It’s really refreshing to see a content creator live with less. I feel like my feed is just filled with hauls and shopping and it gets tiring/old. Thank you for this!
Maybe you should declutter your youtube/subscriptions. I did more recently as a monthly mini goal & made sure i had the bell on for the channels i excitedly watch every video of and unsubscribed to ones i dont watch weekly or cant even recognise the person.
Yeeeeeaaasss! So agree with this. Love this channel and she has inspired me(along with several others) to start my own channel. I love this idea of sharing our process with others. It is so helpful and so encouraging for newbies and those like me who have been oursuong minimalism for years.
Can relate. For me it's like decluttering is so satisfying and cleansing. I'm always looking for places to declutter, even though there's nothing left....
I think the key is... keep on going. As we modify & actually touch all our stuff, we learn sooooo much. Do I need it? Does it serve a purpose? Have I outgrown this? Does this make me happy? It's not over...till we're dead. Hahaha. Truth.
Dollar Tree lazy Susan hack: 2 pie pins an 2 bags of marbles from craft area. Pour the marbles into one pie tin...place the other tin on top! You can paint them if you like...left mine plain. One for the refrigerator and one in a cupboard. Love them! 🌞
I have a weird cupboard like yours. I'd put things in there, determined to remember what was there and a month later I wouldn't have a clue. So I actually typed up and printed out exactly what was in the secret spots. I stuck this on the inside of the cupboard door, and it's worked fantastically ever since.
It’s always a process. Minimalism isn’t a final destination. Your life and needs are always changing. I listen to The Minimalists and have played their month long minimalism game five times now. (Following their process you get rid of 496 items in a 31 day month) This last time I didn’t think I would manage it and was struggling after 100 items. At some point I got in the zone, looked at things differently and ended up getting rid of 927 items in July! 🐞
Didn’t count exactly how many items we did in whole of July, but decluttered all extra furniture and also the contents of the extra furniture. Sold several items in the secondhand market and finally bought some house plants with the money made from the sales. The first month in a very long time that we didn’t buy any clothing items☺️
I don’t think that once you declutter, you’re ever done. Being a minimalist means that you are always reorganizing and reevaluating your home and life. A helpful tip is to pick a spot to revisit each month. For example, an office, a playroom, closets... if you SCHEDULE the tasks into your life, you won’t ever feel overwhelmed after the initial declutter if that makes sense.
Biiiggg recommendation for your spice cabinet: Buy a ton of spice bottles that you like, all the same size, working for your spice cabinet and can label. Maybe the even stackable bottles (they don’t have to be big). Andd maybe a lazy suzan or big basket at the back with extra/dubbles (or in your pantry). only pulling them out when refilling. I have this system in my kitchen and it works super nicely! It makes the space in my kitchen so much better visual! Sooo Worth the money spend on the spice bottles.
We got a spice organizer with pullout drawers and slots for bottles to lie down in. It came with a bunch of matching glass bottles and labels. Instead of putting the labels on the bottles themselves, I put them on the front lip of the shelf based on which slot that spice is kept in. I'm so glad we got it, I've been super happy with it.
Natalie, I recently purchased a set kind of like what Rosalie is talking about; I could comment the Amazon link if you need! It can either mount or fit in a spacey cupboard, may not work but it worth taking a look :)
Encase anyone else was wondering... “Close, but no cigar” - From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 20th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize
@@NatalieBennett ... LoL i can't help it Natalie, every day i see such a constant stream of misspelled words that it makes me wonder how so many people ever graduated from hign school & college. . . So yeah i'm a 'speller police' and i'm not at all offended by the title. 😉
@@NatalieBennett education matters...and thus grammar matters. Love you darlin'...but sorry if you don't see that. As a nation our ignorance and lack of basic education principles will be our undoing. Please don't be complicit in the destruction of America. Rethink this. RE-PRAY THIS . The educated eventually ALWAYS WIN. The uneducated ignorant ALWAYS LOSE. As Christ's Army ...LET'S NOT LOSE!
I started minimalist journey 4 years ago and believe me I am still revisiting different parts of my house. :D I feel it never ends even if I don't buy much I still have friends and family bringing or gifting different items that later needs to be de-cluttered. I love de-cluttering!
This series and the rest of your channel have been my companion/inspiration while I make a small apartment more functional and minimal! I was homescooled and it is so much fun hearing that come up in your videos. Thank you for sharing!
*"Failure isnt fatal, Success isnt final, it is the courage to continue that counts."* 🐞🐞🐞 I dont think you can fail at decluttering. 💪💪💪 The more you try the better you get. & as long as you try you havent failed. 💖💖💖 Even if you temporarily put it on the backburner until youre better prepared as long as you continue to have that intention and desire youre golden. 😊😊😊 It should be a happy process you should feel good about improving yourself & life. 🕊🕊🕊
I’ve actually never commented on a UA-camrs videos as much but gotta say this is really inspiring me to go through every room and re-evaluate everything I own and purge was isn’t useful or no longer brings me joy!
