I see what you’re up to. You’re focusing on your laundry room to promote your air b&b. Gotcha😂.

I am such a declutterer😂

Your laundry room is HUGE!

I have to say, that was an overwhelming sight at first but you did a good job of making everything look more intentional by the end.

I love your adorable laundry room! You did great! I so agree about the layers! Also the more I declutter… the easier it is! 🤗

Great tip about hiding what you don't want to see in beautiful baskets, and putting what you do want to see in clear containers. So simple and seemingly obvious, yet I have often done the opposite :)

My goodness amica (female friend in Italian), you really are a professional organizer, looks lovely! My laundry room is so small the only thing I declutter in it are extra wire hangers that I return to the dry cleaners and the plastic bags my garments come in, I tie a knot at the ends of them and use them for garbage bags. **side note, your makeup looked very nice today.

Thanks for the encouragement! I had to chuckle at the “pets & lightbulbs” bin…odd combo 😆 I’m off to declutter the laundry room!

Yay!

Great job.

I can tell you now when I start to declutter I will be watching some of these videos again. So many ideas and tips on decluttering..my brain would forget alot. Lol TFS ❤😊

Do you have a “catch-all” room? A place where all the random things tend to end up? It is a tough area to clear out because these are things you couldn’t make a decision on in the first place! if you had a fire and everything in the room burned, which things would you go out and purchase again? Ask yourself for each item and I guarantee you will be successful in your decluttering. 🤩

I love the idea of Swedish Death Cleaning, but one thing I do find hard is the emphasis on passing things on to family. We don't have any children (or nephews or nieces) and my husband and I are both the youngest in our families, so it can be hard to know what to do with old family papers. I have found a couple of history societies that are interested in some of our family diaries and letters, so this is maybe something to consider for those who don't have family to give these things to. I've recently finished going through photos, and I've cut down five crates of pictures to one and a quarter crates. Now, I am going through my digital photos every few weeks and saving the favourites into a 'for printing' online folder. They sit in that folder for a year and at the end of the year, I go through them again and delete ruthlessly. I used to print maybe 400 photos a year that all went into albums, but now it's about 50 a year! (One other note regarding photos - please don't use the self-adhesive or 'magnetic' albums as the adhesive can damage the photos over time - I had to start with my earliest photos when I decluttered, as I found that some of them were starting to get yellow streaks on them as the adhesive in the album stained the backs of the photos. Either use albums with pockets or acid-free photo dots/corners and a paper album) P.S. the video you link was the one that brought me to this channel - I was so touched by your empathy, kindness and encouragement in that video that I didn't even notice any issue with the sound, so it can't have been that bad!

Thanks for this video! I’m working on decluttering my house… I get distracted and overwhelmed. But now that the weather is getting cooler, my promise to myself is that once a room is in good shape, I can decorate it for Christmas!

This video was packed with great tips and inspiration! Ty! 💓💓💓

Janell here. Last year when I first heard of swedish death cleaning, I was thinking about memorabilia because I had 3 huge bins filled with manilla envelopes with each of the 40 years since we've been married! After talking to my only daughter about what she would like to see after I am gone, I took quite a while to go through each year, sometimes with my husband, and actually journal that year and keep only a few items in a clear bag with the journal page. It's all in 1 bin with room for more years. I have photo scrapbooks up to date since I have retired. My daughter doesn't do scrapbooking, she says I'm taking care of that for her and her family 😂.

I love the idea of Swedish death cleaning. My mil is clinging to every last thing instead of letting anyone have an item so they can enjoy it now. I can’t manage her but I am trying my hardest to send off unused items that my family or others could be using so it’s not all left behind for our kids one day.

I guess I'm an oddball. I loved going through my mom's things after she died. Every item, no matter how large or small, from car to gum wrapper, was a joy for me.

I loved that original video of Carol that you referred to. I think I watched it more than once. Always enjoy your videos! l ,too, only kept my senior yearbook. I took some pics of the other years’ pages. Swedish death cleaning is very effective. I have been putting this into practice over the last few years (I’m 55 right now) and I have gotten rid of so much! My mom did NOT do this before she died and it was such a burden on my siblings and myself. I’m not going to do that to my kids. We each have a small memory box and that’s enough. I still have more categories I’m always working on especially my parents’ stuff that I struggle to part with. But I’m strengthening my decluttering muscles all the time. I’ve also been through all my photos 😳. Huge job that has taken year. I had all scanned (probably 10,000) and am now organizing digitally). So worth it to know that they are preserved. I’ve also curated the physical ones. Through many away and organized what was left by year

Yes I’ve been following Shannon Torrens channel and she promotes Swedish death cleaning ( I apologize if it’s tacky to mention another channel ) , she goes through a lot of rooms with her mom , it’s a lovely way to do it . Anyway , you inspire me ! I am tackling this area this weekend ! 😃👏🌿

I love the striped sleeveless top you changed into!

