My home has been piling up since my husband passed 3 years ago. I've looked at my kitchen and thought, well this is going to take 6 months. After I started watching your videos and you clean an entire hoarded kitchen 20 X worse than mine and say, this took 18 man hours..I went, what? I can clean this in 2 days?? Then I jumped on it. I'm amazed at how well I'm doing and it's thanks to you. I don't have the funds right now to join, but once I do, I will. Thank you for what you do. You are a huge inspiration 😊
Going thorough the grief of being widowed takes years, often, and a lot of patience with yourself. I hope you will give yourself credit for each nice day you have and each bit of cleaning you do! From a widow of 20 years
@ellenw8494 Thank you for that. I hear way too often, you should have a boyfriend by now. You should be dating by now. My husband clothes are still in the closet. His dresser hasn't been touched. I need to get through THAT first Please and ThankYou. I have been cleaning almost daily now and it really does feel good.
Grief is real. I cried every single day for 8 months. Not a day went by. How could I go on?? 💔 One day as I sit in my horrible piled bedroom/bath after 2 yrs of grief. Rest of the house I did mange to keep clean (total square foot 4,000) Because of company. The bedroom/bath was so out of character for me too. I'm a neat freak. I looked around & thought where do I start? I just stood up & made the choice to start. This guy cleans like me....one section at a time. I first piled everything into a large hallway & started cleaning one area at a time. It's a large bedroom suite. After a week...it was just done. The hallway pile was went through & moved to a large foyer downstairs. From there it moved to a large mudroom/laundry room. Every time the pile became smaller & smaller. Until I realized I could get rid of all of it. And I hadn't used some things for years. I gave away designer stuff with price tags still on....but in the end...I felt like the worst part of my grief went with that pile. Now, 4 yrs later, I have so many fond memories instead of the horrible grief. Let yourself grieve for however long it may take. Everyone is different. To anyone that is broken hearted today💔💔💔 Please, hang in there. It will get easier. Hang onto fond memories ❤❤❤ 🙏🙏🙏
@ayabokti161 ❤️🙏❤️ At this very moment in throwing so many things away. I'm trying not to think about it. Just pick it up, so you use it? Yes or no. I'm refusing to attach a memory or feeling to it. It does feel pretty good looking at the pile so far that will be leaving the house. I've been at it literally like 45 minutes. This is going to be a good day. A purge day.
I lost my husband of 40 years 18 months ago. I just went through my second Christmas without him. I have some of his clothes still but other than that I still have most of his thing. My bedroom is a disaster. I just need to get up and get it done but I can't due to severe health reasons thanks to 12 rounds of chemo and covid which scarred my lungs. I look at it and think he wouldn't be happy with me and just cry. I hope soon the pain will ease. Until then I will do what I can as I can and call it good.
Hiiiii Mack! I’m excited to let you know that I’ve finally in at least 5 years started doing “Things”! Thanks to your expertise and patience with your clients, I’ve been able to take it all to heart. Plus yes, I’m in therapy. Then when i saw your video where you said, “I want you to do one thing. Just pick something and do it” (or something like that). That day i did 2 loads of laundry ☺️ The next day i scrubbed out my bathtub! Each day i do something else, and slowly but surely I’m getting things done. Laundry, windows, dishes, etc. I actually wake up excited to do something else to get my house into shape. So thank you, Mack, from the bottom of my heart! ♥️
This was such a nice thing to do. The house might not have been filthy but you did a lot to help a mom with a baby who probably just didn’t have the time.
So I’ve never been able to clean well with my ADHD. But I’ve been binging your videos and today I went to the store got a few of your supplies and followed your instructions. I just did one thing at a time but I did what you said and finished all the way to done. Just one cabinet or one section of counter. I managed to clean and have a good time doing it for like 6 hours! Thank you so much!!! You deserve all the success and I’ll do what I can to help get you to one million subscribers!
Wow .. Look at you go! And you had fun doing it ... I'm so happy for you! I've heard him say, in a place that is full, he uses the 3 ft rule, and it's like what you did ... just one shelf, or drawer, or small space, one cabinet. It's like, how do you want an elephant? One bite at a time! 😂
It's nice you did this clean even if it wasn't bad. Personally I grew up having a regular house cleaner and the general culture was to have a clean home above all else. Well now I'm a SAHM to 4 kids age 4 and under and a home maker. I can't afford a cleaning service. Ultimately, my brain knows my house isn't bad but it is when I compare to the standards I grew up with and that really bothers me sometimes and my heart tells me I'm failing as a home maker. So a clean like this would mean the world to me!
At the end of the day what matters most are that your children are well taken care of & loved, thats what will stick with them vs their home being perfect! ❤
Paint finish tips: Ceiling - flat white Trim/cabinets/doors - Semi-Gloss (I like extra white) Walls - Egg Shell It's more work than painting everything semi-gloss white, but it fancies a place up. The flat white ceiling creates a soft light to even brighten a room. The semi-gloss on frequently touched surfaces is easier to wipe down, and the egg-shell is easier to clean than the flat white, but soft enough to spread the light without glare.
THIS! I don’t know why (maybe a paint salesman) but my mother was OCD when it came to painting the house, & that was the procedure of finish. One year she’d have us kids paint the interior & the next, the exterior.
I live in an old house with plaster walls so I use flat on the walls in the rooms that don't get very dirty because it hides flaws much better than any other finish
So I got sick this weekend and I found your channel somehow. I blew through so many of your videos. I'm a therapist and many of my favorite people have Autism and ADHD. I appreciate how open and respectful you are and your videos are amazing. They are just making me feel good. Wishing you a million subscribers!
While cleaning the kitchen before we had company for Thanksgiving, I followed your suggestion to clean one small section at a time. Wow! That totally kept me from getting overwhelmed and bouncing from one area to another like I usually do! I think that will be a game changer for me, so thank you!!!
