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OMG I totally lost my blue tooth ear piece years ago!! I lost it “some time” during the day. I looked in my car, all over my house, even had my three year old son helping me look in his toy box, etc. it was probably around midnight when I finally call it quits and go to get my jammies on. I took my shirt off and lo and behold, nestled right in my cleavage was that familiar blue light!! 🤣🤣🤣. PS- you should come help me and my clutter (and my marriage. I’m just across the Victoria Ferry to Port Angeles!!)❤
Does anyone else get so excited when you get a new Clutterbug notification?! She is a blessing to watch. I truly love everything about her. She makes me laugh, smile, cry, and etc.
I think she wasn't at the one near her house, the way she said it was like, I don't go often to the one by my house because it's bad. The one near my house is craptastic and the one farther away is even worse 😂
Your "big changes with tiny actions" podcast episode literally turned my life around this week. Without boring you with the details, I've had a VERY hard year, I also have diagnosed ADHD and I have 3 weeks left to turn my home's condition around (apart from a number of other big responsibilities). I was feeling so hopeless and useless. The past 3 days I have just spent half an hour a day, with that episode playing, chipping away at it and my whole home is changing and my hope is back. Thank you.
Those big jars with glass lids and no seal, are great for putting wrapped stuff like granola or candy bars and such. You can put variety in there and everyone can see what's in it.
I lost my phone at a hotel. Looked all over the room for it, in the lobby, had my son held by the hand going everywhere looking for it. I went to the front desk - Has anyone turned in a phone? He says - is it blue? I said YES!!! He said - it's in your back pocket. 🤦🏻♀️
You are my kind of gal. Was on my phone one time talking sitting in my car. Was asked a question and started looking all over in my purse, passenger seat for my phone. Lol
We use the sliding under the bed totes to store extra bedding. That way, if anything happens in the middle of the night, everyone has the right sized bedding for their bed right there easy to find.
Sorry Cass, Im a convert to NOT storing anything under beds. With nothing under there I can run my robot vacuum under the beds. You would be shocked at how much dust collects under beds. Everyone’s allergies have very much improved since this change.
I agree! Nothing under the bed. Besides how challenging it makes it to keep the area clean and dust-free, things under the bed creep me out, too, for some reason.
If you don't need the space it's great but when you're in a small room or apartment sometimes you need it. I live in a big house now but I didn't always and keeping my extra sheets helped. I have 2 cats who live under my bed now so my Roomba needs to visit a few times a week but in my old apartment pre cats, needed the space.
I don't store anything under my bed because of the dust thing, either, but the guest room at my house has literally 14" of vertical space under the bed (and that's the only room in the house with any real storage - no garage), so the things I'm keeping but that don't fit in my room go in there, either in the closets or under the bed. There is just enough clearance under my bed for my roomba, but that's it - even those low profile underbed boxes Cas showed wouldn't fit.
I agree! No under bed storage. Only if a bed has a designated storage area under the mattress and it it closed. I believe in benefits of air flowing freely under the bed.
I converted to this many years ago when my doctor suggested it because of my allergies and asthma attacks, and it was a game changer! I had already gone from carpet to hard floor, and both have made a huge difference.
I once "lost" my phone while I was holding it in my hand! Also, when my oldest was 4 and my middle was 1 1/2, we were trying to get out of a busy fair. I popped my oldest on my back so I could push the middle in the stroller (I was barely pregnant with #3). In the rush to get out, I thought I lost my son, but he was on my back the whole time. I love your stories.
Priceless! Mom’s being busy always make the best stories! When my kids grew up, I couldn’t get through the grocery story aisles without feeling like I lost a child, a spouse, or I was supposed to be somewhere else! It took me years to enjoy being alone!😂
We moved from a Houston suburb with huge walk-in closets to a small town in Wyoming--a house built in 1939. The closet organizer from Walmart has been amazing to make the tiny closet pull its weight.
Cas, during your tyhb live, you talked about how we can’t buy self-worth at the store, can’t find self-respect there. And that made a huge impact on my shopping mentality. I want more videos about this topic specifically. Also the notion that I’m not going to find self-worth online, or staring at my phone. I have adhd and if anything shopping and staring at my phone are draining my self-respect. Thanks for bringing this up. Of all the changes I’ve made in my life because of you and tyhb, this is the most important one. It’s huge, life changing, but it was one little mention in a live that lots of viewers didnt get to see. Please don’t let stay a small thing. Shout it loud, for the people in the back. You’re not going to buy self-worth at the store, you can’t find it online!!
The story at the end of the video reminded me of a time many years ago. I was wearing a favourite necklace. At some point that day, I put my hand to my throat and realized that the necklace was no longer there. I retraced my steps to no avail, and finally concluded that I had accidentally flushed it when I had used a public washroom. I was heartbroken. Imagine my surprise when I was changing into my pj's that night, and the necklace fell out of my bra. My big bosom saved the day!
I'm a Butterfly with ADHD and use the Dollar Tree Desk Planner as my calendar. 😊 My goal is to become an pro organizer by the end of the year. My home is finally almost organized because of your videos and podcasts! This is the first time I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel, ever. I want to change lives like you do. ❤
cas, when I don't wanna clean my house and I am so unmotivated YOU motivate me. THANK YOU ❤ I suffer from depression and some days are so hard. I've dishes in a sink full of water for 3 days. 😢😢😢😢 I'm trying...watching you motivates me to make my house pretty. ❤ no one here really appreciates it but still...thank you.
I live alone and have health and mobility issues with my lifelong depression. Not much motivation so I hear you and agree. I have been in bed since just before the 4th of July. And really up and down since June 2nd. Lost my significant other a year ago June. Thanks if you read this for letting me unload. Take care. Stay strong.
Hey guys. I also suffer from depression, anxiety, and ADHD. This weekend I set a timer to do one thing. I did it, and felt so much better! I ended up doing more things. But even if you just do that one thing, it helps. Go set your timer for 5,10, or 15 minutes and see what you can knock out! We’ve got this!
Right now my Walmart is selling school supplies. I discovered the plastic crayon box holders will hold small tech cords, plugs and ear pods. Then I discovered 7 of those boxes fit into the narrow kitchen storage with the end handle. So each small box is labeled on top with the contents and the area right under the handle is labeled “cords” so when I need a tech cord I go to that box! Total cost right now. 7X .$50 = $3.50 plus the DT narrow clear kitchen bin…$1.25. Less than $5. Piece of mind and time saved from searching…priceless!
We travel back and forth from Michigan to Florida in a van. We found the easiest way to pack things up are in the large plastic tubs. We label them and they are easiest to pack and store away when not in use.
Thank you for all that you share. My butterfly daughter 28 years old has moved into a new unit and I had encouraged her to watch your shares. I am so proud of her and how she has used your teaching.🎉🎉
My hack: Over-the-door hangers with multiple hooks or towel bars. They are renter friendly or good if you're just feeling non-committal. Another tip: label cords so you know what they go to.
The phone story is so relatable! I use an older version of the Sterilite underbed bin with hinged lid for all my rolls of wrapping paper. It fits even the longest rolls. Gift bags, bows, tissue paper could fit, also. For your lazy susans, store round containers on them. You'll lose a lot storage space putting boxes (like Tazo) on them; those will take up less room on the shelf. You probably already know that, but maybe that'll help someone else. Thx for the video!
The great thing about back to school season is that lots of organizing items go on sale - shelves, magnets, baskets, storage ottomans ... I like Target because they are reasonably good to their employees, and have a really wide price range of organizers. Choose a large Target in a college town and be sure to shop the front section of the store where they have $3 and $5 deals on organizing stuff. (Also, totally true story: there was that one time when my husky escaped from my vehicle and tracked me into Target and found me in the entryway. "Oh Hi! I know you! Where's the rawhide aisle?")
