Books are very hard to declutter, it’s like getting rid of an old friend! Having said that I’ve made progress passing some on to other people and I’ve survived the process so I guess I can do it again! Thank you Steph! X
We Decluttered my husband's books as he has 100's of them. He had books from his college days. It took us several hours, but it was well worth it! We were able to gain valuable storage space in one of our closets. Thanks for the motivation!! 🙂👍
I have decluttered my personal books down to the very favorites, but I'm expecting my first baby (any day now!), and I already have been given half a library worth of books for her! We'll definitely be decluttering those to what can fit in our small apartment!
Love books. I just don't have time to read, however I have been listening to audio books from the library. So I am pulling all books I can listen to audio and donate the copies. 🧡💛❤️
Omg! Books! I have the hardest time letting go of them. I know I have a bunch of magazines and catalogs I can purge, though! Thanks for keeping us going💕
Great video, Steph! Just a thought, you can check with your local library. They often take gently used books to sell. I volunteer at my local library where we have a table to sell those books and the money we raise pays for family passes to museums, sports, zoos, etc. it’s called “Friends of the library”. A win -win ! 📚
It's hard getting rid of books! I did involve my girls in the book declutter in their bedrooms as soon as they were school age. I was often shocked at what they decided to get rid of! So worth it for peaceful bedrooms though!
Thank you for this decluttering challenge! My husband loves his books, and I would not dare Declutter them for him. Thank you for telling us in your first video not to declutter other peoples’ stuff. With the books, that will save me a lot of time! However, I certainly do have my own books and magazines that I need to get through and so that is what I am off to do. Thanks again!
Books are so easy for me. My daughter went through hers the other day with me so kids are done. And mine I don’t buy books I do library and or audio. I will go through kids books again just incase as I watch this.
This video is right on time as I have boxes of books I need to release. I, too, like to flip the pages before rehoming books to ensure that I haven't tucked something away. What is the best way to remove an address label from a book? We have lots that were received from Imagination Library but don't want to rehome with this info attached.
Children's books are the hardest for me to get rid of. I have three kids 2, 6, 8 and I am a preschool teacher. We have over 500 in our house right now 😬
I'm a librarian and I absolutely recommend going through your books! It feels so good only having ones that matter to you and letting go of ones that no longer make you feel good / feel like obligations!
I have passed on over 800 books in the past three years! I had them all over the house and now have them all in my office. I will be going through those today and putting together what I call "blessing boxes " for others to enjoy. I have our local Disabled Veterans organization picking these and other items up on Thursday! Instead of focusing on what I'm losing, I focus on how I am blessing others! Have a Blessed day!
I've gotten pretty good at bringing my own books that I've read to little free libraries, but you've definitely motivated me to go through our kids' books.
I decided to put all my kids seasonal books in with my seasonal decorations. That made a surprising amount of room on the book shelves. Thanks for the inspiration.
Books are so hard for me to declutter being a teacher, I feel sometimes I want to save them all for my classroom. I am tackling this today! Thanks for the motivation :)
I've gone through my books every six months for the past several years, and its amazing how many "keepers" later become "donates". I love books like you, but I have to keep the incomings fewer than the outgoings.
Well, this is definitely an area for me to work on! Lol 10yrs of homeschooling and I’ve acquired a lot of books. I’ve started and will continue shelf by shelf as I can as I truly could use the space. Thanks so much for your encouragement!! 😊
I did this about 2 weeks ago... Got rid of 40 books 🙈 We recently started taking articles from magazines we want to read and recycling the rest of the magazine. Love these challenges ❣️
I love how you share your thought processes regarding what you’re keeping and why. And then to make it ok to store some out of sight for awhile is helpful. It’s a gentler minimizing process that resonates with me:)
I homeschooled for 13 years and we love books! We had six big bookcases in our homeschool room and now I have (after many decluttering sessions) three. I have kept my favorites- ones I read to the children and maybe will get to read to grandchildren one day. My new rule is to never buy fiction books but just use library and to try and find non-fiction at library and decide if I want to invest in it. I am now very mindful with adding book inventory. However when my children were young I wanted them surrounded by books- books they could read/look at and we always had a “read aloud” book that was too hard for them to read. I would read a chapter or two each school day and they would hear good literature, sentence structure, etc. I believe this helped them become good writers too. Homeschooling is hard but it was one of the best jobs I had!! So thankful for all that time I spent with them. Enjoy every minute- the fun and hard times!