Adrian figuring out those pillows was hilarious! Too many pillows was overwhelming to me so I got rid of all but my fave 2. It was a game changer for me. 😊😊😊
I know it gave me flash backs of doing that as a housekeeper with my aunt! 😂 When we’d clean a home with like a MILLION like fancy decoration pillows and I’d be so confused. I’d be able to deep clean a kitchen super fast and then be sitting in a bedroom for ages trying to recall a southern comfort or JCpenny display to figure out the dang pillows 😂 Then we’d go to the living room and Florida room to do it all again 🤣
I don't get why a bazillion pillows is considered fashionable. I just need my one pillow to sleep on and that's it. No hassles or wondering where to put the extras
I like to place sheets of newspaper on top of kitchen cupboards, if they don't reach the ceiling, then change them every couple of months. This stops dust and kitchen grease accumulating on top of them. If I use a fresh lemon in recipes or drinks, I rub the lemon around the kitchen taps before bed to remove limescale, clean it off in the morning. To make a dining room look clean just clear and polish the dining table then put a vase of fresh flowers right in the middle, nothing else. Guests will notice the flowers and table and usually not notice unpolished dressers and chairs. When I worked in a clothing shop we had to have a minimum of 3 inches to move clothes along each rail so customers could see them properly. Might be a good idea in closets at home.
LOOVE this! Will be using it on top of my fridge. How have I not thought of that. Actually I would use dish towels, but like the thought of newspapers much better.
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. A nice reset. I am sure she REALLY appreciated this! I got my kitchen reset yesterday. Clean sheets on one bed. Took daughter to orthodontist appointment. Bought and put groceries. Cooked dinner. I was done for the day.
oxalic acid used to come from peach leaves. when mama wanted to bleach a load of white laundry shed gather the leaves and make a sort of tea (more leaves = stronger bleach) and soak her clothes. now-a-days is it used to bleach stains on wooden furniture. not corrosive like chlorine bleach. one unrelated story is, theyd wash bedding every spring /summer and once when MIL's mama had washed the pillows/sheets they were hung on the clothesline to dry for a couple of days. one night they had a VERY late frost and the next morning my MIL ran through the hanging laundry and pillows and ran smack into a frozen pillow and knocked herself out cold. even she laughed at that as an older lady.
I finished my daily cleaning 5 minutes before this popped up, so yay! I rearranged my kitchen in a more logical fashion over the weekend and tossed half the stuff in it so its a lot easier to clean. I also emptied my bedroom by 90%, cleaned it and slapped on a couple coats of reddish paint on Thursday & Friday last week. I'm going to sort though the stuff I hauled outta there , only put back half the stuff.
My baby sister will rearrange someone's silverware drawer to the drawer that is "logical" the first time she goes to their house. 😂 She still has friends, surprisingly! 😂 🤗 🥰
Hi! I am in Chicago. I have been a nanny, cleaning lady, and an adult care giver. Basically what you did I did in most of the jobs I have worked. I say this is what I did ,you can change it anyway you want, it's yours. People have been happy, or complained I did not ask first ...but they would keep it the same. Feels good to do this for others.
I needed to watch this one again. If the levels of hoarding include sheer number of “things” in the house then they qualify. My kitchen zone cleaning (one week a month) is pretty much the same, everything on the counters gets shifted, counters sanitized, things like the toaster get shined up and the crumbs dumped out, I have mice so we changed to glass canisters that live on the counter, they get shined up, scrub cabinet fronts, bleach my corian sink and I’ll do a project cabinet or drawer or two during the week, also go through cabinets, food inventory looking at dates, checking for evidence of mice, checking for weevils in flour, stinky potatoes, like that. I hate those pillows marching down the bed, they seem to be the Pinterest worthy thing but they wind up being a trip hazard cause they wind up on the floor. Nice job.
"By we I mean Adrienne by herself" 😂 She's adorable. My pet peeve with regard to words is when people confuse "sale" and "sell". It's for sale, not sell. I will sell it, not sale it. ✌️😊
Since we're talking about grammar peeves, I humbly present the Grocer's Apostrophe, which is when people pluralize words with an unnecessary apostrophe (e.g., apple's, Tuesday's, reading's). What confounds me the most is how people got into the habit. It doesn't make an ounce of sense to me.
It is really interesting what people consider "terribly dirty/cluttered". I imagine that this mom has very high standards for her cleaning/organising, and panicked about not being able to uphold that with a baby in the house.
My apartment is not nearly as bad as some that you show, but you motivate me to clear surfaces and take out all the trash, wipe down kitchen and bathroom and make the bed. Thanks for the reminders and inspiration.
Thanks for Sharing this member only vlog along with the extra tips and tricks- a very thoughtful gift. . It's always great (and satisfying) to see how relatively small, targeted effort makes such a big difference. Also, good call on the 'not vacuuming'! Sending best wishes for good health for your wife, you and and family. Merry Christmas.
My son slept through everything as a baby, I could vacuum, have music playing, the dogs barking, we even had the carpets replaced when he was barely 2 weeks old and he slept through all of it. Thankfully he’s almost 4 and is still an excellent sleeper. Great video Mack! Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas season.
Don't know if it can help anyone but I've discovered that washing soda (in the laundry section) literally dissolves soap scum so you can scrub it off with hardly any elbow grease. Just sorta sprinkle it on and distribute it with some water enough to let it sit for a few minutes. Have tried every dang thing for hard soap scum and it's the best yet.
There used to be a BBC program with two ladies who would go in and de-clutter, organize, and clean homes for nominated people. One of their big tips was also to put a shine on things! Makes the room seem newer and brighter!
I love your very practical tips on how to make a house look clean. Your personal bathroom care was a real hoot. Your embedded jokes always break things up for me. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you all :-)
I do dishes every evening and do the counters, microwave, stove and table after I'm done. It's gratifying to see everything clean before going to bed at night.
God Bless us everyone!!! This man literally re-gifted us a video and we love it. (Seriously though so many of my go-to RUclips channels have taken the last 2-3 weeks of the year off...soooo bored. So thanks for some new content)
Thank you as always. I fall but get back up. SO glad I have your videos for inspiration , Mack. For me, I like to air out my bed, and it reminds me to be be grateful for a warm bed. Also cooking smells-I have FOOD TO EAT and many are hungry. Loves these tips!!