This is me every time I declutter for the second/third/fourth time. Glad to know others continue to do this too. The hardest part for me is to not keep buying unnecessary things.
🐞I like that you show that de-cluttering and organizing is an ongoing process. As time goes by what we want and need in our homes will change and adjustments are not just necessary but welcomed.
🐞 My first instinct is to say I wish I had more time to tackle these types of projects... but learning that you can make a big difference in just a few minutes, just need to do it!
🐞 Your videos help me so much. We are about to move back to the States (military family living in Japan), and your videos help me stay focused. I'm trying to keep in mind that we are blessed & lots are not. This helps remind when cleaning & decluttering.
🐞 I really love your re-declutter/revisiting type videos, because that’s where I always end up getting frustrated. I would declutter my closet (or my bed that sometimes doubles as a second closet 😳) and then two months later everything would be a mess again. For some reason it had never occurred to me to try a different way of organizing my stuff instead of just putting everything back into the same system that clearly wasn’t working for me 😂 😂.
To use the Spice Shelf maybe you could cut part of the top shelf to fit the organizer that did not fit. That way you can see all the different spices you use. You have a great show.
One of the things I'm proudest of in my life is my spice organization. I got some 2 & 4 oz plastic jars off Amazon (previous iteration used metal, but those kept rusting) and glued some magnets on the bottom, and stuck to the side of my fridge. But I've seen people put metal strips (knife strip style) on the side of cabinets, on walls, or really anywhere. I buy my spices in small units from a local spice shop, so this works well for me.
🐞 this is so motivational!! I just failed at making breakfast and started to feel down, but this is making me feel better and now I can’t wait to declutter my room! Thank you for fixing my down day! Lots of love 💕💕
Decluttering is a continuous process because we always bring in new things. But when you become minimal it isn’t as bad as the first major declutter. Love watching your videos. 🐞
Natalie Bennett, I have kitchen cabinets shaped like that too. I took a rack like that black one you have on the shelf just above your spices, and slid one back in that corner (to the left on the spice shelf) for starters. After I did that, everything just kind of fell into place in a good way. I ended up with so much more functional space after simply doing that. Maybe you can end up fitting 2 small spice bins (stacked one above the other bc of wire tier/shelf) that can slide easily in and out... just a thought. I put one of those wire shelf inserts in about 6 different cupboards. Life has been so much better in my kitchen space since then.
🐞 I've been procrastinating, but finally started yesterday by decluttering and purging my husband and I's closet. It felt so good once it was finished!
I agree with the Lazy Susan idea. I would add that a two tier lazy Susan is your best bet. Part of your frustration is that your shelves in your cabinet do not adjust. If you have a detail saw that allows you to cut the shelf out, that would allow you some flexibility when you go back and add holes for shelf brackets to put them where the shelf works best for you. Another idea is to group together the jars that are the same size, or find an organization system that have all the same container for each spice.
Hi. I wanted to say I enjoyed your channel so much more now. I feel you are coming through more real than before and can relate also with the mind set you have about consumption. Thank you
You are so right. I find that creating a habit of decluttering every so often allows you to reevaluate as your life evolves and to maintain what you have created.
🐞love all the decluttering! So inspiring and your garage looks so much better! Thank you for showing how things have to often be rearranged after you think you’ve found the best way to do something- because this is real life and often these organizing solutions just don’t solve but create new problems!
Many thanks for taking the time to make and share your videos; I appreciate the way the way you explain things as to why you are keeping things, for example, why you use the word 'fails' in your title. It makes sense and makes the viewing more relatable. Argh, I'm not explaining it very well, lol. I've just decluttered and decorated my bedroom, so much more calming and fresh, although it's taking time to responsibly dispose of the 'leftovers'.
🐞I love these videos so much! Now that the school year is about to start, I’m gearing up to start my own messy to minimal journey🙌🏻 I cannot wait! I’m going to go back, and rewatch this series because it has been so motivational!✨
Something I've done with the drawer organizers is use the velcro command strips on the bottom to stick them to the bottom of the drawer so they don't move around. Then you can peel them off with no damage when you're finished with that organizer! Love the series!
I think same Ann! I am folding all my bottoms like my pants, jeans, shorts ans skirts as well for a couple of years now and it is a game changer! @Nathalie you need to try out it for your jeans and pants. It looks way better and it is easier to grab one.
