Hey guys, welcome back to our voyage today we are doing another decluttering episode.
So we're actually back at my parent's house
but as a forewarning
not every room in my parents house needs to be decluttered. We're just picking out two of the worst ones
that are there so we can do it
The room behind me is a storage building out in the back yard of my parents house and it's become sort of a
collection spot, especially since my mom's been doing some remodeling throughout the house
for odds and ends that have been found in other rooms that she's been cleaning those out
So this is really sort of a final push to get the whole
house organized once we get these done and get rid of a lot of stuff, hopefully
So let's take a look at what we're working with
So as you can see we got a lot of really good space in this room, but it's just being a collection point right now
So our goal today is to organize it and basically set a purpose for this room
So one of the main things we want to do I know is have it as a storage place for some of my mom's party
Planning stuff where it can be organized and she can get to it easily and there's a few other odds and ends
we want to keep in here as well. So they're not taking up space in the house
Just like in our last organization video
the first step is going to be get everything out of the building and to get it
categorized so that we know what goes back in and what doesn't and how to organize it when it is back in there
Okay, Mama, you ready to go? Yeah, let's get started. Okay, let's go
Willow, get out
Since Joseph and Melisa helped me to get the sewing room functional and it's a really neat space now
Well the sewing room and the washroom
We decided to come out here to this building and get it functional because when I was remodeling in the house
I just started throwing stuff out here because I had to get it out of the house so I could paint and
so now we're gonna get it functional space to store my party supplies and you know just
things I need to keep and then get rid of all the stuff that I just got thrown out here that we
I didn't go through I just threw it out back here
So how do you feel knowing that our first video is actually inspiring a lot of people to clean up and get organized in
their homes? Oh, that's really exciting
It's it's just I know it's hard at times because we get used to the way our surroundings look
until we step back and look at it again and if the video of them
the video showed how junked up that room is or was and then how
We cleaned it up and got it organized and it's a really nice fun space now, if that helps somebody else then it's all worth it
Look at that handsome lad.
Let me see
That's my honey? That's you? Uh huh. Oh my gosh, how old were you?
I don't know. Were you really Player of the Year or do they say that on everybody's picture?
That's just everybody's picture. I was not player of the year.
Donna, look how cute. I know, he is cute.
Doing the heavy lifting honey? Turn it on its side. It makes it easier
There's spiders on here.
I think you left my the heavier one to take out.
You quoted that you wanted to show off those muscles
Yeah right
I'm going to need your help
Do you want to team up with my mom?
Team work! Team work!
Team work. I can never get you to chant with me Donna.
Team work.
Not really a chant if you say it once Momma. Put it next to the other one, yeah
If I say to chant, it's not a chant?
No, I'm saying if she just says it one time it's not a chant it's just you saying something
There we go
Hello, what's that? It's Indiana Jones Mr. Potato Head
Inditator Jones
I'm stacking stuff inside that I think can actually maybe sell on eBay because my mom wants to sell some of her stuff on eBay
So like memorabilia, nostalgia type stuff. I'm gonna stack it in there
I'm gonna do some research to see if it's actually worth selling or not
So I'll look up online see if any of these are selling for anything
Good, he plays a little music when you hit his head, but we don't have the copyright to that. So I'm gonna play it
When decluttering and organizing a space in the first phase when you're taking everything out
It's really amazing to see how many things were allowed to be in that space for such a length of time
So for example, I mean we're finding things that have been expired for years
We're finding things that quite honestly are just trash some old boxes, old tissue paper, things like that
And it really shouldn't have ever been put there
But what happens to all of us is we get it lazy, we get tired, and we just don't have any organization in place
So we just throw things in
that junky space and then it just collects dust and then when we are actually decluttering it
We realize that
we allowed it to take up that space when we shouldn't have, so the best thing really to do is to make sure that
You really want something before you put it away or you throw in a closet
Make sure you evaluate it before you give it that room and give it that space in your life
It'll make things a lot easier in the long run
Another tip that might seem obvious, but it's a good reminder
Especially when working in a big building that has old stuff in it
Maybe especially outdoor storage building is to wear gloves when you're going through. Today I've run into old batteries
cans of sterno that were leaking a little bit just nasty bugs and stuff like that as well
so it's good to have something to protect your hands from getting into all that stuff and also if they're sharp tools or edges or
Things like that that could cut you it's good protection
It took a few hours, but we accomplished our first goal which is to empty out the space and it's a really impressive
Amount of room that we have in here, which is awesome because that means we're gonna have plenty of space to organize
effectively, and one thing we're going to do is there's this insulation here that is coming off
So Joseph, the guy behind the camera
is going to run to Lowe's and get some of the right equipment that is needed to put that back into place
While he's doing that I'm going to start phase two, which is cleaning in the space. And Donna will be actually outside
Going through everything and organizing. So we're hoping that we'll get done a little faster since we're kind of dividing and conquering
We are back it's day two we've accomplished quite a bit
Joseph reinforced the insulation here in the ceiling
So now it's not hanging down which is nice and we brought in this extra hutch from inside the house
Donna has two hutches in there. So no need for that in the house
So we brought one out here and we're going to use this for organizing
And I just want to quickly talk about an organization trick that I kind of came up with this myself
I'm sure it's been done before but I like doing this
That's the trees. It's a windy day. I like doing this anytime I'm organizing a room. So just get some post-its, a marker and
what I do is I write down what each of the categories are going to be
so then when we start
Figuring out where things are going to go. All we have to do is pull one of these off
it's already sticky and then you could just sort of move it to where you want it to be and
Figure out where it's gonna work best in the room
so it's one of the reasons why I like these so much and I think because this space is
It tends to get so
Overcrowded with things and disorganized we're going to actually make bigger labels for the wall and for the different shelving
So to take it a step further
One of the other great things about these post-its is you can visually pull this out
I'm gonna pull out the party supplies and this category is such a big category that we're gonna make subcategories
so I'm gonna be able to figure out what those are and put that underneath here so we can have a better idea of how
to organize the space
It's time to let go
It's time to let go
These! Ooo I might keep this
What's that China?