Love the “Tucker” story that’s great because I too know how the brain can misfire when you get flustered. For instance: I’m a pocket person. I’ve got to have pockets in my pants, shorts, jackets and shirts when I can. So, I was looking for money everywhere in my purse, car, pockets and forgot that lent my jacket to my granddaughter. I’d come back into the store and couldn’t find my money so, I finally see my granddaughter carrying 2 bags of my stuff that she had already paid for with the money she found in the jacket. Semi-relieved, I then realize I’d left my purse in the car and out loud in a worried breath, “OMG, my keys are in the car!”. My granddaughter laughs at me and says, “Grandma, they’re in your hand!!” 😂. I then remember locking the car with my FOB. It’s amazing how common sense can go to the wind when you get flustered. It’s not unusual to slide 2-3 pairs of reading glasses on top of my head and when I slide the 4th pair up, one falls off. Glasses are just one of those things that you misplace without even realizing it. 😂
My favorite organizing solutions from the past couple of years: I used a two tier metal mesh shoe rack UNDER my deep desk as a printer stand and to store boxes of long-term files for our business (Target approx $25-30 US on sale & currently on sale this week again). I got a small turnable organizer designed for desks to keep on my coffee table for my remote, pens/highlighters, spare readers, kitty brush, etc. that can easily be picked up & put in a cabinet if needed (Amazon $12). For the "I need everything on top of my bedside table" conundrum, a small upright makeup organizer with the remote in the biggest section, hand cream, lip balm, Olba's inhaler, etc. Lastly, a hurricane pancaked my detached garage. So, I now have 4 rolling carts to substitute for workshop storage (Target $30-35 ea). One has tools, hardware, and fasteners. Another has all paint & supplies. A third has electrical and plumbing. The fourth has gardening stuff best kept inside. Each also has a DT pegboard zip tied to a narrow end. They can roll to wherever I am working and then roll into the lower half of a closet. I wait until what I need goes on sale, so these are the discounted prices. I'm a bee with some tendencies towards butterfly in certain situations and always want the things I use regularly immediately at hand (which can quickly turn into visual clutter).
You Are A Genius. I LOVE the cart ideas. I already have one for my sewing business, one in my pantry, plus one to use as a tea cart when I have guests, but now I'll expand my thinking. You inspired me!
My friend left hers in a Walmart bathroom. She called me from her husband's phone and said that the kids who found it were in the store but demanding $100 for it. I told her to call back and tell them to meet her at customer service and then tell customer service to call security because they stole your phone. She did and their mom showed up with them and didn't know what was going on and yelled at her kids for trying to extort my friend. They were lucky they didn't get arrested. It's always best to turn in electronics, they're trackaby😂
I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and I am OLD! You are truly the only one who gets me and I am so happy I found you! Watching your videos has been more helpful than anything else I have tried. Thank you so much!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I organized my closet with heavy corrugated cardboard boxes. Cut the tops off, cut an oval hole in the front, and bought the dollar store wall paper to cover them. I've had them 4 years now, and they are holding up nicely. The boxes I used where mostly reused cat litter boxes, as they are well made.
Also, I saw a TikTok featuring a big busted female comedian. She started a story and while telling the tale, she reached into her bosom area and brought out an ash tray and a glass, and then set it on a stool next to her. She reached in again for a bottle of tonic…then some ice in a ziplock bag which she dumped into her glass…she then went back in and retrieved an entire bottle of booze! (She had to dig down deep to get that). The crowd just lost it at that point🤭😅😂🤣
My favourite bit was the end clip. ❤ I’m a teacher and I saw one of my kids frantically looking around at the end of the day for something. I asked him what he was looking for, so I could help and he said his coat. I had to gently point out to him that he was actually wearing it already. We both laughed so much.
Thank you for the great tips and strategies, the sense of humour, and for being REAL!!! As a fellow ADHDer, you don’t just make my life so much easier, but I get to laugh at myself rather than feeling completely inadequate ❤🙂👍
I use the plastic pencil cases (usually $1 at Walmart as school starts) to organize my jewelry-making supplies, from findings to wire to gemstone beads. If you're old enough to remember putting VHS tapes into a drawer on their sides, in a row, so you could read the labels, then you know exactly how I manage to fit a whole lot of these pencil cases into some drawers in my craft room that are just deep enough to hold a double row of them. I label both of the long narrow sides, so there's a label facing up even if I put the case back upside-down. Even with labels, I prefer the clear cases, although I can see a use for color-coding as well.
My Storage Hack: I use inexpensive bathroom organising containers for my art and office supplies on my desk. They are waterproof and easy to clean, with dividers that let me, a bee, visually micro-organise without having to buy a bunch of additional containers to go inside each large container.
I love your stories! LOL. My Grandma always used to lose her reading glasses and would ask me to run all over the house to find them. One time, I spent a good half-hour looking everywhere. When I returned to her empty-handed, there they were, on top of her head! lol
Great picks! My go to for organising (as a cricket) is large clear pencil cases approx 30cm long, (usually 75p - £2 each here in the UK). I have all my DIY bits separated into them (3M hooks, nails, screws, sandpaper, twine, handsaw, glue gun etc) labelled on the top right corner, and lined up in a drawer like files. It is super quick and easy to flick through to find what I want and put back any bits after use. Very affordable and easy to re-label if you use up something, or buy additional ones if needed.
Comparison shopping isn’t for me so I’m glad you made this video😊😊. I watch my granddaughters during the day and they have quite a selection of Barbies😮. I bought that bin on wheels and it is wonderful! It slides right under the bed and they just roll it out when they play. It is also shallow enough for them to search for those tiny pieces of Barbie accessories that get lost in the bottom! Great finds. Thank you 🙏 OMG! I just finished the video and the lost phone story 😂😂😂. Someone should have called it for you 😂😂😂. Then you would have been really surprised!
For food storage I use old glass instant coffee jars. They have rubber seals 😊 I've collected them from all my friends and family. I'm getting a little tired of them now, but they used to be great. I'll probably find a way to refresh them a bit soon.
Things that helped me a lot.. suction cup plastic baskets for the shower (Meijer) and silicone travel cosmetics bottles (Amazon) saved me space in the shower. I also like the dollar tree plastic baskets not quite square with the circle holes. They’re not the sturdiest per se but they are great for catching clutter (ie roomates too lazy to toss their drink cans and bottles) and smaller clothing items. Once the small basket gets full we bring to the larger laundry baskets (in garage or laundry room)
You did a great thing telling folks to know what they need storage bins for before they buy them. I learned the hard way. At least y family and friends have a use for them.
I'm the happy recipient of bins family members buy and discover they don't need them. I'm using them to organize Grandma and Grandpa's things, because hubby decided everything had to come into OUR HOUSE when Grandpa went into memory care. (Gramma passed away in 2015) Their STUFF filled our son's room (he had just moved out), the garage, AND MY FRONT PORCH. I kid you not. My front porch was filled with junk for 2 years, no matter how much I cried, yelled, or bargained. Our niece took pity on me and got him to pull it all out into the driveway and sort. NOBODY wants broken Christmas ornaments, old stained clothes, and souvenirs from medicare plan seminars. Nobody. Then hubby proceeded to put all the "keeps" back into the porch. Ugh. It all only left when the home insurance company said they were coming for an inspection of our exterior, to see if it's fireproof. Yayyyy. But then it migrated into a shed next to the garage. I still call it a win. Now I've been given "permission" to go thru the stuff in our son's room. Thanks to Cas I have a plan: Everything that's trash or donations, goes. Everything that's left gets sorted and binned, labeled, and ready for family to peruse after probate. I hate this.
If you see Space Tape at the Dollar Tree, it's wonderful. It has no hook but it's great for things that don't need a hook. It's clear, really holds weight, and removes easily. It's even water-proof; I've had some outdoors that went through rain.
I use the dollar tree collapsible bins to store books/paperbacks/bookmarks. It looks better than a pile of reading material and gives them a specific home.
IKEA has some sturdy bins in various sizes (for clothes) and they have dividers, which I love! Amazon has some smaller, shallow bins with a bunch of sewn-in mesh dividers (for socks and underwear) which makes it easy to see all your sock and undie options all at once instead of having to dig around in a deep drawer/bin!
Amazon - mDesign or iDesign clear acrylic hinged lid boxes. What do I store in them? …. Everything. Energy bars, candy, cheese sticks, pink stuff powder toilet bowl foamer, Clorox wand refills, neutrogena individually packed makeup remover clothes, q-tips, colored pencils, makeup, etc. I like seeing what I have. Out of sight means out of mind. If I see it, I use it. These are easy access the lids have a tiny bump-out at the front so you can just brush your fingers up the front, reach inside and grab a miniature PB Cup. Fridge, vanity, desk, linen closet, cabinets, etc. More expensive but I love the way they look & I can clearly see what I have …. Above dollar store quality & I’ve had them a long time. Love Clutterbug.
Oh my gosh!!! Your story at the end 😂 I used to put my key card for work in my bra….so I went to lunch and of course couldn’t find my card so had to knock to be let back in. Called security because now I need to have it deactivated and have a new one issued -at my cost-. So I get home have dinner go to change into my jammies and low and behold what falls to the floor but my key card…Good times😅. My favorite storage bins are the clear plastic ones I got from Target for the refrigerator. Not too expensive. Maybe $5-$8 a piece. Love the video Cas 😊
I got some small shelves from amazon for my kitchen to handle the constant countertop clutter. I moved into my grandparents' old house and the kitchen is terrible for modern usage and the cabinets are a nightmare, so I always had things I use daily on the countertop. I got 4 little shelf units that fit along the backsplash, shorter than 12" so they are perfect a fit under the upper cabinet on an old house. I think they were under $20 each. Completely made my kitchen usable again.