Yes, he sure does bring smiles, (especially on a crappy day) and spit our drinks out it's so funny out of the blue the things he comes up with. Thks Mack. He uses his own words. Cause that's how he rolls son.
It's great to get all these tips on cleaning an ordinary house. By the way, your APC is awesome for santizing my cats' litter boxes after they've been washed out with soap and water. And the Mr Clean has become a favorite for cleaning around the toilets because it has such a good scent.
@@mustanghildago4540 It's Mack's all purpose cleaner that he gives the recipe for: mix together a half cup of 70% isopropyl alcohol, 1.5 cups tap water and a few drops of Dawn dish washing liquid (the blue stuff). Shake well and spray on. It disinfects and shines surfaces. Don't use it on wood because of the alcohol. The scent reminds me of an old-fashioned dentist's office, but it does a great job on stainless steel, glass, granite and the litter boxes.
Corrine from Miracle Run here. No matter how subtly you put it, a clean, organized home makes a huge difference in improving your attitude, therefore accomplishing goals, and happiness. You’re an inspiration, everyone can learn from you. Happy Holidays to everyone.😊
You guys are awesome sauce. I wandered across your channel bc I am an elderly/ disabled lady with big, BIG feelings about how my house looks now compared to how I want it to look. It was seriously breaking my spirit. TYVM for teaching me how to clean the disaster I have been surrounded by for months since I fell & broke a bone in my ankle. ❤
Thanks for the wonderful Christmas gift! I recently found your channel and I am LIVING. FOR. IT. 😂I made your APC, and that stuff!!! Woooo! ✨✨✨ I put some peppermint essential oil and I love it. Thanks so much! Keep up the awesome work!
Thank you so much for this! It's Christmas Eve here in Australia and your vid is a welcome addition to my household's entertainment. We have the air conditioning on as it's hot here, lol. Please wish your entire Team all the best for the holiday season.
You didn’t want to vacuum to not wake up the baby… you sure have a soft spot 🥹 I love your and your family’s work. Your comments always give me the giggles. Helping out a mom is the best! Thank you for all you do! And Merry Christmas to you and your family. - A mom from Germany 😊
I still can't believe how we think alike regarding cleaning! I've never had a microfiber cloth that works though. What is apc? I use hydrogen peroxide on soap scum, let it set and then scrape it off. I use magic erasers a lot, I buy the 'knock off' ones and add my own soaps. Cheaper and works great.
Also, I use rubbing alcohol to cut grease on the oven hood and peroxide on some stains cuz it does 'bleach' some of them out. What do you think? I also made the beds for my clients though it's not part of the deal
Ya know, attempting to video something myself, just even to preserve something, brings next level appreciation for your work. As always, your content is relevant, and helpful - informative in non-obvious ways. And then on top of all that, after my feeble attempt to record, I really have such awe for the way you put it all together. Thank you!
Awww, you are generous and fantastic! I love your videos because everything you touch is transformed to the taste and preferences if the homeowners. You have a vety big and empathetic heart. Thank you for this very special video! Merry Christmas to you, your family and viewers! 💕🙏🎄🌟🙏💕
Congratulations on 6000 views despite everyone being busy trying to get organised for all the shops being shut for 2 days for Christmas. A testament to how great your videos are!
I can't wait to clean my interior car windows with APC 🙌🏼!! Only difference is that I plan to use Gain dish liquid, think that will make a difference other than it smells great??
I use to be a clean freak, but health decline over the past few years (covid) has basically halted that. I just moved yesterday and one of the first things I noticed is that there is NO dust falling from the ceiling (I use to see with my naked eye, dust falling in my old house and it wasn't stirred up dust). I realise now in my old home, I pretty much just gave up because I would clean and the next day things were already be dusty again as if a month had passed. It was just pushing crap up hill. I think that mentality along with being sick, I just gave up and didn't care. I didn't get as bad as a hoarder, but watching your videos I was starting to get the mentality of a hoarder. So far I have donated 5 medium garbage size of clothes, shoes, handbags, linen etc to charity and thrown away A LOT! I'll need to wash my sofa, if you have any ideas for that without spending lots of money I'd appreciate it. I do have a steam mop, if that helps with ideas... a good Hoover brand steam mop.
Professional upholstery and carpet cleaners do something called “Bonnet Cleaning “. Take your kitchen mixer with beater attachments and whip up some mild dish detergent like Dove. Then take white washcloths,tea towels or hand towels and rub the upholstery with the SUDS only,not the liquid. It’s an effective,topical cleaning without over wetting the upholstery.
The key take-away for me is that our house isn’t as bad as I think it is. And now I know how to glow it up without too much fuss! About open floor space - totally agree. I have been looking for ways to reduce our furniture load. And I will get that Swiffer duster eventually.
There's no way dusting would take a couple minutes anywhere in my house. My decorative style is maximalist. Basically I've got things hanging all over my walls and decorative items on flat surfaces lol
I'm 9 weeks pregnant and super nauseous and fatigued, so i havent been able to clean as much as i usually do. My house is about the same level of messy and it stresses me out. I bet that mama felt so much better after you all were finished. 😊
You made the house look nice!! Urine trivia: Urine is sterile when it leaves the body. However…..(note to self - avoid Mack’s bathroom if ever invited over!). Love yous!!!!♥️🐾
Depending on the status of one's genitourinary system, urine is sterile as it flows through to outside the urethra which at that point oxygen reacts with the liquid, and bacteria can grow from receiving said oxygen. We nurses are gathering samples left and right 😂 and we call them by different names: "clean catch", "random," etc. Fascinating stuff, guys 😂😂😂
Loved seeing some of the things you do for a regular home to look neater, will definitely be adopting some of those. I've been meaning to mention to you how good it is to see you using Bar Keeper's Friend. Its manufacturing base is about a half hour from my home. Also, while the powder form you use is great for stainless steel, they also have a soft scrub version that does wonders for our antique porcelain kitchen sink and on bathroom tile as well. As always, thanks for the inspiration!
