If you are up for letting the yellow lego box go (if not, no big deal), you could consider putting the legos you are adding to the garage sale into it. There's something mental when shopping at garage sales about seeing legos in a box like that - they're like a kid magnet. :)
Wow your energy is different in this video.. you are really getting rid of a lot and making quick decision.. that's my friend is 'Recovery'.. very well done Mrs. Hearts..
Excellent job!! Wow, what an improvement in decision making and letting go. What if you take the green Christmas bin and Christmas area rugs that are rolled up and put them in the Christmas cave? That way everything is in the same place for when you go to declutter and decorate next Christmas
For the christmas lights, what if the bulbs were all removed now and stored in a small box with the christmas lights you hang up? That way when one goes out it can still be replaced but it wont take up so much room. Edit: Just saw some other comments saying this too! Great minds think alike! ❤
Post yard sale when you have that space open up, plan what you are going to do with it so it doesn’t become filled again! Maybe make it your craft area and start relocating those items over there and then you have a designated area to work in. It’s ok if it’s not the final spot, but just like the play area, it holds up better when it is designated 👍 so excited for you!
Take a bow 🙇♀️ Miss Heart ❤️ that was absolutely brilliant. I love when you find empty boxes and the space it opens is amazing. I can’t believe the size of the pile going, wow. Miss Pepper is doing a wonderful job supervising too and her exploring areas are getting bigger every week too. You truly are an inspiration and a motivator for me and so many others. I can’t wait for the yard sale. Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 👏👍💪🙏💐🙇♀️🥳🦄
Something I've found useful is putting things on the curb on a non trash day with a "free" sign. You know that anyone willing to take a stationary bike off the curb really wants it, because its pretty cumbersome to move. I find things disappear fast!
I do this too! It really works for us. Haven't had to go to the donation center for a long time doing this. And people can really use the financial break of it being free with the current economy. :) Have a beautiful day
That’s a popular strategy where I live. Scrap lumber, old furniture, bigger toys- it all gets rehomed - the best form of recycling since it requires nothing other than pickup
If your moms exercise bike still brings you joy you can put it in the area with the other workout equipment. It’s so nice that you guys have a space to work out, soon craft, and a play area. Such amazing amazing progress!! I cannot believe you to rocker it today!
Something we did with extra Christmas lights of broken strings was to take off the good ones and put them all in a box so the cord could be thrown out! It saved a lot of space
Amazing tossy tossy pile! I can't wait to see the next section that you have never gone through decluttered. You will have a cleared basement in no time!
I really like that you did a different area that you haven’t done before! Lots of things you haven’t seen in a while,good job! I sure hope you can have the yard sale soon! Maybe you can get the boys to bag up some legos into small bags that seems to go together well. I think the boys will enjoy that!. The boys may want to find toys they don’t care about for the yard sale so they may make a little bit of money!?
Pepper is the cutest! I've been loving the inclusion of the sweet kitty :) You are absolutely clobbering this! It's amazing how much you can just toss! I am super excited for you to get that basement done so that you can have an epic crafting space!
Oh no more ribbon?! 🤣. I look forward to seeing a big crafting supply decluttering and organizing series, hopefully. Really enjoyed seeing you tackling a new area and ending up with a big tossy tossy pile. Keep plugging along you’re doing a great job!
I just want to say, I think it’s pretty amazing how quickly you were able to go through this section and how much you were able to toss compared to when you first started. I randomly found your videos last year (2021) when my baby was still tiny and exclusively nursing (aka binge watching RUclips and Netflix 🙄). I have appreciated learning from you as I’m not sure I would’ve recognized otherwise that I have some hoarder tendencies myself with huge sentimental attachments. I love the befores and afters of your spaces you declutter, super satisfying, and so encouraging that you do a little at a time and you listen to your mind and body. I also love that your husband seems to be very supportive of your process as well as your progress and that is so lovely; not all are blessed with loving support. ❤️ May the Lord continue to bless you and your family, and thank you for doing videos, it’s very encouraging to see real life struggles and that it’s a continual process. 🤗 Much love from this Alaska mama!❤️
Wow! 🌼 what I like is you keep going with kindness and love to yourself, and the progress is amazing. Before I thought that the only way to progress is to be hard on myself, now I see it’s not. Thank you✨
My husband is in the garbage industry and I hope my thoughts can settle your mind about landfills. My husband looks at them as temporary storage units. There is technology that uses trash and turns it into energy. Unfortunately it is extremely expensive at this point and for the most part people don’t want to pay the extra expense. Eventually technology will improve, like all technology, and it will become cost effective to use. Until that time landfills are “storage units”. Landfills are also often cleaner for the environment, less carbon footprint than taking items to recycling facilities. Other facility burn garage which emits gas. Google pros and cons of landfills. Hopefully this info will help you feel less guilty about sending actual trash to a landfill.
