20+ COMMON Things Your Home DOES NOT NEED! (minimalism, simple living)
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When my son was in kindergarten I had to buy some fabric for a little project he was doing in class. I put the excess in the bottom of my sewing basket. It's still there. He's now 41.
LOL
This gave me a good laugh - I love it! Thank you for sharing :)
Why is it so hard to get rid of craft supplies?
@heather_rose_ Thats so funny🤣 Thanks for sharing your experience. I found your post so endearing as I am busy decluttering my home as a first time empty nester.
lovethissssss
Just a gentle reminder... please dont donate broken items, items you would not buy, or worn out. Donation centers throw out 75% of donations. Please dont make more work for them.
Thank you for the reminder! :)
One man's trash is another man's treasure. There are many people who shop at donation centers for broken items that they can restore, re-purpose, or use as parts for other items. Not everyone is looking to only buy yoga pants with tags on them.
@user-yx9sp3sq8p I think you missed the point. They throw away 75% of the donations they get. Im a drug and alcohol first contact for the Salvation Army, it's not just yoga pants they save. The amount of trash they get is wasting their time, when they could be restocking shelves with actual items people want.
@user-yx9sp3sq8p Check with the place you're donating to first. I run a charity shop in the UK and we have a lot of rules about what we can and can't sell. If it's broken it can't be sold.
@@TerryWThomas oh come on now, don't be such a dick.
I work at a place where we've got a lot of donations & like @paisleyhunter said, we need to get rid of 75% of it, sometimes even more. Plus we have pay for the dispostion. Money that we could spend much more wisely.
Never spend something you wouldn't like to use when in need.
It's not about yoga pants without tags, it's about awfully ripped clothes, dirty faded underwear, electrical devices without plugs, jackets without zippers & so much more.
We try to look at as many donations as possible before handing them in so that we don't have to dispose of too much unusable scrap.
You aren't a hero for spending rubbish.
Even poor people have a dignity that needs to be respected.
Wherever you take your donations in kind, we aren't a garbage dump where you exchange your waste for a clear conscience.
We do have a popcorn machine and I gave it to my now teenage son's when they were really little as they got to school age they could easily and safely make popcorn for themselves with no oil etc. Best investment ever and it was used so much for school dances, parties, sleepovers, snacks and movie nights. They still love it
Awesome!
I love my popcorn maker too!
We have a plastic microwave popcorn bowl. It gets a lot of use. But really no need for a popcorn maker with heating element etc.
It also helps to tell the people in your life that you are trying to declutter and downsize. So much of my clutter ended up in my apartment in the form of birthday and Christmas gifts. I had to tell my friends and family that I had no more room or need for another bottle of perfume, or lotion, or large kitchen items (unless I specifically requested them). I don't want any more decorative tins. I live in a NYC apartment and don't have unlimited space. People may not like the idea of gift wish lists for the holidays, but I have found them to be SO helpful. Instead of getting a million more T-shirts I have nowhere to store, I now get things I actually need/want. I'm also happy with gifts that take up no room, like tickets to a show or something edible. And I try to be just as mindful when giving gifts, especially to people with kids.
So true, and I totally love the idea of wishlists for gifts! So so much better to give, and receive gifts that people will find useful and that they will want 😊
I recently told my son that I no longer want any "Stuff". His choices of gifts since I told him that has improved greatly. 🤩
I did this too. Where I struggle is I've especially told people not to buy me house plants .... but I keep getting them. The damn things won't die and just keep flowering so will have to put my big girl pants on and give them away. A shame as many are stunning but there are too many.
Absolutely! You give a couple of things to charity, then people give you more "stuff". It's a nightmare.
I love paper towels!!! Never getting rid of those!!
I use microfiber cloths and sponges, fabric napkins. I use 1 roll of paper towels every 2-3 months. When you live in Europe, you learn quickly how to conserve.
I need paper towels to dry the fish on before I dust it with flour before pan frying. Using a tea towel is possible but that also creates more laundry.
@@juliehock6059 Paper towels are so handy for so many things. Especially using them to clean the toilet subfaces and things like that,. Much more sanitary.
