for some people like Daniel (and presumably you) but for many people what's not visible might as well not exist. What you consider clutter can be the only way for them to organise - they need to SEE what's available. Stop trying to enforce your system and find something that works for them: open shelves, baskets, hanging rails, etc.
Guess I'm lucky. I do all these things naturally, except for one in one out. With me it's one is so ragged I can't use it as normal wear anymore, so it become clothing for doing messy jobs, and maybe if I really really have to I'll buy a new t-shirt because I _HATE_ shopping.
I think people also don’t install high (full wall) storage is because it’s daunting to effectively shave a full foot off of room dimensions, e.g., making a 12’x14’ room only 12’x13’ after a full wall of storage is added.
Hey Daniel! Curious to know, where do you take the images of the videos from? I would love to see more photos of some of these spaces. Are they yours or from some magazine/blog/stock bank?
I got a really great vertical cabinet for my apartment from Amazon! It was $100 and it’s made my kitchen so much neater. Definitely key to read reviews and look for good materials
I always use a stud finder. It’s called the phone selfie camera. Jokes aside, there IS actually an app that uses the magnetic properties of the phone compass to find studs.
i have to say awesome videos like these are keeping me subscribed even when sometimes only vidoes that come out are iphone / backpack ads packaged as an EDC video lol.
8:59 Property owner is the USA. Please attach your furniture to the walls as per instructions. There are legal protections against frivolous fees or security deposits. White toothpaste also hides holes if you have it handy
Great video! But I was really hoping for tips on how to organize the clothes clutter in the bedroom and the bathroom. We have a coat stands in both rooms and put our stuff there, they act as the drop zone. The coat stand gets messy and needs regular tidying up, but on top of that still clothes pile up on every clean surface. Any tips how to keep them clean?
I don’t understand this problem. When you arrive home or after your shower, you change into house clothes/pyjamas - rehang clothes that aren’t dirty and take the others to the laundry room as soon as you take them off. If it’s late when you get home and you can’t be bothered to re hang things, most people will have a chair or something in their bedroom where you can put the clothes you have just taken off. In the morning while you are getting dressed, this is the time to deal with the items from the night before.
A hamper for dirty clothes in each bedroom. A vertical narrow shelf as a place for rewearable clothing and daily house clothes. Hooks for handbags at the front door. Shoes are left at the front door as well on a tall vertical shelf.
Daniel, can you please give more ideas for living in the tiny spaces currently being built in England at the moment? Some flats don’t even have a functioning kitchen. I like to entertain, so I need storage and seating! I like to craft and that needs storage. I like to cook, but I only have space for one 1200 food cupboard. I have storage wracks in the garage to store bubble wrapped cooking pots kept clean in big plastic boxes. Why don’t our kitchen cupboards go to the ceiling and have 3 or 4 shelves instead of the 1000 with one shelf, like they have in Scandinavia? …and thank you for the dry wall filler. Leaving massive holes in drywalls has put me off using the walls.
18:00 Wow - this might work with girls and their puppets, but our son (Bruder trucks, carrera cars, tons of Lego (at least he is creative and plays with them every day) plus gravitrax etc.) will need a huge oversea Container to carry his stuff around 😂
In the UK, you should avoid drilling in certain "prescribed zones" where cables are likely concealed. According to BS 7671, cables typically run horizontally or vertically from outlets, switches, and junction boxes within 150 mm above or beside them. There's also a 150 mm zone along the top of walls and within 150 mm from wall corners. Following these zones helps prevent drilling into live cables. ua-cam.com/video/DZrLjl92zHE/v-deo.htmlsi=QJh7sW3PRvc0iiPb
I’m lucky to have a lot of tongue and groove walls. 😬 Still feel intimidated by learning to use a drill tho. 😅😅 I prefer a hidden organization style except for food. I want all food to be highly visible at all times whether fridge, freezer or pantry. I wound up using a lot of mason jars and glass storage containers (for food).
This video offers great insights for home design, renovation, or when moving to a new space. However, it's unpractical to apply if you can't redo your whole space/home.