My favorite organizers, the set from Amazon of drawer dividers and a lazy Susan. I also found some great clear bins from Hobby lobby that store things all over my house
I don't know if this is a different Dollar Tree than your normal "craptastic" one, but I've never seen a cleaner, more neatly organized DT in my life!!! I'm jealous 😭
I *just* got a bunch of 16 gallon translucent storage boxes! 😂 It honestly is more than we need, but they were on clearance for THREE DOLLARS!!! Couldn't turn that down. We do have a lot of the heavier duty tubs, but they're solid colored. I've learned that even if it's labeled I'll forget what's in the box if I can't see it. Going to transition out of the solid colored totes and purge a bunch of stuff in the process!
Loved the story..about the phone location.....😂😂😂me and my husband enjoyed the tips on where to go for organizing supplies, and i said - oh wait shes got a story...we have to hear this- didnt see that coming...when you said where it was, we laughed out loud, and i mean LOUD...thanks for the smile and laugh!
I love you so much! Your stories are funny and you’re honesty is refreshing. You make me want to declutter, organize, and clean. That is saying something. Please do not tuck your phone in your bra. It is a cancer risk. Take care and I’ll see you in the next video! Debbie from Kentucky
Two of my favorite storage hacks for apartment living is making more storage space without having to loose other vital cabinet space… I bought a wire shelving system from Amazon to place on top of my bedroom closet (where the shelf is too low to utilize all of the storage potential). The wired shelving system is clipped together and then zip tied for solidarity and then securely zip tied to the existing shelves in the front and back for each system, multiple times. Because the wires run horizontally on lateral shelving wires, it works. Placing Dollar Tree cloth bins inside for smaller clothes and clear Dollar Tree cutting boards taped onto the shelves for pants, jackets etc. to easily slide on/off was very useful. Labeling the bins was very useful and there are plastic bins that can fit the cloth bins perfectly. I also have a hack for converting a coat closet into a pantry. Buy a couple of wire shelves to match the one in the coat closet and then buy chain at Home Depot by the yard after you’ve measured the descending space you want to place your shelves in. Buy carabiner clips and clip the chains (at least 4chains: 2 for front and 2 for back of the shelves) to the existing shelf, two far apart in the back and two with the same distance in the front. Next, carabiner clip the next shelf underneath onto each chain and so forth. You can then cut Dollar Tree foam boards and Dollar Tree shelf liner to tape to the shelves to ensure stability for items on the shelves. Then find your favorite storage system: I buy the large tubs at Dollar Tree or Five Below to keep snacks, baking goods, bagged pasta, snacks, nuts, dried fruit and other bagged goods in…etc. On the floor, I keep slide out rice bins from Daiso and wire baskets near the floor to keep potatoes and onions in to stay cool near the ground to keep longer. I also keep a few larger bins for chips on the top shelf. If your top shelf is too low, you can buy 2 wire shelf sets, zip tie them securely to the top shelf and buy MDF to fit between the two sets of shelves to add more shelving. I cut mine (well Home Depot cut them for me) to fit tightly between the frames but if you worry, you can use peg board or drill MDF to zip tie them to the other shelving units. Now, when I move, it’s easy to disassemble and take it with me.
The dollar tree jar you passed on is horrible for food, but great for small craft items in my yarn room! I limited myself to just one, so I don't give in to my inner jar goblin
Targets stackable bathroom bins are my favorites. Inexpensive and straight sides, come in multiple sizes. They have frosted white and gray. I have them in my kitchen, bedroom and bathroom!
I LOVE YOU CASS!! I just watched this episode and wanted to jump thru my TV while you were at Walmart to tell you about an awesome Under the Bed storage I found! It’s not a plastic bin, but more along the lines of the things you’d zip up with clothes inside, or maybe shoe hangers on back of doors… it looks like the same size as the sterilite one you showed, and it’s on wheels! It has a frame but more of a fabric outer case, but the part I love the most is it has a soft plastic lid that zips all around! I have 4 of them under my bed, and a few under all the other beds. They are great for storing clean sheets and blankets for each room, as well as anything else! I keep all my extension cords, batteries, chargers etc in one and my duct tape and random tools etc. ( I don’t have a garage or basement to store these items but these things are perfect! ) Not sure I can add a photo here, so you’ll have to trust me! Thank you for being YOU!!
Another benefit to shopping at the Dollar Tree is testing out storage solution options. Even if they don't have quite the right size of container, it can still be a good idea to test out a new type of solution to see how you/your household responds to the solution in your home without breaking the bank. I hate trying out something that I paid more for only to have no one use the thing. A free way to do this same idea is to use the boxes and packaging things come in, cut to fit your space if necessary. I say test before top dollar commitments! Once again, good tips and honest reviews ♥ TFS!
I love your story time at the end! I never knew about the wonders of the standing paper storage folder at Walmart until I saw one a couple of years ago, searching for something to store homeschool papers! It is FANTASTIC! I got a black one that looks so nice on my counter and it is so much easier for me to quickly file away the kids homeschool papers we keep from year to year.
I love the Lazy Susan’s for use in my bathroom, kitchen and even under my plants. I have all the different sizes and colors. I can fit my daily-use bathroom items into the deeper ones. It so easy to pull them out when I need them and tuck them away when I am done. One quick tip that I’ll share when it comes to decluttering…once I have emptied out a drawer or cabinet, I look at only the items I use on a regular basis. I find a spot for them and only then do I look at what’s left over and see what room I have left. My bathroom cabinets (which are currently being repainted) only have so much space in them. I got rid of a number of items I was not using and that was only taking up space. Now I have room to tuck everything away and have clear counters (well, after the dust settles and the paint dries!). I highly recommend Lazy Susan’s!! I got mine from Amazon. Our Dollar Tree is tiny (8 aisles?)…I call it Dollar Twig. 😂 They do not have half of the items shown in the video. But I still scope them out from time to time. I use plastic baskets in my kitchen cupboards to sort packages/bags - rice, pasta, dried beans, nuts, etc. So much easier to pull a basket from the upper shelves without everything falling on top of me. The baskets are labeled for easy reference. I will admit it is an assorted lot of baskets but it does not bother me as long as they work and are easy to use.
they're also great in the fridge - like the one she shows with the compartments. keep lots of condiments there (we're a hot sauce family) so we have room for other condiments in the door!
Thanks to you, I have figured out what is different for me and my husband...His piles drive me nuts! I can't wait to give him drawers and containers for his landing zones. Yes I have my own piles but I just need a basket for taking stuff to other rooms
Clutterbug is my accountability buddy in everything. I was wondering why I can't finish videos of other vloggers even if they are talking about topics I like too and I stil tend to watch/listen Cass' videos. I realized it's her tone. She has highs, and lows, she screeches and growls. While most of the vloggers today talk monotonously. Cass' energy is very refreshing. 🌹🌹🌹
ALDIs, at certain times of the year, have organization tools such as very strong shelves with plastic coating you can easily use on the kitchen. I have one on my kitchen counter with spices on top and stackable bowls under it. And I have another one in my kitchen cupboard. They come in a two-pack. They have brought in drawer organizers that are both fabric and metal and metal baskets that you can hang together or separately. All good quality for economical prices. The draw back is that you don’t know when they will be in store.
Right now favorite storage option can't be bought or bought cheaply, going me made lol, have recently been reutilizing black resin shelves for clothing , usable shelf space is 32w X 12d x 14h, so i'm making odd shaped cubes, 10w X 12d X 14h to maximize the space. Using materials i have on hand, free cardboard, & making them so the cardboard can be removed for washing the fabric or replacing the cardboard as it breaks down over time😀Curtains will cover the lot.
Canadian dollar trees are different... they have several employees and its not allowed to be stuffed like the American ones... dollarama can at times get stuffed with things in the isles but nothing like the states.
Cass, you really crack me up! I love all your videos especially organizing ones. I can’t keep anything organized so I always look forward to your tips. Great video and keep them coming. PS: I always stay until the end. That is usually the best part!😂😂😂
I just love your end stories ! I am not a boob-tucker but I tend to lose my phone all the time, 95% of the time at home. The only way to find it is by making it ring. I even kept a landline for dialing the number but cancelled it when I got a smart watch that signals it to ring.
