Something my DinL OFTEN says when she visits my house is, "your house is so peaceful." I believe what she's really noticing is the clean kitchen surfaces, the lack of clutter throughout & the calming effect created by having an easily maintained home. It pleases me, for her, that she has found a place of respite. ♡
My lovely DIL says the same! They have given us two beautiful grandchildren with another on the way. Whenever they visit, she always says how peaceful our home is, and never wants to leave! We love having the family over, and giving them all a restful place❤️🇬🇧
mmmm....good points, but I feel the same about towels as you do about dishes. White only, they always match, love that they can be sanitized, and no, they don't have stains, some I've had for years. When they become well worn they become cleaning cloths or rags for vehicle maintenance.
When I turned 40, my make-up turned on me! I broke out in a rash that sent me to the doctor (and yes, I had new make-up) A switch turned on in my body and I became allergic to the ingredients in most make-up. I'm too cheap to buy the $50/bottle foundation that doesn't cause hives and itchy skin! So! Bye Bye make-up! Ditto to candles, wax melts, etc. For some reason, now they cause headaches. The plus side is I no longer spend money on these items, nor do I have warehouse them in my home! WIN!
i’ve only recently started to have issues with drier skin in my mid-60s. I think that’s because I never got bogged down in the lowfat craze. I love cholesterol. It builds hormones and repairs cell walls. we live in a hugely humid and hot climate, the kind where make up melts off your face quickly. I was glad when the mineral make up revolution happened, but got even more minimal when I discovered the Christina compact. It literally takes a couple of minutes to apply, And using different brushes you can choose single or combinations of four basic colors for your foundation, eyeshadow, blush, highlighter, and simply buff away imperfections with ease. they have compacts for everyone from super pale to super deep color skin. And I found that I didn’t have any breakouts after that, so much so that I often wear no make up at all. And my skin looks good. Adding the make up just gives it a little bit of professional polish. Other than that, I just use A dark eyeshadow with a narrow angled brush for an eyeliner (softer looking on aging eyes), and some lip gloss. tinted to be very close to my own lip color. I don’t even bother trying to create an eyeshadow or highlighter look anymore. It’s all about quickly creating the healthy flawless glow. I can do that with one retractable brush, pushed all the way out for a loose dusting overall, and pulled back so that the brush is very dense and tight to cover any scarring and discoloration From the past. The people that I know who are old who use lots of facial care products look old to me. Wrinkled and pitiful. I questioned the ingredients in those products along time ago and have barely used any of them for 45 years. I frequently wash my face in just water. sometimes I’ll do an oatmeal-based exfoliation. Occasionally I will do a deeper exfoliation with baking soda, vodka, magnesium oil. Every five or six months may be. If my skin feels too oily then I do an oil cleansing. I apply some olive oil or jojoba oil or coconut oil, gently rub it in to the sebum on my skin, and then I get a clean washcloth full of hot water and press it to my face. It does a great job of removing grime, Lifting off some of the old sebum, and leaving my skin feel fresh and moist afterwards. I rarely put soap on my face. But I think these things have kept the fine wrinkles at a minimum, so that I can wear a mineral make up without feeling like it’s getting into the creases.
I don’t believe in haunted, but I do believe everything has energy attached to it. Sometimes the energies don’t match our own. I try to cleanse everything that comes into the house using a smudge stick and washing. And I also do bless things and ask that they serve me well.
Tell us more about the “haunted” pool table. Did you just feel weird around it or what? Yes, I do believe things can have enduring energy about them! So glad you got it out of your house.
Absolutely agree with doing one declutter job at a time ..but doing it thoroughly. In a short time today I went through my cookbooks ( accumulated for 48years) I enjoy using some favourites but paired down to 15 cookbooks now in small narrow shelf in a cupboard …and let go of 24 cookbooks!!!. I know most recipe’s can be found online but it’s added even more value to the ones I’ve kept.
cookbooks are on my list as well, and I can see each Cookbook as one Declutter job. My mom‘s recipe cards don’t live at my house, but I took photos of all the recipes that I had memories about and might want to reproduce. Those have come in handy! Mine are still on my phone, lol. I’m eating very differently these days so I don’t cook those things for myself anymore. But it’s the nostalgia…
I’m glad you got rid of that old pool table. I definitely wouldn’t keep that if you felt like there was something off with it. I think you were listening to the promptings from the Holy Spirit for you to get rid of it. It’s important to keep our homes free from things that invite bad feelings. Thanks for your video! It’s a great reminder for me to keep going in my decluttering journey. I think I heard you are in UT. I’m about 30 min south of salt lake! We should be friends! You’re awesome.
