Tired of CLUTTER? TRANSFORM My Home with an EXTREME Declutter & Organize!
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2023
- Tired of CLUTTER? Start with these tips to declutter and organize
In this video, I will show you how to declutter and organize your home using an extreme declutter and organize technique.
Decluttering and organizing can be very challenging tasks, but with the help of this technique, it will be much easier for you to get started. I'll show you how to organize everything from your closet to your kitchen and bathroom. By the end of this video, you'll be ready to declutter and organize your home like a pro! - Навчання та стиль
Thanks for giving things away. I gave a bag of old towels and throw blankets to an animal shelter. Art and craft supplies go to a senior program at a local church.
Books and magazines go to the library. Clothes go to Goodwill or cut up for rags. We're all adults, here. We don't need much.. Tina, Al's wife
Thank god you respect your kids stuff and what they love because when I was growing up my mother would throw away everything Pokémon. Like clothes and toys, etc. she thought I looked like a boy wearing a Pokémon shirt. Either way went to school one day and came back, all my stuff was gone. I was completely devastated.
My mom was like that too with a lot of my stuff. I feel your pain.
Woops. Guilty! 5 kids w 4 bedrooms….it happens 🤓♥️♥️♥️
I definitely keep stuff because my Mom constantly tossed my stuff or added it to Yard Sale stuff. It was ridiculous. I don't mess with the kids' stuff much aside from trash or broken with sharp edges etc. We live in a very small apartment so occasionally I will put some toys in a bin in the closet, and bring others out.
I’m so sorry your mom did that. That’s very hurtful. My mom did that as well. Things that meant something to me.
That's awful
What made me watch all the way through? You’re REAL. Thank you for not masking the REALITY of your process. It’s like FRESH AIR.
you seem like a great mom in terms of respecting your childrens' interests and space. My parents would shame me about having so much stuff as a child, then remove things from my room randomly or give them away. This made me hoard MORE things! It was very traumatic! I wish they taught me how to think of items in a positive and productive way rather than using shame.
I love how all the big kids take such care of Emma !!
I’ve watched multiple videos where all the kids go in and play with Emma and take sure pride in helping !! Very sweet to see!
Good job donating all that! Feels good to claim some space back. I’m a collector, but I am slowly cleaning out stuff. I moved over a year ago and finally unpacking the last of the boxes. It has been hard not having things in their proper place. And not able to see what ya have. Being a senior with health issues has slowed me down, but not stopped me! I can see the light at the end of the cardboard pile. 😊
Be healed right now in Jesus mighty name. Greetings
We are moving soon and just sent 4 truckloads of clutter from our basement to a donation center. Feels really good!
Listen this is AWESOME! Yesterday my son also 8 and I went through it ALL. Together. It felt awesome and he’s SOOOOO HAPPY! We helped each other through the process and we are strengthening our decluttering muscles! It’s the same for us, just too much stuff to manage. We’re going through the whole house and it is AMAZING HOW MUCH PEACE WE ARE GAINING!!!! We have a tote for his stuffed animals because he LOVES them. I’m of the same mind, how would I feel about someone telling me I can’t keep something I love because they didn’t value what I do?!?! I’d be devastated, never would I ever want to crush their hearts. I have my family involved with everything that is theirs. We agreed to rotate the stuffed animals so there are five on the bed so they all get love.
Yes!! I love this so much. It helps us value our items too.
YUP this is my life i´m a minimalist and i absoulutly love it! I got rid of my decor, books, pillows etc and my livingroom looks sooo big spacious and i feel free calm and so happy as a minimalist!!! Ahhhhh sometimes it echoes but i don´t care cus i love my open space
Okay while this video was full of useful info- all I could focus on was the cuteness overload of baby Emma! She not only stole her brothers stuffy, but she stole the show! 🥰
Ya lol pretty much stopped listening while giggling at Emma running back and forth in front of the door behind you while yelling something 😍😍😍
oh my gosh Lynn, tears were welling in my eyes when Emma was talking. Our babies are so precious. My youngest is 18 now 😭😭😭. Time goes by, way too fast. I watch your channel all the time, and particularly love decluttering videos. I love your honesty and realness!! ❤
Just found you and thoroughly enjoyed watching you do "your thing". Emma is adorable! Very smart for one and I notice she can also entertain herself. Like your approach to the clothes (what you are washing and what is still hanging in the closet). Also like the approach for the kids' toys. I could not throw out any toy without asking. I remember when my mother way back when threw away all of my paper dolls. I was crushed. So always check with the kids unless it is broken. I have a problem with the "what if I need it" and "someday I might".