You don't know me, but I love watching your videos. I wanted to say how proud I am, of you and your progress. You have come so far, and sometimes we forget how we've changed. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my goodness you did a FANTASTIC job!! I think by you being able to move on to another spot you haven’t been too yet it gave you a fresh outlook. Keep going Mrs. Heart!!! 🎉👏🎉👏🎉👏
Absolutely fantastic declutter. You have come such a long way and you can see that by the way you don't even need to feel the need to take everything out of the boxes. I love that Pepper joins in every week she is a great decluttering partner x
The "random" yellow shelf you found with the plastic shelving unit is actually the base. I had those same units growing up and that base provides stability to the unit.
New sub here 🙂, currently binge watching your channel! Thank you for telling us about your Moms bike, you sharing that you could not let it go, that reassures me, we are all a work in progress 💕
December 2023. Another pile of books and magazines for the library. Another bag for Goodwill. More fabric scraps and ribbon for the crafters. Swiffer refills to the museum. I'm still finding 20 items to give away each day. Tina, Al's wife
If you pull the light bulbs off the Christmas lights you can get money for the cords. Could try selling the fireplace thing. Definitely put the Christmas tote in the Christmas cave.
I popped out all of the lights on my extra strands of lights so that I only have bulbs and not the tangled up strings. I love watching your journey and have shared you with my friends and family members who could use the inspiration. ADHD Brains bounce around but you're still getting things done. Keep going!
Hi! About the christmas lights... You don´t need to untangle them 😄 Just take as many lights of as you want or need and put them somewhere smart than recycle the "nest" .
I love these basement videos. I'm super looking forward to you having a dedicated craft area. It has made ALL the difference for me. This long holiday weekend, I'm actually separating my sewing/fabric and yarn from the rest of my craft supplies. That will stay in the sweatshop I have set up in my basement. All the other crafty stuff is coming upstairs into the den/office. Having 5 sewing machines, 2 sergers, and a coverstitch machine ALL set up and useable makes sewing very easy. Having no additional flat surfaces to do the other stuff (jewelry, paper crafts, etc.) makes it harder to do those things. I'd love to see Hubby's exercise area expanded to include your elliptical (or is it a tteadmill?) And your Mom's bike.
You are looking very bright and sunny! I hope to finish edging one of the backyard gardens tomorrow. I have three happy , bushy culinary thymes to plant for my summer cooking as well. I have English, French, Lemon thymes, tasty! I hope to find a new bathing suit and a pair of long pants that fit. These are falling off again! Happens when you get older)
Just asking - I always thought there was a lot of “I’ll scrub that, wash that, do X,Y,Z with that” Does that help you or make it more likely thst nothing gets done. Me, I need to dump or place or do whatever ASAP No, I’ll scrub it later or x,y,z later because I know later will be just as chaotic and busy as now or even more so.
I see the mic you found recently. That’s awesome! Holy Meltdown!!! That Himalayan lamp destruction is crazy!!! Loved the novelty of working in a new area for you! You go, girl!
Why don't you just remove some bulbs from old Christmas lights in advance and store them with xmas lights you are currently using and toss the old light mess. Good idea to go through some new areas, you will create more space more easily and it might be easier to organise the other stuff in the basement.