I do the same thing! Friends and I were just talking about decluttering books and I said how I didn't really have a problem until my library quit having fines for overdue books. They were appalled until I said I was just kidding, I do still return the library books. I homeschooled as well and we had many of our own books for the kids, but stocked up at the library every week as well. That is how we would find out what they really wanted for themselves, if it was hard to get them to put it back in the bag to return on time. :)
I got rid of a bunch of books that someone else can enjoy now. Yes changing out the books like a toy rotation is great Stephanie. Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you.
I have books everywhere! After work today, I’m going to gather them and find ONE home for them and have my kids go through theirs too. Thank you for the motivation!!!
Oh, my goodness! I can so relate to still having crates of books that have not been opened since you moved! We finished our 13-year homeschool journey in July 2019, then in a few days, we moved to a whole new state. There are multiple crates of books still sitting in our garage unopened from our move. Lots of them are not homeschool-related, but just so many books from the growing up years. It makes me so sad to look at them because they bring back so many memories of such happy times and they are such a reminder that those years have been lived and will never be again. I know there are so many kids who could benefit from the books, but every time I think about letting them go, I feel like I am letting go of the precious memories that are attached. I feel so torn and have spent so much time agonizing over this! I know this all sounds crazy, and I need to confront and deal with this issue. Thank you for your encouragement and motivation. I am so grateful for you and all you do!
I can relate! Save the most special ones for your kids to read to their kids. My mom saved some of my favorite childhood books and it is the greatest gift ever to now read them to my kiddos. Good luck to you!
This was a difficult declutter. I LOVE my books. And the books of my children. But we did it! My 6 years old found 17 books to donate. I'm sure there are still some books too much but we will do it one more time soon.
Books are one of the many things we tend to collect. I've found, though, that we find more books to get rid of if we are selling them to a store we have, 2nd and Charles because they give you store credit for them. Getting money back for books that have been just sitting on our shelves that we can get a game or video game or even 1 better book with has been a game changer. Last year, we got rid of enough books to get enough store credit to buy several family member's Christmas presents and that really helped our budget around Christmas time. 🎄
Firstly, Ex-pat Brit here: Sour Cream isn't exactly the same, I know, but will work in lots of Jamie's recipes as a substitute!! I still have a bag of books that I decluttered months ago sitting in my entry way ready to donate. I live in Spain and they are English books so it's not so easy, but today I went to a 'readers´ café where tourists go and am going to take them there, along with the ones decluttered today. I sometimes take them to local hotel lobbies, but with Covid there had been no foreign tourists. Thank you so much for this motivating challenge!
With 5 kids I am constantly having to sort through books. I did a major declutter after we moved into our new house but of course I can't help but buy more.
Love your rules here! What’s worked well with my kids books is that I go through the books and pull the ones I’m ok decluttering and stack them up. Then I have them gather round and I hold up each book and they speak up if they want to keep a book. I remind them that they get the final say, and they keep 10-20% of what I would have decluttered without their input. They feel respected and it goes so quickly! I’ve tried the other way where I have them go through all of the books with me, but this way is so much easier for all involved.
For children books I donate them either to daycare centers or grade schools. Also for magazines and adult books I donate them to retirement centers or communities.
Decluttering my books were easy since they have been packed up for the past four years to be donated to the library. Thanks for encouraging me to get them out of the basement and actually donate them.
Books are my weakness. I find it hard to say no to a good deal on books. Needless to say, this is a big clutter issue in our house. I love the idea of taking decluttered books to little free libraries. I think I’ll make that my end goal.
I know of a book thrift store in my area who recently got flooded so it feels wonderful to donate books to them, been trying to remember to get around to going through them, thanks Steph for setting the challenge!