Welcome to my YT family! So glad you’re here. 💕
Oh my goodness, so growing up my family didn't have a lot of money, so I made my own toys out of paper. I made this very elaborate "city" out of numerous sheets of paper, but all of the houses were 3D and I made like two dozen different paper doll characters. Each of them was elaborately decorated, colored, and each of them had names, I had a whole little community and I LOVED playing with them. Came home from school one day and my mother had thrown them all away -- like you, I was so absolutely devastated! It's so important to respect kids' belongings.
🥰🥰🥰 aww!! Your little one was having fun on that rug while you was laying it back down😇😇😇😇
This was very motivating. I really like how you kept emphasizing the fact that this is good for your mental and physical health. I really believe that. It's so much more relaxing to not have a lot of stuff to look at and think about all the time
It really is!
When I declutter and organize my girls space I see them pulling their things out and creating. At first I would think, of course I clean and they pull more out but once I really realized they're not just making a mess they're doing the things they love now there's a calmness to allow them to.
We are a family of artists so their 'messes' tend to involve crafts.
Their creativity goes up and their desire to spend time on their tablets drawing goes down as they pick up paper and pencils 💙
I agree completely. Clutter is very stressful to live with
@@dawncawthra3519 That is so nice
Emma carrying the stuffed puppies lol..so precious
Emma is so sweet! I love this video. 6 kids! I stand in awe! You're doing a great job ! It's so wonderful to see everyday details handled with love and care ❤
Thank you so much!
Love having you playing in my ear while I'm getting stuff done today. My small is at school and it's lonely when you work from home. Thank you for brightening my day x
You made my day, too!
Emma is just little miss independent🤣🤣 runnin around talking all day! She said “5 friends!” She’s got more than me🤣🤣 I love you both!!!!
Having watching your little one zooming around too cute hope you are fully recovered
Feeling much better! Thank you 😘😘
I love how real you are! Feel better, it’s tough being a mom and not feeling well
Love the respect you have for your kids.
I truly am trying. I make mistakes every single day, but I am always striving to be better.
I love the concept of decluttering using Black Trash Bags so you're not tempted to take items out again! I need to do that!!!
Remember when you questioned when Emma would walk?! Girl, she is cruisin' 😆.....she gone! I love her talking and singing. She is precious! Hope you are feeling better, and thank you always for the motivation.🩷
As someone who struggles to get through tasks , I have to say you are amazing and you did such a great job mama! Thank you for the help and inspiration ! 🙏 ☀️🌻🥰✨
Thank you so much!!
To reduce allergies I put cotton allergy proof covers on the mattress and pillows, got a hepa filter to run in each bedroom, kept animals out of the house or at least the bedroom, reduce stuffed animals to a few , surface wash, air dry and put them in the freezer for 24 hours, wash sheets and blankets in hot and dry on hot weekly, removed carpet where possible. changed the furnace filter monthly,
YES! finally someone with positive energy and just real live. God bless you and your beautifull famili. Bonus points for donating books that they already read. I see no point in holding on to a book that a never will read again. Noce job mama
Thank you so much!!
your son is so kind with the baby so cute
He is a sweetheart!
it's so much fun watching your little Emma running around and helping you!
I love Emma and your interaction with her
I use bins without lids for various uses, and hangers can be donated. No need to throw them in the recycling.
Emma is a cutie -- and smart!
I use pushpins for all sorts of things but they will loosen in the hole and fall out. Just a heads up for the baby. I also use solid bags. I do not know who bought black bags last in my family but they have a scent and wow they stink to me. So I am really happy to get the bag out to the car pronto. That's another bonus! Oh yea a game changer for me is a cabinet by the front door that I can put all the things that need to go out but can't yet. It also holds stuff that comes in that we do not know where to put it or even stuff like that drill we carried in instead of putting it away. Close the door on it and my house looks picked up and I know where the stuff is when I head out the door. I got the idea from Cas from clutter bug.
I love her. She so helpful.
I love the way you’ve explained your practical process!
Also, your little Emma is such a smart girl because you are a great mom!
A couple of observations from my own experience:
I totally agree with the black plastic bag. Even if you don't throw it away right away, you can leave it sitting as long as you want and that can alleviate some anxiety about it. Quite honestly every time I've done this even though it's full of stuff that I had difficulty parting with, after a week or two I could at most remember only one or two things that were in the bag!