🐞 Have been on this journey for years but watching these kind of videos is always an encouragement and inspiration to continually revaulate what is and what isn't working for us. ❤🎉
🐞 Cheese graters also work for grating zucchini for zucchini bread, carrots for carrot cake, potatoes for thin slices, and even zesting if you don't have a microplane.
I see you got that HUGE knife block off the counter and hung essential knives. Yay! I practically yelled at the screen in your last declutter!!! Looks great.
I made shelves by having 2x4s cut to certain lengths at Home Depot...leaving the finish as is. You can paint or cover with contact paper. Looks great and works like a charm! 🌞
We are in the process of buying our fist house, and I feel this intense urge to get rid of almost all of your stuff! I don’t want our new house to be cluttered! I’ve been loving the de clutter inspo you give!!! 💜💜
I started watching your channel while on maternity leave with my first baby earlier this year. You inspired me to start tackling decluttering! We have been in our house for over 10 years so there is a lot to do. We started in the kitchen and have already found room to improve! You would not believe how many coffee cups we had...
I absolutely love your messy to minimal series! Thanks for keeping it real! I also enjoy your decorating videos and how you use what you already have to decorate your space. I like watching other channels for decor inspiration, but it’s usually them buying new stuff for every season, which then turns to more stuff/clutter! 😬 (and I don’t have unlimited storage space!)
Decluttering is like vacuuming- it’s an ongoing process. What about a lazy Susan with sides for the blind corner in the spice cabinet ? In my kitchen I have my spices laying on their sides in a top drawer. Easy to see and reach and it frees up a cabinet for other things.
Can you buy an over the door rack for your pantry to put your spices and just pull out what you need before you start cooking? The container store sells a really great over the door ELFA organizer.
I think 2 turntables would work super well for your spice shelf especially toward that back part of the cupboard... able to spin around so nothing hiding in the back. I had the same experience with that as seen on tv spice rack... I was so hopeful lol but it never worked. Definitely would try the turntables. All kinds of sizes on Amazon 😊
I love the dream drawer dividers you used in your closet ikea dresser. I will warn you they will stretch out the drawer and the bottom will fall out. I had the exact same set up. The ikea furniture just isn't built well enough for those. Hopefully you see this before it is too late!
I love decluttering. I also have to always revisit my closet and cabinets even after decluttering especially if we always bring in new stuff into our home or someone else keep giving us stuff that they also want to get rid off.
🐞 Love your videos. Lots of good info and you seem so at peace with everything. I heard a spice organization tip from another youtube channel. Catherine from Do it on a Dime suggested getting two metal round cake pans. Place marbles in one pan and sit the second pan on top of it, to create a lazy Susan. I keep A-M spices in one pan and N-Z in the other. Works great.
🐞 LOVE these videos. So motivating!! And yes I keep organizational things for future storage/organization. Its ever evolving and works great when we move and have new spaces.
Super excited for the fall decor video. My husband and I just moved into our first home a few months back and I’m trying to not buy too many decor items. I love your style so I’m excited to see what you keep vs what you don’t.
I had a similar problem with my spices and finally solved it recently by getting one single round and one double layer round Lazy Susan. I think it would work for you as well, because even if the Lazy Susan is pushed mostly back into that deep cupboard, You can always just spin it around to the side that is reachable. Also, my cabinet space is not high enough for a double layer either, but the double Lazy Susan just has the shorter spices on top which do fit. It is surprising how many things can fit on a relatively small (10-11 in) Lazy Susan.
I love your channel and love seeing it grow! I know you work so hard on it. And I also love fall and cannot wait for your fall videos! They’re some of my favorites!
I have a 2, 3 and 4 year old. I feel like it's a journey for the rest of our lives. You can't stop things from coming in to the house unfortunately! Love the video once again!! 🐞
Just wanted to pass on a tip I heard recently that has been working well for me for keeping the IKEA divider bins in place in my dresser - 3M command “Velcro” strips work so well to keep them in place. They aren’t permanent and help with the slipping.
🐞🐞🐞. I’m not a minimalist, I like my gadgets and decor and lots of clothes 😆 but I DO believe in organization. That’s why I love this series, decluttering is a continual process, especially as a family who actually lives in their home. It’s easy to keep a straight home if your so busy you’re hardly there. We’re a homeschooling soon to be homesteading family of 5, life is disheveled and amazing 😊
Decluttering never ends, I've done the konmari method two times on all of my stuff in the last few years and I'm still decluttering. I recently got married and we got so many new homeware stuff that I also decluttered a bunch of old stuff.
I love those expandable drawer dividers and use them a lot. I love Marie Kondo, so I tried her vertical-stacking (filing) system, but I found that even my jeans got too wrinkled, because they have to be folded so many times, to be weren’t wearable. I don’t want to do the extra work of ironing or steaming folded clothes before wearing, as I do with all my hanging clothes already.
