Moving, Spring Cleaning, Organising & Planning for the Future

[@AlaCatMom]

Hey, Maddie! I just stopped the video 11:30 minutes in, because of something you just said. You said that you fear your vlogs being boring because they are repetitive with you filming what you do every day, and having routines. I just want to tell you that there, for me, is the most comforting part of your videos - normalising mundane things, necessary things, sticking to routines and taking time for yourself, being confused or unsure about what to do or what to decide. You basically normalise being human in a digital world where we mostly see aesthetic, perfect, curated, flawless snippets of influencers’ lives. That’s beautiful and inspiring to watch but for me it also brings a level of anxiety and self judgement, because my life is often messy, repetitive, non-exciting even though it’s wonderful. So seeing you live like a normal, imperfect and wonderful human being is comforting, healing, supportive and empowering. Thank you!

[@mslineeee]

I r otally agree. Very well put!

[@suzettebristol3683]

I am forever a Windows/HP/Android user. Simple, lasts long, and safe. That desk is amazing. What a find.

[@Ebelitha]

I have always been a Windows/Android person, and I always will bee.

[@SunnyDays-A]

I think the black computer and screen actually ties together really well with the black bed frame and picture frames in the pink room- all looks gorgeous as always!

[@deannarose2424]

Windows/Android - I'm a gamer as well, and i decorate in dark colors anyway so the black doesnt break up the space I've made my desk area a little sanctuary of things i love

[@JBotch]

Android/ Windows/ Chrome all day. In fact my first smartphone was a Windows Phone 8x, best phone I've ever had. I'm also a mountain dew guy. Yeah. Thanks for another great video! Hope you get some of this sunshine we are enjoying in south Florida. Cheers guys!

[@almostbassetts23]

I'm a Microsoft girl, its what I grew up with but I'm also an old book girl too! Those are my favorite thrift/antique finds!

[@judithpalne3997]

I use Linux and Android and it is perfect for me😁 but anyone use what they like, no problem. The desk is awesome! And I love seeing the process of your house becoming and developing into a real home because with all this reorganising and changing around, this is exactly what you are doing. Making home ❤🏠 love your vlogs, never bored of them. Greetings from Hungary👋

[@quiet_the_mood]

Team Android Forever! Love the 'garage' :)

[@stacyveach]

Don't worry about repetitiveness, I personally thrive on routine so even if I've watched you do it 1000 times, it still nice for me to see and encourages my own healthy routines. Thanks maddie!!

[@sophiejones1709]

thank you for making such comforting content. i am so grateful.

[@MadeleineOlivia]

You’re so welcome xxx

[@annemariebakker1146]

Team Android the only Apple in our house is in a fruit bowl 😂

[@trudiegordon6327]

Madeline you are so OTT on this and the black monitor does not ruin the vibe at all - it makes the room functional. You get too worked up and need to take a break and calm down and the house is fantastic and relax and enjoy it. The corner desk area is perfect and the room has a dual purpose and that is a good thing.

[@MadeleineOlivia]

Thanks mum 😅

[@warrbugs]

😆@@MadeleineOlivia

[@jennifertoliver9546]

I love a small desk in the living room, a place for writing notes and opening correspondence, keeping a diary or visitors book, and if and when you need a nursery. being close by will be important!

[@jessbeer8276]

Madeleine, you are not chaotic or away with the faeries - you are simply neurodivergent like a lot of us ♥️ Sending you best wishes in regards to your ADHD diagnosis (and hopefully you get assessed for autism as well 🤞🏻) xx

[@julietyler8864]

This was so enjoyable, lots of satisfying organisation inspo ❤, great job. Also, I never have found or imagine finding your vlogs boring, they’re always lovely, enjoyable, inspiring, relaxing and I genuinely always gain something positive from them. Thanks very much x

[@Bijaaata]

I’ve always been an Apple for everything but for computers, I actually don’t care. I have been forever looking for something similar for my partners desk situation and this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Maddie, you’re being ridiculous, THE ROOM LOOKS GORGEOUS!!! 😍

[@MadeleineOlivia]

Hehe thank you!!

Your vlogs are never boring!

[@HannaSnow81]

I think it"s a great idea to shuffle things around, you both will spend more time in areas that you werent necessarily using that much. You have to adjust the house to your needs instead of trying to adjust yourselves to the house, if you know what I mean. I cant wait to see what you do with the old office. Also I just bought the Mielle rosemary oil and I am eager to try it. You are clearly an influencer 😄

[@MadeleineOlivia]

Exactly!! And you will love it! It’s seriously improved my hair health!

[@alisondoughty2194]

Super office now. Lovely light atmosphere. 🎉😊

[@flibbertygibbette]

You can use incense outside! You'll get the lovely scent but won't have to worry about the smoke inhalation. Just check in with neighbors who are close by, or use it when they're not around. My neighbor burns nag champa outdoors every morning, and I love it.