The other thing about taking stuff to donate. I wish I had kept track of how many bags and boxes I've got rid of. I also should have done before and after photos... I started by emptying two 10 x 10 storage units so I must have gotten rid of easily 50 or more bags and boxes. Some were garbage, most were donated. At least I could stand back and see the empty unit, but I'm trying to get in the habit of doing before and after when I'm decluttering at home.
There have been only two times where I was in absolute emotional agony once I left the donations outside the building. Technically, once it's left it there it's supposed to belong to the charity, so it's really bad manners to go and retrieve it! However, I felt so desperate, even even after I driven a block away I was still tempted to turn around.
I dug in my heels and refused to do it. In both instances they were things that I had never thought of until I was decluttering and was pleasantly surprised that I still had them! However I was trying to make myself get rid of the stuff so I did.
Other than the rare occasion when I think back to donating them, I still never think of them!
Evening from UK little Emma is do adorable, she was making me laugh. I'v been decluttering my garden selling my garden statues and plant pots, sorted out the boxes under my bed and made a bag ip to take to a charity shop. X
She is a busy little bee!😊
I promise you just keep going throwing away stuff you´ll feel so awesome and that feeling when you´re standing in your home and there is little or no crap around you you´ll feel awesome and happy
I totally GET the space thing as I am a "space person" myself. -- A couple of tips:
FIRST HINT:
One thing I discovered with my grandkids.... (my baby is 28 years old now)..... I have a toybox upstairs in one spare bedroom for our younger grandkids, and the two youngest would haul toys downstairs to the basement family room and strew them all around, like... and entire cube container of army men and vehicles, and then I noticed during their 3-4 days stay that after the first day, they RARELY played with them. --We are on a ranch so they were outside in the pool during the summer, or riding their gocart, watching TV or on their tablets.
But I have a basement freezer room and a separate pantry and as I went to them during the stay, I was constantly stepping on toys, had to move them to open doors to these two rooms, etc., and I got sick of it. Not only did my family room look like a total disaster, it was for no purpose because the toys weren't being played with.
I made a rule 18 months ago that before bedtime, ALL the toys had to go back in the toybox upstairs! They could get them out the next day, but as most of the boys sleep in sleeping bags in the family room, they didn't need the toys all around. -- My son and his wife picked up on this and insisted that these younger kids pick up everything and put them away each night before bed.
Not only did this help on the morning they packed up to go back, on the long trip home, so all they had to do was pick up clothes and sleeping bags, ...but nobody had to step on army guys in the wee morning hours going to the bathroom!! But most of all, I noticed that these toys were not hauled back down nearly as often, and not nearly as many... because the kids who were still young enough to play with them realized it was a PAIN to haul them back upstairs EVERY night and put them away!!! LOL
My point. Teach your kids as they grow up, that toys go back into their toy space before bed each night. Even small toddlers can help pick up their toys if you make a game of it, but when you get up in the morning and not have to see toys laying all over your house and their bedrooms.... looking messy and clutterly, it gives you a surge of energy towards the day's cleaning ahead, knowing that you can do a fast vacuum in your main traffic areas without picking up toys FIRST!
And teach your kids that their toys have a space and it must be contained in that space.... if they receive new toys, what toys do they no longer play with to make room for the new?
SECOND HINT: Give each family member a NEW bath towel or a beach towel geared towards that person! That towel is the responsibility of the person using it and it gets used all week... and washed on Saturday or whatever day of the week you do that type of laundry. A cleanly washed body just needs dried, and with a large family like yours, washing towels for everybody, that use a new one each day, takes up HUGE amounts of energy!
When my 3 boys were in grade school, they had a large beach towel that they used as their bath towel. My husband and I today have a large bath sheet... a microfiber one that is fantastic, by the way! When my boys entered 7th grade, I taught them to do their own laundry and gave them each their OWN day to do their wash. I would make sure I had MY stuff out of the washer the night before their day, so that they could start a load before bed, and put it in the dryer in the morning before school.... and start a second load that morning. I had no problem taking their first load to their room and transferring their washed clothes into the dryer for them so they would be dried and ready to put away after school, but by the time they left home for college, they'd been washing their own clothes for 6 years and didn't have to crash learn like many do in college dorms!! LOL
By the time most kids get into Jr. High, how they look and their clothes become more important to them, and they have more of an incentive to put their clean clothes away instead of shoving them on their bedroom floors or in a closet. However, it doesn't work for every kid and I did have one that needed prompting... and he still could USE prompting as an adult still today. Just his personality I guess?! LOL
Love the tips! Implementing them with my 15 month old and he is now starting to put his toys away on his own! Can’t believe how fast children learn!