I considered trying that spice organizer that you are returning, but we buy our spices in the really large containers, so I would need to buy empty spice jars and fill/refill, etc. Which would look incredibly tidy! But I decided I didn't want to make more work for myself, and then need to store the refills/leftover somewhere else. Essentially doubling our spice storage. (rolls eyes.) We cook with a lot of different spices. So - I haven't found a good solution yet either! It takes a lot of shuffling things around and memory!
🐞 Decluttering my jewelry with you today. It feels like I must have gone through it four or five times as this point, but I keep realizing there are things that I'm just never going to wear. It's always a journey!
Re your spices, if your new system doesn't work out, you could try either a lazy Susan, or if you have some wall space nearby you could hang some bekvam spice racks (ikea) or similar on the wall (if tile, you can use some 3M command strips to hang). Such an awkward cupboard!
🐞 yeah, decluttering everything over and over again, it’s like peeling that famous onion. You always find another layer... we’re looking over organization and how we can bring less stuff into the house, it’s not always easy but soo worth it to have a clean and simple home 😊 love this series!
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞Oh my God, you really put the ladybug as an emoji. I am so happy. I love the videos and the channel. Much love from Portugal
🐞 love these videos, we always need to re-do to make things work better or maybe try something that might just work better, it is always nice to try something new. Tip I put a post it note on the inside of the door, with all the extra stuff I have in the back where the stuff falls to... this way the stuff I use is upfront but I have a list of the stuff in the back corner. As I use it I cross it off an add on what I get. (Mine is ketchup, mayo, gravies, bbq sause, other sautés & soups for the winter cold season )
I've had a lot of ups and downs with minimalism! It helps me learn and grow to be less materialistic. Yes, I've heard ppl say it's the journey that you stay focused on, not the destination. Ive messed up but look for othe options and solutions. I struggle mostly with the sentimental items. It used to be the clothes and documents but I've kept it down to the clothes I love and the papers I need. Thanks for sharing with us and keeping it real!! 😁 You are not alone! P. S. You totally rock with the baseball caps on too! 🧢 😎
No ladybug emogi on my computer, but I have watched every video in this series and love them all! Whatever area you worked on in the video is the area I then am motivated to work on in my own home. Fall is my favorite season as well, so I cannot wait for your Fall declutter and decorate-with-me video!
It’s really refreshing to see a content creator live with less. I feel like my feed is just filled with hauls and shopping and it gets tiring/old. Thank you for this!
You're welcome! Shopping is the biggest contributor to clutter so if I buy something I try to do it with much more intention!
Maybe you should declutter your youtube/subscriptions. I did more recently as a monthly mini goal & made sure i had the bell on for the channels i excitedly watch every video of and unsubscribed to ones i dont watch weekly or cant even recognise the person.
EmmaAppleBerry I did that over the past two days! It really is refreshing and it’s a great idea. Content doesn’t always remain relevant.
Yeeeeeaaasss! So agree with this. Love this channel and she has inspired me(along with several others) to start my own channel. I love this idea of sharing our process with others. It is so helpful and so encouraging for newbies and those like me who have been oursuong minimalism for years.
Totally agree! I am at the beginning of my minimalism journey. Please wish me luck!
Decluttering never ends. Minimalist for 5 years and I still declutter. Not so many things, but still.
Can relate. For me it's like decluttering is so satisfying and cleansing. I'm always looking for places to declutter, even though there's nothing left....
I think the key is... keep on going. As we modify & actually touch all our stuff, we learn sooooo much. Do I need it? Does it serve a purpose? Have I outgrown this? Does this make me happy? It's not over...till we're dead. Hahaha. Truth.
Amen. Decluttering is definitely an ongoing process! 🌞
Yesssss. Same always last 6 years …
Dollar Tree lazy Susan hack:
2 pie pins an 2 bags of marbles from craft area. Pour the marbles into one pie tin...place the other tin on top! You can paint them if you like...left mine plain. One for the refrigerator and one in a cupboard. Love them! 🌞
I have a weird cupboard like yours. I'd put things in there, determined to remember what was there and a month later I wouldn't have a clue. So I actually typed up and printed out exactly what was in the secret spots. I stuck this on the inside of the cupboard door, and it's worked fantastically ever since.
It’s always a process. Minimalism isn’t a final destination. Your life and needs are always changing. I listen to The Minimalists and have played their month long minimalism game five times now. (Following their process you get rid of 496 items in a 31 day month)
This last time I didn’t think I would manage it and was struggling after 100 items. At some point I got in the zone, looked at things differently and ended up getting rid of 927 items in July! 🐞
Didn’t count exactly how many items we did in whole of July, but decluttered all extra furniture and also the contents of the extra furniture. Sold several items in the secondhand market and finally bought some house plants with the money made from the sales. The first month in a very long time that we didn’t buy any clothing items☺️
I don’t think that once you declutter, you’re ever done. Being a minimalist means that you are always reorganizing and reevaluating your home and life. A helpful tip is to pick a spot to revisit each month. For example, an office, a playroom, closets... if you SCHEDULE the tasks into your life, you won’t ever feel overwhelmed after the initial declutter if that makes sense.