This is very motivating. It's still hard to get rid of books. I'm working on making a pile of books I've read and don't need to keep for reference. It's a start!
You must REALLY like the “Little Blue Truck” book you also had another version of it on the floor by your fireplace when you were organizing the tall bookcase😉🤣😁3 copies for each child!!! Time stamp 3:55
Oh, I love my Jamie Oliver cookbooks! They are the only cookbooks I’ve actually read cover to cover. 😂 I was glad to see you keep them, but I would say … only if they bring you joy! ❤️
OH MY! MY BOOKS ARE MY FAVORITE! Actually seeing you go thru yours and explain why you're getting rid of the books and where they need to go helps me get the courage up to go thru mine! Thank you!!
Love this video! On the subject of keeping magazines for future reference: I used to do the same thing. But I realized, after a while, that I was saving a WHOLE magazine for one article/story that I liked. Plus, I would forget why I was keeping it. So I got the idea to cut out the article, slip it into a plastic page protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. That way, I’m only saving what I love from the magazine and I’m creating a “new” magazine of what is relevant to my interests. I took it a step further and tab indexed the different categories so I can find them more easily 😊I know there’s tons of stuff on Pinterest, etc.., but sometimes you need a hard copy to look at!😆
I love that you are rotating your kids books. I wish I would have had a cube system when my kids were young. I could totally see each kid with their own bucket of books they want to read and when done move to another bucket to go back to storage. Maybe I’ll do that with my movies. Thanks for the inspiration.
When I retired from teaching several years ago, I brought several boxes of books home with me for my “littles” to enjoy. I was able to declutter a box full of books they no longer use and have them ready to drop off at our local daycare. I know they will appreciate and enjoy them. Have a great day, Steph! 😊
I've been holding onto my college textbooks from nursing school. I've sold what I can and now it's time to clear the stragglers out of the house! Thanks for the decluttering inspiration Steph :)
I had to declutter my books when I left my ex. It was so painful cutting down all my childhood horse books! But I needed the money for survival and couldn't keep them with me. Now, I am enjoying the hunt for them again since I am finally stable and have my own house. My personal rule is: no more books than will fit in the built in shelves by my fireplace. I still have two empty shelves, so I'm good for now!
Love this challenge! With the magazine's you could also just take a photo of the things you like and save in Google drive/shares folder for project inspiration. That way it's all in your phone and you don't have to hold onto extra paper :)
So I dont know why I didnt consider setting a calendar event to remind me to swap stuff out! 🤦🏼♀️😳 Loving your video in March of 2024!! Great playlist to get me motivated!!
Books are my kryptonite!! 😭😭😭 But decluttering and donating ones IM NEVER GOING TO READ….feels great!!! I’ve stopped buying books and check them out from the library. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
This is the first time EVER I can say “yup. I’ve got a handle on this”. I can also say TOUCH MY BOOKS & I’LL BITE YOUR HAND. To be fair, I don’t have kids, recipe books or magazines around. I also take off dust jackets. I’ve learned so much from Steph, I’m proud to say I have ONE spot in my house that’s ok. Going to shine my sink now.
For my children's books, I used to stand, on the top of the book case, seasonal books, to stand out from the rest, so my children could see them , and they would want to look at them, keeping in the theme of the time of year. tfs Have a lovely day ! 🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲
Steph, I love watching your videos. I somehow was unsubscribed, so I just subscribed again. I’m glad I checked. I’m excited to see what Reno’s you are doing to your new home. ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Your videos are very helpful. I’ve already cleaned 6 drawers. My garage is my big weekend project. Thank you for making it fun and not stressful. Bruce …Stephanie’s husband.
I have the original Sidetracked Home Executives book, too! Love it. Lol. I have lots of vintage books that I love, and that are NO LONGER in the library. Never getting rid of those! But there are definitely others....... I love your videos and your sunny smile!
Books are very hard to declutter, it’s like getting rid of an old friend! Having said that I’ve made progress passing some on to other people and I’ve survived the process so I guess I can do it again! Thank you Steph! X
I’ve gotten away from buying books and only rarely do now. If I do buy them, I usually pass them on to others to read.