On the subject of drop zones, my wife and I keep a small tray with high sides in each of our most used rooms. Used cups, cereal bowls etc just go into that tray and can be taken to the dishwasher in bulk then, and they're not cluttering the table tops then anymore.
Not here in Australia,QLD ur not even allowed to hang a photo frame. They do house inspections every 3 months to make sure. Ur not allowed to look like u live in the house so stupid.
*VIDEO IDEA BELOW* Hi Daniel, I want to share some feedback with you. How two of the tips were presented rubbed me the wrong way. 1. Vertical space - You said people don’t use vertical space often enough, predominantly because they are afraid of ruining the walls. That’s only one reason. You didn’t account for people’s height, disabilities, injuries, etc, and it came off as abilist. 2. Hoarding - please be careful with this topic! You are an architect, not a psychologist. While the exact cause of hoarding is still under investigation, it is often a response to severe trauma. Having so much space in your home that you have the illusion of not needing to organize can definitely cause clutter, but it’s unlikely to cause a clinical hoarding disorder. I loved the story you shared about giving your daughter a cart to own her toys. You mentioned empathy and trying to work around her needs and not force yours onto her. So I don’t think you had malicious intent when taking about vertical space and hoarding. But please be careful with your words as to not alienate your subscribers with disabilities and/or mental health disorders. Do you have any advice on how to take advantage of vertical space when you are short or have mobility issues? This could make a good video topic. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk btw
Subbed to you when you had great videos on how to design small spaces and architectural tips. Shame your channel is now just a glorified listicle piece. Hopefully it’s doing well for you though!
10:00 funny how it is automatically expected that drywall is the default wall in a home. So how about starting to use actuak masonry in residential construction? :)) You know, like the rest of the civilized world.
I live in a drywall-filled flat in Europe. It made the most sense to do it this way because the building is made of brick but my flat occupies a previously oversized attic that stood empty for decades, drywall with steel studs was used to create rooms and a corridor. We can drill into the drywall between studs just fine, we have the correct equipment to do that. At that point, we then have to assess where in the flat we want to drill and use a detector to ensure we don't drill into either electrics, steel studs or copper pipes. Saying that, using strong tape worked just fine for our smoke detector - which we placed in a somewhat unusual location.
@@Redrally where I live you cannot simply put a smoke detector away. You feel like it. There are fire regulations in the civilised world… Where we use masonry walls.
that's not what hoarding is, please don't use a psychology term to broadly label a normal behavior. people can own too much stuff and not be a hoarding, and if it's as easy for them to get rid of as just listening to the advise of a youtuber, then it's absolutely not hoarding.
Professional organizer here. One mistake you didn't mention is not accounting for your personal organizing style. I know that you, Daniel, are the sort of person who likes very clean, uncluttered surfaces, and that's definitely a valid way of organizing! But some people (visual organizers) need their tools and items to be visible -- if they're out of sight, they're out of mind. For people like this, even the most well planned cabinet and drawer system isn't going to work, because they won't put things in the cabinets and drawers! For people like this, clear / wire baskets, open shelving, hooks, and large labels can be extremely helpful. For people who don't like taking the time to put things away, having large, lidless bins or baskets can reduce the friction of "putting things away." Finally, look for areas where you ALREADY have clutter as a place to put your storage solutions. If you have a side table that gets cluttered, put a basket or drawers next to it -- you're not going to walk across the room to put something away just because that's where the chest of drawers happened to fit.
Baskets are everything. I have some which are organized and some cluttered ones. I go through from time to time and put things away.
This is speaking to my soul. You can hide anything from me simply by putting it in a closed drawer...
Thank you for this comment! It took me years, and the channel clutterbug to realise it is OK to have stuff out! And that there are different organising styles for different people! Which are all valid!
This is called « object impermanence » and can be a symptom of ADD.
@@Vera-n7l2cYes! Cas is very illuminating on this.G Ire
Hoarding:
One trick for clothes in a wardrobe is to pick a date like new year to put all cloth hangers on the hanger bar with the hook coming from the back, like you usually wouldn't do.