Great video I hardly wear makeup and I really don't miss it. You really don't need all that stuff when you travel. If you run out of something you can go get more. There are stores when you go places. We don't Tra El got rid of all our luggage when we moved
I stopped wearing make up about four years ago. It was such a waste of time. I don't miss it. I'll put a little bit on maybe for a wedding but that's it. Really simple skincare routine too. Just Trilogy cleansing facewash in the shower at night.
I did the same with white towels. They look beautiful.....for a short time. Gave them to the animal shelter years ago and bought color towels. They still don't need replacing.
I realized awhile back that I'm using hand towels from the 60s or 70s. They came from my great grandmother's house, and then I also have my Grandmother's hand towels that are at least 90s if not 80s. The ones that are older than me are starting to show wear, but the ones I've bought fell apart a long time ago.
One of my favorite purchases was a bunch of cotton dish towels that I intended to use as napkins. Nice, generous, that was the plan. Our decorating has changed so they don’t exactly look in Harmony at the table, but they are fabulous Towels for drying the dishes. I can’t stand the new cheap terry cloth ones that won’t absorb water very well. And high-quality ones are through the roof, pricewise. I will probably enjoy these dish towels for the rest of my life.
@@bitrudder3792 Totally get it! I landed on some cotton bar mops to replace random kitchen towels that wouldn't absorb anything or hold up. I still toss one occasionally, but I pay 20 bucks for 12 instead of 1. Big enough to use as a towel, small enough to wet and wipe down surfaces.
@@GoingGreenMom - Well, thank you for sharing, I didn’t even know the term “bar mop” but it’s like a large shop towel. And I love that they have some in cotton on Amazon. I have a handful of white cleaning cloths, but none of them are white anymore 🤣.
@@bitrudder3792 lol, I love the ones from Softelle I think is the brand I have. I went in stages, got white first, which of course didn't stay white. Then blue, and yellow, I've retired the whites to cleaning rags. But the next time I get some I was thinking about the chocolate brown ones. But they all come in as 100% cotton so far just like the listing says.
I remember i bought a doll in San Diego it was dressed Dia de los muertos. I always had a funny feeling around the doll. I was dusting my shelf and I noticed the face of the doll changed it had a weird smerk on the face,the mouth changed. I immediately got rid of the doll!!! True story.
There are certain kinds of souvenirs I never bring home, and anything smacking of another religion falls in that category. masks. Statues. Someone gave us a decorative gong with a snake carving above it. I was uneasy about it until I finally got rid of it. After learning about bohemian grove, owls were my next target but my husband is attached to one. Demons are still real.
This sounds good if you don’t have a hoarder husband.. you wouldn’t believe how many electronic cords and chargers we have that fit nothing we have, but “you never know “.
Just a tip: Make sure you can reach your shut-off values under your sink, and never put anything under the sink drain. When your plumbing fails, you will lose your items.
I definitely like keeping things fairly clear underneath the kitchen sink. Bathroom sinks as well. I tend to use the big baskets and totes (plastic) so that it takes two seconds to get things out if there is a problem with the plumbing. Also makes it super easy to wipe out the cabinet. I also find it helpful to leave a paper towel underneath the drain so that if a problem starts I’m likely to notice it (Versus having the water drip into a basket full of towels).
Great ideas! My problem is finding Where to go/store the declutters things? Don’t bag them until you can go to Goodwill/wherever? Or do you box them? Where does it go until you can get it out of the house?? That’s my hardest thing with decluttering!!! Help! 😮😊
Keep a donatable donate box/tote. When it's full or when you can, you take the whole thing to donate. Meaning the box/tote itself is also to go, so you won't go through it again. Please also remember that going to the donation place is worth your decluttering time and energy. Good luck! ❤
I store all the decluttered items in the trunk of my car in black trash bags. I try and take a load to the donation at least every month so my car doesn't get too full. With 5 in our family, we have to keep up on the decluttering on a regular basis! If you live with just yourself or fewer people, you will probably only need to go every couple of months!