We Decluttered my husband's books as he has 100's of them. He had books from his college days. It took us several hours, but it was well worth it! We were able to gain valuable storage space in one of our closets. Thanks for the motivation!! 🙂👍
Thank you for your calm and thought provoking videos Steph! The huge bookcase is now clutter free, neat and tidy! A total of 242 items out the door!
I have decluttered my personal books down to the very favorites, but I'm expecting my first baby (any day now!), and I already have been given half a library worth of books for her! We'll definitely be decluttering those to what can fit in our small apartment!
Books! There are, oh, so many here! What a good challenge!
Very emotional process…so many childhood memories and memories from reading to my children. This is hard work, thanks for the motivation!
You’re the sweetest mama on RUclips! I love books too but will try this challenge!
Love books. I just don't have time to read, however I have been listening to audio books from the library. So I am pulling all books I can listen to audio and donate the copies. 🧡💛❤️
Omg! Books! I have the hardest time letting go of them. I know I have a bunch of magazines and catalogs I can purge, though! Thanks for keeping us going💕
Great video, Steph! Just a thought, you can check with your local library. They often take gently used books to sell. I volunteer at my local library where we have a table to sell those books and the money we raise pays for family passes to museums, sports, zoos, etc. it’s called “Friends of the library”. A win -win ! 📚
I’m definitely decluttering books I won’t re-read and books I can easily get from the library!
It's hard getting rid of books! I did involve my girls in the book declutter in their bedrooms as soon as they were school age. I was often shocked at what they decided to get rid of! So worth it for peaceful bedrooms though!
I love the book rotation idea!
Done 👍🏻 Even found a few long lost library books! 🥳
I’m one step ahead of you! I was decluttering books on Saturday! Feels good, donut?
Thank you for this decluttering challenge! My husband loves his books, and I would not dare Declutter them for him. Thank you for telling us in your first video not to declutter other peoples’ stuff. With the books, that will save me a lot of time! However, I certainly do have my own books and magazines that I need to get through and so that is what I am off to do. Thanks again!
Creme fraiche is super easy to make. You just need whipping cream and buttermilk and a little bit of time. :-)
I did a massive declutter on my books a few years ago. I love having more space and just kept my favourites.
Great job!
Books are so easy for me. My daughter went through hers the other day with me so kids are done.
And mine I don’t buy books I do library and or audio.
I will go through kids books again just incase as I watch this.
Sheet music collection has been decluttered 👍
This video is right on time as I have boxes of books I need to release. I, too, like to flip the pages before rehoming books to ensure that I haven't tucked something away. What is the best way to remove an address label from a book? We have lots that were received from Imagination Library but don't want to rehome with this info attached.
We only keep our favorite books. We get books and movies from Library.
Children's books are the hardest for me to get rid of. I have three kids 2, 6, 8 and I am a preschool teacher. We have over 500 in our house right now 😬
Adding more books back in for decor! But I still want to win! 😬
I know, I know I need to get rid of more books. I did get rid of movies awhile back but need to go through books again now- so will.
I'm a librarian and I absolutely recommend going through your books! It feels so good only having ones that matter to you and letting go of ones that no longer make you feel good / feel like obligations!
I have passed on over 800 books in the past three years! I had them all over the house and now have them all in my office. I will be going through those today and putting together what I call "blessing boxes " for others to enjoy. I have our local Disabled Veterans organization picking these and other items up on Thursday! Instead of focusing on what I'm losing, I focus on how I am blessing others! Have a Blessed day!
I've gotten pretty good at bringing my own books that I've read to little free libraries, but you've definitely motivated me to go through our kids' books.
I decided to put all my kids seasonal books in with my seasonal decorations. That made a surprising amount of room on the book shelves. Thanks for the inspiration.
I like this idea
This is a great idea! 🙌🏼
Smart idea. It would be fun to add with crafts for the seasons.
I always did this with my kids and still do with my grands.
What a great idea!! Stealing this!