Sentimental is a very difficult category for me to declutter. Additionally, one son is married and they are not going to have children. The other son is not yet married so I’m not sure what his, hopefully 🙏🏻, future wife might like as far as family items. So, I’m keeping a few handed down family “heirlooms’ that aren’t really my style. Like you mentioned, my goal is to display and/or use and not just store items. On another note, one blessing in disguise was that 2 boxes of my school days items were ruined by water. No decision there 😂

Trunk is expensive…it’s missing it’s inside tray and leather handle….

Is memorabilia a tough one for you? What holds you back?

haha, "sorry again for cussing at you!" I like some of your categories, that's a struggle for me, especially in the bathroom because it catches so many different categories!

It was so satisfying to see your spice drawer after! Great job! 😊

Beautiful bedroom!

I feel like this was a realistic look at paper clutter. I've watched some videos on paper clutter and only bills and junk mail was mentioned. There is soooo much more paper clutter than that!

Hi! Just stumbled upon your channel. I was just this week agonizing over a sheet that has seen better days. I usually use old sheets to make pillowcases because I’m super picky about pillowcases. So I was going back and forth about keeping this sheet. I realized though that (1) I have enough pillowcases for now (2) the sheet is very thin, it has some holes and the edges are stringy and (3) I’ve had this sheet for almost 25 years. I think it’s time to put it in the trash. Lol. Enjoyed your video. I have a question for you though: “extra” artwork? If you have no place to hang it, what are you keeping it for?

So helpful! Glad I found your channel.

Sadly I felt like I had to comment, and I am saying this in love as your Christian sister, I was really enjoying your series, but I am so disappointed Teresa to see you curse in the description. As a Christian sister, I would really encourage you to remove that. It is not a good witness to others nor pleasing to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I didn't watch the video after I read the info. "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up...Eph 4:29, Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking... Eph 5:4, But now you must put them all away:anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. ...Col 3:8, Put away from you crooked speech"...Prov 4:24

Hi Teresa! What a great video! Love the yes or no method! Maybes get me every time!! Great declutter! I’m still working hard!! Happy Thursday!! PS: Yea! I use the Flylady tip you mentioned with the toilet brush!

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Thank you for your guidance with setting a peaceful home. Question - I have many workbooks from past Bible studies. As has happened before with sentimental items, I've had an inkling that I could let go of those workbooks. Do you keep all of your student Bible study materials? Thank you

Fantastic declutter... everything turned out so tidy! Ironically, a hair straightener is also a really effective tool for creating waves or curls much faster than a curling iron.

So true really, isn’t it? If we don’t say YES, and also keep the Maybes, it seems the Maybes slip in as just more “stuff!” So inspiring, I’m gonna go do my bathroom now! 😊

Janell here, I have always been a makeup minimalist. Good tip about yes or no. Put a few more things in the trash and donate box for tomorrow. Still working on the file cabinet 😢

I’m so excited to find you and I’m now subscribed! I do the same thing with a typical weekly schedule and I was talking to my daughter in college about it the other day. She’s struggling with time management and a very busy school and work schedule. I am going to send her this video! It will help her visualize what I was telling her. Thank you!!

I just discovered your channel and I am binge watching while I go about my housework. You are so kind and calming! I struggle in the area of organizing so you are a blessing from the Lord!! I also homeschool, with two graduates and three more to go. I have kept way too much Homeschool stuff and stuff in general over the years. You are helping me understand how I can let some things go and have a more pleasant home! Thank you!!

Thank you for sharing this method! It immediately helped me declutter a few things I’ve been on the fence about. Suggestion - you might consider keeping the travel bags with your luggage. It frees up valuable space for everyday items you use. You have to grab the luggage for a trip anyway. 😊

Hi! What is the nail kit you’re enjoying? I’m looking for something for my sad nails. Thank you for posting, I enjoy your videos so much!

I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!! I do want to say that, as a Christian, I do not curse at all. My children found the video quite funny because they have never heard me swear. So, part of this video was being able to accurately quote the author of this book, knowing that I was indeed quoting and not swearing in my heart. The other part was using the thumbnail as a joke because anyone who knows me, knows I do not use bad language. I truly hope I have not offended in any way. 😊🙏🏼💛

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You look so darling in all the clothes- but it was such an interesting perspective to watch on video, I know you weren't watching a video, but we were and I wonder if that's a strategy that would work for me to do to myself too? I can't wait to start on my closet!

THIS is amazing!!! You wouldn't believe our desk right now!! Chaotic isn't even the word! ha! Would love to see your video on financial binder- great goal!

Ruthless- that's going to be so hard, but I am so preferring to have the calm space vs. the things I never use!!

This is amazing and inspiring- I wish I had 1 place for all of my things! That's a goal!

I just decluttered my 2 junk drawers and threw away 95 items!! 1,000 items could go fast with drawers like these! I am so motivated to have a spot for everything- I have never even thought about creating a spot for things like: to be fixed, to be returned, rubber bands! Tidying looks so fast and easy! Hoping my 2 drawers stay better for a long time!

I've never heard of "fantasy self", but I literally just put one of my past hobby items back on the shelf and it came to mind when watching this video!! It needs to be donated for someone who could enjoy it now!

This is such a great idea because that huge mess loads me down every time!!