If you use those clothes during the year, you'll be putting them back into with the hook from the front in the "normal" way.
That way, after one year, you can just check the orientation of your hooks to find out if you've used that piece of clothing during the past year.
What a great idea! Simple and easy. ❤
Loved the video. Great editing and delivery :)
Love the real life solution about your daughter. Cute and practical!
I'm a big proponent of ziploc storage for little bits & bobs, and to contain cords that would otherwise tangle. Being able to label those containers but still see their contents makes a search quicker. I store all my electrical bits & cords in one canvas tote, all my hardware/repair bits in another. The container-in-container method allows larger items like shelf brackets to be kept with the smaller necessary bits. The canvas totes can be hung or placed on a shelf as the current domicile's storage spaces provide. Specialty cords and other tech paraphernalia are held in a decorative storage boxex attractive enough to be on display. (FWIW, all my occasional-use items and holiday decorations are also stored inside storage trunks and boxes that serve as furniture pieces.)
The ziplock bags look horrible after awhile.
@@darlenecuker9711 there are some more robust silicon bags with Ziploc closures.
I love the idea of a transition bin! I usually have transition bin bags (lol) in hard-to-reach places, but having a bin in a relatively visible location would probably persuade me to part with things much more quickly.
So glad I started watching your videos before moving into my tiny home. It became a well-planned, organised and cosy sanctuary, rather than a frustrating little box…. Thank you!
Excellent video, Daniel. I love how you address organization straight and to the point. I have been obsessed with organizing when I first had my own room at age ten in the mid nineteen sixties.
We did two things to help keep toys and books under control. Twice a year we would put a donation box in the hall and our children would fill it with items of their choice they had outgrown. A bit like your transition bin. We also had something called toy changing day. We would gather collections of toys and store them. We would then pull out a stored collection, think toy trains, for a month or two. It was like getting 'new' toys several times through the year.
Sometimes I use a method, believe hearing about it from KonMari is one touch rule, meaning to immediately put things at its "home". For example upon arriving home immediately put a jacket or a bag in it's place instead of a chair/counter top...
I also love making the homes for my items easy to access and see. I use little soap dishes for my keys so they’re always home just by dropping them on the tabletop
I also do that, though my rule is called "Don't put it down, put it away." Picked it up in some HGTV show I think. It really keeps the work down.
folder and files example was neat af
Liked cz the initial input changed my approach in life by 180degrees. As someone with a new home in construction, I thank you! Sofa and TV later, first storage!
Love your videos, maybe not implementing everything but inspiration to do it my way in the end I get from you! Happy to have found you since you talk from your own experience and you have a passion for what you do 🙂Thank you!
Really, great video. It is one of the best I have seen on this topic.
I'm only 4 minutes in. But I'm gonna need a bunch of short form content the juxtaposes storage vs no storage, Mess vs organization. Great vid.
Very nice video! I’d also love a special for students and similar who can’t choose their own furniture, only extras/accessories, and don’t have a high budget :)
If you use clear containers, you can make them prettier by adding pretty paper, even wrapping paper, on the front (whether on the outisde or inside)
Love your vids, Daniel. Always useful, and sometimes affirming with your advice on things I was already applying.
Maybe you don't have the time for it, and I'm not sure if I'm speaking for a lot of other people, but I'd love to see more bts videos or vids outside of the apartment. Maybe you could do a series where you visit people or businesses and help them redo their interiors.
Whatever you do, I remain a happy subscriber 😊
Our "transition bin" is called the "garage sale pile". We have a table in the garage where stuff gets piled all year. We always SAY we'll have a sale, but when the table is full it all just gets hauled to Goodwill.
very nice and smart. I like your videos. But :), can you advise something also for a roof apartment with sloping walls? the rough construction is over and I'm waiting for the design and purchase of furniture from the kitchen to the bedroom. I can send you photos of the space if you want.
Another memorable and practical video. “Hierarchy”, often forgotten in other home organisation videos. Thank you, Daniel.