I’m loving baby-stepping my way through decluttering my house. No overwhelm, but getting it done
We are lucky enough to have "free little libraries" in our town, so we declutter and switch out books regularly. :)
Books are so hard for me to declutter being a teacher, I feel sometimes I want to save them all for my classroom. I am tackling this today! Thanks for the motivation :)
I've gone through my books every six months for the past several years, and its amazing how many "keepers" later become "donates". I love books like you, but I have to keep the incomings fewer than the outgoings.
Well, this is definitely an area for me to work on! Lol 10yrs of homeschooling and I’ve acquired a lot of books. I’ve started and will continue shelf by shelf as I can as I truly could use the space. Thanks so much for your encouragement!! 😊
I did this about 2 weeks ago... Got rid of 40 books 🙈 We recently started taking articles from magazines we want to read and recycling the rest of the magazine.
Love these challenges ❣️
I love how you share your thought processes regarding what you’re keeping and why. And then to make it ok to store some out of sight for awhile is helpful. It’s a gentler minimizing process that resonates with me:)
I agree: books are truly like old friends and it is really difficult to say goodbye to them! Thank you so much for the motivation.
I homeschooled for 13 years and we love books! We had six big bookcases in our homeschool room and now I have (after many decluttering sessions) three. I have kept my favorites- ones I read to the children and maybe will get to read to grandchildren one day. My new rule is to never buy fiction books but just use library and to try and find non-fiction at library and decide if I want to invest in it. I am now very mindful with adding book inventory. However when my children were young I wanted them surrounded by books- books they could read/look at and we always had a “read aloud” book that was too hard for them to read. I would read a chapter or two each school day and they would hear good literature, sentence structure, etc. I believe this helped them become good writers too. Homeschooling is hard but it was one of the best jobs I had!! So thankful for all that time I spent with them. Enjoy every minute- the fun and hard times!
Thanks for sharing! I am in my 7th year of homeachooling. What a great way to determine which books to buy for future! I have so many!
I do the same thing! Friends and I were just talking about decluttering books and I said how I didn't really have a problem until my library quit having fines for overdue books. They were appalled until I said I was just kidding, I do still return the library books. I homeschooled as well and we had many of our own books for the kids, but stocked up at the library every week as well. That is how we would find out what they really wanted for themselves, if it was hard to get them to put it back in the bag to return on time. :)
I got rid of a bunch of books that someone else can enjoy now. Yes changing out the books like a toy rotation is great Stephanie. Thanks for sharing. Blessings to you.
I have books everywhere! After work today, I’m going to gather them and find ONE home for them and have my kids go through theirs too. Thank you for the motivation!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the step by step nature of this challenge - thank you.
It was fun going through my daughter’s books with her! We put a whole box together to pass on to her younger cousin. 💕
Oh, my goodness! I can so relate to still having crates of books that have not been opened since you moved! We finished our 13-year homeschool journey in July 2019, then in a few days, we moved to a whole new state. There are multiple crates of books still sitting in our garage unopened from our move. Lots of them are not homeschool-related, but just so many books from the growing up years. It makes me so sad to look at them because they bring back so many memories of such happy times and they are such a reminder that those years have been lived and will never be again. I know there are so many kids who could benefit from the books, but every time I think about letting them go, I feel like I am letting go of the precious memories that are attached. I feel so torn and have spent so much time agonizing over this! I know this all sounds crazy, and I need to confront and deal with this issue. Thank you for your encouragement and motivation. I am so grateful for you and all you do!
I can relate! Save the most special ones for your kids to read to their kids. My mom saved some of my favorite childhood books and it is the greatest gift ever to now read them to my kiddos. Good luck to you!
This was a difficult declutter. I LOVE my books. And the books of my children. But we did it! My 6 years old found 17 books to donate. I'm sure there are still some books too much but we will do it one more time soon.
Books are one of the many things we tend to collect. I've found, though, that we find more books to get rid of if we are selling them to a store we have, 2nd and Charles because they give you store credit for them. Getting money back for books that have been just sitting on our shelves that we can get a game or video game or even 1 better book with has been a game changer. Last year, we got rid of enough books to get enough store credit to buy several family member's Christmas presents and that really helped our budget around Christmas time. 🎄
Firstly, Ex-pat Brit here: Sour Cream isn't exactly the same, I know, but will work in lots of Jamie's recipes as a substitute!!