That baby is sooo funnie, I think it is cute the way she helps.
Your baby is clearly so happy! What a good mom you are!
Girl, I bought my Kirby in 1976. I still have and use it. I also have my mothers and my mother in laws. I keep one with the hose on and one with the vacuum head. I have sucked up a ton of Penney’s and LEGO’s and they still keep going.
I love how the baby is running in the background when you’re venting 😅 you did a great job!!
Thank you! 😊
Your little one made my day 😊
I loved hearing your ideas & tips. And I really loved hearing the attitude of "Blessing" others with what you take out. Prayers from Iowa for a safe & happy spring! 💙🙏🪺🐦
This video popped up on UA-cam. So glad I checked it out! I love that when going through your kids things that you talk with them when deciding what to possibly get rid of!
Emma is such a cutie pie! Love hearing her chattering and singing in the background!
Both of YOU just ADORABLE…YOU’RE METHODS are VERY Workable…WOW WOW WOW…LEARNED..a Lot from You Sweet LADY…from an 89 year old granny….
Thank you so much!
Omg Emma is just plain too cute. I hope you feel better soon. Use command hooks for the hats.
Watching Emma potter around makes me giggle so much. She is soooo busy and so cute ❤
I do like how you are doing this I love this God bless you 🙏❤️
Aww, thank you! ❤️
Emma is gorgeous. She brought me back years ago when my daughter was at her age. I miss that time so much.❤
I hope you feel better soon. We all have covid here too. First time we've gotten it. It is no fun at all. Awe.... Emma we love you too baby girl. You're so sweet 🥰. You're an amazing Mama.
I hope you guys feel better!
Lynn, this was one of your best videos. I thoroughly enjoyed and learned so much! I also spend unnecessarily when I feel down about my house. I'm on a huge journey with decluttering myself and so happy I've found someone so genuinely lovely to share it with xx
OMG Emma, you sweet girl!!!! That lil voice is just heaven!🩷
Love the feeling after a declutter & cleaning!!!
Emma is the sweetest.
So true about organizing doesn’t have to be expensive AND Dollar Tree has really upped their game! 😊
Found Goodwill drop off bins 3 blocks from my home!!Fill a bag every week and donate it
I hope you are feeling better. If you haven't already, please attach Emma's dresser to the wall. Especially because it is a little taller, the center of gravity is high and should she climb up the drawers it could tip. A friend lost her 3 year old daughter when she got crushed by the dresser she climbed on. Emma is precious!!
My gosh Lynn, always look for to your videos, love how real you are. Encouraging, and kind… I wish all the best to you!
I used to have a Kirby vac years ago when I was young. I LOVED IT.
Emma’s chitter chat was adorable. She is large and in charge for sure. Bye bye stuffed doggie. 😂😂
Great job ! I agree with everything you said & I love how respectful you are to your children.
You got me GOING HONEY BUNNY..matter of Fact I even started while LISTENING and Watching YOU….You are a HUGE INSPIRATION YOUNG LADY….THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU…
Yay!!!! I appreciate you! ☺️
Great job, Lynn.
Great job Lynn!!!! Emma is so precious!!!!
I absolutely love your videos.
You are so relatable so many people make videos and end up looking like show houses.
When you have children and a home to look after it’s not easy.
Love your tips.
I have 5 grown up children now.
I was agree with you when you said if you have too many things you don’t appreciate it.
When I was young in the 70 we really appreciated everything we got.
Because I knew how hard my mum worked to buy us things.
You are doing a fantastic job with your family.
Your beautiful children are so cute.
When are son lifted his sister up on the bed next to him when you were doing the wardrobe was so lovely to see.
Sending love and hugs from London.
Oh my goodness I love your baby she's a doll and smart!😍
What an adorable child!
It will feel better, it does help alot. I like decluttering, I gave away many tops that I had never worn. I figure someone else would enjoy the tops, I would probably just kept the tops in my closet and never wore it at all.
It always surprises me how much stuff I don’t wear.