Are you ready to schedule a goodwill pickup for right after your garage sale so it goes to a good home just now yours? Huge leap but you may be ready for it. Yeah!!! In any case keep going🎉🎉🎉🎉
I must have missed this. I bought 3 books ( at library and Goodwill). I took 2 boxes to Goodwill and found 4 books and 3 magazines to get rid of. My neighbor gave me a bag of clothes she didn't want. I'm giving her some craft supplies. She makes cards and I don't. Tina, Al's wife
Wow amazing job this time!! I believe this is one of your biggest of letting go down there. So glad you was able to get a craft table up for your self !! See you next time 🥰😍
Would you or hubby consider stripping the bulbs from the Christmas lights and have a little bag of spare clear and another of coloured. That way get rid of the tangled wires. Just a thought. Wonderful video as always! You are amazing. 💗
Ribbon!!! I worked on a big declutter at church today, I filled my trunk with art materials and gave them to the local elementary school. So satisfying but I really empathize with the overwhelm thing (the church hall has shelves and shelves of unneeded stuff). We did a lot but stopped before we collapsed. Next time I will remember your tip about starting with one easy thing.
Nice tossey tossey pile. Wonderful momentum this round. It'll make getting to the yard sale stuff easier too. After you move out the yard sale you can shift the shelf with Hubby's stuff on it over to the wall and then you could get to the middle easier.
Good job!! So much tossy tossy! You should be SOOO proud of the progress you have made in 4 years. Maybe post the exercise bike on your town giveaway so it gets a new home. You had originally made a play area in the basement by request of your son. But now that there rooms are so de cluttered they can pick what they actually still play with and want to keep and put it in there rooms. The new open space can be the workout space for Hubby!!
Good time to get ride of a load of scrap metal if you put it on the curb people will pick it up or go get your self some dollars with it. You got the shelf, the fireplace parts, the Christmas lights (wire), that box stuff you found and maybe more. Takes the light bulbs off the old wire label them in a baggie put in your Christmas stuff. Are you putting all your Christmas bins your finding in the Christmas cave, lol, so they will be all together for fall to go through? I've been wanting you to go through areas you haven't been through already for a while, so I was excited for this video. Yay!! Great job
wow! you killed it today! and I can see how much space you'll gain after the yard sale too. an idea is that if you have anything left after the yard sale is to buy it from yourself and just donate it before it comes back in your home, and use that money as a reward for yourself like a manicure or massage! I hope that made sense. kind of like how you'll buy your kids toys from them to encourage them to declutter, and then donate them.
Also... I'd LOVE to see the extent of your ribbon collection when you're done organising your craft supplies. You'll have to do a whole video (or a youtube short?) just showing them off! 😅
A great idea to go where you’ve not been. Sometimes you just need a reboot for your head to feel more inspired. Plus you bring all you’ve learnt to make it Easier truly helped you make Quick charge.
Melanie - I always cheer you on when you make great progress and this week you did again - nice work!!! And I’m gonna say the exercise bike is reasonable. Selling it would mean someone else was getting joy from it, but curbing would be landfill fodder. At least you didn’t bring it home from the curb. You’re making great strides.
Hey Miss Heart! Another fab video! Miss Pepper looked like she was decluttering that plastic bag- haha. ;) As for the salt lamp- oh yes I had a similar experience: I had seen a good size puddle of water dripping from one of my cabinets. I openned the cabinet and the shelf it was on was full of water! I was so surprised and didn't reailise that could happen- even when put away in a cabinet. Haha! Science can be funny. Much love to you and little Pepper. 😻😸❤
WOW!!!! I absolutely loved this idea, going to areas that you have not decluttered before. You where Speeeeding through all those tossy tossy's!!! If there is another area you have not touched please do that for a video in June!!!
I love your videos keep up the good work, even when you’re not sure what to do with an item- which is rare now, you’re positive and encourage yourself. You really inspire us all.
You did such a great job! Miss Pepper is soooo proud! 😊 I love Dana K White’s 5 step process. She’s part of the “Take Your House Back” trio along with Dawn The Minimal Mom and Cas of Clutterbug. Dana’s motto is similar to yours. She says “Progress and only Progress.” Her first two steps are simple and no decisions necessary. Step 1 is grab a black garbage bag and just look for “obvious” trash and if that’s all you can do, it’s still going to look better with no hard decisions. Step 2 is “obvious” items that have homes somewhere else.
WOW AMAZING. Such quick decisions too. Proud of you and the progress you’re making. so excited to see you get your craft section set up so you can be creative. Maybe the kiddos can start crafting down stairs so you table can stay open more too.
Your doing amazing and love the idea of doing areas that haven’t been done before your progress is wonderful I have watched you from the start and you have come so far and still motivate me to do keep going with mine
Here's a thought about the extra yellow shelf: It may be intended as a 'floor' for the shelving that's slightly raised up from the ground :) It would provide protection from damp or minor flooding (but luckily that's no longer an issue in your basement -- huzzah!) Another great video!