I admire what you do. I myself love cleaning and sorting things into order, it's kind of hard to describe the dopamine rush I get after I restore something filthy or broken or just find new ways to store or order a huge pile of mess. I wish I could do what you do, maybe I will sometimes in the future who knows...but anyway..thanks for you videos..they are great to watch and your funny comments are awsome.
This was indeed a gift - thank you! I’m so impressed by how much you got done in two hours. Even though I know that house was in pretty good shape, you still had to work around a LOT of clutter, made more annoying by the fact that you couldn’t get rid of anything.
I put a curtain over my closet and it feels so much cleaner. Cause no matter how organized it is I can still see it otherwise and it looks too busy. Win 🎉
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart I don’t know what it is if it’s your humor or the simple way that you show us how easy it is but I’m doing things I should’ve done two years ago you inspire me somehow you’re amazing you and your wife thank you for everything
The whole place ended up looking so much better...the homeowner needs a wooden IKEA shelf in that offset area of the kitchen. She could house all those small appliances and pots so conveniently and those shelves are so sturdy... they last forever and take a beating!
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas Mack! Thanks for the inspiration, motivation and great sense of humor and common sense when addressing life or cleaning issues.
Wishing you and your family a happy Christmas. You perform such a great service, and I love the sound of your voice, your silly humour, and your videos. Keep doing what you’re doing. Big love ❤️💯
I'm not a fan of spin mops either. They're flimsy and would be spin kicked into oblivion the second it tried to take on the industrial-level grime that builds up in our house. Life in Arizona isn't for weenies (there's a reason that up until the early 2000s when property speculators deemed Arizona THE place to be, nobody in their right mind wanted to live here. A lot of newcomers have a huge adjustment curve to face when they get here cuz their cars' seals and gaskets dry up and cause leaks and the temperatures don't go into the stratosphere for months at a time in most places in the country). I envy you for living in a cooler, wetter, less dusty environment. Thank you for being considerate of the baby in the home. I myself had a baby this spring, and it can be challenging to plan vacuuming around naptimes. I used to wear my babies in a papoose while doing housekeeping, but I sustained a back injury this summer which limits how long I can wear the baby until my back starts to act up. Plus, the loud vacuum motor noise isn't great for their ears either. Take care of yourself, Emily, and the kids (both furry and human). Have a safe and happy Christmas and an awesome New Year!
The commentary is the absolute BEST !!! I’ve watched 3 of your videos back to back and cracked up the entire time!! Good job on cleaning the homes too, btw. lol
My place is almost exactly this messy. No baby, but an 8 month old kitty, Kit Cobain, 😅who's always into something and also hates my vacuum 😂! I guess I better just get to work cleaning! Tfs, and Happy holidays to all ✨️!!!
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My home has been piling up since my husband passed 3 years ago. I've looked at my kitchen and thought, well this is going to take 6 months. After I started watching your videos and you clean an entire hoarded kitchen 20 X worse than mine and say, this took 18 man hours..I went, what? I can clean this in 2 days?? Then I jumped on it. I'm amazed at how well I'm doing and it's thanks to you. I don't have the funds right now to join, but once I do, I will. Thank you for what you do. You are a huge inspiration 😊
Going thorough the grief of being widowed takes years, often, and a lot of patience with yourself. I hope you will give yourself credit for each nice day you have and each bit of cleaning you do! From a widow of 20 years
@ellenw8494 Thank you for that. I hear way too often, you should have a boyfriend by now. You should be dating by now. My husband clothes are still in the closet. His dresser hasn't been touched. I need to get through THAT first Please and ThankYou. I have been cleaning almost daily now and it really does feel good.
Grief is real.
I cried every single day for 8 months. Not a day went by. How could I go on?? 💔
One day as I sit in my horrible piled bedroom/bath after 2 yrs of grief. Rest of the house I did mange to keep clean (total square foot 4,000)
Because of company. The bedroom/bath was so out of character for me too. I'm a neat freak.
I looked around & thought where do I start? I just stood up & made the choice to start. This guy cleans like me....one section at a time.
I first piled everything into a large hallway & started cleaning one area at a time. It's a large bedroom suite. After a week...it was just done. The hallway pile was went through & moved to a large foyer downstairs. From there it moved to a large mudroom/laundry room. Every time the pile became smaller & smaller. Until I realized I could get rid of all of it. And I hadn't used some things for years. I gave away designer stuff with price tags still on....but in the end...I felt like the worst part of my grief went with that pile. Now, 4 yrs later, I have so many fond memories instead of the horrible grief.
Let yourself grieve for however long it may take. Everyone is different.
To anyone that is broken hearted today💔💔💔 Please, hang in there. It will get easier. Hang onto fond memories ❤❤❤ 🙏🙏🙏
@ayabokti161 ❤️🙏❤️ At this very moment in throwing so many things away. I'm trying not to think about it. Just pick it up, so you use it? Yes or no. I'm refusing to attach a memory or feeling to it. It does feel pretty good looking at the pile so far that will be leaving the house. I've been at it literally like 45 minutes. This is going to be a good day. A purge day.
I lost my husband of 40 years 18 months ago. I just went through my second Christmas without him. I have some of his clothes still but other than that I still have most of his thing. My bedroom is a disaster. I just need to get up and get it done but I can't due to severe health reasons thanks to 12 rounds of chemo and covid which scarred my lungs. I look at it and think he wouldn't be happy with me and just cry. I hope soon the pain will ease. Until then I will do what I can as I can and call it good.
Hiiiii Mack! I’m excited to let you know that I’ve finally in at least 5 years started doing “Things”! Thanks to your expertise and patience with your clients, I’ve been able to take it all to heart. Plus yes, I’m in therapy. Then when i saw your video where you said, “I want you to do one thing. Just pick something and do it” (or something like that). That day i did 2 loads of laundry ☺️ The next day i scrubbed out my bathtub! Each day i do something else, and slowly but surely I’m getting things done.