I agree! I pick a spot or two every week!
🐞Tip for decluttering spices: put them all in a drawer and label the top of them. Works really great, especially with square containers 😊
Biiiggg recommendation for your spice cabinet: Buy a ton of spice bottles that you like, all the same size, working for your spice cabinet and can label. Maybe the even stackable bottles (they don’t have to be big). Andd maybe a lazy suzan or big basket at the back with extra/dubbles (or in your pantry). only pulling them out when refilling. I have this system in my kitchen and it works super nicely! It makes the space in my kitchen so much better visual! Sooo Worth the money spend on the spice bottles.
We got a spice organizer with pullout drawers and slots for bottles to lie down in. It came with a bunch of matching glass bottles and labels. Instead of putting the labels on the bottles themselves, I put them on the front lip of the shelf based on which slot that spice is kept in. I'm so glad we got it, I've been super happy with it.
Natalie, I recently purchased a set kind of like what Rosalie is talking about; I could comment the Amazon link if you need! It can either mount or fit in a spacey cupboard, may not work but it worth taking a look :)
I wanted to love this but I despised digging out and refilling the smaller bottles! It always ran out when I was in the middle of cooking
Encase anyone else was wondering...
“Close, but no cigar” - From the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 20th century; this phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize
Jeannette Elizabeth thanks for the explanation! It's an old phrase I picked up from watching Black and White movies as a kid!
'In case' .. not "encase" ... two whole different definitions.
Brianna B someone should post the definition of "grammar police!" Or "nit picker" Might be useful too! 😉
@@NatalieBennett ... LoL i can't help it Natalie, every day i see such a constant stream of misspelled words that it makes me wonder how so many people ever graduated from hign school & college. . . So yeah i'm a 'speller police' and i'm not at all offended by the title. 😉
@@NatalieBennett education matters...and thus grammar matters. Love you darlin'...but sorry if you don't see that. As a nation our ignorance and lack of basic education principles will be our undoing. Please don't be complicit in the destruction of America.
Rethink this.
RE-PRAY THIS .
The educated eventually ALWAYS WIN. The uneducated ignorant ALWAYS LOSE.
As Christ's Army ...LET'S NOT LOSE!
Staying minimum/decluttering is ongoing. Appreciate that you revisit all the areas in your home. Please continue showing us your process.
I started decluttering 2 weeks ago. I am so much happier with less stuff. Thank you for sharing your life and your family and your knowledge.
I started minimalist journey 4 years ago and believe me I am still revisiting different parts of my house. :D I feel it never ends even if I don't buy much I still have friends and family bringing or gifting different items that later needs to be de-cluttered. I love de-cluttering!
This series and the rest of your channel have been my companion/inspiration while I make a small apartment more functional and minimal! I was homescooled and it is so much fun hearing that come up in your videos. Thank you for sharing!
*"Failure isnt fatal, Success isnt final, it is the courage to continue that counts."*
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I dont think you can fail at decluttering.
💪💪💪
The more you try the better you get.
& as long as you try you havent failed.
💖💖💖
Even if you temporarily put it on the backburner until youre better prepared as long as you continue to have that intention and desire youre golden.
😊😊😊
It should be a happy process you should feel good about improving yourself & life.
🕊🕊🕊
I’ve actually never commented on a UA-camrs videos as much but gotta say this is really inspiring me to go through every room and re-evaluate everything I own and purge was isn’t useful or no longer brings me joy!
🐞 I love watching how you take care of your home and family!
This is me every time I declutter for the second/third/fourth time. Glad to know others continue to do this too. The hardest part for me is to not keep buying unnecessary things.
🐞I like that you show that de-cluttering and organizing is an ongoing process. As time goes by what we want and need in our homes will change and adjustments are not just necessary but welcomed.
🐞 My first instinct is to say I wish I had more time to tackle these types of projects... but learning that you can make a big difference in just a few minutes, just need to do it!
You CAN make a difference in a small time! You got this! 💪🏼
Love bins in drawers. Glad you found some that worked for you! 🌞
🐞 Your videos help me so much. We are about to move back to the States (military family living in Japan), and your videos help me stay focused. I'm trying to keep in mind that we are blessed & lots are not. This helps remind when cleaning & decluttering.
Turning my spice cabinet into a spice drawer was the best thing I did. All accessible and my cupboard was freed up for bigger things.