My favorite organizing containers are the ones I already have, but I'm not currently using. As for my missing wallet, I couldn't find it because it was tucked under my chin while I was looking for my wallet. Also, on a grocery day, the young man bagging my groceries lost his wedding ring in one of my bags! I told him I would bring it back once I got my bags emptied. And I found it in the first bag I emptied. When you have a little time and peace, a missing item usually presents itself.
The spice cabinet in our new house was so small that our old spice rack (riser) couldn’t fit So we got the spicy shelf from target and it was perfect!! We adjusted to the small dimensions and can now store AND see all our spices perfectly!
I can’t express enough how much I love your videos! I am definitely a phone boob-Tucker. In May we went to Alberta to visit family. I was at my brother’s and could not find my apple earbuds. I tore my suitcase, and purse apart 3 times. My husband and brother searched the vehicles while me and my sister in law searched everywhere in the house. No earbuds! I thought maybe they had fallen out of the car at some point during a stop. Then my SIL said use your iPhone to do a find my earbuds search. The phone said the buds were near me. We searched some more, spent a good 3 hours or more on and off all day looking for the stupid things. It was so frustrating. At this point we had searched everywhere several times. Later that evening we were having supper, I went to adjust the strap on my bra and what did I feel? Yup!! 😂
I have some nice under sink and bathroom vanity storage bins from the container store, and they have been the best purchase I have ever made. I love them❤❤❤ but I'm definitely a dollar store fan.
You’re Nuts. I died laughing 😂 but yep I have done something similar. I have been on my phone looking for my phone😂😂😂 so I felt your pain as I died laughing with you ❤.
Once we were leaving a birthday party that was held at a hall. I stayed to help clean up and when we all were finally leaving, I couldn't find my car keys. Everyone was searching everyone. My daughter-in-law's cousin was afraid maybe someone threw them out when removing the plastic table covers or they got thrown in the trash somehow. This poor woman actually went into the dumpster to try and find them! We ended up leaving my car there and decided we'd have my spare set mailed to us. Yes, this party was in CT. when we were visiting my son. We lived in Pa. Anyway, when we got back to their house and I was getting changed into my PJs, sure enough my keys fell out of the same area as your phone holder! Then I remembered, when I went out to my car to grab something, I tucked my keys in that special holding area to carry the large item into the party! So Cass, at least nobody went dumpster diving for your phone. They still torment me about this. If anything is missing someone suggest checking in my bra!
Wow that is the largest, most organized, well stocked Dollar Tree I have ever seen! Thanks for the input on what works and what doesn't. I follow a number of organizing experts and I will say I appreciate your advice because it is doable for anyone with any size budget. You demonstrate that you don't have to spend $$$ on high-end organization to get great results. I usually watch your videos with my son during lunch. His favorite part is the very end of you video, which had me laughing so hard...until I tried explaining the humor to him (he's too young to understand the humor and I am grateful he isn't growing up too fast)!
The under bed storage with wheels is rollback $27.97 at Walmart Canada. The US regular price is $19.98. Cass, come on down to Pennsylvania. We'd have a blast shopping (and eating). 😄
IKEA is my favorite place for visual organizing. The SAMLA containers have recently experienced a price hike but are still reasonably priced clear containers. Thanks to YOUR book, I know that I'm a BEE and I'm systematically replacing the opaque containers. It's empowering and I am so grateful for your insights.
One of my favorite storage items (if you can afford them)... After I moved to a new state and was buying a new bed and mattress (I only moved with my personal items because all of my furniture was so old it didn't seem worth the money/expense to move it), so I bought a frame that 1) went ALL the way down to the floor (so I would never need to vacuum under my bed, but mostly so scaredy kitties wouldn't hide under the bed. The no vacuuming was a nice benefit!!! 👍👍👍 And, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT 2) has 6 LARGE DRAWERS in the bedframe. I personally use 4 & 1/5 of them as a my bookcase (I'm a total bookworm lol) & the other 1.5 drawers hold all of my yoga/stretching/recovery stuff (yoga mat fits too! ;) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, whenever you next need a new bedframe, that you buy one of these frames with the drawers! You could get rid of your entire dresser in your bedroom if you wanted to store your clothes in it!🎉🎉🎉 I actually have NO dressers in my bedroom, bc I hang up all of my clothes and the folded ones I put in little stacks on the shelf above the rod, but if I didn't have SOOOOOO many books (which I AM working on downsizing/decluttering;) then I COULD use a drawer or 2 for my clothes if I wanted to 😊
I have been looking for a bed like this for the same reason . Baby toys going under the bed as well as my cats. But every bed I show my husband he tells me it looks too fragile 😞
This is such a great idea. Every time Cass shows those under the bed storage things, I cringe. I can't stand moving stuff from under my bed to clean under it. I want to do a quick swiffer and move on.
I made a platform bed... it fit 7- 80L totes, my sewing machine and a tool box- for a double futon ( made slightly smaller so the futon was over the bedframe).. it didn't have a leg under it I designed it like a deck so didn't need a centre leg. it mostly blocked cats from going under... ( kittens could fit LOL) I could have blocked it more w fabric /screening etc. our current bed an Ikea queen I made a skirting around it to block 3 sides well... they breached the 4th... have to fix that. I store sheets etc under it. normally not good fung shui to store things under the bed but if you have too much stuff and /or not enough storage... sanity is more important pack n stack. our old house had 2 closets... 1 downstairs 1 up.. none in the bedrms.. the bed was like another closet esp in the days when I was more maximalist. and a godsent when we lived in a 500 sq ft tinyhouse rental-1 closet... till we got this house.
@@Ramirez2523 Funny story: During the tail end of the covid lockdown, we bought a bed. I specifically wanted under bed drawers for the many reasons Cas talked about. Turns out, the bed we ordered was stuck at the port because of supply chain issues. I only discovered that because I was calling every week for MONTHS, asking where the bed was, while sleeping on mattresses on the floor. I told them I'm in my 60s and getting up off the floor is brutal, LoL! After 9 months of this, we got a refund and bought something in stock. No drawers. Bummer. But I can laf about it now.
" A snack in my crack." 😂😂 Hilarious. I love shopping at Dollar Tree. I shop very similar and am very picky but I always find some gems that are actuall very decent quality. I also love the bit about bins and if you get them you better already know what you're gonna put in them first. I need to go get me a pretty file folder for all my paper clutter.
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OMG I totally lost my blue tooth ear piece years ago!! I lost it “some time” during the day. I looked in my car, all over my house, even had my three year old son helping me look in his toy box, etc. it was probably around midnight when I finally call it quits and go to get my jammies on. I took my shirt off and lo and behold, nestled right in my cleavage was that familiar blue light!! 🤣🤣🤣.
PS- you should come help me and my clutter (and my marriage. I’m just across the Victoria Ferry to Port Angeles!!)❤
Does anyone else get so excited when you get a new Clutterbug notification?! She is a blessing to watch. I truly love everything about her. She makes me laugh, smile, cry, and etc.
Yesss!!!
I TOTALLY DO TOO!!!
Whenever I get the notification, I watch the new video right away!!! 😁😁😁😎
YES to me she’s like a second mom giving me tips and a pep talk 😭
Yes!!!! 🎉💜🎉💜
Yes, me too! Cas is AMAZING, and I love her stories. She is so relatable! ❤
"My Dollar Tree is kind of craptastic…"
*Proceeds to show off one of the cleanest, best stocked Dollar Trees I've ever seen* 😅
Haha - yes! This was exact thought. The Dollar Tree stores near me literally look like post-apocalyptic nightmares
I think she wasn't at the one near her house, the way she said it was like, I don't go often to the one by my house because it's bad. The one near my house is craptastic and the one farther away is even worse 😂
Right?? She always has all of these finds that would never be in mine. We have like a 16th of any of that, and it’s all junk.
Alot if the dollar stores are closing.
Same. Dollarama seems to be better in BC.
The story at the end never disappoints! 😂
Your "big changes with tiny actions" podcast episode literally turned my life around this week. Without boring you with the details, I've had a VERY hard year, I also have diagnosed ADHD and I have 3 weeks left to turn my home's condition around (apart from a number of other big responsibilities). I was feeling so hopeless and useless. The past 3 days I have just spent half an hour a day, with that episode playing, chipping away at it and my whole home is changing and my hope is back. Thank you.
Those big jars with glass lids and no seal, are great for putting wrapped stuff like granola or candy bars and such. You can put variety in there and everyone can see what's in it.
I lost my phone at a hotel. Looked all over the room for it, in the lobby, had my son held by the hand going everywhere looking for it. I went to the front desk -
Has anyone turned in a phone?
He says - is it blue?
I said YES!!!
He said - it's in your back pocket.
