Hoarder to Minimalist | Ep 3 "The Quick Clean"

[@npigwnl]

You know that feeling when you clean your house before someone comes over and then they cancel last minute? "Oh well at least my house finally got cleaned" 😂

[@MessyMinimalist]

lol, yes!

[@maryannanderson7517]

This happened to my friend one time. She is NOT a very tidy person and when she heard that "John and Mary" were coming to see her she worked literally for hours cleaning her house. Shortly before they were scheduled to arrive they called her and told her they couldn't make it. She called me and told me about it and said "I just wasted a clean house!"

[@meditationandmindfulness2619]

We call it 'The Hurriclean' in our house! It's amazing what you can do when guests are imminent!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Lol, I like that. :)

[@freewaybaby]

Your cat at the fish tank...LOL

[@sagebrushandsassboutique2116]

Omg, this is me every time someone comes over! And while at my core I know that not everyone is clean and you are usually seeing the quick clean, I can’t help myself and the anxiety that comes with having visitors! I’m hoping our quest for minimalism helps this!

[@dontcallmemalice]

I am the queen of what I call a power clean. It’s a gift. But I am a messy person and I’m working through it. This honesty brings me so much joy because you’re right, everyone does a clean clean and it’s good to be reminded. Can’t wait to watch the reat

[@adjones87]

I have finally gotten to the point that I don’t have to do a ‘quick clean’ anymore 🙌🏻 Yes I will make the kids tidy their toys and make sure my bra isn’t hanging to dry in sight but I’ve minimized so much and regulated my chores so that I can avoid this, all while pregnant and 3 under 7 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

[@Myrdreth]

Do you wanna know why I am not a spontaneous person? Friends: "Hey, we have a little bit of time. Do you mind if we come over now?" Actually they could come over. I am at home and have nothing better to do. But instead I answer: "Oh um...I am busy at the moment. But you could come over in 1 hour?". And then I clean as fast as I can while swearing like a sailor and cursing myself "THE NEXT TIME I WILL CLEAN EVERYTHING IN ADVANCE AND NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE!" Suuure. Next time...hah! :P

[@Sdewebb]

Great job purging a few items. I'm glad you found minimalism.

[@MessyMinimalist]

Thank you - a little bit at a time.. :)

[@cherishschutte4998]

This is me every time we get company 🙈

[@MessyMinimalist]

hehe... yep. I fear even with less stuff, this will still be a thing.

[@kestrels.9189]

I did that too! I still had this problem spot (like the closet under your stairs) where there’s a gap between the foot of my bed and my wall. It was half oubliette and half place for CD’s but it wasn’t working. So, I pulled everything out onto my bed, reorganized and ended up with a bag to get rid of and a bag of things to just toss. Now my studio apt, is way more put together as I had tackled two other places while I was at it! Made waking up in the morning pleasant! Do you experience a “Whao” and a “this makes me feel happy” feeling after waking up the next day and seeing what you accomplished?

[@victoriasparkle]

I should be cleaning out my place. Instead I'm watching someone else clean their house.

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha! :)

[@taradaycatalortaraifyourno8482]

I have to say you are totally motivating me to clean and not feel bad when its not done THAT DAY. and to work when I feel motivated and only keep what brings me joy not the WHAT IF thng.

[@greengiraffe1555]

What a lovely home you have. X

[@MessyMinimalist]

Thank you :)

[@amberross3283]

For some reason, when I watched the sped-up version of you cleaning house, it reminded me of that game the Sims. So odd. Glad to have discovered your channel! I'm on my own decluttering / cleaning journey this year.

[@margarcia9654]

some how I found your channel the other day and to be honest, I was like, (that's totally me)😂😂😂 and I mean in so many ways. I had watched all of your videos and I been doing the same thing as you. I really need it!!!

[@MessyMinimalist]

:) Thanks for watching, and good luck!!

[@vivan111]

Love your videos! You are an inspiration and true, real and funny person. Thanks from Sweden!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Hello over there! :-) And thank you! I appreciate this comment.

[@lesliefluette1784]

Ha! I can totally relate to this! Subbed :) you're too cute btw!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Haha good! ☺Thanks for subscribing! (And thanks!)

