You can have a tree company spray the Silver Birch trees to prevent spring/ early summer seed fluff! I thought that we Cottonwood Trees Cricket? I never even saw that option. Probably because I have absolutely no cricket traits! OMGOSH, I absolutely love the polka dots! They are perfect! Beautiful room, both of them are perfection! (Confection Perfection! )
1. Thank you Cas for showing us someone who doesn’t fit easily into one organizing style 2. Thanks to homeowners who allow us to see real life progress 3. Thanks for doing this on a realistic level! So excellent!!!❤❤❤
I lived by that this morning and attacked one very disorganised place in my apartment. Not a whole room - that is far too much, just one space in my living room cabinet. (I can really recommend to only go at it for half an hour or twenty minutes at a time, to net get overwhelmed!) I threw away quite some paper things (I hate throwing that away, but I really, really have to, so I bit the bullet). And I collected a few games that have their place elsewhere, took them there, just to find I had to get at that container, too - as there wasn't enough space in that. So more throwing out (a card game where the cards showed signs from playing and the box was in tatters, and a game I never played since I bought it 30 years ago - so out it went). And while I did not finish that space in my cabinet - I made it definitely better, can do the rest after I return home from work, dust it, reorganize it. I love "not perfect but better" - and I really need to keep in mind that you cannot organize clutter! But just what I did this morning already made a visible difference to my place. One less corner of chaos. It looks organised, not perfect, but as if the things were there for a reason. I can always prettify that later
@@franhunne8929 i suggest the "multiple pass" apprach. Get things in ONE room done, in very manageable steps you choose. Then, go back to where you started and attack it again. Maybe more thrown out, or better organization. Do remember to TOSS before you ORGANIZE. Otherwise, you are organizing clutter, which serves no purpose. GOOD LUCK!
I am a total ladybug but my husband is a butterfly. I took your advice and defaulted to his organization style, and now our house is more organized, and he can easily put stuff away. I prefer visual simplicity, but I must say it has really helped me. If I could have everything hidden, I would, but then I have to tell my husband constantly where stuff is. Now that we have are organized with his style in mind, he is empowered to put stuff where it belongs because he can see where it goes. Lol 😆 thanks Cas!!!!
Saw your comment, and I’m in a mess from a recent divorce, and have a whole house to tackle! I am seeing that at times, the combination of 2 types of styles seems to be the way that helps in many circumstances! Enjoy your newly organized space!💕
Karla is such a pure soul. So warmhearted. Thank you for helping this family Cas. The rooms turned out beautiful. I feel the lack of storage space. In my country there are no built in closets, so you have to buy furniture. I moved two times during the last three years and didn't have a wardrobe for all this time, because the budget didn't allow to buy one. I am a cricket and it hurt my soul living out of boxes. You cannot unpack if you have nowhere to put the stuff. I finally got a wardrobe for free last month and I was so thankful. Now everything is extremly tidy as I prefer it to be.
Cover the pool (with tarps if that's what it takes), and lay down tarps in the backyard - we harvest mulberries from our trees by laying down tarps because then the berries don't get lost in the grass, but it will make it way easier to collect the pods (I did the same sort of thing in January the night before my mom and I drove my truck home because the truck doesn't have a bed cover yet - all we had to do in the morning before we left was pull the tarp out by the corners and voila! the snow was out of the bed and the bed was completely dry, saving me 1/2-1 hour of work); stake the tarps down if it will be windy at all. There will probably still be seed pods that get in the grass, but it will be a heck of a lot less work to clean up the yard.
I love how your husband goes with you. Who would’ve thought that your situation would go from resentment because you’re organizing for free, to joining you to intentionally organize for free 😊.
I love this! I just hired an organizer to help me get organized in a house we have lived in almost 45 years! I’m definitely overwhelmed but she is great!!
Oh Cass!!! You are wonder women… wish I could have you over at my house and help me out with my clutter. I have attempted over the last year and achieved some progress but not nearly enough. I ain’t able to enjoy my home, I am stressed and overwhelmed. Wishing I could reset and stay organized to rid of my constant fatigue and raise my son outside my clutter problem. What an amazing makeover, good job!!!!
I am a butterfly, but do not have much room in my home to show off all my lovely things, and am really lacking in storage, or any where to put storage! I defiantly have too much stuff, but as I live alone, and only go out of the house to walk my dog, due to acute anxiety, I have to pay someone if I want help, or need to get rid of stuff. I did find out that Oxfam in England will come and pick things up from my home that I am donating, so am starting with that. I love watching your videos, as you are so lovely and happy and inspirational, despite all the things you have on your plate, with your own busy life. Thank you for helping us all. Blessings and hugs from Jilly and licks from Madge the black rescue greyhound, from a hot West Devon, England. xxx
Cas! This video is such great timing considering what project I just finished at 1am before this video released! OK long story time: This past week I was cat-sitting for a neighbor. Turns out the neighbor has an entirely hoarded house (Level 4), and she’s only lived there a year and a half! I told her: “You know, one of my hobbies is decluttering and organizing. If you don’t mind me touching literally everything you own, I’d love tackling these mountains for you.” She said oh my god yes- So this past week I was able to fill 2 medium dumpsters of literal trash (cardboard, moldy wood, old papers, etc.), get sentimental stuff into boxes, and zone her home into: living room, office, art room, and a functional bedroom. I just got to reveal her cleaned, organized, and decorated house to her last night when she returned and she was so happy and shocked! And she’s a bee so I got a pegboard for her Art wall (so now she has a container for all her duplicate supplies), and everything is so beautiful and functional. I listened to all of your videos and Dana and Dawn’s videos as I cleaned- so that was great body doubling! I did the project for free as well because a functional home is priceless! Happy to share this exciting news with you because her life is changed for the better with the power of decluttering!