I still have a bag of books that I decluttered months ago sitting in my entry way ready to donate. I live in Spain and they are English books so it's not so easy, but today I went to a 'readers´ café where tourists go and am going to take them there, along with the ones decluttered today. I sometimes take them to local hotel lobbies, but with Covid there had been no foreign tourists.
Thank you so much for this motivating challenge!
Books are difficult for me to declutter but I have been improving. Thanks for the motivation.
With 5 kids I am constantly having to sort through books. I did a major declutter after we moved into our new house but of course I can't help but buy more.
Love your rules here! What’s worked well with my kids books is that I go through the books and pull the ones I’m ok decluttering and stack them up. Then I have them gather round and I hold up each book and they speak up if they want to keep a book. I remind them that they get the final say, and they keep 10-20% of what I would have decluttered without their input. They feel respected and it goes so quickly!
I’ve tried the other way where I have them go through all of the books with me, but this way is so much easier for all involved.
Books are SO hard! But I can't keep them all. Thanks for the motivation!
For children books I donate them either to daycare centers or grade schools. Also for magazines and adult books I donate them to retirement centers or communities.
Decluttering my books were easy since they have been packed up for the past four years to be donated to the library. Thanks for encouraging me to get them out of the basement and actually donate them.
Books are my weakness. I find it hard to say no to a good deal on books. Needless to say, this is a big clutter issue in our house.
I love the idea of taking decluttered books to little free libraries. I think I’ll make that my end goal.
So hard to declutter books. Love to read! I’ll try to let go of some 😉 thanks Steph ☺️
Gina Riehl here- oh my this is a big job for me. I have soo many books and I love them. But I do have lots of shelves
I know of a book thrift store in my area who recently got flooded so it feels wonderful to donate books to them, been trying to remember to get around to going through them, thanks Steph for setting the challenge!
This is very motivating. It's still hard to get rid of books. I'm working on making a pile of books I've read and don't need to keep for reference. It's a start!
I also throw book jackets right away haha
Thats cool that Pam and Peggy called themselves The Slob Sisters too!
You must REALLY like the “Little Blue Truck” book you also had another version of it on the floor by your fireplace when you were organizing the tall bookcase😉🤣😁3 copies for each child!!! Time stamp 3:55
Oh, I love my Jamie Oliver cookbooks! They are the only cookbooks I’ve actually read cover to cover. 😂 I was glad to see you keep them, but I would say … only if they bring you joy! ❤️
Can’t get rid of books but did get rid of books that are torn or missing pages
I can basically only get rid of books that are mildewed.
OH MY! MY BOOKS ARE MY FAVORITE! Actually seeing you go thru yours and explain why you're getting rid of the books and where they need to go helps me get the courage up to go thru mine! Thank you!!
Books books book. A super hard one fir me!
It is SO hard to declutter books! Thanks for letting us watch your process.
Love this video! On the subject of keeping magazines for future reference: I used to do the same thing. But I realized, after a while, that I was saving a WHOLE magazine for one article/story that I liked. Plus, I would forget why I was keeping it. So I got the idea to cut out the article, slip it into a plastic page protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. That way, I’m only saving what I love from the magazine and I’m creating a “new” magazine of what is relevant to my interests. I took it a step further and tab indexed the different categories so I can find them more easily 😊I know there’s tons of stuff on Pinterest, etc.., but sometimes you need a hard copy to look at!😆
I love that you are rotating your kids books. I wish I would have had a cube system when my kids were young. I could totally see each kid with their own bucket of books they want to read and when done move to another bucket to go back to storage. Maybe I’ll do that with my movies. Thanks for the inspiration.
When I retired from teaching several years ago, I brought several boxes of books home with me for my “littles” to enjoy. I was able to declutter a box full of books they no longer use and have them ready to drop off at our local daycare. I know they will appreciate and enjoy them. Have a great day, Steph! 😊
I love rotating out toys and kids stuff! It is so nice to have “new” items for them to enjoy all over again! Great job!