🤦🏻♀️
You are my kind of gal. Was on my phone one time talking sitting in my car. Was asked a question and started looking all over in my purse, passenger seat for my phone. Lol
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We use the sliding under the bed totes to store extra bedding. That way, if anything happens in the middle of the night, everyone has the right sized bedding for their bed right there easy to find.
brilliant!
Sorry Cass, Im a convert to NOT storing anything under beds. With nothing under there I can run my robot vacuum under the beds. You would be shocked at how much dust collects under beds. Everyone’s allergies have very much improved since this change.
I agree! Nothing under the bed. Besides how challenging it makes it to keep the area clean and dust-free, things under the bed creep me out, too, for some reason.
If you don't need the space it's great but when you're in a small room or apartment sometimes you need it. I live in a big house now but I didn't always and keeping my extra sheets helped. I have 2 cats who live under my bed now so my Roomba needs to visit a few times a week but in my old apartment pre cats, needed the space.
I don't store anything under my bed because of the dust thing, either, but the guest room at my house has literally 14" of vertical space under the bed (and that's the only room in the house with any real storage - no garage), so the things I'm keeping but that don't fit in my room go in there, either in the closets or under the bed. There is just enough clearance under my bed for my roomba, but that's it - even those low profile underbed boxes Cas showed wouldn't fit.
I agree! No under bed storage. Only if a bed has a designated storage area under the mattress and it it closed. I believe in benefits of air flowing freely under the bed.
I converted to this many years ago when my doctor suggested it because of my allergies and asthma attacks, and it was a game changer! I had already gone from carpet to hard floor, and both have made a huge difference.
I once "lost" my phone while I was holding it in my hand! Also, when my oldest was 4 and my middle was 1 1/2, we were trying to get out of a busy fair. I popped my oldest on my back so I could push the middle in the stroller (I was barely pregnant with #3). In the rush to get out, I thought I lost my son, but he was on my back the whole time. I love your stories.
My best friend and I will be talking and she'll get distracted and say, I have to find my phone 😂, I always wait a minute before laughing at her 😂
@@s.s.8029 I’ve found myself looking for my glasses WHILE WEARING THEM😎🤣
Priceless! Mom’s being busy always make the best stories! When my kids grew up, I couldn’t get through the grocery story aisles without feeling like I lost a child, a spouse, or I was supposed to be somewhere else! It took me years to enjoy being alone!😂
Oh man. I love all the great ideas, but the stories at the end are ALWAYS worth waiting for. 😂
totally agree!
Come for the organizing tips, stay for story time.
Cass’ stories are always a highlight in my day 😂
Agreed!
We moved from a Houston suburb with huge walk-in closets to a small town in Wyoming--a house built in 1939. The closet organizer from Walmart has been amazing to make the tiny closet pull its weight.
Cas, during your tyhb live, you talked about how we can’t buy self-worth at the store, can’t find self-respect there. And that made a huge impact on my shopping mentality. I want more videos about this topic specifically.
Also the notion that I’m not going to find self-worth online, or staring at my phone. I have adhd and if anything shopping and staring at my phone are draining my self-respect.
Thanks for bringing this up. Of all the changes I’ve made in my life because of you and tyhb, this is the most important one. It’s huge, life changing, but it was one little mention in a live that lots of viewers didnt get to see. Please don’t let stay a small thing.
Shout it loud, for the people in the back. You’re not going to buy self-worth at the store, you can’t find it online!!
The story at the end of the video reminded me of a time many years ago. I was wearing a favourite necklace. At some point that day, I put my hand to my throat and realized that the necklace was no longer there. I retraced my steps to no avail, and finally concluded that I had accidentally flushed it when I had used a public washroom. I was heartbroken. Imagine my surprise when I was changing into my pj's that night, and the necklace fell out of my bra. My big bosom saved the day!
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Same with my new diamond earring i had my daughters school searching for 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a Butterfly with ADHD and use the Dollar Tree Desk Planner as my calendar. 😊 My goal is to become an pro organizer by the end of the year. My home is finally almost organized because of your videos and podcasts! This is the first time I've seen the light at the end of the tunnel, ever. I want to change lives like you do. ❤
cas, when I don't wanna clean my house and I am so unmotivated YOU motivate me. THANK YOU ❤ I suffer from depression and some days are so hard. I've dishes in a sink full of water for 3 days. 😢😢😢😢 I'm trying...watching you motivates me to make my house pretty. ❤ no one here really appreciates it but still...thank you.
I live alone and have health and mobility issues with my lifelong depression. Not much motivation so I hear you and agree. I have been in bed since just before the 4th of July. And really up and down since June 2nd. Lost my significant other a year ago June. Thanks if you read this for letting me unload. Take care. Stay strong.
Hey guys. I also suffer from depression, anxiety, and ADHD. This weekend I set a timer to do one thing. I did it, and felt so much better! I ended up doing more things. But even if you just do that one thing, it helps. Go set your timer for 5,10, or 15 minutes and see what you can knock out! We’ve got this!
@@lisab9541, sorry for your loss. i'm coming up on 5 years without my love.
Do it for yourself and nobody else!
Sending hugs and love
Everyone on You Tube has nicer Dollar Trees than we do. Yours looks so clean and tidy.
I just had what can only be described as a cruddy day, and your lost phone and "snack in the crack" comment made me laugh out loud! Thank you!
Right now my Walmart is selling school supplies. I discovered the plastic crayon box holders will hold small tech cords, plugs and ear pods. Then I discovered 7 of those boxes fit into the narrow kitchen storage with the end handle. So each small box is labeled on top with the contents and the area right under the handle is labeled “cords” so when I need a tech cord I go to that box! Total cost right now. 7X .$50 = $3.50 plus the DT narrow clear kitchen bin…$1.25. Less than $5. Piece of mind and time saved from searching…priceless!
Thanks for sharing!
I love this idea ! Ty
We travel back and forth from Michigan to Florida in a van. We found the easiest way to pack things up are in the large plastic tubs. We label them and they are easiest to pack and store away when not in use.
Thank you for all that you share. My butterfly daughter 28 years old has moved into a new unit and I had encouraged her to watch your shares. I am so proud of her and how she has used your teaching.🎉🎉
My hack: Over-the-door hangers with multiple hooks or towel bars. They are renter friendly or good if you're just feeling non-committal. Another tip: label cords so you know what they go to.
The phone story is so relatable!
I use an older version of the Sterilite underbed bin with hinged lid for all my rolls of wrapping paper. It fits even the longest rolls. Gift bags, bows, tissue paper could fit, also.
For your lazy susans, store round containers on them. You'll lose a lot storage space putting boxes (like Tazo) on them; those will take up less room on the shelf. You probably already know that, but maybe that'll help someone else.
Thx for the video!
I adore this girl more than a sunset.
The great thing about back to school season is that lots of organizing items go on sale - shelves, magnets, baskets, storage ottomans ... I like Target because they are reasonably good to their employees, and have a really wide price range of organizers. Choose a large Target in a college town and be sure to shop the front section of the store where they have $3 and $5 deals on organizing stuff. (Also, totally true story: there was that one time when my husky escaped from my vehicle and tracked me into Target and found me in the entryway. "Oh Hi! I know you! Where's the rawhide aisle?")
That's hilarious.
And amazing.
Love the “Tucker” story that’s great because I too know how the brain can misfire when you get flustered. For instance: I’m a pocket person. I’ve got to have pockets in my pants, shorts, jackets and shirts when I can. So, I was looking for money everywhere in my purse, car, pockets and forgot that lent my jacket to my granddaughter. I’d come back into the store and couldn’t find my money so, I finally see my granddaughter carrying 2 bags of my stuff that she had already paid for with the money she found in the jacket. Semi-relieved, I then realize I’d left my purse in the car and out loud in a worried breath, “OMG, my keys are in the car!”. My granddaughter laughs at me and says, “Grandma, they’re in your hand!!” 😂. I then remember locking the car with my FOB. It’s amazing how common sense can go to the wind when you get flustered. It’s not unusual to slide 2-3 pairs of reading glasses on top of my head and when I slide the 4th pair up, one falls off. Glasses are just one of those things that you misplace without even realizing it. 😂
My favorite organizing solutions from the past couple of years: I used a two tier metal mesh shoe rack UNDER my deep desk as a printer stand and to store boxes of long-term files for our business (Target approx $25-30 US on sale & currently on sale this week again). I got a small turnable organizer designed for desks to keep on my coffee table for my remote, pens/highlighters, spare readers, kitty brush, etc. that can easily be picked up & put in a cabinet if needed (Amazon $12). For the "I need everything on top of my bedside table" conundrum, a small upright makeup organizer with the remote in the biggest section, hand cream, lip balm, Olba's inhaler, etc. Lastly, a hurricane pancaked my detached garage. So, I now have 4 rolling carts to substitute for workshop storage (Target $30-35 ea). One has tools, hardware, and fasteners. Another has all paint & supplies. A third has electrical and plumbing. The fourth has gardening stuff best kept inside. Each also has a DT pegboard zip tied to a narrow end. They can roll to wherever I am working and then roll into the lower half of a closet. I wait until what I need goes on sale, so these are the discounted prices. I'm a bee with some tendencies towards butterfly in certain situations and always want the things I use regularly immediately at hand (which can quickly turn into visual clutter).