Aww Emily's attempt at not-perfect polka dots still ended up being in diagonal lines which I love, I'm a cricket and need order. I also loved her little dance, and I definitely teared up when you did the reveals! So happy you're able to make such a big difference to people's lives!
This happens to me every time I try to "randomize" things. They end up being in lines or a pattern despite my best efforts. My brain just cannot do random.
Same. If I want random dots on paper, I literally have to close my eyes. The artwork on my walls looked like little soldiers in formation until a friend of mine came over and “chaosified” it for me. 😂
That's one reason I think I stay away from paint art. I cannot have random lines and colors. I need to see things organized. 😂 That craft room turned out lovely. Cas, I had a pine tree that did that to me . Yes, the tears are real !😭😭😭 Hang in there, this too shall pass 🫂💐
Wow! I’ve commented on videos before, this is my life, only in EVERY room and stuff times ten due to a recent divorce from a…”saver of things”, the pleasant way of putting it. It’s my son and I and overwhelmed we are. ONE box at a time it will be..and thx again Cass. Wishing so badly you were, at times in the states!💕👩👦
I love this episode because I don’t feel like I fit any specific category either and have watched the videos on each personality type and I’m a little bit of each or at least 3. I love things hidden but like things to be organized, I keep things I need to get rid of, some things need to be visual, I’m either super organized or a total mess, I also have lists on top of lists of things I want to accomplish but there is so much it’s overwhelming etc. I think I want to be a type A but get too overwhelmed but if I had a magic wand everything would be perfectly organized, labeled, clean lines, etc. Edit: my point is I’m glad I’m not the only one that doesn’t seem to fit in just one category lol
I am so glad that you covered someone who doesn't fit into one of your clutterbug categories, because I don't either! I learned a lot about how to combine some of the tips and techniques, so that I can at least try it out and see what works and what doesn't. Thanks again. I think that one of the lessons of the seed pods may have been: "Control is an illusion, especially outdoors." LOL🌪🌪🌪🤣
Cass, I only recently stumbled on to Clutterbug and I have been hooked ever since. You are the first person that has ever made the whole "declutter, sort, and organize" make sense for me. I'm definitely a bee, my husband is a ladybug, and daughter is a butterfly. Your categories and philosophy really helped me to understand that we're not messy, we just organize differently. Love these makeovers, they're practical and inspirational. I'm actually tackling my own home one little corner at a time and have shared your videos with others. Wins all around!
Last…sending strength and a swoosh of calm on the powers that be that keep making pods and tree clutter fall on your work! You have an ARMY of subscribers sending good vibes and are here for you. Remember to BREATHE, set that camera up and record your process, it’ll help us all and give you content for months, lol. Rest, healing and support sent your way!💕
Bless your heart. Selling a house is stressful to begin with so I cannot imagine going through that. Maybe take pictures of what it looks like immaculate and post them around the house. Good luck and know we are rooting for you. I sold my house last year and finally made a decision on a place and have moved (mostly) into the new place. Boxes everywhere and trying to follow your system. Purge, purge, purge baby. Thank the powers that be it is only me. That said, this video was for me. I haven't decided if I am a ladybug or a bee. My living room: ladybug. My office and craft room: bee. My kitchen: half and half. Or maybe I am a cricket. I'm not a butterfly so at least I eliminated one type. Great video. Thank you for your wonderful upbeat personality and cheering us on.
Girls room was absolutely gorgeous 😍 and office/craft brilliant! So nice seeing your off-siders (ie Joe & Emily) in front of the camera. Cas, you really are very clever at decorating on a budget 👏👏👏
The phrase, “would you trade that stuff for this space?” hit me hard. I have so much stuff that “may come in handy,” that is preventing me from enjoying my space. That is going to be my new mantra through my own declutter.
You have answer my prayers. I have been married for 30 yrs and I was at the end of any hope in how to save myself, my marriage n my husband. Thank you for the adhd video w Dr. Heather. I can not belive in a few mins you delivered answers n saved us. We now have a drs appt tomorrow n demanding TX for adhd no more anxiety meds that have never worked. God blessss thank u😊
Regarding open house, we just moved. Just remember you only need one buyer to love your house and it’s sold. We sold our house in one day. Thanks for the tip of dealing with one box at a time! 😊
Oh Cass, that is so good of you! Well done! Absolutely LOVED the flowers you made for the little girl's room, they were gorgeous and the way you arranged them!
Our house is like your birch tree! The minute we start to make headway, some catastrophe comes out of nowhere to undermine or seriously interrupt the clean-up momentum. *** Could you do a video addressing how one spouse's organizing style, or lack thereof, can sabotage an area once it's been organized? I have ADHD and need a clear, uncluttered system so as not to become overwhelmed. My spouse has no discipline whatsoever when it comes to picking up, putting away, keeping tidy. I'd be interested in hearing how you might handle clients who have majorly conflicting organizing styles.*** Bless you for your great work and positive suggestions.
Cas, I loved your stay to the end because you're dealing with a very stressful situation by laughing (when you aren't crying!). Your laughter is contagious and I'm pulling for you to get through this move process with the least stress possible! I cannot wait to see your videos about packing and moving and unpacking and making everything pretty. You'll have new material for the whole rest of the year!
Awesome makeovers Cas!! I'm laughing with tears at your ending...I know the struggle and I believe you're gonna make it through just fine. Congrats on your new house! Looking forward to seeing how you transform it into a home.