Looking forward to this one - always good to see you on UA-cam Daniel.
Hey Daniel, you missed out one important advice : BUY LESS !
i've been using essentially the same hierarchy in my home for about 2 years now and it is a complete game changer!
I dunno about the financial priorities. If I'm lying on a couch reading a book, I can accept that the bookshelves are a bit cheap and nasty a lot easier than I would accept the couch being uncomfortable. Nice shelves do look nice, but objectively when I'm "looking at my bookshelves" I'm actually looking at the books, not the shelves.
Also, some of us don't have object permanence. If I haven't seen that kitchen appliance in the past few days to a week, it no longer exists. This is probably because it's been put away somewhere that with my physical restrictions I'm not going to be able to get it back out anyway.
9:45 Literally all but one rental contract I've signed had a clause about not putting blutac on the walls without permission.
If I start fixing things to the walls then I'm gonna be blackballed for future rentals.
There are removable hooks which do not leave a mark.
Great content! Thanks!
im listening just to listen to your voiceee *some tips were amazing
@danieltitchener can you do a whole video on Organizational Hierarchy and all the files. GREAT video and Thanks
While I enjoy your videos very much, discounting a comfortable couch, chairs and beds may be a bias of yours due to your age. Starting at around 50, I was no longer willing to tolerate uncomfortable furniture which exacerbates sore muscles and bones. You too may appreciate a comfortable oversized Lazyboy lounger like we do at 70. Furniture makers could make beautiful and comfortable furniture but they rarely do. I also agree with the “out of sight, out of mind” organizational mindset. If I can’t easily see it, I can’t find it and I’ve always been that way. 😂
This is a great video but I would like him to do one on do's and don'ts of where to put built ins
Thank you, great practical doable ideas.
16:30 i've spent years trying to keep the house organised. i even knocked through a covered over under stairs are and built an entire pantry and a pull out fake cupboard with tons of storage on it. Trying to keep the kitchen less cluttered.
all that happened was everyone else in the house just kept buying junk that got used once and filled up all the space i made and now the kitchen is as bad as ever. Same story for pretty much everywhere in the house.
having chronic fatigue, i just don't have the energy any more to bother trying.
I'm sorry to hear that you have chronic fatigue 😢. Decluttering should really have been number 1 on this list, and less buying of stuff. It's hard when the rest of the members of your household don't help with the maintenance of the space 😢.
Don't organise. Throw out.
Oof, that sounds tough. Not having control of your space is difficult. Of course you didn't create that space expecting others to fill it with things you don't need. 💜 Maybe a hard talk with them about your need for a decluttered space for your health would help.
Time to raise your voice with the other household members. Dogs and cats need to be trained to live in the house without making a mess, same applies to two legged big apes.
You've wasted years trying to force a system that doesn't work for your family.
Hidden storage works for some people like Daniel (and presumably you) but for many people what's not visible might as well not exist. What you consider clutter can be the only way for them to organise - they need to SEE what's available. Stop trying to enforce your system and find something that works for them: open shelves, baskets, hanging rails, etc.
We all have way too much STUFF!
Terrific video. Thank you!
What are the interlocking containers you show at 14:27 ??
Can’t wait for the next video!
Great video. Glad I fell upon your channel. 😊
Guess I'm lucky. I do all these things naturally, except for one in one out. With me it's one is so ragged I can't use it as normal wear anymore, so it become clothing for doing messy jobs, and maybe if I really really have to I'll buy a new t-shirt because I _HATE_ shopping.
Great ideas. Cheers!
The little cet thing for your daughter is adorable 😂❤
That toy trolley is an awesome idea. Bookmarking that for the next time we have small people in our household.
I think people also don’t install high (full wall) storage is because it’s daunting to effectively shave a full foot off of room dimensions, e.g., making a 12’x14’ room only 12’x13’ after a full wall of storage is added.
I like the way you got right to it.
Thank you so much for this ❤
Hey Daniel! Curious to know, where do you take the images of the videos from? I would love to see more photos of some of these spaces. Are they yours or from some magazine/blog/stock bank?