[@candyluna2929]

she cat was monitoring how you treated the 🐟 🐟 🐟 fish

[@MessyMinimalist]

lol, yeah I always laugh when I'm editing the footage and I see what the cats are up to. I never notice them while I'm actually cleaning. Silly things!

[@allegradelgardo]

Alright, I am loving all of the beautiful tiffany lamps in your house.

[@MessyMinimalist]

Oh, thank you! They were my mother's, I like them quite a bit too :)

[@allegradelgardo]

Do you have any more than the 2 that I saw in the video?

[@kristenrezey872]

I LOVE how real you are!!!! Thank you

[@MessyMinimalist]

:) Of course! ...and thank YOU for watching! ;-)

[@kgrobinson007]

We are very familiar with this cleaning method in our house! Also, bravo for getting the Christmas tree down! Ours is still up. It's a bit of a production to pack it all up and it feels like we have not been home enough to take it down. That might need to be our project tomorrow evening since the hubby is off work.

[@MessyMinimalist]

I was really happy to get that thing down finally! ...You can do it! Good luck!!

[@belennayee]

Ours came down two weeks ago! Better late than never. xD

[@GrannyGooseOnYouTube]

Okay, I'm binge watching now. This is so awesome. This will definitely be my next video series. I just think you're an awesome inspiration!

[@MessyMinimalist]

awesome! glad to hear you like my videos! enjoy ;-)

[@My.Curiosities]

I just discovered your channel and I really like this series :) You're funny and I like how you talk about your process, it's refreshing!

[@MessyMinimalist]

I'm glad you like it. I'm still feeling my way through this stuff, to see what people like to see and what is 'boring'. Thanks for watching! :)

[@nancynurse4552]

Love the kitty cat watching you clean the fish tank 🤗

[@jennifercahill7397]

Oh I've had to do this and it sucks. It's great motivation but sadly I just end up shoving stuff in places that are off limits. The thought of doing this is a great way to motivate de-cluttering so it won't have to be done much!

[@workingmomof2130]

I just found your videos. I feel like I"m listening to myself when you are talking. Starting to watch your videos in order, so hopefully I can get on track too.

[@sensei9437]

During this last Christmas, my parents got rid of a small tree that I had purchased for my own room when I was a kid (with birthday and Christmas money) and replaced it with a new tree about the size of the one you just showed. XD It makes cleaning up after the holidays super easy for my mum who has back problems and can't move very well, but it still gives them the Christmas feeling without being a burden for the other 11 months of the year. They still have this huuuge tree that never really fit anywhere, but are planning to dig it out of "Moria" (aka: the basement) and donate it. If there's one tip I have for being a small-space minimalist, it's to find a way to downsize seasonal decorations in a way that still gives you the same joy for much less effort. In my case, I'm a bit of a magic/apothecary fanatic, so I have my Halloween decorations to reflect that and just use the neutral stuff as year-round decoration. The small amount of spooky things hide away in a tote along with my minimal hand-made Christmas stuff.

[@MessyMinimalist]

Great tip about seasonal decorations! It's funny, because after the holiday I always feel a little stressed about how much the decorations muck up the place! So I do think having fewer that you LOVE goes a long way. :)

[@kristenk.8024]

Noooo not the beret...you're adorable to start with but that beret looked amazing on you, especially with that particular shirt.

[@MessyMinimalist]

lol, thanks! I was kind of cute now that I look back! haha, but I never wore it ;-)

[@withyoctopus]

I loved the quick clean, so funny!

[@MessyMinimalist]

:) Glad you liked it!

[@staceybrister]

Hi Rachel :) Oh gosh, I've watched this video several times, and I love it!!! You guys got so much done :) Taking down the Christmas tree is at least a one whole day job for me! I know I'm late here, but, I'm wondering if you remember how long it took to get all that done? Also, you are amazing, I love all your videos! There aren't any new ones, since I found you, so I'm rewatching them, haha! Thank you so much for sharing, you are so "real", and an absolute delight! Keep up your good work, and please keep sharing

[@kathleencremmins286]

Ha...anyone remember The Big Comfy Couch and the 10-Second Tidy....this is what I thought I was watching! :D Sometimes my best work is the PANICKED clean up!