🐞 I really love your re-declutter/revisiting type videos, because that’s where I always end up getting frustrated. I would declutter my closet (or my bed that sometimes doubles as a second closet 😳) and then two months later everything would be a mess again. For some reason it had never occurred to me to try a different way of organizing my stuff instead of just putting everything back into the same system that clearly wasn’t working for me 😂 😂.
To use the Spice Shelf maybe you could cut part of the top shelf to fit the organizer that did not fit. That way you can see all the different spices you use. You have a great show.
That shelf saved our life!! Totally recommend it!! We got a Hella tiny cabinet for our millions of spices. It gave us double the space!
One of the things I'm proudest of in my life is my spice organization. I got some 2 & 4 oz plastic jars off Amazon (previous iteration used metal, but those kept rusting) and glued some magnets on the bottom, and stuck to the side of my fridge. But I've seen people put metal strips (knife strip style) on the side of cabinets, on walls, or really anywhere. I buy my spices in small units from a local spice shop, so this works well for me.
I’ve really enjoyed this series, Natalie. I did a lot of decluttering whilst we were in complete lockdown here in the UK. 🐞
🐞 this is so motivational!! I just failed at making breakfast and started to feel down, but this is making me feel better and now I can’t wait to declutter my room! Thank you for fixing my down day! Lots of love 💕💕
You got this, girl! 🧡
Natalie Bennett Thank you so much💕🥺🥰
Decluttering is a continuous process because we always bring in new things. But when you become minimal it isn’t as bad as the first major declutter. Love watching your videos. 🐞
Natalie Bennett, I have kitchen cabinets shaped like that too. I took a rack like that black one you have on the shelf just above your spices, and slid one back in that corner (to the left on the spice shelf) for starters. After I did that, everything just kind of fell into place in a good way. I ended up with so much more functional space after simply doing that. Maybe you can end up fitting 2 small spice bins (stacked one above the other bc of wire tier/shelf) that can slide easily in and out... just a thought. I put one of those wire shelf inserts in about 6 different cupboards. Life has been so much better in my kitchen space since then.
🐞 I've been procrastinating, but finally started yesterday by decluttering and purging my husband and I's closet. It felt so good once it was finished!
I agree with the Lazy Susan idea. I would add that a two tier lazy Susan is your best bet. Part of your frustration is that your shelves in your cabinet do not adjust. If you have a detail saw that allows you to cut the shelf out, that would allow you some flexibility when you go back and add holes for shelf brackets to put them where the shelf works best for you. Another idea is to group together the jars that are the same size, or find an organization system that have all the same container for each spice.
Hi. I wanted to say I enjoyed your channel so much more now. I feel you are coming through more real than before and can relate also with the mind set you have about consumption. Thank you
You are so right. I find that creating a habit of decluttering every so often allows you to reevaluate as your life evolves and to maintain what you have created.
Love your videos. I am a minimalist so I love watching people declutter.
Yay! Thank you!
🐞 I'm excited if there will be more of this series because i love it!!!
Love your videos so much! I love how you share your wins and the things that don’t work. I am in the middle of still trying to pair down our house
🐞love all the decluttering! So inspiring and your garage looks so much better! Thank you for showing how things have to often be rearranged after you think you’ve found the best way to do something- because this is real life and often these organizing solutions just don’t solve but create new problems!
Many thanks for taking the time to make and share your videos; I appreciate the way the way you explain things as to why you are keeping things, for example, why you use the word 'fails' in your title. It makes sense and makes the viewing more relatable. Argh, I'm not explaining it very well, lol. I've just decluttered and decorated my bedroom, so much more calming and fresh, although it's taking time to responsibly dispose of the 'leftovers'.
Super excited for Fall videos. It's actually the first few videos that made me start watching your channel . :)
🐞 Since watching your decluttering videos, it has given me the movitation to go through our house and do some major decluttering.
🐞I love these videos so much! Now that the school year is about to start, I’m gearing up to start my own messy to minimal journey🙌🏻 I cannot wait! I’m going to go back, and rewatch this series because it has been so motivational!✨
I got a good laugh when you found the forgotten bread up in that cupboard....🤣
Something I've done with the drawer organizers is use the velcro command strips on the bottom to stick them to the bottom of the drawer so they don't move around. Then you can peel them off with no damage when you're finished with that organizer! Love the series!
Good idea!
Oh, that's a great idea! Thank you!
Those new drawer dividers look much more functional, and are a better use of space! Congrats!
I think same Ann!
I am folding all my bottoms like my pants, jeans, shorts ans skirts as well for a couple of years now and it is a game changer! @Nathalie you need to try out it for your jeans and pants. It looks way better and it is easier to grab one.
Decluttering is only tidy for a while but the trick is to keep it that way!