You
Are
A
Genius.
I LOVE the cart ideas.
I already have one for my sewing business, one in my pantry, plus one to use as a tea cart when I have guests, but now I'll expand my thinking. You inspired me!
Can you link to the Target rolling carts please? I checked and there's dozens of different ones. TIA!
I’m a butterbee and I feel you on all of that. Great ideas.
I also lost my pink phone this week at Walmart. Luckily someone turned it in. So grateful.
My friend left hers in a Walmart bathroom. She called me from her husband's phone and said that the kids who found it were in the store but demanding $100 for it. I told her to call back and tell them to meet her at customer service and then tell customer service to call security because they stole your phone. She did and their mom showed up with them and didn't know what was going on and yelled at her kids for trying to extort my friend. They were lucky they didn't get arrested. It's always best to turn in electronics, they're trackaby😂
I was recently diagnosed with ADHD and I am OLD! You are truly the only one who gets me and I am so happy I found you! Watching your videos has been more helpful than anything else I have tried. Thank you so much!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@barbhutchinson5907 I have adhd and am OLD as well…we should commiserate 😊
I organized my closet with heavy corrugated cardboard boxes. Cut the tops off, cut an oval hole in the front, and bought the dollar store wall paper to cover them. I've had them 4 years now, and they are holding up nicely. The boxes I used where mostly reused cat litter boxes, as they are well made.
Also, I saw a TikTok featuring a big busted female comedian. She started a story and while telling the tale, she reached into her bosom area and brought out an ash tray and a glass, and then set it on a stool next to her. She reached in again for a bottle of tonic…then some ice in a ziplock bag which she dumped into her glass…she then went back in and retrieved an entire bottle of booze! (She had to dig down deep to get that). The crowd just lost it at that point🤭😅😂🤣
Omg!!!! Too funny!!!!
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which comedian love to see it
@@gloriagarcia4308 look up coco the comic
I’ve seen that one! It’s an old clip. Very funny
My favourite bit was the end clip. ❤ I’m a teacher and I saw one of my kids frantically looking around at the end of the day for something. I asked him what he was looking for, so I could help and he said his coat. I had to gently point out to him that he was actually wearing it already. We both laughed so much.
In England the houses are often so small that our beds have drawers built under them.
Thank you for the great tips and strategies, the sense of humour, and for being REAL!!! As a fellow ADHDer, you don’t just make my life so much easier, but I get to laugh at myself rather than feeling completely inadequate ❤🙂👍
I love the storage jars at IKEA. They seal tight and have rubber seals. They’re called Korken and come in several sizes.
Thanks for the tip!
I use the plastic pencil cases (usually $1 at Walmart as school starts) to organize my jewelry-making supplies, from findings to wire to gemstone beads. If you're old enough to remember putting VHS tapes into a drawer on their sides, in a row, so you could read the labels, then you know exactly how I manage to fit a whole lot of these pencil cases into some drawers in my craft room that are just deep enough to hold a double row of them. I label both of the long narrow sides, so there's a label facing up even if I put the case back upside-down. Even with labels, I prefer the clear cases, although I can see a use for color-coding as well.
My Storage Hack: I use inexpensive bathroom organising containers for my art and office supplies on my desk. They are waterproof and easy to clean, with dividers that let me, a bee, visually micro-organise without having to buy a bunch of additional containers to go inside each large container.
The honest review of the crap stuff at Dollar Store is the best thing in the world! Thank you. You’ve saved me a lot of time, once again
I love your stories! LOL. My Grandma always used to lose her reading glasses and would ask me to run all over the house to find them. One time, I spent a good half-hour looking everywhere. When I returned to her empty-handed, there they were, on top of her head! lol
Refrigerator organization is an anathema to me...I buy clear bins and then rehome them. Apparently refrigerator Jenga is my jam.
Thank you for telling us what not to buy. I found that to be extremely valuable.
Great picks! My go to for organising (as a cricket) is large clear pencil cases approx 30cm long, (usually 75p - £2 each here in the UK). I have all my DIY bits separated into them (3M hooks, nails, screws, sandpaper, twine, handsaw, glue gun etc) labelled on the top right corner, and lined up in a drawer like files. It is super quick and easy to flick through to find what I want and put back any bits after use. Very affordable and easy to re-label if you use up something, or buy additional ones if needed.
Comparison shopping isn’t for me so I’m glad you made this video😊😊. I watch my granddaughters during the day and they have quite a selection of Barbies😮. I bought that bin on wheels and it is wonderful! It slides right under the bed and they just roll it out when they play. It is also shallow enough for them to search for those tiny pieces of Barbie accessories that get lost in the bottom! Great finds. Thank you 🙏 OMG! I just finished the video and the lost phone story 😂😂😂. Someone should have called it for you 😂😂😂. Then you would have been really surprised!
For food storage I use old glass instant coffee jars. They have rubber seals 😊 I've collected them from all my friends and family. I'm getting a little tired of them now, but they used to be great. I'll probably find a way to refresh them a bit soon.
Wow the pug boards on the side of a bookshelf. Amazing. Never thought of that space
@@vze1wo8m Yes! This is why I’d like her to do a video of organization throughout her entire home. She has such great ideas.
Things that helped me a lot.. suction cup plastic baskets for the shower (Meijer) and silicone travel cosmetics bottles (Amazon) saved me space in the shower. I also like the dollar tree plastic baskets not quite square with the circle holes. They’re not the sturdiest per se but they are great for catching clutter (ie roomates too lazy to toss their drink cans and bottles) and smaller clothing items. Once the small basket gets full we bring to the larger laundry baskets (in garage or laundry room)
You did a great thing telling folks to know what they need storage bins for before they buy them. I learned the hard way. At least y family and friends have a use for them.
I'm the happy recipient of bins family members buy and discover they don't need them.
I'm using them to organize Grandma and Grandpa's things, because hubby decided everything had to come into OUR HOUSE when Grandpa went into memory care. (Gramma passed away in 2015)
Their STUFF filled our son's room (he had just moved out), the garage, AND MY FRONT PORCH.
I kid you not.
My front porch was filled with junk for 2 years, no matter how much I cried, yelled, or bargained.
Our niece took pity on me and got him to pull it all out into the driveway and sort. NOBODY wants broken Christmas ornaments, old stained clothes, and souvenirs from medicare plan seminars. Nobody.
Then hubby proceeded to put all the "keeps" back into the porch.
Ugh.
It all only left when the home insurance company said they were coming for an inspection of our exterior, to see if it's fireproof.
Yayyyy.
But then it migrated into a shed next to the garage. I still call it a win.
Now I've been given "permission" to go thru the stuff in our son's room.
Thanks to Cas I have a plan:
Everything that's trash or donations, goes.
Everything that's left gets sorted and binned, labeled, and ready for family to peruse after probate.
I hate this.
If you see Space Tape at the Dollar Tree, it's wonderful. It has no hook but it's great for things that don't need a hook. It's clear, really holds weight, and removes easily. It's even water-proof; I've had some outdoors that went through rain.
I use the dollar tree collapsible bins to store books/paperbacks/bookmarks. It looks better than a pile of reading material and gives them a specific home.
IKEA has some sturdy bins in various sizes (for clothes) and they have dividers, which I love!
Amazon has some smaller, shallow bins with a bunch of sewn-in mesh dividers (for socks and underwear) which makes it easy to see all your sock and undie options all at once instead of having to dig around in a deep drawer/bin!
I lost my phone once... it was in my hand... and I was Facetiming... yes that happened.
Amazon - mDesign or iDesign clear acrylic hinged lid boxes. What do I store in them? …. Everything.
Energy bars, candy, cheese sticks, pink stuff powder toilet bowl foamer, Clorox wand refills, neutrogena individually packed makeup remover clothes, q-tips, colored pencils, makeup, etc.
I like seeing what I have. Out of sight means out of mind. If I see it, I use it.
These are easy access the lids have a tiny bump-out at the front so you can just brush your fingers up the front, reach inside and grab a miniature PB Cup.