Is that grannies?
Look at how much stuff we have going in the trash
This was all in the room
And there's actually more stuff back there
That's gonna go to the trash but that mainly is the donation pile
So this is all we have left to go through just a little bit right here
Wow now, we just gotta figure out how to get rid of this
Took two days, but we finally got everything out of this room and organized
We're really happy with how it turned out and we're able to make a really functional space
The biggest thing, biggest challenge in this case was getting everything out of here this became a real collecting point for years of old papers,
documents, bank statements, things that need to be shredded and gotten rid of and so all of that now is going to be going to
The shredder or to the dump or to be donated so we got rid of a lot of stuff and I think we brought back
the stuff that can really be useful and it's set up in a way where you can get to it and know where everything is
which is the important part
So mama, what do you think of the room?
It's got a floor
You can actually walk in it, too - yeah, you can walk in it. So do you think you're gonna be able to keep it this way?
Yes. What do you think is gonna help you keep it this way? I have little signs
You like the little signs that Melisa came up with?
I have little signs that show me where everything is supposed to be
And we also left a lot of space empty as well
Because we have an area that's gonna be it is Christmas right now for anyone who's watching this at a later date
So this is gonna be for where the Christmas decorations are gonna go back in
And then we also have some extra space over on this left wall, which is gonna be... Why don't we explain that noise?
It's wind right?
So that noise is wind. It's kind of windy here and acorns are falling on top of a tin roof
There weren't any rats in here or anything. They're not scurrying away?
No, it's just acorns
So we have empty spots on this wall, which is going to be her, she likes to throw parties and plan parties
so this is all here little
miscellaneous odds and ends that she uses for that and props and things so there's empty space in here as well for more stuff as
she grows that
Because that was a big thing too, make this not just a space where it's stuffed to the brims and nothing else can fit but have
space for when you need to organize
You know new stuff that comes in and with that process be removing stuff that you don't need anymore as well
So it'll be sort of a cyclical process where this stays clean. So you think you can do that?
Yeah
I like it because I can get in here and find stuff now. It had gotten to the point
you couldn't get in here and you definitely couldn't find anything. Every time you had something new to put in you would just toss it in the door
I literally did throw a lot of boxes. Yeah, I would just throw them in here
But uh, so what was the hardest stuff to get rid of?
What kind of stuff? Books, why books? I don't know
I like books, it's hard to get rid of books. Even if you're donating them
So, with this being a Christmas time
this was a big thing that we wanted to do as a bit of a Christmas and birthday present because my mom's birthday's in December as well
So to help her get this cleaned out
it's sort of a new tradition Melisa and I are trying to start where we're doing more of our
Gifts based around experiences or help with something that had that's been put off for a long time
as a way to sort of give a Christmas gift without having to add more stuff to a collection and in the goal of being
A little bit more minimal but still really wanted to show our love for our family and our thanks for them
You know in a sort of a service-oriented way, which I think is what we did here. Yeah, and that's a good because
It's hard to get motivated to do it yourself. It's easy to just say uh
Another day, but whenever they come into town and they have a certain timeframe to do things
I know that we have to get it done and we have to get it done then. Yeah, and it's nice
I really like it a lot. It helps that
I'm pretty pushy with it, too - yeah, he wants to throw everything away. I had to stop him
I had to put my foot down on some things
or hide things
Yeah, and I had to throw some stuff away what she wasn't looking so it works it balances out
It hasn't left the yard yet
I still have time to rescue a few things
no dumpster diving
Well, it's not in the dumpster yet, it's in the yard
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we really enjoyed this project and it's a lot of fun for us to give back to our family and
inspire them to become minimalist in some ways and
Make more room in their life for things that they enjoy we'll see you guys in the next one. Bye. Bye
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She's trying to get the microphone!