Cass, I've been watching you for a long time now. I have been watching you religiously every day for about a week, from old to new videos and my home has never felt better. thank you so much ❤ always had that same personality and you make me laugh in every video 😊
I’m so sorry about the pods, but I’m so glad you shared the story! I think we all just feel more connected to how real the struggle is! Whoever buys your house will be so blessed because you’ll have shown them how organized it can be! Can’t wait to see you organize a new home!
Oh my goodness hi Mrs. Alma!👋🏻👋🏻 I see you everywhere! It seems you are subscribed to like every single channel that I am hahah! 😊 How are you doing didn't your husband or you have a procedure recently? I remember seeing a comment, I hope everything is going well with recovery!
@kaylariggs5188 hey hey. LOL. We must have good taste in RUclipsr's. We're doing pretty good. Trying to stay cool. Unfortunately no, his was pushed back and mine was postponed until I get health insurance or come up with half the money for surgery.
Hello from Vancouver Island, I just found your channel a couple days ago, I'm a 45 year old Mom with 4 kids ages 23,21,12&9, my youngest was diagnosed with ASD in 2020, my daughter was diagnosed with ADHD last week and I'm looking into being diagnosed with ADHD myself. My whole house looks like a tornado has hit everything! It's extremely overwhelming! I have never been able to organize. This summer I want to work on decluttering and trying to get organized. I love the polka dots that you put up in the croffice. The big girl room was adorable. Thank you Cas for your videos.
Also Cass, that idea of it’s NOT perfect but better is a game changer, as is sometimes combining 2 types of organizing styles when tackling HUGE messes! Love these videos, they help soooo much! 💕
I love the phrase of CROFFICE ! My craft room also became my work from home space during Covid. So for now on I will refer to My space as My Croffice! Thanks Cas .....oh yes another wonderful beautiful transformation
Good video. Little bits of time here and there is how I declutter and organize. Can't do the overwhelm stuff all at once. Nicely done rooms! Love the big flowers!
Just last year, some parts of my house looked a lot like this one. Then I started watching you and your friends' videos. Every single time I take your quiz, it comes up bee. Bee, bee, bee! I identified as a cricket. Until I discover that I can't find something, or forgot I had it. So bee organizing works great for me! TYSM! Also, decluttering is huge!
Ah Cass ! You have the best comic delivery on RUclips ! I just watched a stand-up comedy workshop end of class presentation last night and I swear I laughed more for your 5 minutes than the entire hour ! And thank you for this DECLUTTER/organization video. I need to do this and I am also overwhelmed. I am moving into a smaller house and I have been accumulating for 15 years. My sewing room comprises 3 rooms that I will have to fit into only one room…. Oh boy, lots of stress and despair here…
If I may, try to "just do it" rather than plan it. Just go in and put in a pile for donation. You will not believe how much you will get done. Pick a time (now is the best) instead of planning a big project go at it, then stop and do more later. Just do it. :) I am rooting for you!!!
I had a "room of doom" that we just piled stuff in, when me & my husband moved into our first house. Then I got pregnant, and the junk room had to be turned into a nursery, with a deadline and all! It worked out great to get old junk we weren't using out of our house! (Mostly old used stuff from family that they didn't want anymore, to help us get started with living on our own. A lot of stuff we used and appreciated, but some of it was just too much and ended up in the room of doom 😆)
I sold my house a year ago Cas. Went through the same thing with the devastation of redoing yard keeping over and over! Sobbed a lot, lol, but just did my best... and still got 12 offers in a week. You can do this, girl. Just hang in there! Good things can't help but come to you, because you are so Awesome. This new family adventure will turn out beautifully for you, I just know it! ❤
I have one of those birch trees too. I took a 6 hour car trip and stayed in a hotel. And I found one of those seed pods the next day in my sheets! It followed me! They are everywhere!
As a ladybug, I’ve never had such visual clutter, but this video almost makes me wish I had a messy house. Such a beautiful transformation would be so satisfying.
Beautiful spaces Cass! Thanks to the homeowner for allowing you to share the journey. Wow-I don’t know how you lived with those trees for 12 years. There are other hybrid types of trees that don’t shed that should be able to give you the same size & shape of the Birch trees. Ugh.
Cass you’re an excellent communicator, a tv presenter by nature! You did an excellent job 🎉 Delightful results. By the way the color red suits you very well!❤ sending lots of love in your way. Xxxx
Regarding the story at the end, hang in there!!! Maybe the storms will turn out to be a good thing? Instead of a steady trickle of the seed pods, all of them will fall down within a week? And then they will all be picked up. Every seed pod you pick up this year, is a seed pod you never ever have to pick up again. (Because you'll be gone by next June) I'm rooting for you!!! Hang in there!!! And maybe have a contest among your kids, with a prize for whoever collects the most seed pods? They might have fun helping you, and that could bring happy energy to the whole thing. (Maybe, if they're game for such a thing) Congratulations on buying a new home!!!! 😃
One box a day is my current motto! I retired from teaching and brought my whole classroom home, my Mum passed away and I had to clean out her space , and I am trying to sell my rental home where I had a bunch of stuff!
I’m currently pregnant with my second baby and am in the “nesting” phase, but I’m a Bee and I’m a perfectionist. I had SO MANY places in my house that I needed to declutter and organize and clean as I get closer to my due date, but it was so overwhelming! Your channel and advice has helped so much! Now, when I see clutter in my house but I don’t feel like I have a lot of time, I still tell myself to just do a little bit, and I’m always happy I did ❤ My house is so much different in the past few months, and every organize space I walk by makes me so relieved.