@@WorrierKitten that’s just it, I can’t stand a box sitting around a decluttered room I worked so hard on! But thanks, ❤ Oh and storing it in the garage or something like that just gets shoved to the back 😢 I’m a mess! 😂
@@danacobb2229 I completely understand, I was like that too. Give yourself some grace and be patient, knowing that this is a process that you have to go through and it'll be better in no time! Now I manage to stick them into my now fully decluttered and empty cupboard or in my also fully decluttered laundry room if it's a bigger stuff. I try to donate twice a month so it won't take much room for too long.
I definitely believe that objects can be haunted. My house was haunted by a very negative spirit who would really confront and bother my grown son ,who is not usually 9ne who believes in woo woo stuff . Once we removed an old dresser that had come with my house when we bought it, the spirit was gone! I put a warning note inside the dresser to let any potential buyers at the thrift store know.
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I have to say, with your minimalist aesthetic, it’s surprising me that you took five pieces of luggage to Europe. I just traveled to Europe for two weeks with a carry-on only. Granted it was just me but five seems excessive.
Something my DinL OFTEN says when she visits my house is, "your house is so peaceful." I believe what she's really noticing is the clean kitchen surfaces, the lack of clutter throughout & the calming effect created by having an easily maintained home. It pleases me, for her, that she has found a place of respite. ♡
My lovely DIL says the same! They have given us two beautiful grandchildren with another on the way. Whenever they visit, she always says how peaceful our home is, and never wants to leave! We love having the family over, and giving them all a restful place❤️🇬🇧
Both of you must be such good souls as well as fortunate to have such wonderful relationship with your DinL.. ❤❤
mmmm....good points, but I feel the same about towels as you do about dishes. White only, they always match, love that they can be sanitized, and no, they don't have stains, some I've had for years. When they become well worn they become cleaning cloths or rags for vehicle maintenance.
Do u use bleach when needed? I'm considering going all white as well
When I turned 40, my make-up turned on me! I broke out in a rash that sent me to the doctor (and yes, I had new make-up) A switch turned on in my body and I became allergic to the ingredients in most make-up. I'm too cheap to buy the $50/bottle foundation that doesn't cause hives and itchy skin! So! Bye Bye make-up!
Ditto to candles, wax melts, etc. For some reason, now they cause headaches.
The plus side is I no longer spend money on these items, nor do I have warehouse them in my home! WIN!
My skin is SO DIFFERENT now that I'm almost 40. Suddenly everything emphasizes dryness and fine lines!!
Try n get steam on face as home facial once or twice a week, it will cleanse the skin and naturally nourish it..
i’ve only recently started to have issues with drier skin in my mid-60s. I think that’s because I never got bogged down in the lowfat craze. I love cholesterol. It builds hormones and repairs cell walls. we live in a hugely humid and hot climate, the kind where make up melts off your face quickly. I was glad when the mineral make up revolution happened, but got even more minimal when I discovered the Christina compact. It literally takes a couple of minutes to apply, And using different brushes you can choose single or combinations of four basic colors for your foundation, eyeshadow, blush, highlighter, and simply buff away imperfections with ease. they have compacts for everyone from super pale to super deep color skin. And I found that I didn’t have any breakouts after that, so much so that I often wear no make up at all. And my skin looks good. Adding the make up just gives it a little bit of professional polish. Other than that, I just use A dark eyeshadow with a narrow angled brush for an eyeliner (softer looking on aging eyes), and some lip gloss.
tinted to be very close to my own lip color. I don’t even bother trying to create an eyeshadow or highlighter look anymore. It’s all about quickly creating the healthy flawless glow. I can do that with one retractable brush, pushed all the way out for a loose dusting overall, and pulled back so that the brush is very dense and tight to cover any scarring and discoloration From the past.
The people that I know who are old who use lots of facial care products look old to me. Wrinkled and pitiful. I questioned the ingredients in those products along time ago and have barely used any of them for 45 years. I frequently wash my face in just water. sometimes I’ll do an oatmeal-based exfoliation. Occasionally I will do a deeper exfoliation with baking soda, vodka, magnesium oil. Every five or six months may be. If my skin feels too oily then I do an oil cleansing. I apply some olive oil or jojoba oil or coconut oil, gently rub it in to the sebum on my skin, and then I get a clean washcloth full of hot water and press it to my face. It does a great job of removing grime, Lifting off some of the old sebum, and leaving my skin feel fresh and moist afterwards. I rarely put soap on my face. But I think these things have kept the fine wrinkles at a minimum, so that I can wear a mineral make up without feeling like it’s getting into the creases.