Fridge, vanity, desk, linen closet, cabinets, etc.
More expensive but I love the way they look & I can clearly see what I have …. Above dollar store quality & I’ve had them a long time.
Love Clutterbug.
Thank you for the tip about looking for the rubber seal on food storage products.
I love watching her enthusiasm!
Oh my gosh!!! Your story at the end 😂 I used to put my key card for work in my bra….so I went to lunch and of course couldn’t find my card so had to knock to be let back in. Called security because now I need to have it deactivated and have a new one issued -at my cost-. So I get home have dinner go to change into my jammies and low and behold what falls to the floor but my key card…Good times😅. My favorite storage bins are the clear plastic ones I got from Target for the refrigerator. Not too expensive. Maybe $5-$8 a piece. Love the video Cas 😊
LOVE that Sterlite hinged lid. I have the regular lid. The hinged would be so helpful.
I got some small shelves from amazon for my kitchen to handle the constant countertop clutter. I moved into my grandparents' old house and the kitchen is terrible for modern usage and the cabinets are a nightmare, so I always had things I use daily on the countertop. I got 4 little shelf units that fit along the backsplash, shorter than 12" so they are perfect a fit under the upper cabinet on an old house. I think they were under $20 each. Completely made my kitchen usable again.
My favorite organizers, the set from Amazon of drawer dividers and a lazy Susan. I also found some great clear bins from Hobby lobby that store things all over my house
I don't know if this is a different Dollar Tree than your normal "craptastic" one, but I've never seen a cleaner, more neatly organized DT in my life!!! I'm jealous 😭
I *just* got a bunch of 16 gallon translucent storage boxes! 😂 It honestly is more than we need, but they were on clearance for THREE DOLLARS!!! Couldn't turn that down.
We do have a lot of the heavier duty tubs, but they're solid colored. I've learned that even if it's labeled I'll forget what's in the box if I can't see it. Going to transition out of the solid colored totes and purge a bunch of stuff in the process!
Loved the story..about the phone location.....😂😂😂me and my husband enjoyed the tips on where to go for organizing supplies, and i said - oh wait shes got a story...we have to hear this- didnt see that coming...when you said where it was, we laughed out loud, and i mean LOUD...thanks for the smile and laugh!
I love you so much! Your stories are funny and you’re honesty is refreshing. You make me want to declutter, organize, and clean. That is saying something. Please do not tuck your phone in your bra. It is a cancer risk. Take care and I’ll see you in the next video! Debbie from Kentucky
Would love to see you do the same type of shopping at Target!
Yes, Target has great organizing supplies, especially on-line.
Wouldn’t get much with $100.
Or Ikea!
That would be awesome
sadly no target in Canada. Ikea would be good though!
Two of my favorite storage hacks for apartment living is making more storage space without having to loose other vital cabinet space…
I bought a wire shelving system from Amazon to place on top of my bedroom closet (where the shelf is too low to utilize all of the storage potential). The wired shelving system is clipped together and then zip tied for solidarity and then securely zip tied to the existing shelves in the front and back for each system, multiple times. Because the wires run horizontally on lateral shelving wires, it works. Placing Dollar Tree cloth bins inside for smaller clothes and clear Dollar Tree cutting boards taped onto the shelves for pants, jackets etc. to easily slide on/off was very useful. Labeling the bins was very useful and there are plastic bins that can fit the cloth bins perfectly.
I also have a hack for converting a coat closet into a pantry. Buy a couple of wire shelves to match the one in the coat closet and then buy chain at Home Depot by the yard after you’ve measured the descending space you want to place your shelves in. Buy carabiner clips and clip the chains (at least 4chains: 2 for front and 2 for back of the shelves) to the existing shelf, two far apart in the back and two with the same distance in the front. Next, carabiner clip the next shelf underneath onto each chain and so forth. You can then cut Dollar Tree foam boards and Dollar Tree shelf liner to tape to the shelves to ensure stability for items on the shelves. Then find your favorite storage system: I buy the large tubs at Dollar Tree or Five Below to keep snacks, baking goods, bagged pasta, snacks, nuts, dried fruit and other bagged goods in…etc. On the floor, I keep slide out rice bins from Daiso and wire baskets near the floor to keep potatoes and onions in to stay cool near the ground to keep longer. I also keep a few larger bins for chips on the top shelf. If your top shelf is too low, you can buy 2 wire shelf sets, zip tie them securely to the top shelf and buy MDF to fit between the two sets of shelves to add more shelving. I cut mine (well Home Depot cut them for me) to fit tightly between the frames but if you worry, you can use peg board or drill MDF to zip tie them to the other shelving units. Now, when I move, it’s easy to disassemble and take it with me.
The dollar tree jar you passed on is horrible for food, but great for small craft items in my yarn room! I limited myself to just one, so I don't give in to my inner jar goblin
Targets stackable bathroom bins are my favorites. Inexpensive and straight sides, come in multiple sizes. They have frosted white and gray. I have them in my kitchen, bedroom and bathroom!
I LOVE YOU CASS!!
I just watched this episode and wanted to jump thru my TV while you were at Walmart to tell you about an awesome Under the Bed storage I found! It’s not a plastic bin, but more along the lines of the things you’d zip up with clothes inside, or maybe shoe hangers on back of doors… it looks like the same size as the sterilite one you showed, and it’s on wheels! It has a frame but more of a fabric outer case, but the part I love the most is it has a soft plastic lid that zips all around! I have 4 of them under my bed, and a few under all the other beds. They are great for storing clean sheets and blankets for each room, as well as anything else! I keep all my extension cords, batteries, chargers etc in one and my duct tape and random tools etc. ( I don’t have a garage or basement to store these items but these things are perfect! ) Not sure I can add a photo here, so you’ll have to trust me!
Thank you for being YOU!!
Another benefit to shopping at the Dollar Tree is testing out storage solution options. Even if they don't have quite the right size of container, it can still be a good idea to test out a new type of solution to see how you/your household responds to the solution in your home without breaking the bank. I hate trying out something that I paid more for only to have no one use the thing.
A free way to do this same idea is to use the boxes and packaging things come in, cut to fit your space if necessary.
I say test before top dollar commitments!
Once again, good tips and honest reviews ♥ TFS!
Great idea!
I love your story time at the end!
I never knew about the wonders of the standing paper storage folder at Walmart until I saw one a couple of years ago, searching for something to store homeschool papers! It is FANTASTIC! I got a black one that looks so nice on my counter and it is so much easier for me to quickly file away the kids homeschool papers we keep from year to year.
Cass! I'm loving your book on Audible. Wish you were the narrator! Always great ideas!
I love the Lazy Susan’s for use in my bathroom, kitchen and even under my plants. I have all the different sizes and colors. I can fit my daily-use bathroom items into the deeper ones. It so easy to pull them out when I need them and tuck them away when I am done. One quick tip that I’ll share when it comes to decluttering…once I have emptied out a drawer or cabinet, I look at only the items I use on a regular basis. I find a spot for them and only then do I look at what’s left over and see what room I have left. My bathroom cabinets (which are currently being repainted) only have so much space in them. I got rid of a number of items I was not using and that was only taking up space. Now I have room to tuck everything away and have clear counters (well, after the dust settles and the paint dries!). I highly recommend Lazy Susan’s!! I got mine from Amazon. Our Dollar Tree is tiny (8 aisles?)…I call it Dollar Twig. 😂 They do not have half of the items shown in the video. But I still scope them out from time to time. I use plastic baskets in my kitchen cupboards to sort packages/bags - rice, pasta, dried beans, nuts, etc. So much easier to pull a basket from the upper shelves without everything falling on top of me. The baskets are labeled for easy reference. I will admit it is an assorted lot of baskets but it does not bother me as long as they work and are easy to use.
they're also great in the fridge - like the one she shows with the compartments. keep lots of condiments there (we're a hot sauce family) so we have room for other condiments in the door!
Dollar Twig..that’s cute!
Thanks to you, I have figured out what is different for me and my husband...His piles drive me nuts! I can't wait to give him drawers and containers for his landing zones. Yes I have my own piles but I just need a basket for taking stuff to other rooms
The little maple leaf nest to the Dollar Tree sign is adorable
Clutterbug is my accountability buddy in everything. I was wondering why I can't finish videos of other vloggers even if they are talking about topics I like too and I stil tend to watch/listen Cass' videos. I realized it's her tone. She has highs, and lows, she screeches and growls. While most of the vloggers today talk monotonously.
Cass' energy is very refreshing. 🌹🌹🌹
Target has great clear acrylic drawer organizers in the bathroom section
I use the big glass jars in my bathroom for extra soaps, loofas, razors, etc. I put them on a shelf next to my shower.