Laundry, windows, dishes, etc. I actually wake up excited to do something else to get my house into shape. So thank you, Mack, from the bottom of my heart! ♥️
I'm so happy for and proud of you for this... How amazing it is to read of someone's success 🤗 🥰
That is totally the trick. Just pick one thing each day and do it. Then, cleaning is not so overwhelming!
That's wonderful 😊 👏 ❤
Wow! Just goes to show this channel is so much more than just watching someone clean.
I'm happy for you.❤
Super 👍 mach dir deine Umgebung schön. Schritt für Schritt. Du bist es Wert ❤
This was such a nice thing to do. The house might not have been filthy but you did a lot to help a mom with a baby who probably just didn’t have the time.
So I’ve never been able to clean well with my ADHD. But I’ve been binging your videos and today I went to the store got a few of your supplies and followed your instructions. I just did one thing at a time but I did what you said and finished all the way to done. Just one cabinet or one section of counter. I managed to clean and have a good time doing it for like 6 hours! Thank you so much!!! You deserve all the success and I’ll do what I can to help get you to one million subscribers!
Wow .. Look at you go! And you had fun doing it ... I'm so happy for you!
I've heard him say, in a place that is full, he uses the 3 ft rule, and it's like what you did ... just one shelf, or drawer, or small space, one cabinet. It's like, how do you want an elephant? One bite at a time! 😂
It's nice you did this clean even if it wasn't bad. Personally I grew up having a regular house cleaner and the general culture was to have a clean home above all else. Well now I'm a SAHM to 4 kids age 4 and under and a home maker. I can't afford a cleaning service. Ultimately, my brain knows my house isn't bad but it is when I compare to the standards I grew up with and that really bothers me sometimes and my heart tells me I'm failing as a home maker. So a clean like this would mean the world to me!
At the end of the day what matters most are that your children are well taken care of & loved, thats what will stick with them vs their home being perfect! ❤
Paint finish tips:
Ceiling - flat white
Trim/cabinets/doors - Semi-Gloss (I like extra white)
Walls - Egg Shell
It's more work than painting everything semi-gloss white, but it fancies a place up. The flat white ceiling creates a soft light to even brighten a room. The semi-gloss on frequently touched surfaces is easier to wipe down, and the egg-shell is easier to clean than the flat white, but soft enough to spread the light without glare.
THIS! I don’t know why (maybe a paint salesman) but my mother was OCD when it came to painting the house, & that was the procedure of finish. One year she’d have us kids paint the interior & the next, the exterior.
@@sunshine3914 Nice. My brother is a professional painter, so I had to undergo his watchful eye, lol.
I live in an old house with plaster walls so I use flat on the walls in the rooms that don't get very dirty because it hides flaws much better than any other finish
I loved satin for walls when I had small children, it was so easy to clean!
Those mice really have a talkfest when you are cleaning the kitchen together!🤣😂
😂 that's my favorite part. Those chipmunks!
I could tell one of em was talkin smack about that spin mop though!
I was thinking the same thing 😂
❤😂😂😂😂
Hahahahahahaha!
So I got sick this weekend and I found your channel somehow. I blew through so many of your videos. I'm a therapist and many of my favorite people have Autism and ADHD. I appreciate how open and respectful you are and your videos are amazing. They are just making me feel good. Wishing you a million subscribers!
While cleaning the kitchen before we had company for Thanksgiving, I followed your suggestion to clean one small section at a time. Wow! That totally kept me from getting overwhelmed and bouncing from one area to another like I usually do! I think that will be a game changer for me, so thank you!!!
Adrian figuring out those pillows was hilarious! Too many pillows was overwhelming to me so I got rid of all but my fave 2. It was a game changer for me. 😊😊😊
I know it gave me flash backs of doing that as a housekeeper with my aunt! 😂 When we’d clean a home with like a MILLION like fancy decoration pillows and I’d be so confused. I’d be able to deep clean a kitchen super fast and then be sitting in a bedroom for ages trying to recall a southern comfort or JCpenny display to figure out the dang pillows 😂
Then we’d go to the living room and Florida room to do it all again 🤣
@@moon-moth1 life is definitely easier each morning with fewer pillows! 😀
I don't get why a bazillion pillows is considered fashionable. I just need my one pillow to sleep on and that's it. No hassles or wondering where to put the extras
Lord your urine,for real , oh boy new one b to me…😮
Was baby punching a joke oh no really🤔🤔🤔
I like to place sheets of newspaper on top of kitchen cupboards, if they don't reach the ceiling, then change them every couple of months. This stops dust and kitchen grease accumulating on top of them.
If I use a fresh lemon in recipes or drinks, I rub the lemon around the kitchen taps before bed to remove limescale, clean it off in the morning.
To make a dining room look clean just clear and polish the dining table then put a vase of fresh flowers right in the middle, nothing else. Guests will notice the flowers and table and usually not notice unpolished dressers and chairs.
When I worked in a clothing shop we had to have a minimum of 3 inches to move clothes along each rail so customers could see them properly. Might be a good idea in closets at home.
Newspapers--brilliant idea.
LOOVE this! Will be using it on top of my fridge. How have I not thought of that. Actually I would use dish towels, but like the thought of newspapers much better.
I use a roll of wallpaper. Works well for me
I've even used paper towels up on top of cabinets. ANYTHING to be able to toss and replace rather than clean them!
@@karencox3235 Yes, but be careful if they could waft onto a steve burner you are using.
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH. A nice reset. I am sure she REALLY appreciated this! I got my kitchen reset yesterday. Clean sheets on one bed. Took daughter to orthodontist appointment. Bought and put groceries. Cooked dinner. I was done for the day.
I try to do just one household job a day. Too many in one day tire me out. If you live tidily, cleaning should be easy.
Thanks for putting this out for the public!