You now have a kiddo play area AND the start to a craft area! Starting where you’ve not been before means you can take all your new muscles to the area and make bigger wins, all the times you say let that go….super exciting
When you said you’re tackling a new spot in the basement my first thought was ”this’ll be an epic tossy tossy pile” and wouldn’t you know?! There it is in the end, impressive work! Well done 👏👏🌈🦄
🦄💗🌈Melanie you are amazing!!! I watch you channel since the beginning as you were still incognito. To see your growth today 🤩 fills my heart with joy, and to see the desk and the start of the crafting area 💃🏼 and I can't wait to see the beginning of your future fitness corner 🤗 Thank you for beeing so strong to tell the world about your emotions and feelings, Melanie you are such an inspiration for me, how you are as a person, how you deal with your personal struggle with kindness and grace 🌻
You have no idea how excited I get when I see a new basement declutter video.
Awe, thank you so so much!!! Your sweet message keeps me encouraged to keep going 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻💕
I feel the same way. I’m also looking forward to the yard sale video and the empty space after. 🙌 Wishing you a great and profitable Memorial weekend!
People love to buy empty tubs at garage sales. Too many tubs around means you will want to fill them up again.
Me too! I literally say "yey!!" out loud when there is a new one. Miss Heart rocks. :) Have a fab day
Ha ha! Me too! I noticed yesterday that the last one was six days ago... so I'd see a new one soon!!
If you are up for letting the yellow lego box go (if not, no big deal), you could consider putting the legos you are adding to the garage sale into it. There's something mental when shopping at garage sales about seeing legos in a box like that - they're like a kid magnet. :)
Oh that’s a GREAT idea!! Thank you for sharing 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻
Wow your energy is different in this video.. you are really getting rid of a lot and making quick decision.. that's my friend is 'Recovery'.. very well done Mrs. Hearts..
Awe, thank you so so much 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻 You just made my heart smile!!!
Great job, make sure you move the Christmas stuff over with the rest of it so you don't lose track of it
I was going to recommend this too.
That’s a great idea!! Thank you so much for sharing that with me 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻
I said that I must have missed your post
Excellent job!! Wow, what an improvement in decision making and letting go. What if you take the green Christmas bin and Christmas area rugs that are rolled up and put them in the Christmas cave? That way everything is in the same place for when you go to declutter and decorate next Christmas
That's exactly what I was going to say.
Agree.
You are so incredibly right!!! Thank you so much for your help & guidance my friend 🙏🏻❤️
For the christmas lights, what if the bulbs were all removed now and stored in a small box with the christmas lights you hang up? That way when one goes out it can still be replaced but it wont take up so much room. Edit: Just saw some other comments saying this too! Great minds think alike! ❤
That is such a GREAT IDEA!!! Thank you so much for sharing that with me ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Post yard sale when you have that space open up, plan what you are going to do with it so it doesn’t become filled again! Maybe make it your craft area and start relocating those items over there and then you have a designated area to work in. It’s ok if it’s not the final spot, but just like the play area, it holds up better when it is designated 👍 so excited for you!
And have a designated exercise area with the bike included.
Take a bow 🙇♀️ Miss Heart ❤️ that was absolutely brilliant. I love when you find empty boxes and the space it opens is amazing. I can’t believe the size of the pile going, wow. Miss Pepper is doing a wonderful job supervising too and her exploring areas are getting bigger every week too. You truly are an inspiration and a motivator for me and so many others. I can’t wait for the yard sale. Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 👏👍💪🙏💐🙇♀️🥳🦄
Something I've found useful is putting things on the curb on a non trash day with a "free" sign. You know that anyone willing to take a stationary bike off the curb really wants it, because its pretty cumbersome to move. I find things disappear fast!
I do this too! It really works for us. Haven't had to go to the donation center for a long time doing this. And people can really use the financial break of it being free with the current economy. :) Have a beautiful day
That’s a popular strategy where I live. Scrap lumber, old furniture, bigger toys- it all gets rehomed - the best form of recycling since it requires nothing other than pickup
If your moms exercise bike still brings you joy you can put it in the area with the other workout equipment. It’s so nice that you guys have a space to work out, soon craft, and a play area. Such amazing amazing progress!! I cannot believe you to rocker it today!