Ooooo Under the bed!!!! I was just thinking about this! Fyi taking another load to Goodwill today. 3 Rd week 🎉🎉🎉
Awesome for you!!!! Congratulations!!!! Keep up the great work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
ALDIs, at certain times of the year, have organization tools such as very strong shelves with plastic coating you can easily use on the kitchen. I have one on my kitchen counter with spices on top and stackable bowls under it. And I have another one in my kitchen cupboard. They come in a two-pack. They have brought in drawer organizers that are both fabric and metal and metal baskets that you can hang together or separately. All good quality for economical prices. The draw back is that you don’t know when they will be in store.
17:47 I could never boob-tuck a phone , it would fall right to the floor. But I did know an awesome lady who had an actual boob-shelf. Very useful.
Right now favorite storage option can't be bought or bought cheaply, going me made lol, have recently been reutilizing black resin shelves for clothing , usable shelf space is 32w X 12d x 14h, so i'm making odd shaped cubes, 10w X 12d X 14h to maximize the space. Using materials i have on hand, free cardboard, & making them so the cardboard can be removed for washing the fabric or replacing the cardboard as it breaks down over time😀Curtains will cover the lot.
WOW, your store is so clean, stocked and organized! Jealous 😄
I have never seen a dollar tree so well stocked and clean in my life!!!
Canadian dollar trees are different... they have several employees and its not allowed to be stuffed like the American ones... dollarama can at times get stuffed with things in the isles but nothing like the states.
Cass, you really crack me up! I love all your videos especially organizing ones. I can’t keep anything organized so I always look forward to your tips. Great video and keep them coming.
PS: I always stay until the end. That is usually the best part!😂😂😂
I am not a “Tucker” but I have been watching RUclips videos on my phone, in my hand, and walked around trying to find my phone!
I just love your end stories ! I am not a boob-tucker but I tend to lose my phone all the time, 95% of the time at home. The only way to find it is by making it ring. I even kept a landline for dialing the number but cancelled it when I got a smart watch that signals it to ring.
My favorite organizing containers are the ones I already have, but I'm not currently using. As for my missing wallet, I couldn't find it because it was tucked under my chin while I was looking for my wallet. Also, on a grocery day, the young man bagging my groceries lost his wedding ring in one of my bags! I told him I would bring it back once I got my bags emptied. And I found it in the first bag I emptied. When you have a little time and peace, a missing item usually presents itself.
The spice cabinet in our new house was so small that our old spice rack (riser) couldn’t fit So we got the spicy shelf from target and it was perfect!! We adjusted to the small dimensions and can now store AND see all our spices perfectly!
I can’t express enough how much I love your videos!
I am definitely a phone boob-Tucker. In May we went to Alberta to visit family. I was at my brother’s and could not find my apple earbuds. I tore my suitcase, and purse apart 3 times. My husband and brother searched the vehicles while me and my sister in law searched everywhere in the house. No earbuds! I thought maybe they had fallen out of the car at some point during a stop.
Then my SIL said use your iPhone to do a find my earbuds search. The phone said the buds were near me. We searched some more, spent a good 3 hours or more on and off all day looking for the stupid things. It was so frustrating. At this point we had searched everywhere several times.
Later that evening we were having supper, I went to adjust the strap on my bra and what did I feel? Yup!! 😂
I have some nice under sink and bathroom vanity storage bins from the container store, and they have been the best purchase I have ever made. I love them❤❤❤ but I'm definitely a dollar store fan.
I like straight-sided bins only, without a lip on the top.
Yes on the turn around. What ever they call it. I love those things!!
You’re Nuts. I died laughing 😂 but yep I have done something similar. I have been on my phone looking for my phone😂😂😂 so I felt your pain as I died laughing with you ❤.
Hey Cass! Homesense also has a good selection and good prices.
Once we were leaving a birthday party that was held at a hall. I stayed to help clean up and when we all were finally leaving, I couldn't find my car keys. Everyone was searching everyone. My daughter-in-law's cousin was afraid maybe someone threw them out when removing the plastic table covers or they got thrown in the trash somehow. This poor woman actually went into the dumpster to try and find them! We ended up leaving my car there and decided we'd have my spare set mailed to us. Yes, this party was in CT. when we were visiting my son. We lived in Pa. Anyway, when we got back to their house and I was getting changed into my PJs, sure enough my keys fell out of the same area as your phone holder! Then I remembered, when I went out to my car to grab something, I tucked my keys in that special holding area to carry the large item into the party! So Cass, at least nobody went dumpster diving for your phone. They still torment me about this. If anything is missing someone suggest checking in my bra!
Wow that is the largest, most organized, well stocked Dollar Tree I have ever seen! Thanks for the input on what works and what doesn't. I follow a number of organizing experts and I will say I appreciate your advice because it is doable for anyone with any size budget. You demonstrate that you don't have to spend $$$ on high-end organization to get great results. I usually watch your videos with my son during lunch. His favorite part is the very end of you video, which had me laughing so hard...until I tried explaining the humor to him (he's too young to understand the humor and I am grateful he isn't growing up too fast)!
The under bed storage with wheels is rollback $27.97 at Walmart Canada. The US regular price is $19.98. Cass, come on down to Pennsylvania. We'd have a blast shopping (and eating). 😄
IKEA is my favorite place for visual organizing. The SAMLA containers have recently experienced a price hike but are still reasonably priced clear containers. Thanks to YOUR book, I know that I'm a BEE and I'm systematically replacing the opaque containers. It's empowering and I am so grateful for your insights.
One of my favorite storage items (if you can afford them)...
After I moved to a new state and was buying a new bed and mattress (I only moved with my personal items because all of my furniture was so old it didn't seem worth the money/expense to move it), so I bought a frame that
1) went ALL the way down to the floor (so I would never need to vacuum under my bed, but mostly so scaredy kitties wouldn't hide under the bed. The no vacuuming was a nice benefit!!! 👍👍👍
And, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT
2) has 6 LARGE DRAWERS in the bedframe. I personally use 4 & 1/5 of them as a my bookcase (I'm a total bookworm lol) & the other 1.5 drawers hold all of my yoga/stretching/recovery stuff (yoga mat fits too! ;)
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, whenever you next need a new bedframe, that you buy one of these frames with the drawers! You could get rid of your entire dresser in your bedroom if you wanted to store your clothes in it!🎉🎉🎉
I actually have NO dressers in my bedroom, bc I hang up all of my clothes and the folded ones I put in little stacks on the shelf above the rod, but if I didn't have SOOOOOO many books (which I AM working on downsizing/decluttering;) then I COULD use a drawer or 2 for my clothes if I wanted to 😊
I have been looking for a bed like this for the same reason . Baby toys going under the bed as well as my cats.
But every bed I show my husband he tells me it looks too fragile 😞
This is such a great idea. Every time Cass shows those under the bed storage things, I cringe. I can't stand moving stuff from under my bed to clean under it. I want to do a quick swiffer and move on.
I made a platform bed... it fit 7- 80L totes, my sewing machine and a tool box- for a double futon ( made slightly smaller so the futon was over the bedframe).. it didn't have a leg under it I designed it like a deck so didn't need a centre leg. it mostly blocked cats from going under... ( kittens could fit LOL) I could have blocked it more w fabric /screening etc.
our current bed an Ikea queen I made a skirting around it to block 3 sides well... they breached the 4th... have to fix that. I store sheets etc under it.
normally not good fung shui to store things under the bed but if you have too much stuff and /or not enough storage... sanity is more important pack n stack.
our old house had 2 closets... 1 downstairs 1 up.. none in the bedrms.. the bed was like another closet esp in the days when I was more maximalist. and a godsent when we lived in a 500 sq ft tinyhouse rental-1 closet... till we got this house.
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Funny story:
During the tail end of the covid lockdown, we bought a bed. I specifically wanted under bed drawers for the many reasons Cas talked about.
Turns out, the bed we ordered was stuck at the port because of supply chain issues. I only discovered that because I was calling every week for MONTHS, asking where the bed was, while sleeping on mattresses on the floor. I told them I'm in my 60s and getting up off the floor is brutal, LoL!
After 9 months of this, we got a refund and bought something in stock. No drawers.
Bummer. But I can laf about it now.
" A snack in my crack." 😂😂 Hilarious. I love shopping at Dollar Tree. I shop very similar and am very picky but I always find some gems that are actuall very decent quality. I also love the bit about bins and if you get them you better already know what you're gonna put in them first. I need to go get me a pretty file folder for all my paper clutter.
Food jars - its worth looking at the containers your groceries come in. In the UK Helmans Mayo jars are great