Thanks I like your videos because you give out all the details ect
🐞 Have been on this journey for years but watching these kind of videos is always an encouragement and inspiration to continually revaulate what is and what isn't working for us. ❤🎉
🐞 Cheese graters also work for grating zucchini for zucchini bread, carrots for carrot cake, potatoes for thin slices, and even zesting if you don't have a microplane.
I see you got that HUGE knife block off the counter and hung essential knives. Yay! I practically yelled at the screen in your last declutter!!! Looks great.
I made shelves by having 2x4s cut to certain lengths at Home Depot...leaving the finish as is. You can paint or cover with contact paper. Looks great and works like a charm! 🌞
🐞 love watching your videos while cleaning my house, you keep it real and I appreciate it!
We are in the process of buying our fist house, and I feel this intense urge to get rid of almost all of your stuff! I don’t want our new house to be cluttered! I’ve been loving the de clutter inspo you give!!! 💜💜
We bought that spice shelf when we moved into our new home and we love it!!
Brittany S. Lim I’m so glad it worked for you!
I started watching your channel while on maternity leave with my first baby earlier this year. You inspired me to start tackling decluttering! We have been in our house for over 10 years so there is a lot to do. We started in the kitchen and have already found room to improve! You would not believe how many coffee cups we had...
Coffee cups are so hard to limit purchasing! There are so many cute ones!
Did you have a January baby?
@@natalieeubank4533 February 6!!
I absolutely love your messy to minimal series! Thanks for keeping it real! I also enjoy your decorating videos and how you use what you already have to decorate your space. I like watching other channels for decor inspiration, but it’s usually them buying new stuff for every season, which then turns to more stuff/clutter! 😬 (and I don’t have unlimited storage space!)
I'm so glad! I love sharing the values I grew up with! So thankful for a mama who taught me to reduce reuse and recyle!
I have one of those spice rack and I love it!
Decluttering is like vacuuming- it’s an ongoing process. What about a lazy Susan with sides for the blind corner in the spice cabinet ? In my kitchen I have my spices laying on their sides in a top drawer. Easy to see and reach and it frees up a cabinet for other things.
Can you buy an over the door rack for your pantry to put your spices and just pull out what you need before you start cooking? The container store sells a really great over the door ELFA organizer.
I think 2 turntables would work super well for your spice shelf especially toward that back part of the cupboard... able to spin around so nothing hiding in the back. I had the same experience with that as seen on tv spice rack... I was so hopeful lol but it never worked. Definitely would try the turntables. All kinds of sizes on Amazon 😊
Just beginning my journey towards decluttering and becoming minimal. Love your videos. 🐞
I love the dream drawer dividers you used in your closet ikea dresser. I will warn you they will stretch out the drawer and the bottom will fall out. I had the exact same set up. The ikea furniture just isn't built well enough for those. Hopefully you see this before it is too late!
Love these videos and how you describe how happy you are being more minimal 😍
I love decluttering. I also have to always revisit my closet and cabinets even after decluttering especially if we always bring in new stuff into our home or someone else keep giving us stuff that they also want to get rid off.
🐞 Love your videos. Lots of good info and you seem so at peace with everything. I heard a spice organization tip from another youtube channel. Catherine from Do it on a Dime suggested getting two metal round cake pans. Place marbles in one pan and sit the second pan on top of it, to create a lazy Susan. I keep A-M spices in one pan and N-Z in the other. Works great.
lazy susans work well in those hidden spaces, they even make 2 tiered lazy susan. Thanks for your inspiration.
🐞 LOVE these videos. So motivating!! And yes I keep organizational things for future storage/organization. Its ever evolving and works great when we move and have new spaces.
So true! Love that.
You're hilarious....this is what I need!
Super excited for the fall decor video. My husband and I just moved into our first home a few months back and I’m trying to not buy too many decor items. I love your style so I’m excited to see what you keep vs what you don’t.
🐞 I want to rewatch and do each room you do now.
Let's do it! 💪
🐞slow and steady wins the race! 🥰 thank you for the motivation!💕
🐞 You're fun to watch! And your hubby is a good sport.
Love these videos!! Such motivation and always look forward to all your content ❤
I would put a lazy susan in the end of your spice cupboard
I had a similar problem with my spices and finally solved it recently by getting one single round and one double layer round Lazy Susan. I think it would work for you as well, because even if the Lazy Susan is pushed mostly back into that deep cupboard, You can always just spin it around to the side that is reachable. Also, my cabinet space is not high enough for a double layer either, but the double Lazy Susan just has the shorter spices on top which do fit. It is surprising how many things can fit on a relatively small (10-11 in) Lazy Susan.
🐞 these videos are fuelling my nesting energy👶! Love them!