Great advice on hanging things on the walls .... :::cries in my plaster & lath home::: 😢
Great Video and advices. Thanks
Good video ❤
What is the go to brand for vertical storage? This is my first dive into organization so I’m clueless. Is it IKEA?
I got a really great vertical cabinet for my apartment from Amazon! It was $100 and it’s made my kitchen so much neater. Definitely key to read reviews and look for good materials
4:52 it's actually much more important because on the computer you can search within seconds, in real life it takes minutes and hours.
I feel like I should've payed for some of the advice, life changing
I always use a stud finder. It’s called the phone selfie camera. Jokes aside, there IS actually an app that uses the magnetic properties of the phone compass to find studs.
I enjoy tidying up more than gaming lol, I'm the girl you call when you need to clear sapce in a closet or help declutter when moving 😊
what’s that storage system at 00:21? I love it
Vitsoe 606
i have to say awesome videos like these are keeping me subscribed even when sometimes only vidoes that come out are iphone / backpack ads packaged as an EDC video lol.
8:59 Property owner is the USA. Please attach your furniture to the walls as per instructions. There are legal protections against frivolous fees or security deposits. White toothpaste also hides holes if you have it handy
Great video! But I was really hoping for tips on how to organize the clothes clutter in the bedroom and the bathroom. We have a coat stands in both rooms and put our stuff there, they act as the drop zone. The coat stand gets messy and needs regular tidying up, but on top of that still clothes pile up on every clean surface. Any tips how to keep them clean?
I don’t understand this problem. When you arrive home or after your shower, you change into house clothes/pyjamas - rehang clothes that aren’t dirty and take the others to the laundry room as soon as you take them off. If it’s late when you get home and you can’t be bothered to re hang things, most people will have a chair or something in their bedroom where you can put the clothes you have just taken off. In the morning while you are getting dressed, this is the time to deal with the items from the night before.
A hamper for dirty clothes in each bedroom. A vertical narrow shelf as a place for rewearable clothing and daily house clothes.
Hooks for handbags at the front door. Shoes are left at the front door as well on a tall vertical shelf.
Extra coathangers on the clothes stand. Once on a coathanger, much easier to put back in the wardrobe.
Do you work for Ikea or ever shopped elsewhere?
Thanks for the video.
I love the solution to your daughter's clutter. The rest of your tips were great (I like the hierarchy) but I expected that. Good job!
Great Video :D
Daniel, can you please give more ideas for living in the tiny spaces currently being built in England at the moment? Some flats don’t even have a functioning kitchen. I like to entertain, so I need storage and seating! I like to craft and that needs storage. I like to cook, but I only have space for one 1200 food cupboard. I have storage wracks in the garage to store bubble wrapped cooking pots kept clean in big plastic boxes. Why don’t our kitchen cupboards go to the ceiling and have 3 or 4 shelves instead of the 1000 with one shelf, like they have in Scandinavia?
…and thank you for the dry wall filler. Leaving massive holes in drywalls has put me off using the walls.
Our cupboards can go to the ceiling, but the small ones are cheaper.
I wish I had learned these things or hired someone to help design our place with more storage 5 years ago!
great video
The problem with vertical storage is the nice stuff costs thousands to have made!
vertical storage is expensive though, and in a small home it makes everything feel more cramped
18:00 Wow - this might work with girls and their puppets, but our son (Bruder trucks, carrera cars, tons of Lego (at least he is creative and plays with them every day) plus gravitrax etc.) will need a huge oversea Container to carry his stuff around 😂
Good video, had to watch in 2x speed tho 😂
In the UK, you should avoid drilling in certain "prescribed zones" where cables are likely concealed. According to BS 7671, cables typically run horizontally or vertically from outlets, switches, and junction boxes within 150 mm above or beside them. There's also a 150 mm zone along the top of walls and within 150 mm from wall corners. Following these zones helps prevent drilling into live cables.
ua-cam.com/video/DZrLjl92zHE/v-deo.htmlsi=QJh7sW3PRvc0iiPb
I’m lucky to have a lot of tongue and groove walls. 😬 Still feel intimidated by learning to use a drill tho. 😅😅
I prefer a hidden organization style except for food. I want all food to be highly visible at all times whether fridge, freezer or pantry. I wound up using a lot of mason jars and glass storage containers (for food).