@@abbeygrantham1191 I keep a tub of Dettol antibacterial Wet wipes in my toilet room. Wipe all surfaces, door handles and light switch with them - done.
Yeah, not cleaning up cat messes with cloths. Ick. lol
I collected those vases for some reason and gave them to a wedding planner who does decor on the cheap. Was glad she could use them.
Great idea!
Awesome 👏🏿
Wine bottle opener is still needed... Not all wines are twist top, just the cheaper ones.
Not for me. Only own one.
Yeah - I thought that one could be iffy :)
Indeed, only the very cheapest are!
Just came to say the same thing! And I own several and use them!😂
But only if you actually drink wine lol.
I periodically box up my old vases and return them to a local flower shop where they can be reused. My florist loves them!
That is so great!!
PErfect recycle !!!
I do the same thing! Our local florist loves receiving them back to reuse.
What a fab ideax
I’ve never thought of taking the vases there.
Cords and chargers - I take a 1” piece of painters tape and fold together around cord then label with perm marker. So much less stressful when something needs charging vs going through 3-4 chargers to find the one that fits.
Great idea!!
I just use a Sharpie to write on the charger.
yes I label mine when I buy something new. Otherwise it's a nightmare matching them up.
This is exactly what I do. Been doing this for a few years and it really helps with the stress of cables. Those that aren't labelled because they have no use (or I have a LOT of them, lol) get tossed.
I do use plastic bags and paper towels because I do have a cat.
Yup, makes sense!
I eliminated the clutter and the house is soothing and elegant now.
Amazing!
My family and I eat a lot of rice, so in my house, a rice cooker is an absolute MUST! I couldn’t function without one.
When moving to Hawaii I was told on the way to my new home stop by the store to buy a rice cooker. Yup! Did that.
Same. Rice cooker is a recommend. One of the few extra appliances I use. Everyone I know lives their rice maker.
Maybe it's different, but I buy a bag of Basmati Rice & keep in the freezer. When I want a pot of rice for my Hubby & me, I measure out a cup into a pot, wash/rinse several times to remove excess starch, measure appropriate amount of water, add a little butter, some salt, stir, set on range, set on Medium High, KEEP AN EYE ON IT JUST A FEW MINUTES UNTIL STARTS TO SIMMER, lower heat to low, cover with lid & just a few minutes later water is all absorbed & rice is tender ready - so easy - & I don't need another appliance.
every pan is a rice cooker
Exactly! Rice is the easiest thing to cook and any pot will do.
3 minutes in and thank you for talking about throw pillows. My house has too many of them and it's time i declutter them 😊😊
I can't quit throw pillows!
My bed used to be the worst offender! 😊
Rice cooker is the one appliance that I couldn’t live without. 😂😂😂 I move every couple or so years, and I always bring my old one if I’m moving domestically, if I move out of the country to a new place, I make sure to buy a new one.
Same here - I know you can technically make rice in a pot but I can never get it right 🥹 the rice maker does it perfect every single time without me needing to look over it.
My son loves making rice for himself lol@@choconutbiscuit
Exactly. When I make rice in a pot, I invariably burn it. I let my daughter take our rice cooker when she moved out last year and lasted about a month before buying a new one.
😮not parting with my rice cooker! Nope! Never!
I LOVE the cooked Aldi rice!! It's SO nice! I'd just beg they make a RECYCLABLE container, and not those useless pouches! You can't even put kitchen trash in them! (Peels, wrappers, pits, things like that), because they don't zip. .
I've stopped listening to music that have -too much words in-, and this have improved my life fr. Ppl don't think twice about how much music actually impact our thoughts, like majority of the lyrics are negative and toxic
YES! And TV shows too!! 100 percent. Thank you for sharing!
I agree! I'm so glad that others notice this too. Thanks for your content, it's helpful
This is really important!
What kind of music do you listen to that's toxic. I listen to 40's through the 70's.
Only rap music is crappy!
Thank you for talking about native gardens! This is something ive been working slowly at over the years, each year i add it greatly reduces mowing and looks amazing!
That’s so awesome!! 🤩
Spouse and I are retirees and have a combination native (California) garden and some other plants that I love/want (some, like rosemary and lavendar, might as well be California natives - others, like roses, not so much) . When my children were little, I just kept grass around their outdoor play structure. The grassy area was so limited that my gardener just used a weed wacker to keep it under control.