I think I have both ladybug & butterfly tendencies! I love the way you blended the two. Also, it is so nice of you to donate your time, talent & resources to help deserving people in need of help!!
This is such a realistic approach to any kind of problem. In my experience when something is overwhelming, it's best to start small and imperfect than it is procrastinate and never do it! In some point along the way, magic happens... My momentum and self-confidence builds up and then I am practically unstoppable! The other thing I've noticed is tat, even when implementing my first imperfect solution, I get clarity and inspiration and I find it so easy to improve things. My "imperfect" solution acts as a stepping stone towards an better one. I think of it as a first draft of a book. Without a first draft, the masterpiece would never exist ...
Interesting on how you organized a combo person. My bf is a similar way. I think it's because he prefer stuff he doesn't use often, hidden away. If it's a project or something he likes to use, then it's going to be out but in a visually organized way.😅
You did such a good job on your old house, so I never wanted to say anything negative, but it was built to be so dark that I got second hand depression! So glad you have a house with light!
Pure Magic!!! I'd give almost anything to just be able to get ONE ROOM in my home De-Cluttered & Fixed-Up! I mean, Cass, You admitted to being I've welmed in that space with boxes & boxes of Clutter. ***But what about if there's a Room which was our "Deal With it Later" Room. But that was like 5-Years ago & now... I can't even open the door all the way! I definitely can't take more than a tiny Baby-Step inside the door threshold! How do you De-Clutter if there not even room to "Zone" things?
We had rooms of doom before we started decluttering. Now they look so much better. It took us a few years to get them decluttered to a point I love them.
This is perfect for me today, thank you so much for the video! I am decluttering 2 rooms in 2 days for Thanksgiving I am having early this upcoming Tuesday due to work schedules! This is very inspirational, as well as helpful! Love your channel! Very much appreciate you! 💕
Oh my goodness, little one's big girl room is so beautiful! The colours and those flowers, I love love love those flowers! The family's new craftroom is also just gorgeous - ready for use and welcoming. I cannot beleive those shelves were $60 USD - that's so worthwhile an investement (if you do have the spare funds, obviously) because it made all the difference. I have to say, that I felt this lovely lady was in an unusual position for her? I say that because I felt even her dump and junk storage rooms were more organised than most - and that Tupperware cupboard was a thing of organisational beauty 😊
The bedroom turned out adorable and her craft/baking room is wonderful, I hope she settles in well and tweaks it to perfection. Thank you for your generosity!
Beautiful transformation🩷 I feel your pain! We sold a ranch with a barn full of horses, two toddlers & a baby🤪 we’re still recovering & that was 15 years ago😂
You encouraged me so much with this video! Not only are you great at organizing but the room makeovers were wonderful! Hoping that you get a contract on your house soon so you can let go of all that stress with those seed pods.
I love the phrase "room of doom" I have to remind myself " a thing done imperfectly is better than a perfect thing not done...
I love that ❤
Love that! Not heard of that saying before!
A similar and more general phrase i use is "perfect is the enemy of the good and great"
The paper flower assembly above the bed is beautiful!
Haha, we call our version of that “the bunker”
You can have a tree company spray the Silver Birch trees to prevent spring/ early summer seed fluff!
I thought that we Cottonwood Trees
Cricket? I never even saw that option. Probably because I have absolutely no cricket traits!
OMGOSH, I absolutely love the polka dots! They are perfect! Beautiful room, both of them are perfection!
(Confection Perfection! )
1. Thank you Cas for showing us someone who doesn’t fit easily into one organizing style
2. Thanks to homeowners who allow us to see real life progress
3. Thanks for doing this on a realistic level!
So excellent!!!❤❤❤
This is what keeps us watching and going forward!
Love the statement, "not perfect but better." Feeling motivated to tackle a room. Thank you!
action is better thn inaction
I lived by that this morning and attacked one very disorganised place in my apartment. Not a whole room - that is far too much, just one space in my living room cabinet. (I can really recommend to only go at it for half an hour or twenty minutes at a time, to net get overwhelmed!) I threw away quite some paper things (I hate throwing that away, but I really, really have to, so I bit the bullet). And I collected a few games that have their place elsewhere, took them there, just to find I had to get at that container, too - as there wasn't enough space in that. So more throwing out (a card game where the cards showed signs from playing and the box was in tatters, and a game I never played since I bought it 30 years ago - so out it went). And while I did not finish that space in my cabinet - I made it definitely better, can do the rest after I return home from work, dust it, reorganize it.
I love "not perfect but better" - and I really need to keep in mind that you cannot organize clutter! But just what I did this morning already made a visible difference to my place. One less corner of chaos. It looks organised, not perfect, but as if the things were there for a reason. I can always prettify that later
@@franhunne8929 i suggest the "multiple pass" apprach. Get things in ONE room done, in very manageable steps you choose. Then, go back to where you started and attack it again. Maybe more thrown out, or better organization.
Do remember to TOSS before you ORGANIZE. Otherwise, you are organizing clutter, which serves no purpose.
GOOD LUCK!
I love how you make decluttering ‘doable’. It doesn’t have to be perfect, it doesn’t have to be expensive, and it can be done in small steps.
I moved into my house almost 4 years ago and I’m still in the “I’ll deal with that later” mode. Cass, you are amazing and encouraging!♥️
same hear
Me too
16 years and counting
Same. I still have boxes of stuff meant for the China cabinet and other places still boxed and in the backroom
Me too.