I don’t believe in haunted, but I do believe everything has energy attached to it. Sometimes the energies don’t match our own. I try to cleanse everything that comes into the house using a smudge stick and washing. And I also do bless things and ask that they serve me well.
It's wonderful to find ways to keep a good spirit in your home!
Very true
I love this format of video! Thanks for posting😀
Thank you for keeping your post short. ❤
OHHH dear lord wow i did this too and let me tell ya i just threw everything away and i was soooo much happier and my home is so peaceful and calmer
. Your creativity and originality always keep me coming back for more.
You're so kind!
Tell us more about the “haunted” pool table. Did you just feel weird around it or what? Yes, I do believe things can have enduring energy about them! So glad you got it out of your house.
Another great video!
Thanks!
I'm always rooting for you and your success!!!
Absolutely agree with doing one declutter job at a time ..but doing it thoroughly. In a short time today I went through my cookbooks ( accumulated for 48years) I enjoy using some favourites but paired down to 15 cookbooks now in small narrow shelf in a cupboard …and let go of 24 cookbooks!!!. I know most recipe’s can be found online but it’s added even more value to the ones I’ve kept.
cookbooks are on my list as well, and I can see each Cookbook as one Declutter job.
My mom‘s recipe cards don’t live at my house, but I took photos of all the recipes that I had memories about and might want to reproduce. Those have come in handy! Mine are still on my phone, lol. I’m eating very differently these days so I don’t cook those things for myself anymore. But it’s the nostalgia…
I’m glad you got rid of that old pool table. I definitely wouldn’t keep that if you felt like there was something off with it. I think you were listening to the promptings from the Holy Spirit for you to get rid of it. It’s important to keep our homes free from things that invite bad feelings.
Thanks for your video! It’s a great reminder for me to keep going in my decluttering journey. I think I heard you are in UT. I’m about 30 min south of salt lake! We should be friends! You’re awesome.
Yes, I sage old items I bring into the house if they are old
Great video I hardly wear makeup and I really don't miss it. You really don't need all that stuff when you travel. If you run out of something you can go get more. There are stores when you go places. We don't Tra El got rid of all our luggage when we moved
I stopped wearing make up about four years ago. It was such a waste of time. I don't miss it. I'll put a little bit on maybe for a wedding but that's it. Really simple skincare routine too. Just Trilogy cleansing facewash in the shower at night.
Great video Julie - your white serving ware and bowls are beautiful!
Thank you so much!
I did the same with white towels. They look beautiful.....for a short time. Gave them to the animal shelter years ago and bought color towels.
They still don't need replacing.
I realized awhile back that I'm using hand towels from the 60s or 70s. They came from my great grandmother's house, and then I also have my Grandmother's hand towels that are at least 90s if not 80s. The ones that are older than me are starting to show wear, but the ones I've bought fell apart a long time ago.
One of my favorite purchases was a bunch of cotton dish towels that I intended to use as napkins. Nice, generous, that was the plan. Our decorating has changed so they don’t exactly look in Harmony at the table, but they are fabulous Towels for drying the dishes. I can’t stand the new cheap terry cloth ones that won’t absorb water very well. And high-quality ones are through the roof, pricewise. I will probably enjoy these dish towels for the rest of my life.
@@bitrudder3792 Totally get it! I landed on some cotton bar mops to replace random kitchen towels that wouldn't absorb anything or hold up. I still toss one occasionally, but I pay 20 bucks for 12 instead of 1. Big enough to use as a towel, small enough to wet and wipe down surfaces.
@@GoingGreenMom - Well, thank you for sharing, I didn’t even know the term “bar mop” but it’s like a large shop towel. And I love that they have some in cotton on Amazon. I have a handful of white cleaning cloths, but none of them are white anymore 🤣.
@@bitrudder3792 lol, I love the ones from Softelle I think is the brand I have. I went in stages, got white first, which of course didn't stay white. Then blue, and yellow, I've retired the whites to cleaning rags. But the next time I get some I was thinking about the chocolate brown ones. But they all come in as 100% cotton so far just like the listing says.