[@kristinafisher9772]

Don't worry about repetitiveness. I love listening to your chatter regardless of the content. My ears perked up when you said it was Alex's day to bake bread. I would love to see you bake bread together. 😊

[@jessicasinclair1547]

I think I would have put the desk beside the window when tou first walk in. You would only ahve to ahift the bed a bit closer to the wall that way...

[@flgirl9128]

Team Alex, i love Android too

[@TheRulesofLife-melissa]

Love your videos and your home! Another idea for Alex's new temporary office could be to move the bed along the far wall where you enter the room (think its the wall where the armoire used to be?). You could put a dresser back on the side of the bed closest to the window and the small table on the other side. Then you could put Alex's desk beneath the three pictures. The gorgeous green armoire could go on the wall opposite the bed.

[@hazelrogers2455]

We had this issue during the pandemic so we had one of us in our back room on the desk we already have and we borrowed a table from my mother in law for the front room . When you have finished the office perhaps Alex could use the garage conversion as his office and maybe screen it off when you are entertaining. I’ve really enjoyed this vlog

[@mansoor3159]

Madeleine your apartment looks extremely pretty pretty and clean and this was such a cool and motivating vlog for me and I will support you so so much❤❤❤🥹🥹🥹

[@ClaireMoore-jj6yd]

If you have google drive you can do a mass transfer from Facebook to the drive! It just will do it in the background. And then it’s easier to download and save photos from the drive (you can do in mass rather than individually). This hack saved me a ton of time and anxiety :)

[@CharlotteThieryWeetman]

Hi Maddie- I am Apple for phone and windows for laptop (budget and I always hide it away when I have finished working)

[@erinjandacreative]

I can completely relate to wanting pictures to be centered in a space. I don't know if this will help you feel better about the pictures staying where they are, but it looks as though the pictures are centered within the wall space. So they are in fact centered! All the furniture below is purposely asymmetrical, because it also needs to be a functional multi-purpose space. As for the black computer and monitor, they tie into the black frames of the pictures. (Or at least the frames look black in the video.) I use this reframing technique on my perfectionist thinking all the time, so I don't drive myself and my Wife nuts. Hehe! Honestly the room is so incredibly beautiful! I love how you've brought together old and new pieces.

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Maddie if you moved your office in the garage what are you going to do with the other space. Maybe a guest house? Alex's desk looks good in that space. I'm windows/android ❤

[@Sigridv92]

I love the relaxed vibe if your vlogs, always good to watch in the evening 😍 I'm with Alex on the computer/phone, android all the way (also mainly because Apple don't have word suggestions in Norwegian and I need that😂). Btw, ergonomically it lools like the chair for Alex's desk is a bit too low and perhaps not the most comfortable over time. Ideally the desk should be level with the elbow when it's at a 90° angle. This can help with neck, shoulder and back pain 🌻 it's all down to personal preference and comfort of course 😊 x

[@tiffanyarmstrong6065]

What an uplifting Spring rejig video, thank you🌞 Perhaps you might consider putting your printer on top of the storage cupboard where your books and drinks tray are. Wishing you a wonderful week ahead🌷

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Definately windows! Need a work horse, and it looks ok- it’s a computer! And it’s a guest bedroom- make your house functional for the people who live there!

[@renegarofalo1569]

Every time I see your patio I get giddy! It’s so beautiful.

[@albaharden]

I am 100% apple. As a photographer and graphic designer it’s a no brainer (it is also soooo much more aesthetic!)

[@patriziadelorenzis378]

What about having separate offices and leaving the bedroom as it's primary function ? We did this , and feel absolutely free working from home. Furthermore,Alex would have to be going up and down the staircase all the time From here the bedroom looks way to small as an office. But surely I'm wrong. Hope to see Alex making bread sooo good. Have a good week. From Italy with love.

[@Truly96]

I have a windows PC for gaming and a Macbook for work/life. Best of both worlds 🙂

[@rebekah3483]

Was that a bathroom in your bedroom as well? Idt I've ever seen that if so... I think it was a sink? I'm so intrigued by this now! 😮

[@lindagent9831]

Sooooo funny Maddie, my husband always makes the comment “you bought it, I didn’t want it” 🤣🤣🤣 Also Bobbie always finds a chair or sofa whilst following you both around, my dogs are just the same. Peace 🧚

[@rebekah3483]

It's not ruined! It looks perfectly fine! Who's coming to your house that's going to mind? If they do, then why are they coming? Aren't the frames above the bed black as well? It's SERIOUSLY fine! I understand your thoughts, but honestly, IT'S PERFECTLY FINE! 😊

[@clairemarissa0208]

Would love to hear your podcast recommendations, you listen to so many!