I am a total ladybug but my husband is a butterfly. I took your advice and defaulted to his organization style, and now our house is more organized, and he can easily put stuff away.
I prefer visual simplicity, but I must say it has really helped me. If I could have everything hidden, I would, but then I have to tell my husband constantly where stuff is. Now that we have are organized with his style in mind, he is empowered to put stuff where it belongs because he can see where it goes. Lol 😆 thanks Cas!!!!
Saw your comment, and I’m in a mess from a recent divorce, and have a whole house to tackle! I am seeing that at times, the combination of 2 types of styles seems to be the way that helps in many circumstances! Enjoy your newly organized space!💕
Karla is such a pure soul. So warmhearted. Thank you for helping this family Cas. The rooms turned out beautiful.
I feel the lack of storage space. In my country there are no built in closets, so you have to buy furniture. I moved two times during the last three years and didn't have a wardrobe for all this time, because the budget didn't allow to buy one. I am a cricket and it hurt my soul living out of boxes. You cannot unpack if you have nowhere to put the stuff. I finally got a wardrobe for free last month and I was so thankful. Now everything is extremly tidy as I prefer it to be.
Cover the pool (with tarps if that's what it takes), and lay down tarps in the backyard - we harvest mulberries from our trees by laying down tarps because then the berries don't get lost in the grass, but it will make it way easier to collect the pods (I did the same sort of thing in January the night before my mom and I drove my truck home because the truck doesn't have a bed cover yet - all we had to do in the morning before we left was pull the tarp out by the corners and voila! the snow was out of the bed and the bed was completely dry, saving me 1/2-1 hour of work); stake the tarps down if it will be windy at all. There will probably still be seed pods that get in the grass, but it will be a heck of a lot less work to clean up the yard.
what a great idea!
Yeah! I’ve got mulberry bushes. I’m going to try that!😊
You make my day. Love and prayers 💙💙💙💙💙💙
I love how your husband goes with you. Who would’ve thought that your situation would go from resentment because you’re organizing for free, to joining you to intentionally organize for free 😊.
He's the best!
I love this! I just hired an organizer to help me get organized in a house we have lived in almost 45 years! I’m definitely overwhelmed but she is great!!
Hi can you please share how much it cost to hire an organizer? I need want too asap. Thanks
Did you declutter first?
Oh Cass!!! You are wonder women… wish I could have you over at my house and help me out with my clutter.
I have attempted over the last year and achieved some progress but not nearly enough. I ain’t able to enjoy my home, I am stressed and overwhelmed. Wishing I could reset and stay organized to rid of my constant fatigue and raise my son outside my clutter problem.
What an amazing makeover, good job!!!!
I am a butterfly, but do not have much room in my home to show off all my lovely things, and am really lacking in storage, or any where to put storage! I defiantly have too much stuff, but as I live alone, and only go out of the house to walk my dog, due to acute anxiety, I have to pay someone if I want help, or need to get rid of stuff. I did find out that Oxfam in England will come and pick things up from my home that I am donating, so am starting with that. I love watching your videos, as you are so lovely and happy and inspirational, despite all the things you have on your plate, with your own busy life. Thank you for helping us all. Blessings and hugs from Jilly and licks from Madge the black rescue greyhound, from a hot West Devon, England. xxx
You're so welcome!
Cas! This video is such great timing considering what project I just finished at 1am before this video released!
OK long story time:
This past week I was cat-sitting for a neighbor. Turns out the neighbor has an entirely hoarded house (Level 4), and she’s only lived there a year and a half! I told her: “You know, one of my hobbies is decluttering and organizing. If you don’t mind me touching literally everything you own, I’d love tackling these mountains for you.”
She said oh my god yes-
So this past week I was able to fill 2 medium dumpsters of literal trash (cardboard, moldy wood, old papers, etc.), get sentimental stuff into boxes, and zone her home into: living room, office, art room, and a functional bedroom.
I just got to reveal her cleaned, organized, and decorated house to her last night when she returned and she was so happy and shocked!
And she’s a bee so I got a pegboard for her Art wall (so now she has a container for all her duplicate supplies), and everything is so beautiful and functional.
I listened to all of your videos and Dana and Dawn’s videos as I cleaned- so that was great body doubling!
I did the project for free as well because a functional home is priceless! Happy to share this exciting news with you because her life is changed for the better with the power of decluttering!
Wow! You are amazing! I hope you took before and after photos! What a wonderful thing you did for her!
@@Clutterbug Okay just emailed the before and afters to the Joe clutterbug email! :)
I'm amazed how easily she has agreed. Usually it is more work to persuade the hoarder than to actually clean.
Cass you are Awesome! You are talented, caring and very funny! Congratulations on your new house!
Selling a home is so stressful. Prayers for a break in crazy weather for y’all! ❤️❤️❤️
I love how you reorganized Karla's space ❤
Aww Emily's attempt at not-perfect polka dots still ended up being in diagonal lines which I love, I'm a cricket and need order. I also loved her little dance, and I definitely teared up when you did the reveals! So happy you're able to make such a big difference to people's lives!
I noticed that too! So adorable! She tried to be random! lol
This happens to me every time I try to "randomize" things. They end up being in lines or a pattern despite my best efforts. My brain just cannot do random.
Same. If I want random dots on paper, I literally have to close my eyes. The artwork on my walls looked like little soldiers in formation until a friend of mine came over and “chaosified” it for me. 😂
That's one reason I think I stay away from paint art. I cannot have random lines and colors. I need to see things organized. 😂 That craft room turned out lovely.