8:20 Professional gardener here. "Native" garden beds as well as other beds often need more time and effort to weed, trim, mulch and keep problem free than a simple climate suited lawn. Even artificial turf often needs weeding. If lawn grows ok without feeding or much extra water, the occasional mow can be less hassle than native beds.
Thanks for sharing!
Okay, as long as the grass requires very little water. I have yet to see a lawn that requires little water. We need to conserve water.
And people put all those chemicals on grass lawns and it's also monoculture which is bad for the environment. Every professional landscapers you say you are should know that.
We all need to be moving to more native landscaping. Maybe not the whole yard but definitely need to start looking at that. I only have a small area of yard and I'm steadily overseeding it with clover and it's working great. Much less care and no need to spray a whole bunch of chemicals and kill off our environment
@@altereddogmaif you live in a wet climate believe me there is no need to water the grass.
I learned the hard way. Put in shrubs and flowers to replace yard. Now I am almost 90 and have no one to help maintain the yard. Grass and weeds invade via wind and birds. Regret is a late warning.
Another solution is to regard what you have in your house as not being a problem, so none of it matters. Saves a lot of time.
yes this
Love this! 😂
😂yes
I have read this comment a few times and it is over my head. I want to understand, can you explain differently?
She means: why bother? Just let things be. Dont declutter.
I am a practicalist - the things I try to surround myself with are the things that get used all the time, or that genuinely make me feel happy for some reason or another. The clutter enemies are those things that 1) I don’t want (why keep them?) 2) don’t need (who am I fooling?) 3) don’t use (may have been bought with good intentions, but why suffer the clutter?). As a senior I have for many years been doing a slow motion decluttering - it’s wonderful to reclaim open space. I have been steadily rehoming all the useless to me stuff so that my family won’t have that burden when I’m gone. It’s also more enjoyable not to be weighed down with an excess lifetime accumulation.
Thank you for sharing!
@Thomas. Swedish death cleaning. I've been decluttering for more than 20 years. 67 is my age. We inherited a lot from various sources. Many were dishware. Furniture. Our house was overly cluttered with inherited items. Even though they may have had some value, I had to look at my future. I saw things that I had that I knew that none of my children would want. As well as grandchildren. So I gradually sold., gave away, gave to friends and family, donated, and the house is much neater looking now and I've given some people things that they will really treasure. I I know my grandchildren and my daughters have no interest in dishware from the '40s and thirties. I liked it. I remembered my grandma using it. But now they won't have any memories that associate much with that. I did use some of the dishwares at Thanksgiving time. There's more to be said about that but I just have a much cleaner house now with far far less stuff
@@bmarieluvstheearth3879 Yay - that's the spirit! What has happened is that when many of us were young we didn't have that much stuff, certainly not fine china or silverware and it was a big deal to receive these treasures in an inheritance. But times have changed and modern families have no interest in fine china collections or real silver or gold silverware (for special occasions to show off) . Same for furniture. I can remember receiving some beautiful rosewood furniture from a great grandmother that were old when she got them. They didn't fit with anything I had, and so off to the antique store they went. I see these things show up on Antiques Roadshow and as much as I might remember seeing them and enjoying them in relatives homes when I was young, they hold close to zero interest from today's young adults.
Most of this happens because we've had 'waste not, want not' drilled into us, along with 'save it for a rainy day' and 'keep a spare, just in case.' :)
Very true!
Great motivation to declutter. I started switching out my lawn for rocks and flowers last year. It's prettier, can't say it's less work, but the pops of color and hard combined with softness is peaceful and pretty. Thanks for your channel
That is so great, I love that!!
Taryn, thank you! We are at a similar stage of the process of decluttering towards minimalism. I agree with every item you've suggested. If anyone is reading this and is unsure whether you can live without those throw pillows and fancy glasses (or anything else she suggests here), you can!! We also use mason jars to drink out of and we store our foods in the fridge inside them and use them to take food to work. Saves us so much time and dishes! Enjoy your day, and thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for the great comment and the words of encouragement to others! Have a great day!!