[@MessyMinimalist]

I kind of feel like my best comes during that panic state too!! ;-)

[@svennika]

Ok, that’s the moment I hit the subscribe button - you’re basically my household twin ;) My husband and I are also masters of the Quick Clean (yes, that´s an art and it deserves capital letters!). Bottom line, we‘re too lazy to keep the house nice and tidy unless we get company, so we just need to have people come over much more regularly...

[@MessyMinimalist]

hahah.. yes, exactly :) We've started doing bi-weekly dinners with one of our friend/couples and it really helps us keep the place clean!

[@breakmydreams]

Gotta love doing the quick clean thing. I do that all the time *sighs*

[@kcatfish2268]

Stress clean, I do this every time my parents say they are coming down. They are tidy and judgemental! It still wouldn't be clean enough and they would still find something to comment on!

[@prettybrown8537]

K Catfish this is sooooo me & my mommi!

[@CallieRoseMartinsyde]

Every item you let go of is one less item in your home and on your mind, no matter how small it is. I'm loving watching you go through this process. Subscribed!

[@candyluna2929]

I don't ever have anyone visit. but I do clean bc I love the feeling. cleaning is fun if you think about it.

[@pamelamorrisonn]

Kitty helping with the fish💜

[@pattiecake11]

I love throwing things away!! Though sometimes a have a bit of "buyers remorse"

[@prettybrown8537]

I kno this feeling oh so well.. running 🏃🏽‍♀️ around in full drill Sargent mode: off your ass & on your feet ppl!!! 😂😂 gotta get this 💩 together!

[@3llenzinha]

my parents use to do this Quick clean when guests are coming and i get really sad because i also deserve to live in a clean space.

[@Prokomeni]

Ellen Lima so do you clean

[@carnation_cat]

That's how I felt during all my growing-up years. My mom was messy and I was naturally neat. She would do all these things for company and I'd get to enjoy it for a few hours but I always wondered (and asked) why we couldn't do it for ourselves. It's all very well for people to say "clean it up yourself," and believe me, I've spent my whole life cleaning up after people, but when you live with a Messy, there's no point. I could leave a kitchen spotless, come back 5 minutes later, and if my mom had been there to fix herself a bowl of cereal, there would be crumbs on the counter, the milk sitting out, the cupboard door left open, water splashed on the faucet I had just polished, and the towel stuffed in a wad over the rack after I left it perfectly folded and hung. You simply can't keep up with messy people and you exhaust yourself trying!

[@amyphoto113]

LOL! This happens at my house whenever we have company over! There's some nice motivation to finally put away the Christmas Tree, huh? lol! Everytime I do this kind of quick clean, or even a longer clean like for the holidays I knew my family was visiting for a week... luckily not staying with us! But anyway, they could be over any amount of days... My house got really clean in a few days... then what happened afterwards? within days it was like it was never clean... sigh...

[@MessyMinimalist]

Oh gosh same here. This is such a bandaid for sure! As I purge items and start finding 'homes' within my space, it's helping a bit.

[@amyphoto113]

Messy Minimalist I was just emptying my dishwasher and putting away our hot cocoa mugs. There's this one plastic mug in the back that we never use and I was to about to pick it up and put it on top of a glass one as usual... and I'm like, Why??... I just chucked it! I don't need it or even like it, let alone use it! Now MANY more things to go!!!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Amy Bond - NICE! Go girl! ;-)

[@Me-mw5zx]

Yes, we all do this...well, except my mother in law...lol... Seriously, though...she won't buy nicknacks, because she hates to dust and I've been to her house on several occasions unannounced and her house is spotless! She sometimes says to me, "Oh, I need to dust just look at my coffee table. My house is dirty." My husband and I look and then look at each other like, huh? Is she serious? It doesn't need to be dusted. Yeah, she makes me sick...lol... 😂 🙃 I'm not a neat freak, but my house is rarely spotless...

[@nancie7487]

Lazy Susans Work great in the Refrigerator.