About the baby...they tend to sleep better with activity happening around them! Having music playing can help while you're cleaning too 😁😁👋
Even though it wasn't a disaster of any sort when you showed up, I just know they were so grateful for a good reset!
oxalic acid used to come from peach leaves. when mama wanted to bleach a load of white laundry shed gather the leaves and make a sort of tea (more leaves = stronger bleach) and soak her clothes. now-a-days is it used to bleach stains on wooden furniture. not corrosive like chlorine bleach. one unrelated story is, theyd wash bedding every spring /summer and once when MIL's mama had washed the pillows/sheets they were hung on the clothesline to dry for a couple of days. one night they had a VERY late frost and the next morning my MIL ran through the hanging laundry and pillows and ran smack into a frozen pillow and knocked herself out cold. even she laughed at that as an older lady.
I finished my daily cleaning 5 minutes before this popped up, so yay!
I rearranged my kitchen in a more logical fashion over the weekend and tossed half the stuff in it so its a lot easier to clean.
I also emptied my bedroom by 90%, cleaned it and slapped on a couple coats of reddish paint on Thursday & Friday last week. I'm going to sort though the stuff I hauled outta there , only put back half the stuff.
My baby sister will rearrange someone's silverware drawer to the drawer that is "logical" the first time she goes to their house. 😂 She still has friends, surprisingly! 😂 🤗 🥰
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Great job!!!!!💜🌟💜🌟💜🌟💜
Excellent work! You are an inspiration!
Hi! I am in Chicago. I have been a nanny, cleaning lady, and an adult care giver. Basically what you did I did in most of the jobs I have worked. I say this is what I did ,you can change it anyway you want, it's yours. People have been happy, or complained I did not ask first ...but they would keep it the same. Feels good to do this for others.
Not a hoarder house, but needed quite a bit of love. Interesting video!
I needed to watch this one again. If the levels of hoarding include sheer number of “things” in the house then they qualify. My kitchen zone cleaning (one week a month) is pretty much the same, everything on the counters gets shifted, counters sanitized, things like the toaster get shined up and the crumbs dumped out, I have mice so we changed to glass canisters that live on the counter, they get shined up, scrub cabinet fronts, bleach my corian sink and I’ll do a project cabinet or drawer or two during the week, also go through cabinets, food inventory looking at dates, checking for evidence of mice, checking for weevils in flour, stinky potatoes, like that. I hate those pillows marching down the bed, they seem to be the Pinterest worthy thing but they wind up being a trip hazard cause they wind up on the floor. Nice job.
Thank you for sharing one of the members videos with us. What a Christmas treat! Merry Christmas
"By we I mean Adrienne by herself" 😂
She's adorable.
My pet peeve with regard to words is when people confuse "sale" and "sell". It's for sale, not sell. I will sell it, not sale it. ✌️😊
the worst for me is when people write "should of" instead of "should've", so wrong!
@@ritarribeiros Should have would have could have!!!
Since we're talking about grammar peeves, I humbly present the Grocer's Apostrophe, which is when people pluralize words with an unnecessary apostrophe (e.g., apple's, Tuesday's, reading's). What confounds me the most is how people got into the habit. It doesn't make an ounce of sense to me.
@@werewolf1301 Ha ha, YES!
It is really interesting what people consider "terribly dirty/cluttered". I imagine that this mom has very high standards for her cleaning/organising, and panicked about not being able to uphold that with a baby in the house.
Thank you and Adrian for helping the baby Mom. That was a wonderful gift.
My apartment is not nearly as bad as some that you show, but you motivate me to clear surfaces and take out all the trash, wipe down kitchen and bathroom and make the bed. Thanks for the reminders and inspiration.
Love the squeaky chipmunk voices. 😂 Adri's is so high pitched and cute!
Thanks for Sharing this member only vlog along with the extra tips and tricks- a very thoughtful gift. . It's always great (and satisfying) to see how relatively small, targeted effort makes such a big difference. Also, good call on the 'not vacuuming'! Sending best wishes for good health for your wife, you and and family. Merry Christmas.
My son slept through everything as a baby, I could vacuum, have music playing, the dogs barking, we even had the carpets replaced when he was barely 2 weeks old and he slept through all of it. Thankfully he’s almost 4 and is still an excellent sleeper. Great video Mack! Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas season.
Don't know if it can help anyone but I've discovered that washing soda (in the laundry section) literally dissolves soap scum so you can scrub it off with hardly any elbow grease. Just sorta sprinkle it on and distribute it with some water enough to let it sit for a few minutes. Have tried every dang thing for hard soap scum and it's the best yet.
I would like to add that it is important to wear gloves if using washing soda like that. It has a pH of 10.3, very strongly alkaline.
@@SIC647 Ooh, thanks, I wear gloves but sometimes skip it, so thanks for the advance warning!
Two hours of cleaning up makes a world of difference to a busy mother. Way to go as always ❤
so soothing to watch, nothing better than a clean house
There used to be a BBC program with two ladies who would go in and de-clutter, organize, and clean homes for nominated people. One of their big tips was also to put a shine on things! Makes the room seem newer and brighter!
Yay! Perfect timing for a new MMC video. Need some cleaning motivation!
I love how high pitch Adrian's voice is compared to you! Good job on the not so dirty house! I'm sure you really made her day. Hope all is well.
I love your very practical tips on how to make a house look clean. Your personal bathroom care was a real hoot. Your embedded jokes always break things up for me. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you all :-)
These videos are super calming and peaceful to me idk why ❤
I do dishes every evening and do the counters, microwave, stove and table after I'm done. It's gratifying to see everything clean before going to bed at night.
Yay, nice surprise!
Also, your daughter is looking so adorable and I chuckled at her staring at the mountain of pillows hahahaha
God Bless us everyone!!! This man literally re-gifted us a video and we love it. (Seriously though so many of my go-to RUclips channels have taken the last 2-3 weeks of the year off...soooo bored. So thanks for some new content)
Thug yeeting that last pillow. LOL
Thank you as always. I fall but get back up. SO glad I have your videos for inspiration , Mack. For me, I like to air out my bed, and it reminds me to be be grateful for a warm bed. Also cooking smells-I have FOOD TO EAT and many are hungry. Loves these tips!!
Watching you two fidget back & forth with that kitchen island and the chipmunk voices was great. Happy holidays to the MMC crew.