I remember i bought a doll in San Diego it was dressed Dia de los muertos. I always had a funny feeling around the doll. I was dusting my shelf and I noticed the face of the doll changed it had a weird smerk on the face,the mouth changed. I immediately got rid of the doll!!! True story.
😱😱😱
There are certain kinds of souvenirs I never bring home, and anything smacking of another religion falls in that category. masks. Statues. Someone gave us a decorative gong with a snake carving above it. I was uneasy about it until I finally got rid of it. After learning about bohemian grove, owls were my next target but my husband is attached to one. Demons are still real.
@@bitrudder3792 they're most definitely real.
I absolutely believe in haunted objects!!! There use to be a show about this specific subject!!!!
This sounds good if you don’t have a hoarder husband.. you wouldn’t believe how many electronic cords and chargers we have that fit nothing we have, but “you never know “.
Oh those slowly disappear over time at our house. Just enough to keep it in control.
Oh my! I would disappear them lol
Just a tip: Make sure you can reach your shut-off values under your sink, and never put anything under the sink drain. When your plumbing fails, you will lose your items.
I definitely like keeping things fairly clear underneath the kitchen sink. Bathroom sinks as well. I tend to use the big baskets and totes (plastic) so that it takes two seconds to get things out if there is a problem with the plumbing. Also makes it super easy to wipe out the cabinet. I also find it helpful to leave a paper towel underneath the drain so that if a problem starts I’m likely to notice it (Versus having the water drip into a basket full of towels).
Good tips. 😊❤
Glad you think so!
❤❤❤❤❤
I would love to hear how you went from a makeup channel to declutterring and simplifying. I’m addicted makeup lol, how did you break the habit? 😁
Hi! I was wondering what is the jewelry hanger thing in your closet?
Great ideas! My problem is finding Where to go/store the declutters things? Don’t bag them until you can go to Goodwill/wherever? Or do you box them? Where does it go until you can get it out of the house?? That’s my hardest thing with decluttering!!! Help! 😮😊
Keep a donatable donate box/tote. When it's full or when you can, you take the whole thing to donate. Meaning the box/tote itself is also to go, so you won't go through it again. Please also remember that going to the donation place is worth your decluttering time and energy. Good luck! ❤
I store all the decluttered items in the trunk of my car in black trash bags. I try and take a load to the donation at least every month so my car doesn't get too full. With 5 in our family, we have to keep up on the decluttering on a regular basis! If you live with just yourself or fewer people, you will probably only need to go every couple of months!
@@WorrierKitten that’s just it, I can’t stand a box sitting around a decluttered room I worked so hard on! But thanks, ❤
Oh and storing it in the garage or something like that just gets shoved to the back 😢 I’m a mess! 😂
@@FancyThatwithCandice that’s a good idea! Then it’s not still in my house or garage!! Hmm maybe that will work 😊. Thanks
@@danacobb2229 I completely understand, I was like that too. Give yourself some grace and be patient, knowing that this is a process that you have to go through and it'll be better in no time! Now I manage to stick them into my now fully decluttered and empty cupboard or in my also fully decluttered laundry room if it's a bigger stuff. I try to donate twice a month so it won't take much room for too long.
Your toilet paper splinters made me giggle!😅
I definitely believe that objects can be haunted. My house was haunted by a very negative spirit who would really confront and bother my grown son ,who is not usually 9ne who believes in woo woo stuff . Once we removed an old dresser that had come with my house when we bought it, the spirit was gone! I put a warning note inside the dresser to let any potential buyers at the thrift store know.
ohhhh creepy!!! I'm glad you got that figured out and got the dresser out of there!
Thank you! Yes it was such a huge relief! 😊
OHIO??? What does that stand for on you daily TO DO list?
Only handle it once!! If you pick it up, you have to put it away ❤️
I wondered the same thing! Thx for asking.
Please fasten that bathroom sink to the counter.😮
It’s called a fixture!
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Id be overwhelmed with even what u cut down to.
What is in your cleaning/dusting spray?
I love using the mrs meyers sprays. Their seasonal scents are SO GOOD!!! I also use the Thieves spray by young living
👋🏾;)😘😘😘😘😘
I have to say, with your minimalist aesthetic, it’s surprising me that you took five pieces of luggage to Europe. I just traveled to Europe for two weeks with a carry-on only. Granted it was just me but five seems excessive.