Spot on... never seen such a great list!!!!
Thank you so much!!
I am guilty of having too many of some of them, especially glasses and cleaning supplies. This video inspires me to de-clutter my house (again). Thanks!
You are so welcome!
If you can’t use vinegar in your homemade cleaner because of natural surfaces, use isopropyl alcohol instead and absolutely only distilled water, otherwise with water and soap alone, you’re likely turning your spray bottle into a Petrie dish. If you don’t like the smell, add some alcohol-based essential oils like lemon verbena, lavender or eucalyptus.
Awesome, thank you for sharing that recipe!
Besides, the vinegar smell dissipates quickly.
This is such a great list - totally bookmarking this. Mystery cords and cables are the bane of my existence! And I’m scared to throw them away since I don’t know what they go to lol. I love my popcorn maker, but totally have too many drinking glasses and reusable bags - your list felt customized for me!
Awesome I’m so glad!!
Old towels are a must for me! I have cats and a lot of rough cleaning to be done out here in the country. I don't use paper towels much so I cut up and use old ratty towels for all sorts of things. I pretty much wear out and use up every toweling, sheeting or bedding item that comes into this house. I live alone and keep nice sets of towels and bedding items for guests.
Thank you for sharing!
She’s so right about so many things.
I feel like part of the club here. I have old walkmans (like 1980s), Hummel figurines, plates from Gma before she passed, a collection of radios I never use, old silverware that I had when I first moved into an apartment....I have to declutter.
It's the sentimental stuff that's hard.
Awww - well keep your sentimental stuff and start with the things you don't care as much about. That's the easiest way!
A suggestion for sentimental items: take a photo, write a memory, put in a notebook (just one), send the item off to donation or discard/pass on. Eventually even the notebook may no longer be relevant.
Bamboo paper towels are wonderful! And you are so right about abandoned craft supplies. I had a few, started more during Covid! , and they take up so much room.
Yes! Love my bamboo paper towels too!
useful tips..I am stuggling to get rid of all these things that you mentioned and yes, "might need this" thoughts keep me keeping this things, occupying space and leading me to go feel depression! I am motivated to clean up things and declutter my apartment. For the craft supply and art supply, you are so very right. I love working on craft projects, love oli painting and jewelry making, I have all the leftover stuff and very hard to let that go! My DIL syas, Mom, you can get new stuff when you want to work on a project , just let go this clutter, She is right just as you are right. I will try to make up my mind! 😀 Thanks.
I parted with a bunch of paint I had bought to paint glass (only used it once!). The good thing is, I never missed it. I bet you can even donate to a school for art projects, they'd love to use it 😊
Can you get new stuff all the time though? Craft supplies are expensive! I don't have enough disposable money like that. My craft stuff stays. I've used leftovers many times.
I have tiny carpets to hide ugly floors, but they're 100% washable rag rugs that are 4.00 at Menard's Also have a scrap rug from Maui in 2012 to stand on after a shower. The puppy took it for herself and she's now going to be 12! Because puppies HAVE TO be in bathroom w you! Trust me on this.
I use them for coming in on the sun porch. So dogs don't drag yard filth through the entire house.
I don't have any I can't wash.
Puppies definitely have to be in the bathroom! So cute!
I love being a minimalist makes cleaning the house so much easy you can figure out where all your items are because it’s stored away properly and best thing is I have a shit ton of kitchen gadgets, but I use them all religiously so they’re not going anywhere, but because I don’t have a crap ton of things in my house, they are on a shelf side-by-side nicely placed and I’ve got a five tier shelf times two that They’re all on when I want it. I can go downstairs grab it bring it up and use it, clean it and put it back down! By the way, my quesadilla maker is one of our favorites and also our pizza oven. 4:46
Sounds awesome, great job!!
Great post ... even in just getting people to view things differently. I'm now wondering about converting my lawn ....
Love it! Thank you so much for watching!
Finally found someone with some sense on decluttering. 👍 functional decor best advice for me.
Thank you!