Don't forget to put the green bin of Christmas items into you Christmas cave so that it doesn't get missed when you do the sorting in the fall.
Idea for a future video - Scott clearing out his bins and random stuff. Maybe you can obscure his face like you do for the boys when they participate.
Or he can wear the unicorn suit ;) 😁🙂🙃😉🌻
Something we did with extra Christmas lights of broken strings was to take off the good ones and put them all in a box so the cord could be thrown out! It saved a lot of space
That is SO INCREDIBLY SMART!!!! Genius! Thank you for sharing with us!!!
Amazing tossy tossy pile! I can't wait to see the next section that you have never gone through decluttered. You will have a cleared basement in no time!
Yes, I’m excited and nervous!!! But more excited!! Lol Thank you my sweet friend 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻
I can’t believe how much we never realized how much we needed Pepper!!! She’s the bestest thing I never knew we needed 😻😻😻
She is so fab! She looked like she was decluttering that bag- haha :) Have a lovely day
As I was decluttering yesterday, I found myself saying "tossie tossie"! Luv it!
Haha! I do that too now. Makes me happy
😅 same over here, her "tossie tossie" reached Norway
I really like that you did a different area that you haven’t done before! Lots of things you haven’t seen in a while,good job! I sure hope you can have the yard sale soon! Maybe you can get the boys to bag up some legos into small bags that seems to go together well. I think the boys will enjoy that!. The boys may want to find toys they don’t care about for the yard sale so they may make a little bit of money!?
Amazing!! Wow! Best tossy pile yet!
Curious what your husband has to say about your progress?
Pepper is the cutest! I've been loving the inclusion of the sweet kitty :)
You are absolutely clobbering this! It's amazing how much you can just toss! I am super excited for you to get that basement done so that you can have an epic crafting space!
I do hope you can actually hold your yard sale this week! Abundance blessings to you! (and more Tossy Tossy!)
Oh no more ribbon?! 🤣. I look forward to seeing a big crafting supply decluttering and organizing series, hopefully. Really enjoyed seeing you tackling a new area and ending up with a big tossy tossy pile. Keep plugging along you’re doing a great job!
I think you should slowly get rid of some empty bins. A lot of empty bins sometimes stop you of decluttering bc you will have some place to put stuff…
I just want to say, I think it’s pretty amazing how quickly you were able to go through this section and how much you were able to toss compared to when you first started. I randomly found your videos last year (2021) when my baby was still tiny and exclusively nursing (aka binge watching RUclips and Netflix 🙄). I have appreciated learning from you as I’m not sure I would’ve recognized otherwise that I have some hoarder tendencies myself with huge sentimental attachments. I love the befores and afters of your spaces you declutter, super satisfying, and so encouraging that you do a little at a time and you listen to your mind and body. I also love that your husband seems to be very supportive of your process as well as your progress and that is so lovely; not all are blessed with loving support. ❤️
May the Lord continue to bless you and your family, and thank you for doing videos, it’s very encouraging to see real life struggles and that it’s a continual process. 🤗
Much love from this Alaska mama!❤️
Wow! 🌼 what I like is you keep going with kindness and love to yourself, and the progress is amazing. Before I thought that the only way to progress is to be hard on myself, now I see it’s not. Thank you✨
Awe, yes don’t be so hard on yourself ❤️🙏🏻 Know that you’re amazing and it’s okay to go at your own pace and honor your emotions 💕💕
You are so right! Thank you for pointing that out. There is a lot I learn about having the right attitude from Miss Heart 🙂❤
My husband is in the garbage industry and I hope my thoughts can settle your mind about landfills. My husband looks at them as temporary storage units. There is technology that uses trash and turns it into energy. Unfortunately it is extremely expensive at this point and for the most part people don’t want to pay the extra expense. Eventually technology will improve, like all technology, and it will become cost effective to use. Until that time landfills are “storage units”. Landfills are also often cleaner for the environment, less carbon footprint than taking items to recycling facilities. Other facility burn garage which emits gas. Google pros and cons of landfills. Hopefully this info will help you feel less guilty about sending actual trash to a landfill.