[@MessyMinimalist]

I didn't think about this - Good idea!

[@Aqualeqa]

This video is soooo relataaaableeee!!!

[@maddieswan3362]

Someone who understands the problem of horsing petoskey stones... especially when you live in petoskey lmao

[@hahahahundelunge]

That what funny to watch. Loved the cat with the fishes :)) And why do you throw away that lovely fake flowerbouquet ? ;)) Greetings from Germany PS: you have a wonderful house!

[@jayathome2034]

Hi from Ann Arbor - those Petoskey stones are quite valuable to people who use them for jewelry! I would try contacting some in Traverse City to sell them :)

[@MessyMinimalist]

Hey there! I used to live in Detroit for many years, so I occasionally visited Ann Arbor. :) Nice city! It's funny, I never really thought of them as valuable because I always just found them as a kid. Good idea tho!

[@anniina00]

That is totally us. We actually have a joke with my husband everytime we have done a huge clean of the house and leave the house for whatever reason and come back to a clean house we are like "our house has been robbed" as in someone came to our house and cleaned it. I'm trying to become a cleaner person aswell. Have kept my kitchen and bathroom clean for a week or somethink 😀👍. Also started decluttering some stuff.

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha! Funny :) Isn't it so nice coming back to a clean house after being away!? Probably one of my greatest pleasures. Nice job on keeping those spaces clean, that's not easy!

[@angelaweathersbee1334]

Great music!

[@CarolynnMarkey]

so you have a blog? what is it!! do tell

[@MessyMinimalist]

www.innthenorth.com (it's still pretty new, I'm doing my best to add content when I can!)

[@stephaniecaldwell8523]

Petoskey stones! Are you from Michigan? I'm super guilty of the quick clean and sometimes go way too long relying on this type of cleaning alone. oops. I'm working on it...it's hard to be a minimal and organized family of 5.

[@MessyMinimalist]

Yep - born and raised! Are you as well? (and I hear ya - we're only a family of 3 and I can hardly keep it together!)

[@stephaniecaldwell8523]

Yes, born and raised too! :)

[@simplylou5124]

Maybe I need to invite someone over. We always manage to avoid company. Loving your videos!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Haha, yeah after having company over, we always vow to do it more often because it's such a good excuse to clean! I highly recommend it. ;-)

[@MessyMinimalist]

And thanks for watching!

[@TheImperfectReader]

How long has the christmas tree been up.

[@tuverdaderovaloresinterno7097]

your home is so pretty

[@MessyMinimalist]

Thank you!

[@katiethomas5889]

That's what my husband and I do also :D

[@MessyMinimalist]

:) It goes so fast with two people

[@imbonnie]

such a beautiful home...but was hard to see beauty with all the stuff.

[@MessyMinimalist]

Ugh - exactly. What's funny is this is waay less than I used to have, if you can believe it!

[@candyluna2929]

I also don't decorate seasonal. don't need more stuff to clean or to store

[@MessyMinimalist]

I'm thinking of quitting this too... except for xmas... gosh, I probably will always decorate at least a little for xmas. But I think I can do without decorating for other holidays. Do you do lights at xmas? ....those always end up staying up waaaay to long!

[@candyluna2929]

Messy Minimalist I did when I first moved out. I do like lights, that might be an exception however I would rather colors that aren't for one time of the year...that way you can keepem on for however.

[@meditationandmindfulness2619]

PS I just bought a cheap plastic Lazy Susan today NOOOOOOOO! I was hoping to use it in my pantry (after I've cleared it out so the bags of lentils don't launch themselves at me)

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha! Well maybe yours will actually work well. Mine barley spun around - it's was useless!

[@bodicleanair]

Hahaha..been there, done that!

[@marleychloe]

YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha - thanks!!

[@lizabean723]

the cat hanging around Ponyo is making me nervous

[@negrituha]

YES, YES YOU CAN!

[@MessyMinimalist]

:-D

[@monikatorkowska]

Could you please tell me what soundtrack is used at the beginning? :)

[@TheMainDaniels6]

I am all to familiar with the quick clean but I deep clean all the time. I’m so anal about my house but I get in moods and moments where. I don’t want to do anything like right now my room is a mess and it’s driving my husband crazy.