I discovered you and have watched video after video today. You really pulled me in with pointing out microfiber is bad for the environment and with recommending diy natural cleaners. But I subcribed when you said to plant a native garden and you won't need a lawnmower. You are on my wave length!! I've been doing this gradually in my yard for the sake of wildlife, water and fresh air, and the process is almost complete. Once established, many native plants are self-sufficient. And it's beautiful!
Love it!!! I'm so glad you're here and your garden sounds amazing!!
Broken electronics. We aren't supposed to just dump them in normal trash, but the center set up for such items is 50 miles away. So they sit in the garage: broken old PC screens, hard drives, electric can openers, even old phones. When they make it hard to get rid of stuff, it just sits out of sight in the garage.
Our library does an annual electronics recycle - maybe see if yours does the same? Each year we load our cords and cables, etc. up and head there!
You are so brave - thank you for the common sense and inspiration 👍
Brave?
in my bathroom counter surface and showers/tubs, there is hair. i use paper towels to pick up the hair .
I really felt it when crafts were mentioned. I have a whole load of paints, card paper, and what not lying around, taking up half the space in my room. I keep thinking I'll use them, but I use such little bits of them that they're not reducing at all. I love the idea of donating the unused stuff to a donation center where it will be used. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
When I first get up, part of the routine is gently bending over the bathtub and combing my hair forward. I then massage my scalp for 30 seconds. This gets rid of so much loose hair and the bathtub hair catcher is cleaned out the next time I have a shower. This saves a lot of work and feels great.
Thanks for sharing!!
Donate those small toiletries to the homeless. They do appreciate them.
Thank you!
I have a big carpet in the kitchen and a very soft one in my bathroom. My back needs it.😊
Awesome - keep those for sure then!
I take out my nice glasses during a party /get together and arrange them all around the table . It is eco friendly and it’s ok it’s mismatched because people will remember their glass. It’s elegant and saves lots of money too!
Love that idea!
FYI Toast people. If your toaster breaks, just use a frying pan for a few minutes on either side. No oil or butter or anything needed. :D
Great idea!!
Beauty-full video of realistic tips that are....usable!
Thank you Ms Taryn!
You are so welcome! 🤗
Hands down mowing grass is easier and neater than trying to keep the ground between native plants/bushes manicured by constant weeding!! Love native plants- but not INSTEAD of grass.
True. My husband loves working in the yard. It keeps him busy all summer and helps with his weight. Plus being a Washingtonian, I like be green trees and green grass ❤❤❤
I would say it’s more work at first but once the natives get established, then they actually crowd out the weeds. At this point I don’t have to weed my garden much so I find it a lot easier. 😊
@@lormor460 fellow Washingtonian! Unless you mean Washington state haha!
@@tarynmaria_ Oh, I usually don’t forget to put that in but, yes, Washington state, “the Evergreen state”
Ahhh! So beautiful there! @@lormor460
grocery bags are awesome as trash bags. Especially if you are an empty Nester and you don't buy things with much packaging. Between the way we buy things, recycling, composting, we don't generate much in the way of trash and it would take us a month to fill a normal kitchen trash bag. Having a designated backstock of them is brilliant for emergency situation as well. There's a lady at church to crochet them into maths for the homeless.
Thank you for sharing!
Not getting rid of craft supplies but everything else...I chucked already!!!
Love it!
When I moved here (in a hurry) I had a lot of things that shouldn't have been moved; So I found a local vet that used towels and sheets and the like, and hauled them over to them for the animals they took care of. I still had linen for beds I hadn't had for over a decade and didn't fit anything I presently have. I'm keeping the rice cooker; I'll die on that hill. Agreed on the vases; When Mom passed, she had 9, and that was after I'd talked her into getting rid of some. The folks used paper towels, and once those are gone, I'm switching to cloth; Already given cases of those away to family. I'm using dried out wet wipes for napkins; I don't use wet wipes, but might as well use them for something and not replace them. Main reason I'm doing this is so that I can find what I need, when I need it. Moving from a 2200 sq foot home to one that's not quite 1200, its...been interesting.
Great job downsizing, it's not easy. Thank you for sharing!