Cas, I had a pine tree that did that to me . Yes, the tears are real !😭😭😭 Hang in there, this too shall pass 🫂💐
1 RULE FOR ORGANIZING THAT I LOVE! Organize LIKE WITH LIKE!!! It works!
YES!
Wow! I’ve commented on videos before, this is my life, only in EVERY room and stuff times ten due to a recent divorce from a…”saver of things”, the pleasant way of putting it. It’s my son and I and overwhelmed we are. ONE box at a time it will be..and thx again Cass. Wishing so badly you were, at times in the states!💕👩👦
I love this episode because I don’t feel like I fit any specific category either and have watched the videos on each personality type and I’m a little bit of each or at least 3. I love things hidden but like things to be organized, I keep things I need to get rid of, some things need to be visual, I’m either super organized or a total mess, I also have lists on top of lists of things I want to accomplish but there is so much it’s overwhelming etc. I think I want to be a type A but get too overwhelmed but if I had a magic wand everything would be perfectly organized, labeled, clean lines, etc.
Edit: my point is I’m glad I’m not the only one that doesn’t seem to fit in just one category lol
I am so glad that you covered someone who doesn't fit into one of your clutterbug categories, because I don't either! I learned a lot about how to combine some of the tips and techniques, so that I can at least try it out and see what works and what doesn't. Thanks again. I think that one of the lessons of the seed pods may have been: "Control is an illusion, especially outdoors." LOL🌪🌪🌪🤣
My son’s room was a storage room too! Thankful for my family who helped get it in order so he could have his room
I think Karla was stunned the difference! It's so nice to see the rooms being used. So calming, love the flowers Cass!
Cass, I only recently stumbled on to Clutterbug and I have been hooked ever since. You are the first person that has ever made the whole "declutter, sort, and organize" make sense for me. I'm definitely a bee, my husband is a ladybug, and daughter is a butterfly. Your categories and philosophy really helped me to understand that we're not messy, we just organize differently. Love these makeovers, they're practical and inspirational. I'm actually tackling my own home one little corner at a time and have shared your videos with others. Wins all around!
Last…sending strength and a swoosh of calm on the powers that be that keep making pods and tree clutter fall on your work! You have an ARMY of subscribers sending good vibes and are here for you. Remember to BREATHE, set that camera up and record your process, it’ll help us all and give you content for months, lol. Rest, healing and support sent your way!💕
These rooms look a million times better now. Such great organizing and decluttering. I hope that they will stay looking this good over the years.
Bless your heart. Selling a house is stressful to begin with so I cannot imagine going through that. Maybe take pictures of what it looks like immaculate and post them around the house. Good luck and know we are rooting for you.
I sold my house last year and finally made a decision on a place and have moved (mostly) into the new place. Boxes everywhere and trying to follow your system. Purge, purge, purge baby. Thank the powers that be it is only me.
That said, this video was for me. I haven't decided if I am a ladybug or a bee. My living room: ladybug. My office and craft room: bee. My kitchen: half and half. Or maybe I am a cricket. I'm not a butterfly so at least I eliminated one type. Great video. Thank you for your wonderful upbeat personality and cheering us on.
Girls room was absolutely gorgeous 😍 and office/craft brilliant! So nice seeing your off-siders (ie Joe & Emily) in front of the camera. Cas, you really are very clever at decorating on a budget 👏👏👏
Love these videos. Both spaces are fantastic. LOVE the paper flowers and how you repeated them throughout the room.
That is so great that you and Joe help people free of charge. You have such a good heart, Cas.
The phrase, “would you trade that stuff for this space?” hit me hard. I have so much stuff that “may come in handy,” that is preventing me from enjoying my space. That is going to be my new mantra through my own declutter.
Cass how is the moving? Closing on the house etc?! I’m so excited to see videos off all the things!!!!! 🎉
You have answer my prayers. I have been married for 30 yrs and I was at the end of any hope in how to save myself, my marriage n my husband. Thank you for the adhd video w Dr. Heather. I can not belive in a few mins you delivered answers n saved us. We now have a drs appt tomorrow n demanding TX for adhd no more anxiety meds that have never worked. God blessss thank u😊
Regarding open house, we just moved. Just remember you only need one buyer to love your house and it’s sold. We sold our house in one day. Thanks for the tip of dealing with one box at a time! 😊
Oh Cass, that is so good of you! Well done! Absolutely LOVED the flowers you made for the little girl's room, they were gorgeous and the way you arranged them!
Our house is like your birch tree! The minute we start to make headway, some catastrophe comes out of nowhere to undermine or seriously interrupt the clean-up momentum.
*** Could you do a video addressing how one spouse's organizing style, or lack thereof, can sabotage an area once it's been organized? I have ADHD and need a clear, uncluttered system so as not to become overwhelmed. My spouse has no discipline whatsoever when it comes to picking up, putting away, keeping tidy. I'd be interested in hearing how you might handle clients who have majorly conflicting organizing styles.*** Bless you for your great work and positive suggestions.
Cas, I loved your stay to the end because you're dealing with a very stressful situation by laughing (when you aren't crying!). Your laughter is contagious and I'm pulling for you to get through this move process with the least stress possible! I cannot wait to see your videos about packing and moving and unpacking and making everything pretty. You'll have new material for the whole rest of the year!
These are my absolute favorite videos. So satisfying to see the work in action!!!
And elderly. I’m so overwhelmed!!! Help us PLEASE!
Awesome makeovers Cas!! I'm laughing with tears at your ending...I know the struggle and I believe you're gonna make it through just fine. Congrats on your new house! Looking forward to seeing how you transform it into a home.