[@cutiepiedaina]

LOL I TOTALLY RELATE TO THIS

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha, Glad you can relate! :) Thanks for watching!!

[@mariavolkhonskaya712]

You've got a nice house :)

[@agnesulijn]

Invite people over more to have an extra incentive to clean your house. Or just imagine that someone is coming over and clean anyway.

[@estherl6951]

Are you from michigan?

[@tracyhoward8228]

Youre so young how did you manage to acquire so much stuff!!!

[@carnation_cat]

Ain't seen nuthin yet...unless by now you've watched her other videos. She has (had) sooooo much weird junk, she must attract it like a magnet! She doesn't even know herself how she gets so much but that's typical of messy people. They're just unaware of "stuff" around them.

[@anaischarton6700]

Hey, I wo was ndering if your new behaviors are shared by your familly? How they feel with that. (Maybe you have made a video about it, but I havn't seen it). Bye ;)

[@MessyMinimalist]

Hey there! Nope, I haven't done one about that yep, but happy to talk about it here a little :) My husband is very much onboard with what I'm doing. He helps too, just behind the scenes and not on camera :) But of the two of us, I'm the packrat/hoarder and he has always been very detached when it comes to possessions. So when I expressed a strong desire to declutter and minimize, he was very much on board!

[@anaischarton6700]

Ho nice! thank you for your reply :) Have a nice day!

[@ar-gm5on]

Why are your painting hung so high?

[@MessyMinimalist]

haha!! My husband hung those up there as a joke several months ago to see how long I'd let them stay on the wall. (the hooks here already there) He was sick of them just leaning against the wall on the ground. I guess the joke's on me, because they've been there for a long time. (We finally did take them down last week tho) :)

[@WriterOfMany]

WE ALL DO THE QUICK CLEAN

[@marissaadams6746]

At 1:28 your dog is waiting for you to turn on the tv...

[@alb9022]

I can't believe you threw that little hat away :(

[@carnation_cat]

She gave it away. Much better!

[@teresaevans4840]

Please take your extra stuff to a second hand store,or give to homeless, you don't need so much stuff.

[@winterishdays]

This somehow reminds me of Sims

[@197228sept]

Good job! But lets be honest - this is not a clean! This is a tidy-up :) Keep it up!

[@MessyMinimalist]

Ahhh.. you're right! I think I use those words interchangeably - but I'll start calling it 'tidying' or 'decluttering'! Thanks!

[@paisleyduck]

So you have a toddler.....I have a toddler........how does your house never look like and explosion of toys in every room? I'd love a video on kids junk/stuff/crap lol

[@MessyMinimalist]

lol. Oh believe me, we have lots of room explosions! (we call them Tsumanis in our house!) We try so so so hard to get her to clean up her mess before moving onto the next task, which doesn't always happen. I will do video on her bedroom soon. She also trashes our car pretty badly because she always wants to bring SO much stuff with her places. ;-) oh toddlers....

[@shruthirao2459]

ha haaan interested

[@beckymartinez1878]

lol

[@styyle310]

not supposed to have pictures hung that high

[@MessyMinimalist]

Haha, yeah I've been told that. My husband put those up to mess with me. He just put them on whatever nails were already in the walls. We've taken them down! :)

[@azhrayharris8]

styyle310 Since when has there been a wrong way to enjoy art?

[@styyle310]

never knew a designer and art gallery that would suggest hanging art a few inches from the ceiling and killing your neck to see it.

[@azhrayharris8]

styyle310​ I've known a lot of artists, and I've worked in a gallery. Everyone I've worked with has agreed that art is ment to be enjoyed, not dictated. So whatever someone chooses to do with their art is up to them, and only them.

[@staceybrister]

People can hang their art wherever they like. She mentions her husband was just messing with her, and that's cute, and funny. But where there is a wall, you can absolutely hang art that reaches all the way up. Of course, the end result would have stuff hanging that would be underneath the way high stuff. I love you and your home, Rachel

[@aprille33]

You should of thrown out that awful eyeliner!