You don't know me, but I love watching your videos. I wanted to say how proud I am, of you and your progress. You have come so far, and sometimes we forget how we've changed. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my goodness you did a FANTASTIC job!! I think by you being able to move on to another spot you haven’t been too yet it gave you a fresh outlook. Keep going Mrs. Heart!!! 🎉👏🎉👏🎉👏
Absolutely fantastic declutter. You have come such a long way and you can see that by the way you don't even need to feel the need to take everything out of the boxes.
I love that Pepper joins in every week she is a great decluttering partner x
The "random" yellow shelf you found with the plastic shelving unit is actually the base. I had those same units growing up and that base provides stability to the unit.
New sub here 🙂, currently binge watching your channel! Thank you for telling us about your Moms bike, you sharing that you could not let it go, that reassures me, we are all a work in progress 💕
December 2023. Another pile of books and magazines for the library. Another bag for Goodwill. More fabric scraps and ribbon for the crafters. Swiffer refills to the museum. I'm still finding 20 items to give away each day. Tina, Al's wife
If you pull the light bulbs off the Christmas lights you can get money for the cords. Could try selling the fireplace thing. Definitely put the Christmas tote in the Christmas cave.
I popped out all of the lights on my extra strands of lights so that I only have bulbs and not the tangled up strings.
I love watching your journey and have shared you with my friends and family members who could use the inspiration. ADHD Brains bounce around but you're still getting things done. Keep going!
Hi!
About the christmas lights... You don´t need to untangle them 😄 Just take as many lights of as you want or need and put them somewhere smart than recycle the "nest" .
You’re a rockstar! 🌟🌟🌟
Put that Christmas bin in the Christmas cave with everything else or you won’t find it come fall!
If you Love it, Keep it!!
Organize what you Love❤️🥰
Get rid of what doesn’t make you happy!
You are absolutely right!!! Thank you my dear friend 🦄💜🌟🙏🏻
This video has inspired me to clean out one exercise machine that hasn't been used in years and is broken. It's time to let it go.
I love these basement videos.
I'm super looking forward to you having a dedicated craft area. It has made ALL the difference for me. This long holiday weekend, I'm actually separating my sewing/fabric and yarn from the rest of my craft supplies. That will stay in the sweatshop I have set up in my basement. All the other crafty stuff is coming upstairs into the den/office.
Having 5 sewing machines, 2 sergers, and a coverstitch machine ALL set up and useable makes sewing very easy. Having no additional flat surfaces to do the other stuff (jewelry, paper crafts, etc.) makes it harder to do those things.
I'd love to see Hubby's exercise area expanded to include your elliptical (or is it a tteadmill?) And your Mom's bike.
Nursing homes need arts and craft supplies for their residents.
Look at you! You used to avoid being looked at ! Now you’re a Hollywood Star! 🥰
You look so genuinely happy 😁 ❤❤❤ Thank you always for amazing inspo!
Awe, thank you so much my friend 🙏🏻🦄💜🌟
You are looking very bright and sunny! I hope to finish edging one of the backyard gardens tomorrow. I have three happy , bushy culinary thymes to plant for my summer cooking as well. I have English, French, Lemon thymes, tasty! I hope to find a new bathing suit and a pair of long pants that fit. These are falling off again! Happens when you get older)
It was so fun to see you find things you haven’t seen in years and see your growth!
Great job! 💐 I'm patiently awaiting the day you can have a plastic tote sale - it was cathartic for me after my big declutter.
Just asking - I always thought there was a lot of “I’ll scrub that, wash that, do X,Y,Z with that”
Does that help you or make it more likely thst nothing gets done. Me, I need to dump or place or do whatever ASAP
No, I’ll scrub it later or x,y,z later because I know later will be just as chaotic and busy as now or even more so.
I see the mic you found recently. That’s awesome!
Holy Meltdown!!! That Himalayan lamp destruction is crazy!!!
Loved the novelty of working in a new area for you! You go, girl!
I’ve followed you from the beginning, you have come so far…..sending you a massive hug from England! Keep it up you are doing such a great job x
Your doing so well and with the yellow shelves maybe the extra one goes at the bottom. :)
Why don't you just remove some bulbs from old Christmas lights in advance and store them with xmas lights you are currently using and toss the old light mess.
Good idea to go through some new areas, you will create more space more easily and it might be easier to organise the other stuff in the basement.
That was a great video - I love the tossy tossy pile!