Hope you are feeling better. Love this declutter video
Sooo true. As you get rid of more, you definitely feel better. Remind yourself that you're going to be providing items for others that need those items. I have a checklist so I can mark off the squares as I go. It's amazing how many things we have that we don't need. 💛
This was soooooo good Lynn......I love decluttering and organizing.
Emma is so smart!!!!! So precious 💖
Can't wait for more videos. See ya soon.
I think you did a wonderful job. Thanks for the motivation. ❤️
I enjoy decluttering videos where people actually declutter! I have another couple of bags to go to Salvation Army! Where did it come from lol? But it sure feels good to get it out of the house!
It really does!
Such a sweet little girl with such a sweet name❤
This video kept popping up in my feed today and I do need to declutter. I have done some but I still need to dig deeper and let more things go. I live in a small home and there isn't much room for stuff. One thing that has motivated me today was watching another YT-er that had some storm damage very near her home. This made me recall many years ago we lost everything to a tornado. There have been a lot of those this spring so far with many lives lost. I remember when we lost it all, but my parents and brothers and myself were spared, and that was all that was important at the time. All that other stuff we did hate to lose, but it gives you a different perspective about "things." Paying attention to the laundry is a good idea. I have mostly the routine things I wear daily. Thanks for the motivation. Lovely children, and Emma is a cutie, and having a ball with that stuffed doggie!!
Oooooh Emma is just the cutest little girl……❤️
Great video. Continued prayers for you to feel better soon.
The command strips from dollar tree are amazing I do have to say
Miss Emma is just so cute, and your motivation is great. Another fab video xx
Miss Emma is so adorable and fun! ❤
Awww we love you beautiful Emma ❤❤❤
Love the way you clean sooo comfortable.With many year experience for cleaning, I am used to use pretycare vacuum cleaner.It always brings me excellent experience.
This is so much fun!!!!
I am so happy for you. It will be so much easier for you all to keep clean and organized. Lov this video
This is the first time I have watched one of your videos and it was wonderful! Appreciated so much your explanation of how you think and arrive at what you decide to move out of the house. I like to donate and gift to friends with families as well... I also use the black, opaque bags so I won't try to remove items from my de-cluttered grouping and second-guess myself. Refreshing point-of-view and thank you. Now a new subscriber!
Thanks for all the great tips.
I like the video. I am going to share something I have learned has happened to me. I saw your hard work and great parenting. But even better would be not question him again. I am talking about the teddy bear thing. You did tell him you can keep them all and then the next second you pursued him to give it to his sister rather than completely get rid of it.
It still was not good because he will grow up and question his decision expecting someone else to persuade him to change or choose something else for him.
I have notice at my 37 years old. That when I make a decision I ask if I did it right to someone's liking and or I choose what others would choose rather than what I would love. But that is the way I was brought up. We were poor and my mom would pursued me wouldn't I rather like... And so now I am not confident to make my decisions, I am soo indecisive, and look for validation it's horrible.
You are truly a inspiration with decluttering I am starting tomorrow after work 🙏🙏♥️♥️
Emma is such a talker right now!
Deep cleaning my refrigerator today while watching ❤👍great motivation today😀
Thank You so much Lynn for the motivating video and the wise words!💕 And Emma is such a doll baby! ❤️ She's gettin so big!!
Thank you for watching. It means so much to me. ❤️
Emma carrying the stuffed toys around omg! So stinkin cute
Great job Lynn your boys room looks so good ❤
Great great work & tips!!❤
You are such an amazing person and mama! I’m soooo happy I found your channel! I can’t believe you have 6 kids, and also you are so pretty! I love the realness in every video and I couldn’t agree more with everything you say. Your family is blessed to have you! And if you read this thinking, she only sees what I put out and doesn’t know half of what actually goes on, you are still incredible and I aspire to be like you. You are incredibly self aware and selfless. 💛
Oh my goodness, you are so sweet.
ALWAYS WATCHING FROM PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭 ❤❤❤
I'm going though this process right now and I feel like I've gotten past the easy and obvious declutters but not I need to flex the declutter muscles and get into the hard stuff. Ahhhh using this video trying to pump myself up
Great video today, Lynn. Thank you 💕
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey flossy☺️ hope life is finding y’all all well. Thank you so much for your channel, it brings so much joy. God bless you and your family.🙏💜 Lets get this beautiful soul some love and help grow her channel y’all.🤗
I have that exact drawer, basket and rug, lol!
Great video. Thanks for the tips and the special treat of talking to Emma. 😍