Your introduction always makes me smile ❤
Same.😄
Yes, he sure does bring smiles, (especially on a crappy day) and spit our drinks out it's so funny out of the blue the things he comes up with. Thks Mack. He uses his own words. Cause that's how he rolls son.
Hi Mack. Surprised and pleased to see you. Hi to little Thug.
I loved the kitchen floor and the metal backsplash tiles in the kitchen. I can tell that this family tried to make their home stylish.
It's great to get all these tips on cleaning an ordinary house. By the way, your APC is awesome for santizing my cats' litter boxes after they've been washed out with soap and water. And the Mr Clean has become a favorite for cleaning around the toilets because it has such a good scent.
What is APC and where did you purchase it?
@@mustanghildago4540 It's Mack's all purpose cleaner that he gives the recipe for: mix together a half cup of 70% isopropyl alcohol, 1.5 cups tap water and a few drops of Dawn dish washing liquid (the blue stuff). Shake well and spray on. It disinfects and shines surfaces. Don't use it on wood because of the alcohol. The scent reminds me of an old-fashioned dentist's office, but it does a great job on stainless steel, glass, granite and the litter boxes.
Thank you for replying with the cleaning solution recipe.
Those pillows!! Love the no nonsense hand swipe of the floral one lol!
Oh look, more pillows!
Corrine from Miracle Run here. No matter how subtly you put it, a clean, organized home makes a huge difference in improving your attitude, therefore accomplishing goals, and happiness. You’re an inspiration, everyone can learn from you. Happy Holidays to everyone.😊
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!🎄🎄🎄 Hope you all have a wonderful holiday ❤❤❤❤
I like my swiffer also. I feel very validated.
You guys are awesome sauce. I wandered across your channel bc I am an elderly/ disabled lady with big, BIG feelings about how my house looks now compared to how I want it to look. It was seriously breaking my spirit. TYVM for teaching me how to clean the disaster I have been surrounded by for months since I fell & broke a bone in my ankle.
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I truly appreciate your input…I learn so much. I’m going to do this for my closet….the stuff that is on the floor underneath the hanging clothes…
Thanks for the wonderful Christmas gift! I recently found your channel and I am LIVING. FOR. IT. 😂I made your APC, and that stuff!!! Woooo! ✨✨✨ I put some peppermint essential oil and I love it. Thanks so much! Keep up the awesome work!
A members only video, just because, we're special! Thanks for the extra. Merry Christmas.
Thank you so much for this! It's Christmas Eve here in Australia and your vid is a welcome addition to my household's entertainment. We have the air conditioning on as it's hot here, lol. Please wish your entire Team all the best for the holiday season.
You didn’t want to vacuum to not wake up the baby… you sure have a soft spot 🥹 I love your and your family’s work. Your comments always give me the giggles. Helping out a mom is the best! Thank you for all you do! And Merry Christmas to you and your family. - A mom from Germany 😊
You did a great job getting this done with Adrian. She does a fabulous job ! The pillow clip was hilarious but Adrian gotther done.
Thanks for including everyone, a Great Gift! Happy Holidays
I still can't believe how we think alike regarding cleaning! I've never had a microfiber cloth that works though. What is apc? I use hydrogen peroxide on soap scum, let it set and then scrape it off. I use magic erasers a lot, I buy the 'knock off' ones and add my own soaps. Cheaper and works great.
Also, I use rubbing alcohol to cut grease on the oven hood and peroxide on some stains cuz it does 'bleach' some of them out. What do you think? I also made the beds for my clients though it's not part of the deal
i used to clean professionally (disabled now) and i looooove the way you clean ~
Wow! Nice work. If the kitchen mice ever meet up with the bedroom moose, you are in BIG trouble❤
Adrian it's nice to see you work along side your dad😊Merry Christmas to you all😁
Ya know, attempting to video something myself, just even to preserve something, brings next level appreciation for your work. As always, your content is relevant, and helpful - informative in non-obvious ways. And then on top of all that, after my feeble attempt to record, I really have such awe for the way you put it all together. Thank you!
Dude, you are hilarious! 😂 I think my husband would totally watch this video just for your humor alone.
Awww, you are generous and fantastic! I love your videos because everything you touch is transformed to the taste and preferences if the homeowners. You have a vety big and empathetic heart.
Thank you for this very special video! Merry Christmas to you, your family and viewers! 💕🙏🎄🌟🙏💕
Congratulations on 6000 views despite everyone being busy trying to get organised for all the shops being shut for 2 days for Christmas. A testament to how great your videos are!
The APC you told us about is FANTASTIC!!! THANK YOU for sharing❤
It's the best for car windshields.
I can't wait to clean my interior car windows with APC 🙌🏼!! Only difference is that I plan to use Gain dish liquid, think that will make a difference other than it smells great??
I use to be a clean freak, but health decline over the past few years (covid) has basically halted that. I just moved yesterday and one of the first things I noticed is that there is NO dust falling from the ceiling (I use to see with my naked eye, dust falling in my old house and it wasn't stirred up dust). I realise now in my old home, I pretty much just gave up because I would clean and the next day things were already be dusty again as if a month had passed. It was just pushing crap up hill. I think that mentality along with being sick, I just gave up and didn't care. I didn't get as bad as a hoarder, but watching your videos I was starting to get the mentality of a hoarder. So far I have donated 5 medium garbage size of clothes, shoes, handbags, linen etc to charity and thrown away A LOT! I'll need to wash my sofa, if you have any ideas for that without spending lots of money I'd appreciate it. I do have a steam mop, if that helps with ideas... a good Hoover brand steam mop.
Professional upholstery and carpet cleaners do something called “Bonnet Cleaning “. Take your kitchen mixer with beater attachments and whip up some mild dish detergent like Dove. Then take white washcloths,tea towels or hand towels and rub the upholstery with the SUDS only,not the liquid. It’s an effective,topical cleaning without over wetting the upholstery.