I love your channel and love seeing it grow! I know you work so hard on it. And I also love fall and cannot wait for your fall videos! They’re some of my favorites!
I have a 2, 3 and 4 year old. I feel like it's a journey for the rest of our lives. You can't stop things from coming in to the house unfortunately! Love the video once again!! 🐞
Just wanted to pass on a tip I heard recently that has been working well for me for keeping the IKEA divider bins in place in my dresser - 3M command “Velcro” strips work so well to keep them in place. They aren’t permanent and help with the slipping.
Re-Decluttering is necessary, because it is like an onion - you have to remove one layer to see the next layer.
🐞🐞🐞. I’m not a minimalist, I like my gadgets and decor and lots of clothes 😆 but I DO believe in organization. That’s why I love this series, decluttering is a continual process, especially as a family who actually lives in their home. It’s easy to keep a straight home if your so busy you’re hardly there. We’re a homeschooling soon to be homesteading family of 5, life is disheveled and amazing 😊
Decluttering never ends, I've done the konmari method two times on all of my stuff in the last few years and I'm still decluttering. I recently got married and we got so many new homeware stuff that I also decluttered a bunch of old stuff.
I was literally craving a Natalie video today! And there it was!
🐞 I look forward to these episodes so much!
I love those expandable drawer dividers and use them a lot. I love Marie Kondo, so I tried her vertical-stacking (filing) system, but I found that even my jeans got too wrinkled, because they have to be folded so many times, to be weren’t wearable. I don’t want to do the extra work of ironing or steaming folded clothes before wearing, as I do with all my hanging clothes already.
I considered trying that spice organizer that you are returning, but we buy our spices in the really large containers, so I would need to buy empty spice jars and fill/refill, etc. Which would look incredibly tidy! But I decided I didn't want to make more work for myself, and then need to store the refills/leftover somewhere else. Essentially doubling our spice storage. (rolls eyes.) We cook with a lot of different spices. So - I haven't found a good solution yet either! It takes a lot of shuffling things around and memory!
Jennifer Wright Im considering the refillable magnetic spice jars but that's the problem I'm thinking of- double the spices!!!
Absolutely love your videos!!🐞🐞
🐞🐞🐞 Cant remember the last time I grated cheese but had two cheese graters... so now have only one for when I NEVER grate cheese. 🤔 🤭
🐞 Decluttering my jewelry with you today. It feels like I must have gone through it four or five times as this point, but I keep realizing there are things that I'm just never going to wear. It's always a journey!
Yes! We work those decluttering “muscles” every time we take on a new task and it’s amazing how far we can come!
🐞 love this series and how honest you are!! Can’t wait for more.
Re your spices, if your new system doesn't work out, you could try either a lazy Susan, or if you have some wall space nearby you could hang some bekvam spice racks (ikea) or similar on the wall (if tile, you can use some 3M command strips to hang). Such an awkward cupboard!
🐞 it's great to know that going back to reclean or organize is important 🐞
Lazy susan in that awkward area will work way better than anything else. I suggest you try it!
🐞 yeah, decluttering everything over and over again, it’s like peeling that famous onion. You always find another layer... we’re looking over organization and how we can bring less stuff into the house, it’s not always easy but soo worth it to have a clean and simple home 😊 love this series!
🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞Oh my God, you really put the ladybug as an emoji.
I am so happy. I love the videos and the channel. Much love from Portugal
Have you thought about decanting your spices? You can store big spice jars in your pantry or garage.
🐞 love these videos, we always need to re-do to make things work better or maybe try something that might just work better, it is always nice to try something new.
Tip I put a post it note on the inside of the door, with all the extra stuff I have in the back where the stuff falls to... this way the stuff I use is upfront but I have a list of the stuff in the back corner. As I use it I cross it off an add on what I get.
(Mine is ketchup, mayo, gravies, bbq sause, other sautés & soups for the winter cold season )
I've had a lot of ups and downs with minimalism! It helps me learn and grow to be less materialistic. Yes, I've heard ppl say it's the journey that you stay focused on, not the destination. Ive messed up but look for othe options and solutions. I struggle mostly with the sentimental items. It used to be the clothes and documents but I've kept it down to the clothes I love and the papers I need.
Thanks for sharing with us and keeping it real!! 😁 You are not alone!
P. S. You totally rock with the baseball caps on too! 🧢 😎
Great series! I appreciate that you keep it real-decluttering and organizing is a continual process. I feel your pain with the spice cabinet! :)
So true!
No ladybug emogi on my computer, but I have watched every video in this series and love them all! Whatever area you worked on in the video is the area I then am motivated to work on in my own home. Fall is my favorite season as well, so I cannot wait for your Fall declutter and decorate-with-me video!
Yay! Thank you! Can't wait to share it with you soon!
🐞 I have been loving these episodes