I've been holding onto my college textbooks from nursing school. I've sold what I can and now it's time to clear the stragglers out of the house! Thanks for the decluttering inspiration Steph :)
I had to declutter my books when I left my ex. It was so painful cutting down all my childhood horse books! But I needed the money for survival and couldn't keep them with me. Now, I am enjoying the hunt for them again since I am finally stable and have my own house. My personal rule is: no more books than will fit in the built in shelves by my fireplace. I still have two empty shelves, so I'm good for now!
Love this challenge! With the magazine's you could also just take a photo of the things you like and save in Google drive/shares folder for project inspiration. That way it's all in your phone and you don't have to hold onto extra paper :)
So I dont know why I didnt consider setting a calendar event to remind me to swap stuff out! 🤦🏼♀️😳 Loving your video in March of 2024!! Great playlist to get me motivated!!
Thought I had books mastered... Till kids books started multiplying.. send help 😂
I started following you a couple months ago and have slowly begun decluttering my home. I’m taking it slow so the daily tasks actually become habits!
Decluttered magazines I’d been keeping from 2003. So relieving!
Books are my kryptonite!! 😭😭😭 But decluttering and donating ones IM NEVER GOING TO READ….feels great!!! I’ve stopped buying books and check them out from the library. 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
How are you decluttering books?! That's epically hard!
Love my Flylady books. Thanks for the spring cleaning challenges.
Put this video on my phone while I went through kiddo's book cart. Ah! I feel refreshed!
Looking forwards to completing this challenge, have also got family & friends motivated after watching your first video!! 🏴👍🏻😀
Thanks for the motivation! I’m enjoying decluttering along with you.
Thanks SO much for the Spring declutter videos!!!
Books have been difficult for me to declutter but I keep telling myself if I want to read a book again, I can go to the library!
Great challenging videos! I don’t have books. So, I decluttered my children’s books with them together. Only gave 6 books away, but that’s something.
Thanks for showing how you make individual decisions. Very helpful! 👍
decluttering my books today. I am donating extra books. Thanks, your motivation is greatly appreciated.
Today, I de-cluttered the rat's nest in my crochet corner. Took me awhile but it looks great and welcoming.
I love that you LOVE books!
I was impressed with how you organized and I appreciate the ideas that I can use!
Blessings, Lyn
This video was much needed. Probably 20 books and counting will find new homes. Thanks Steph. You inspire us.
I have such a hard time getting rid of books... But I do chip away every time I declutter.... So hard
This is the first time EVER I can say “yup. I’ve got a handle on this”. I can also say TOUCH MY BOOKS & I’LL BITE YOUR HAND. To be fair, I don’t have kids, recipe books or magazines around. I also take off dust jackets.
I’ve learned so much from Steph, I’m proud to say I have ONE spot in my house that’s ok. Going to shine my sink now.
For my children's books, I used to stand, on the top of the book case, seasonal books, to stand out from the rest, so my children could see them , and they would want to look at them, keeping in the theme of the time of year. tfs Have a lovely day ! 🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲🥰🐣🐤💐🌞🌛🐰💗🇺🇲
Thank you for another motivational video. Decluttering right now! 💪🏻
My favorite childhood book:
The Monster at the End of this Book
.....it's Grover, spoiler alert. ;)
What is your favorite from childhood?
Steph, I love watching your videos. I somehow was unsubscribed, so I just subscribed again. I’m glad I checked.
I’m excited to see what Reno’s you are doing to your new home.
❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Your videos are very helpful. I’ve already cleaned 6 drawers. My garage is my big weekend project. Thank you for making it fun and not stressful. Bruce …Stephanie’s husband.
Ooof, books are the most challenging. Starting shelf by shelf...
I have the original Sidetracked Home Executives book, too! Love it. Lol.
I have lots of vintage books that I love, and that are NO LONGER in the library. Never getting rid of those! But there are definitely others.......
I love your videos and your sunny smile!