Thank you so much 💜🦄🌟🙏🏻
Are you ready to schedule a goodwill pickup for right after your garage sale so it goes to a good home just now yours? Huge leap but you may be ready for it. Yeah!!! In any case keep going🎉🎉🎉🎉
Amazing tossy tossy pile! Don't feel too bad about the exercise bike, it's kinda cute and retro LOL
Good job! Basement videos are my favorite 🤩
I am so incredibly proud of you! You did an amazing job with you tossy tossy. Such growth on your part.
I must have missed this. I bought 3 books ( at library and Goodwill). I took 2 boxes to Goodwill and found 4 books and 3 magazines to get rid of. My neighbor gave
me a bag of clothes she didn't want. I'm giving her some craft supplies. She makes cards and I don't. Tina, Al's wife
Wow amazing job this time!! I believe this is one of your biggest of letting go down there. So glad you was able to get a craft table up for your self !! See you next time 🥰😍
Looking great. Hope the yard sale is amazing and everything sells.🙏❤️
Move the Legos that we're in the Christmas bin to the yellow Legos bin.
You are doing wonderful! I got so excited when I saw an empty bin! Aren't those the best!
And it is absolutely ok to keep the bike!
Would you or hubby consider stripping the bulbs from the Christmas lights and have a little bag of spare clear and another of coloured. That way get rid of the tangled wires. Just a thought. Wonderful video as always! You are amazing. 💗
Ribbon!!!
I worked on a big declutter at church today, I filled my trunk with art materials and gave them to the local elementary school. So satisfying but I really empathize with the overwhelm thing (the church hall has shelves and shelves of unneeded stuff). We did a lot but stopped before we collapsed. Next time I will remember your tip about starting with one easy thing.
Girl!! That tossy tossy pile was magnificent! You created a runway in that spot! You could land a dang plane in there!! 🎉🎉🎉 Yesssss!!!
Nice tossey tossey pile. Wonderful momentum this round. It'll make getting to the yard sale stuff easier too. After you move out the yard sale you can shift the shelf with Hubby's stuff on it over to the wall and then you could get to the middle easier.
Good job!! So much tossy tossy!
You should be SOOO proud of the progress you have made in 4 years.
Maybe post the exercise bike on your town giveaway so it gets a new home.
You had originally made a play area in the basement by request of your son. But now that there rooms are so de cluttered they can pick what they actually still play with and want to keep and put it in there rooms.
The new open space can be the workout space for Hubby!!
I'm so excited about your yard sale. Can't wait to see that space open up!
I've been waiting for this part of the basement! Keep going :)
Oh wow! You have come so far Miss Heart. So very proud of you. Can't wait for the yard sale. All that extra space!
Good time to get ride of a load of scrap metal if you put it on the curb people will pick it up or go get your self some dollars with it. You got the shelf, the fireplace parts, the Christmas lights (wire), that box stuff you found and maybe more. Takes the light bulbs off the old wire label them in a baggie put in your Christmas stuff. Are you putting all your Christmas bins your finding in the Christmas cave, lol, so they will be all together for fall to go through? I've been wanting you to go through areas you haven't been through already for a while, so I was excited for this video. Yay!! Great job
My salt lamp recently melted too. We've had lots of rain and humidity.
I had a salt lamp some years ago (didn't everyone?) and it started to melt on my wood dresser! YIKES! That thing went to the Goodwill SO FAST!
Crazy right!! I didn’t even think it would melt!!
wow! you killed it today! and I can see how much space you'll gain after the yard sale too. an idea is that if you have anything left after the yard sale is to buy it from yourself and just donate it before it comes back in your home, and use that money as a reward for yourself like a manicure or massage! I hope that made sense. kind of like how you'll buy your kids toys from them to encourage them to declutter, and then donate them.
Also... I'd LOVE to see the extent of your ribbon collection when you're done organising your craft supplies. You'll have to do a whole video (or a youtube short?) just showing them off! 😅
Such an incredible tossy tossy pile! Wow! So proud of you! You are doing so amazing! Such a great idea to go to a new area! Well done! ❤️
A great idea to go where you’ve not been. Sometimes you just need a reboot for your head to feel more inspired. Plus you bring all you’ve learnt to make it Easier truly helped you make Quick charge.