Cass, I've been watching you for a long time now. I have been watching you religiously every day for about a week, from old to new videos and my home has never felt better. thank you so much ❤ always had that same personality and you make me laugh in every video 😊
Carla seems thrilled. Her lackluster reactions. 🙄 Cas - you did it again. Above and beyond with your talent.
Oh my goodness Cass, those flowers are so beautiful!!!
I’m so sorry about the pods, but I’m so glad you shared the story! I think we all just feel more connected to how real the struggle is! Whoever buys your house will be so blessed because you’ll have shown them how organized it can be! Can’t wait to see you organize a new home!
I always look forward to your videos. The room transformations are so relatable.
Oh my goodness hi Mrs. Alma!👋🏻👋🏻 I see you everywhere! It seems you are subscribed to like every single channel that I am hahah! 😊 How are you doing didn't your husband or you have a procedure recently? I remember seeing a comment, I hope everything is going well with recovery!
@kaylariggs5188 hey hey. LOL. We must have good taste in RUclipsr's. We're doing pretty good. Trying to stay cool. Unfortunately no, his was pushed back and mine was postponed until I get health insurance or come up with half the money for surgery.
Hello from Vancouver Island, I just found your channel a couple days ago, I'm a 45 year old Mom with 4 kids ages 23,21,12&9, my youngest was diagnosed with ASD in 2020, my daughter was diagnosed with ADHD last week and I'm looking into being diagnosed with ADHD myself. My whole house looks like a tornado has hit everything! It's extremely overwhelming! I have never been able to organize. This summer I want to work on decluttering and trying to get organized. I love the polka dots that you put up in the croffice. The big girl room was adorable. Thank you Cas for your videos.
I have multiple styles too. It all depends on the space, or the usage. So I call my style a dragonfly. 😀
Also Cass, that idea of it’s NOT perfect but better is a game changer, as is sometimes combining 2 types of organizing styles when tackling HUGE messes! Love these videos, they help soooo much! 💕
I love the phrase of CROFFICE ! My craft room also became my work from home space during Covid. So for now on I will refer to My space as My Croffice! Thanks Cas .....oh yes another wonderful beautiful transformation
I love the new bedroom. The flowers was such a nice touch.
Only thing I questioned was the lack of a mattress protector, maybe a waterproof one.
Those Birch trees definitely need to go! That's way too much work, to keep cleaning up that mess.
Thank God, that you're moving, Cass!! ❤ 😊
Good video. Little bits of time here and there is how I declutter and organize. Can't do the overwhelm stuff all at once. Nicely done rooms! Love the big flowers!
We had 4 trees that dropped things around our deck! Cut them down this year and have never been happier with my way too sunny deck!
A small trick for stucked jars: label also the caps, it gives the opportunity to what is in the ones in the back! It works wonderful in my cupboard😅
Amazing and beautiful on a budget!!! Cass, Joe and Emily, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!
Oh I feel you on the home selling and keeping all spaces clean!!! Especially a pool and a wretched tree 🥴
I struggled to pinpoint my clutterbug style until I had been purging for years. Then I could express the style I loved. ❤
Just last year, some parts of my house looked a lot like this one. Then I started watching you and your friends' videos. Every single time I take your quiz, it comes up bee. Bee, bee, bee! I identified as a cricket. Until I discover that I can't find something, or forgot I had it. So bee organizing works great for me! TYSM! Also, decluttering is huge!
I’m a butterfly with a hint of ladybug too!! 🦋 🐞
Ah Cass ! You have the best comic delivery on RUclips ! I just watched a stand-up comedy workshop end of class presentation last night and I swear I laughed more for your 5 minutes than the entire hour ! And thank you for this DECLUTTER/organization video. I need to do this and I am also overwhelmed. I am moving into a smaller house and I have been accumulating for 15 years. My sewing room comprises 3 rooms that I will have to fit into only one room…. Oh boy, lots of stress and despair here…
If I may, try to "just do it" rather than plan it. Just go in and put in a pile for donation. You will not believe how much you will get done. Pick a time (now is the best) instead of planning a big project go at it, then stop and do more later. Just do it. :) I am rooting for you!!!
Oh right with you! We sold a property with a ‘decorative’ yard 😅 Someone will love it and snap it up 🥰
Those paper flowers are absolutely gorgeous!!! What a wonderful idea!!
Things are easier when you have help. Especially having some muscle. Great job.
I had a "room of doom" that we just piled stuff in, when me & my husband moved into our first house. Then I got pregnant, and the junk room had to be turned into a nursery, with a deadline and all! It worked out great to get old junk we weren't using out of our house! (Mostly old used stuff from family that they didn't want anymore, to help us get started with living on our own. A lot of stuff we used and appreciated, but some of it was just too much and ended up in the room of doom 😆)
I sold my house a year ago Cas. Went through the same thing with the devastation of redoing yard keeping over and over! Sobbed a lot, lol, but just did my best... and still got 12 offers in a week. You can do this, girl. Just hang in there! Good things can't help but come to you, because you are so Awesome. This new family adventure will turn out beautifully for you, I just know it! ❤
I love that Joe is so involved with you!!
I have one of those birch trees too. I took a 6 hour car trip and stayed in a hotel. And I found one of those seed pods the next day in my sheets! It followed me! They are everywhere!
As a ladybug, I’ve never had such visual clutter, but this video almost makes me wish I had a messy house. Such a beautiful transformation would be so satisfying.
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Beautiful spaces Cass! Thanks to the homeowner for allowing you to share the journey.