Nice sweater! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from an almost reformed hoarder in Clayton, Idaho
The key take-away for me is that our house isn’t as bad as I think it is. And now I know how to glow it up without too much fuss! About open floor space - totally agree. I have been looking for ways to reduce our furniture load. And I will get that Swiffer duster eventually.
My first house didn't have closet doors! Scary part is--I didn't notice when I was looking at the house! It also didn't have screens. LOL
LOOKS GREAT ADRIAN & MACK. 🎉❤❤👊👊👍👍
There's no way dusting would take a couple minutes anywhere in my house. My decorative style is maximalist. Basically I've got things hanging all over my walls and decorative items on flat surfaces lol
Thanks for all the videos and chats . Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas , love from Australia 🎄🐨💗
I'm 9 weeks pregnant and super nauseous and fatigued, so i havent been able to clean as much as i usually do. My house is about the same level of messy and it stresses me out. I bet that mama felt so much better after you all were finished. 😊
😂😂😂😂😂😂 ❤ your videos as usual. I love humor and you definitely have it. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤
You made the house look nice!! Urine trivia: Urine is sterile when it leaves the body. However…..(note to self - avoid Mack’s bathroom if ever invited over!). Love yous!!!!♥️🐾
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Science points to urine not being sterile as it leaves the body. I know there are differing answers to this question.
Mack was clearly joking around about his urine anyway. Good grief folks, lighten up 🤣 😂
Depending on the status of one's genitourinary system, urine is sterile as it flows through to outside the urethra which at that point oxygen reacts with the liquid, and bacteria can grow from receiving said
oxygen. We nurses are gathering samples left and right 😂 and we call them by different names: "clean catch", "random," etc. Fascinating stuff, guys 😂😂😂
😅😂🤣🤢. Merry Christmas! ♥️🎄♥️
Two hours! I need you at my house! Nice video! Thanks!
Loved seeing some of the things you do for a regular home to look neater, will definitely be adopting some of those. I've been meaning to mention to you how good it is to see you using Bar Keeper's Friend. Its manufacturing base is about a half hour from my home. Also, while the powder form you use is great for stainless steel, they also have a soft scrub version that does wonders for our antique porcelain kitchen sink and on bathroom tile as well. As always, thanks for the inspiration!
I’ve been growing mushrooms 🍄 on my countertops but I should practise crop rotation and put in corn 🌽.
I admire what you do. I myself love cleaning and sorting things into order, it's kind of hard to describe the dopamine rush I get after I restore something filthy or broken or just find new ways to store or order a huge pile of mess. I wish I could do what you do, maybe I will sometimes in the future who knows...but anyway..thanks for you videos..they are great to watch and your funny comments are awsome.
This was indeed a gift - thank you! I’m so impressed by how much you got done in two hours. Even though I know that house was in pretty good shape, you still had to work around a LOT of clutter, made more annoying by the fact that you couldn’t get rid of anything.
So nice to see you before Christmas! Hope you and your beautiful family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!!!
I put a curtain over my closet and it feels so much cleaner. Cause no matter how organized it is I can still see it otherwise and it looks too busy. Win 🎉
That's what I was thinking when I was watching this. If I couldn't afford doors I would put up a curtain. Happy Holidays 🎄
I removed mine and I like it a lot. Clutterbug talks about visual organisers and hidden organisers. Different things work for different people
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart I don’t know what it is if it’s your humor or the simple way that you show us how easy it is but I’m doing things I should’ve done two years ago you inspire me somehow you’re amazing you and your wife thank you for everything
I enjoyed the bonus video so much! Thank you😊. I hope Emily is still doing well. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄🎄🎄
The whole place ended up looking so much better...the homeowner needs a wooden IKEA shelf in that offset area of the kitchen. She could house all those small appliances and pots so conveniently and those shelves are so sturdy... they last forever and take a beating!
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas Mack! Thanks for the inspiration, motivation and great sense of humor and common sense when addressing life or cleaning issues.
A Chicago Bears slow cooker! These are good folk. lol Anyway thanks for the vid, have a wonderful Christmas and I hope your wife is feeling better!!!
I'm sick right now and for some reason the 'Olive you' sign in the kitchen is very funny to me. 🥴
Seeing you clean a normal house was helpful to me!
Merry Christmas! I hope you get 10 more new cars from Santa 🎅 ❤
Wishing you and your family a happy Christmas. You perform such a great service, and I love the sound of your voice, your silly humour, and your videos. Keep doing what you’re doing. Big love ❤️💯
You always inspire us with your clear information and your empathy. Merry Christmas.
Ive been listening to these as I deep clean my home over Christmas Break and I’m so glad you do what you do. Thank you and Merry Christmas ☺️
I'm not a fan of spin mops either. They're flimsy and would be spin kicked into oblivion the second it tried to take on the industrial-level grime that builds up in our house. Life in Arizona isn't for weenies (there's a reason that up until the early 2000s when property speculators deemed Arizona THE place to be, nobody in their right mind wanted to live here. A lot of newcomers have a huge adjustment curve to face when they get here cuz their cars' seals and gaskets dry up and cause leaks and the temperatures don't go into the stratosphere for months at a time in most places in the country). I envy you for living in a cooler, wetter, less dusty environment.
Thank you for being considerate of the baby in the home. I myself had a baby this spring, and it can be challenging to plan vacuuming around naptimes. I used to wear my babies in a papoose while doing housekeeping, but I sustained a back injury this summer which limits how long I can wear the baby until my back starts to act up. Plus, the loud vacuum motor noise isn't great for their ears either.
Take care of yourself, Emily, and the kids (both furry and human). Have a safe and happy Christmas and an awesome New Year!
Thanks for the access to this video
The commentary is the absolute BEST !!! I’ve watched 3 of your videos back to back and cracked up the entire time!! Good job on cleaning the homes too, btw. lol
I'm watching this on Christmas Day. I have been waiting merry christmas to everybody and you guys
My place is almost exactly this messy. No baby, but an 8 month old kitty, Kit Cobain, 😅who's always into something and also hates my vacuum 😂! I guess I better just get to work cleaning! Tfs, and Happy holidays to all ✨️!!!