Great ideas here. I'd like to add the suggestion that people be familiar with what they have. A while back I needed to get a new drinking glass as I use just one over and over during the day. I went to Goodwill and the Salvation Army and maybe Target before finding one. Turns out I had four nearly identical glasses tucked away in kitchen cupboard I rarely use. Someone who had moved out of my apartment complex had left the glasses behind for anyone to take. Whatever I spent on my "new" glass was very little, yet I already had four glasses I'd gotten for free. --- I like the "What is this doing here?" ending to your video. It reminds of a "Far Side" cartoon from way back: Some rats are sitting at the kitchen table and the mom rat wearing an apron and cat-eye glasses is standing at an open cupboard with boxes in it. She's holding a box that says "Rat Poison" on it and she says, "I don't know why we keep this stuff with the cereal. In fact, I don't know why we have it at all".
Awesome, love the Far Side reference and thank you so much for the reminder about knowing what you have!
Great list, also recycle many of those things. Shelters love the toiletries, I even found a place to take cosmetics. Share a mower with neighbors.
Great tips! :)
Isn't it waisting of money when we once bought it? So why did I buy it for throwing it out? Wouldn't it be better to reuse it if you have it already and stop buying new one? I just can not understand that part of minimalism - throwing away lots of money... And when new trend starts few years later - lets buy it all over again....
If you are using the item and love it - then definitely keep it. If you don't use it, then don't keep it because it'll cause stress. I also talk about limiting consumption on my other videos - if you are actively decluttering yet still buying new things then it's not going to work so the two need to go hand in hand :)
I have a small rice cooker and it's great. I like it. It doesn't burn the bottom of the rice. I can also leave the rice in there for a week, and just add a little water to recook and freshen it up. I don't burn or waste any rice anymore.
Thanks for sharing!!
Great tips!❤
Thank you!!
almost two acres...the front is minimal with mostly plant beds and a tad bit of grass...the entire back...3 chicken coops, a huge duck run, the equivalent of about half an acre of vegetable garden, large fire pit...rest is crushed shell...IMO, if I need to feed it and water it, I want something back from it. As to "glasses" we have 4 yetis that are our cups, one each for coffee, one each for cold drinks...and about a dozen tervis tumblers, for children, grands and guests..and YES, I serve frozen margaritas in them, and have served wine in them...the guests keep returning so I guess we are good. The rest of the kitchen ...it is a working kitchen, at my age the kitchen aid has to live on the counter, to heavy to get it out...that said we use it at a minimum of 3 times a week...right now the small dehydrator is on a counter making a small batch of jerky and the small canner has about an hour left...rugs from the screen porch into the house, dogs and us pick up hay and dirt..it helps. no chachkis, to much to dust. other than kitchen work horses, the rest of the place looks stark...just dont peek into the huge walk in closet in the office...
Thank you so much for sharing!
One thing i did was get storage containers that all use the same lid. All are square, the same dimensions except for the height. So, all the different size containers use the same lid. All the containers stack, and all the lids stack and seat within each other. I've used this system for over a decade because it works so well.
Great idea!
I stopped buying reusable grocery bags since I got these little foldable nylon bags that can store in a little pocket that is attached to the top of the bags. They are easy to bring in a pocket, a purse or to leave in the car. I gave some to my family and they use them instead of the sturdy plastic grocery bags. Even if they look flimsy they have been performing for many years.
Cool, thanks for the tip!
Great ideas. I have never purchased paper towels. There is no need for paper towels. I have a drawer full of old dish towels that I use to clean up spills. They go into the wash with other items when they are dirty. NO PAPER TOWELS, EVER!!!!
I don’t use many but I’d love to get down to zero! 😊
Good for you. Not all of us have a washing machine and have to do our washing by hand. So yeah, for many of us there IS a need for paper towels.
Awesome! I have a few things to drop off at the donation center. Here's my best tip. I don't use those shopping bags any more. I have a box of medium size trash bags in the trunk of the car. Either grab a few and put them in my pocket when I go into the store or bag up when I get out to the car again. The trash bags aren't the strongest, so don't overload. At the end of the day, the cat litter and stuff goes out with the same bag I brought in.
Thanks for sharing!!