Wow-I don’t know how you lived with those trees for 12 years. There are other hybrid types of trees that don’t shed that should be able to give you the same size & shape of the Birch trees. Ugh.
Cass you’re an excellent communicator, a tv presenter by nature! You did an excellent job 🎉 Delightful results. By the way the color red suits you very well!❤ sending lots of love in your way. Xxxx
Regarding the story at the end, hang in there!!! Maybe the storms will turn out to be a good thing? Instead of a steady trickle of the seed pods, all of them will fall down within a week? And then they will all be picked up. Every seed pod you pick up this year, is a seed pod you never ever have to pick up again. (Because you'll be gone by next June)
I'm rooting for you!!! Hang in there!!! And maybe have a contest among your kids, with a prize for whoever collects the most seed pods? They might have fun helping you, and that could bring happy energy to the whole thing. (Maybe, if they're game for such a thing)
Congratulations on buying a new home!!!! 😃
That's very lucky / fortunate that the room itself was already like nice and they had the pink and grey stuff to match with the room
Thanks Cassandra for the two rooms makeover...yes one box at a time...don't get too overwhelmed.. relax and take a deep breath and declutter!!
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I love that you used what she had and what you had. Many of us can’t buy all new. That was great!
One box a day is my current motto! I retired from teaching and brought my whole classroom home, my Mum passed away and I had to clean out her space , and I am trying to sell my rental home where I had a bunch of stuff!
I’m currently pregnant with my second baby and am in the “nesting” phase, but I’m a Bee and I’m a perfectionist. I had SO MANY places in my house that I needed to declutter and organize and clean as I get closer to my due date, but it was so overwhelming! Your channel and advice has helped so much! Now, when I see clutter in my house but I don’t feel like I have a lot of time, I still tell myself to just do a little bit, and I’m always happy I did ❤ My house is so much different in the past few months, and every organize space I walk by makes me so relieved.
I am so glad you two got together. She is so like me!
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I think I have both ladybug & butterfly tendencies! I love the way you blended the two. Also, it is so nice of you to donate your time, talent & resources to help deserving people in need of help!!
I love that pink and gray in the bedroom!!!
This is such a realistic approach to any kind of problem. In my experience when something is overwhelming, it's best to start small and imperfect than it is procrastinate and never do it!
In some point along the way, magic happens... My momentum and self-confidence builds up and then I am practically unstoppable!
The other thing I've noticed is tat, even when implementing my first imperfect solution, I get clarity and inspiration and I find it so easy to improve things. My "imperfect" solution acts as a stepping stone towards an better one. I think of it as a first draft of a book. Without a first draft, the masterpiece would never exist ...
when you said 12 years I was like it's been that long! I remember when you moved into this house!
Interesting on how you organized a combo person.
My bf is a similar way. I think it's because he prefer stuff he doesn't use often, hidden away. If it's a project or something he likes to use, then it's going to be out but in a visually organized way.😅
You did such a good job on your old house, so I never wanted to say anything negative, but it was built to be so dark that I got second hand depression! So glad you have a house with light!
Great job! The homeowner looks so happy. What a blessing to the family.
Pure Magic!!! I'd give almost anything to just be able to get ONE ROOM in my home De-Cluttered & Fixed-Up!
I mean, Cass, You admitted to being I've welmed in that space with boxes & boxes of Clutter. ***But what about if there's a Room which was our "Deal With it Later" Room. But that was like 5-Years ago & now... I can't even open the door all the way! I definitely can't take more than a tiny Baby-Step inside the door threshold! How do you De-Clutter if there not even room to "Zone" things?
We had rooms of doom before we started decluttering. Now they look so much better. It took us a few years to get them decluttered to a point I love them.
So nice of you to give back to the community!
This is perfect for me today, thank you so much for the video! I am decluttering 2 rooms in 2 days for Thanksgiving I am having early this upcoming Tuesday due to work schedules! This is very inspirational, as well as helpful! Love your channel! Very much appreciate you! 💕
This is my favorite style of decluttering video,as well as the “pep-talk” ones
OMG!!! the little girl’s room is stunning and those flowers are GORGEOUS ❤❤❤❤
Oh my goodness, little one's big girl room is so beautiful! The colours and those flowers, I love love love those flowers! The family's new craftroom is also just gorgeous - ready for use and welcoming. I cannot beleive those shelves were $60 USD - that's so worthwhile an investement (if you do have the spare funds, obviously) because it made all the difference.
I have to say, that I felt this lovely lady was in an unusual position for her? I say that because I felt even her dump and junk storage rooms were more organised than most - and that Tupperware cupboard was a thing of organisational beauty 😊
Thanks for sharing!
The bedroom turned out adorable and her craft/baking room is wonderful, I hope she settles in well and tweaks it to perfection. Thank you for your generosity!
“One thing at a time”… if I render nothing else, I’ll remember that ❤
The polka dots! Wow, I love them! It made such a difference to that space. Very clever idea.
Beautiful transformation🩷 I feel your pain! We sold a ranch with a barn full of horses, two toddlers & a baby🤪 we’re still recovering & that was 15 years ago😂
LOL!
I love your candid honesty Cas 💕🙏🤗
You encouraged me so much with this video! Not only are you great at organizing but the room makeovers were wonderful! Hoping that you get a contract on your house soon so you can let go of all that stress with those seed pods.
The trick is to keep utility items usable and clear, macro, and luxury items like jewelry or hobby stuff in micro.
This is on of the best episodes you’ve done! I loved watching the before and after! Please do more of these ❤️❤️❤️