Melanie - I always cheer you on when you make great progress and this week you did again - nice work!!! And I’m gonna say the exercise bike is reasonable. Selling it would mean someone else was getting joy from it, but curbing would be landfill fodder. At least you didn’t bring it home from the curb. You’re making great strides.
Hey Miss Heart! Another fab video! Miss Pepper looked like she was decluttering that plastic bag- haha. ;) As for the salt lamp- oh yes I had a similar experience: I had seen a good size puddle of water dripping from one of my cabinets. I openned the cabinet and the shelf it was on was full of water! I was so surprised and didn't reailise that could happen- even when put away in a cabinet. Haha! Science can be funny. Much love to you and little Pepper. 😻😸❤
WOW!!!! I absolutely loved this idea, going to areas that you have not decluttered before. You where Speeeeding through all those tossy tossy's!!!
If there is another area you have not touched please do that for a video in June!!!
I love your videos keep up the good work, even when you’re not sure what to do with an item- which is rare now, you’re positive and encourage yourself. You really inspire us all.
Wow that after is huge!!! I love the bright yellow shelf.
"Jumping around your Journey"...I like that idea.
jaw-dropping video!! you did excellent mrs Heart ^^
Wow, huge tossy tossy pile. Great job.
You did such a great job! Miss Pepper is soooo proud! 😊 I love Dana K White’s 5 step process. She’s part of the “Take Your House Back” trio along with Dawn The Minimal Mom and Cas of Clutterbug. Dana’s motto is similar to yours. She says “Progress and only Progress.” Her first two steps are simple and no decisions necessary. Step 1 is grab a black garbage bag and just look for “obvious” trash and if that’s all you can do, it’s still going to look better with no hard decisions. Step 2 is “obvious” items that have homes somewhere else.
I so want to follow in your footsteps! I hope that by watching you go the process that some of your recovery run off on me. 💞
Wow! This is huge. Great job! Get that decluttering momentum going!
WOW AMAZING.
Such quick decisions too.
Proud of you and the progress you’re making. so excited to
see you get your craft section set up so you can be creative.
Maybe the kiddos can start crafting down stairs so you table can stay open more too.
HUZZZAH!!! Great job! You got so much done! So proud of you! One large step closer to your craft corner :)
My parents had that exact same exercise bike! 80s nostalgia. I get your emotional reaction.
Your doing amazing and love the idea of doing areas that haven’t been done before your progress is wonderful I have watched you from the start and you have come so far and still motivate me to do keep going with mine
Wow! Humongous tossy-tossy 🙂 I love to follow your progress and it inspires me to tackle my own, small storage room 😊
If you want to keep the Christmas light bulbs, maybe give the kids a summer money/toy chore of taking off all the bulbs and labeling a baggy.
Here's a thought about the extra yellow shelf: It may be intended as a 'floor' for the shelving that's slightly raised up from the ground :) It would provide protection from damp or minor flooding (but luckily that's no longer an issue in your basement -- huzzah!)
Another great video!
Loooove this episode! 🥰🇧🇷
Me too!!
Awe!!! Thank you so so much my beautiful friend 🙏🏻🌟🇧🇷
You now have a kiddo play area AND the start to a craft area!
Starting where you’ve not been before means you can take all your new muscles to the area and make bigger wins, all the times you say let that go….super exciting
When I forgetting shopping bags from my car , I just packed my shopping in the bags in my car - you don’t need a washing basket!!
So proud of u. U have come so far. Keep strong n GodBless. Love seeing pepper to help u
When you said you’re tackling a new spot in the basement my first thought was ”this’ll be an epic tossy tossy pile” and wouldn’t you know?! There it is in the end, impressive work! Well done 👏👏🌈🦄
What a great session yet again! I'm cheering you on from the other side of the pond :)
🦄💗🌈Melanie you are amazing!!! I watch you channel since the beginning as you were still incognito. To see your growth today 🤩 fills my heart with joy, and to see the desk and the start of the crafting area 💃🏼 and I can't wait to see the beginning of your future fitness corner 🤗 Thank you for beeing so strong to tell the world about your emotions and feelings, Melanie you are such an inspiration for me, how you are as a person, how you deal with your personal struggle with kindness and grace 🌻
Awesome job. I’ve been clearing out a bunch more sentimental items and I feel like I’ve been doing so much better!!!