You will have to have your hard wood floor refinished sooner because that rug is gone..... I ve added 10 years to my floors from years of
@paula… If you cover your sofas and other cloth covered furniture in plastic, those will last longer as well. Why have beautiful hardwood floors just to cover them up? 😊 Just kidding with you. Enjoy your choices.😊
Great tips. FYI: a rock garden is not low maintenance. Weeds grow between the rocks and the crevices and create ongoing weeding.
Thanks for the info!
Yes but it’s not as much hard work as caring for a lawn and you don’t need any special tools apart from a trowel and no poisonous lawn care products.
@@verenamaharajah6082pulling weeds everyday is not as much work as mowing once a week? BS
@@WalkingOneLegAtATime Why would you be weeding every day? Once you’ve weeded thoroughly, you only need to check it every few weeks, pull up the few you find and that’s it for another few weeks. I take it you don’t garden?
@@verenamaharajah6082 And I take it you don't have back problems? It is much, much easier to mow a lawn than to bend down/kneel down to weed etc, even if it is only every few weeks.
Love this channel ❤
Awww thank you so much! ❤
Good list.
But I gotta admit I love my air popper. My mom nearly lit the kitchen on fire once or twice with the oil-in-a-pot method.
Thanks for sharing! 😊
Definitely need a wine cork opener 😁 I don't buy twist off, agree with everything else.
Thank you!
We use all the grocery plastic bags for bathroom trash cans and the dog poop bucket which we dump every trash day and my husband puts some plastic bags in his car for future groceries. I am on my last roll of paper towels and plan on using wash clothes from now on. I agree about the microfiber cloths. I just learned today about how they were made. I was so disappointed. I have so many. I no longer have Matts in the bathroom except one shower matt made of 100% cotton. I have a rubber Matt in the kitchen given to me by my kids. It’s a pain to vacuum and mop in that area because I always have to move it. I was deciding if I should just put it in the garage. I do have one nice rug under the dinner table. I don’t mind that one but I’m not going to put one in the living room area like I used to. We moved into a new house and boy howdy, I have gotten rid of so much and going to get rid of a lot more. I’m going to invite all the kids over and let them rummage through the things in boxes and what they don’t want is leaving. I haven’t even hung things on the walls yet. I’ll be letting most of it go also. I have a Hugh box of glasses that I haven’t seen in two years. Not even going to open it. Donating it. It’s so nice not having to much to move when dusting. It’s life changing to have very little clutter. Great video. I’m glad you talked about crafts. I really needed to hear that. Thanks.
Thank you so much! And I agree - I had a good amount of microfiber cloths and didn’t know they were made from plastic when I bought them :(
Signs that say: Live Love Laugh .. uggg
Shopping bags: offer one to that person in line who doesn't have one .. and don't forget to wash them
Art that means nothing to you can go to the donation centre
Fridge doors: hard to clean when there are fifty fridge magnets and junior's creations
Plants and flowers that are fake: sigh .. grow something real, it's not hard, you can do it!
Thank you for sharing these!!
You make your bed every day? Wow! I only make mine when I change the sheets!
In Poland if you are a wine drinker, you have to have wine opener at home. Just the cheapest and bad quality wine comes with twist off caps, all the good ones have natural or synthetic cork :D
Interesting!
It’s the same in the USA.
A homeless engineer could FIX the broken items at the donation centers, my uncle was an engineer for the railroad or something !! He’s dead now but he used to do that in the streets, he was one ☝🏼 of the first Black engineers in my county, then he went homeless til later in life!! But he could/used to be able to fix a lot of stuff that was thrown at the donation centers !! Even broken , dirty things !! Shame that he went crazy (he had a good high IQ) , 165 IQ, and went crazy & homeless til my Aunt found him & picked him up !! He died some years later after that!! He used to fix a lot of things!!
So sorry to hear about your uncle! But how amazing that he was one of the first Black engineers in your county!!
@@tarynmaria_ thanks !! A lot of my black family was like this, meanwhile i barely finished school & can’t seem to figure out how the computer works (i’m half German / Half Black) !! If you saw my uncle and he was still alive you might not think we were related (people say i look Mexican), & he was very dark black , shocking i know!! I like to get tips from your channel !!