7:45 Having a lazy toddler is literraly the woooorst, am I right?
:P
😂😂😂😂 they are at least always happy to "help", wait until they become teenagers 😮
Wow!!!
titch, as always, superbly structured and good advice.
on all matters architectural how to get in touch with you as i need some advice!
I only have Items which I use regularly, so storing smth of them in not easy reachable places makes no sense for me.
So... you come to an area where you don't really want to act on what you bring.... wow. i just learned a new word for "wardrobe"... right?????!
Interchanging the words lazy and tired is just so unfair in the decline of the middle class.
This video offers great insights for home design, renovation, or when moving to a new space. However, it's unpractical to apply if you can't redo your whole space/home.
On the subject of drop zones, my wife and I keep a small tray with high sides in each of our most used rooms.
Used cups, cereal bowls etc just go into that tray and can be taken to the dishwasher in bulk then, and they're not cluttering the table tops then anymore.
Not here in Australia,QLD ur not even allowed to hang a photo frame. They do house inspections every 3 months to make sure. Ur not allowed to look like u live in the house so stupid.
😘
*VIDEO IDEA BELOW*
Hi Daniel, I want to share some feedback with you. How two of the tips were presented rubbed me the wrong way.
1. Vertical space - You said people don’t use vertical space often enough, predominantly because they are afraid of ruining the walls. That’s only one reason. You didn’t account for people’s height, disabilities, injuries, etc, and it came off as abilist.
2. Hoarding - please be careful with this topic! You are an architect, not a psychologist. While the exact cause of hoarding is still under investigation, it is often a response to severe trauma. Having so much space in your home that you have the illusion of not needing to organize can definitely cause clutter, but it’s unlikely to cause a clinical hoarding disorder.
I loved the story you shared about giving your daughter a cart to own her toys. You mentioned empathy and trying to work around her needs and not force yours onto her. So I don’t think you had malicious intent when taking about vertical space and hoarding. But please be careful with your words as to not alienate your subscribers with disabilities and/or mental health disorders.
Do you have any advice on how to take advantage of vertical space when you are short or have mobility issues? This could make a good video topic.
Thanks for coming to my TedTalk btw
If you haven't used something over the past 3 months to 1 year, get rid of it.
Subbed to you when you had great videos on how to design small spaces and architectural tips. Shame your channel is now just a glorified listicle piece. Hopefully it’s doing well for you though!
There are really people who spend all their money on sofas and nonsense like that instead of for proper storage ? Must be American...
10:00 funny how it is automatically expected that drywall is the default wall in a home. So how about starting to use actuak masonry in residential construction? :)) You know, like the rest of the civilized world.
I live in a drywall-filled flat in Europe. It made the most sense to do it this way because the building is made of brick but my flat occupies a previously oversized attic that stood empty for decades, drywall with steel studs was used to create rooms and a corridor.
We can drill into the drywall between studs just fine, we have the correct equipment to do that. At that point, we then have to assess where in the flat we want to drill and use a detector to ensure we don't drill into either electrics, steel studs or copper pipes. Saying that, using strong tape worked just fine for our smoke detector - which we placed in a somewhat unusual location.
@@Redrally where I live you cannot simply put a smoke detector away. You feel like it. There are fire regulations in the civilised world… Where we use masonry walls.
Mason walls in my apartment in NYC. I use 3M hooks for hanging by the front door and very small finishing nails for picture frames.
that's not what hoarding is, please don't use a psychology term to broadly label a normal behavior. people can own too much stuff and not be a hoarding, and if it's as easy for them to get rid of as just listening to the advise of a youtuber, then it's absolutely not hoarding.
Lazy toddler...
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Nerdy and pedantic. Your words