I so wish you could come over and declutter our house. You will ha e a great time, there's endless stuff here. 😊
Teach your kids early to add/attach a paper tab of some kind to every cord that you can write on to identify each one. We just moved and I tossed out a pile of cords, including the one that powers an older hard drive. Dang! 😕 Now I have to spend the time, money and energy to find a replacement for it.
Ahhhhh such a good idea!
Hmmm, we use the old worn out towels to clean up spills and other cleaning purposes. That's one way we cut down on paper towels use.
Love that!
You are amazing, I love your suggestions and already implement a few, however ;-) getting rid of the wine opener, nooooooooooooooooooooooo, I can't as I know the one day i truly need that glass of wine, the shops will be closed, my lovely Hubby won't be around (he is a whiz at sorting out problems) and the only wine in the house will have a cork, that is one item I would have to keep just in case, the rest I have de cluttered, best wishes
Thank you so much! And keep that wine opener - I take it back!! 😊
The "craft supplies for someday".. oh we're all the victims of our Ideal Artistic Self taking over us at the store 😂
I know, right?! 😊
Most wines are not twist off. But many other great ideas. Thanks!
If a throwaway item can be reused or used for a different purpose, it's not clutter. I use spent dryer sheets to line my robo-vac's filter. Dirt sticks to the sheet, not the filter. After use, I remove it and throw it away. The original filter stays clean. This saves time by not having to clean the original filter, and money by not having to buy expensive filter replacements.
Then don’t have one!
Someone else here is also not going to get rid of their rice cooker.
Cooking rice in the stove can be messy & the pan (often) boils up.
The rice cooker is so useful & I use it for all vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnip) Add each type according to the cooking time needed & it's so much more tasty than done on the stove top. Sometimes towards the end of cooking you can add a foil parcel of frozen green peas & lay it on top of everything else.
Brown rice is lovely too but takes longer.
Wow I didn't know you could cook veggies in the rice cooker! Thanks for sharing!
I use to have so many bakeware. Now is just use foil bakeware to serve foods and bake and so easy to wash multiple uses for them
Very inspirational! Thanks for the motivation! My New Years Resolution was to Simplify
Wonderful! Thank you! 😊
Old towels are great in the garage for oil changes and washing cars.
For sure!
I feel like your describing my house!😅 mystery cables/remotes! Momma mia,yes!
Haha I feel your pain!
Water glasses and tea cups.
Any paper bags I get for shopping (I am not a shopaholic) I save all bags by folding them flat and grade them, according to size, in a large bag and when bag is full give them to thrift stores. At least they are used twice.
Awesome!
We got rid of our rice cooker recently, but we'll probably get a new one once we have a more functional kitchen. (The one in this flat has very little counter or storage space.) And then we can go back to actually making sticky rice instead of buying the microwave rice.
Thank you for sharing!
We remodeled our kitchen during Covid, I didn’t want wall cabinets, because they’re full of junk, it looks great and prevents me from accumulating junk!!!
That is awesome!
I give the vases away with flowers it looks so much nicer and the florist puts it together nicely to reuse them..
Awesome!
I don't keep lids on plastic food boxes as I end up with an unpleasant smell. Instead, I sorted lads and boxes out and store lids in one basket and the boxes in another.
Awesome!
We now have a remote on our cell phone so we can actually use so no more needing a remote or changing batteries when we have virtual remotes on our cell phone! As far as the cords go for the electronics if you don’t know what goes to walk around your house and find out if any kind of electronic doesn’t already have a cord and it’s already plugged in if they all have cords in there plugged in trash 7:20 7:23
What is clutter to you may be inspiration to me.
Rice Cooker it's the best invention ever!
Very helpful, I have all junk need to trash 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Rugs keep feet warm, prevent falling, cushion feet from pain.
I have one cup that I use every day- the yeti stainless steel 10-12 ounce cup. That’s enough for me 👍🏽
I have that same Yeti - I love it!!
Old towels 😂 I have towels I bought in 1981 & 1982 that I was still using every inch out of, finally switched just about 6 months ago to new ones I had but save the old ones ftom the '80's for the dog's.
Love it!
Not giving up the paper towels.
I don't use my kitchen table which may be odd tbh. But yeah definitely getting rid of it.
Thanks! Agreed
😁I loved that ending. Haha!
Haha thank you!!