[@valarya]

Team Windows/Android forever 😂 -- am a girl, but also am a gamer lol. I refuse to pay twice as much for the same exact kind of machine. 😘 I saw you sitting at your desks in the garage in the other vlog the other day and I was wondering! Thanks for the spring cleaning inspiration! 💜

[@jvgl2024]

When you finish the office, can you not leave Alex set up in the garage/screen room. Save the guest bedrooms for the future?

[@sadiemiller1780]

My thoughts exactly!

[@blacksmithhouseblackforest]

Android/windows through and through. Don't own any 'i' anything and we have 2 teenagers. The black monitor matches the black frame of the bed. I love it. I notice I also talk over my hubby as I too am thinking ahead 😂. So glad I am not the only one 😂😂😂

[@ggguillemette1375]

Beautiful desk! I'm definitely a windows person. Apple is crazily expensive for a lesser product (in my opinion). Yes it's pretty but you can't repair anything yourself, you don't have as much storage and forget about gaming!

[@nhmountainwoman3203]

What are you going to use your former office building for now? Couldn’t you make that space into an at home gym? Move the peloton into it? It has the mini kitchen so that would be a great use of the space.

[@16demolka]

I think it will still be an office but they are renovating it now

[@moonica5770]

I'd rather put the bed against the wall and the desk on the side next to the door, where the nightstand is (or even near by the window -> light) Just because I think it could be annoying to walk around the bed to get to the desk 😅 when it comes to work things have to be practical, not pretty

[@KidneyKRenal]

Windows/Android for my whole family. Always have been, don't have plans to change.

[@abdullahbaguffah4898]

Good Luck to you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@monbergs]

A matching frame either side of the ones in the bedroom!

[@madswansfan1]

A lot of people I know upload photos to albums on FB but it’s best not to rely on digital storage. I’m a scrapbooker so print my best photos and scrapbook them.

[@LisaGraff-ultrajjam]

Good job Maddie!

[@itr7430]

It doesn't ruin any vibe tbh, it looks put together.. the only thing is the 3 pictures on the wall now look off-center with the bed / desk situation haha :) love your videos! xx

[@kolokta]

I’m an iPhone and iPad girly but I also love my big chunky gaming pc 😂 I just made my gaming setup pink and black

[@thatbnikkig3372]

Add 2 more pictures to the wall above the bed and it will all blend in! Looks lovely!

[@crystalh1402]

Very much hear you on the separate spaces for working.

[@bysarahalexander4426]

I love buying vintage books with weird titles. It makes for very fun decor. I'm looking at you "The Flying Nun".

[@wfpbprincess]

Hi Maddie, I don’t know if you’ve ever said, but what does Alex do for work? I mean, generally. I just love your home btw, and how well you and Alex work together to make it so warm and cozy. Just beautiful. 💗

[@NTHodges]

Last they shared about it, he works for the Madeleine Olivia brand

[@paulathehobbit]

Me and my husband are windows/android people for the same reasons as Alex, specially for gaming hahah. And yes, I'm a book girly, and I 100% collect books and have lots that I didn't read yet 😅

[@rattylol]

I think there's a way to instruct facebook to give you all your albums to be packaged up for one single download, the facility is meant for if you want to delete your account but you can use it anyway.

[@GlitterySawa]

I'm Team Android/Windows with Alex for the storage & gaming

[@codysmom6071]

So maybe I missed something but why did you move the office from where it was and what will you use that space for?

[@pandapaw46]

Ugh Maddie! 😋 Windows and Android! My family are engineers and I am an architect

[@hippychicken82]

U mention 2 my favourite things! Housewives and peloton and im 2 minutes in!!! 🥰

[@francesandrews5506]

Love the vlog😍 where is the sofa from in the otta living room pls? Awww Roxy x

[@rachelspoon4741]

I just thought about ur memory card, u said it was during the spring cleaning so not sure if it was in this move, but might be worth looking if not already at the white radiator where ur desk was as the last vid evidence was when u were at ur desk with it. And also whilst moving desks/computer outside look at the grass/edge? I know its probs gone now but thought id give my thoughts othereise :) xx

[@crystalcummings2391]

😂 hello from Canada…I always watch your videos and think to myself that you and Alex are the Cornish twins of me and my husband. I’m Apple, my husband is a gamer so he loves Windows and has an Android phone. There is always some sort of similarity between us, it’s so funny. Especially when you’re questioning yourself and wondering if other people have the same thoughts as you, I’m always like YES Madi! We are also renovating an old house and constantly reconfiguring and rearranging. It’s life ❤

[@lindagent9831]

Maddie why don’t you put a shelf above the desk for the books and a plant? Peace 🧚

[@restamper1]

Windows/PC 1000%!!

[@junehulton9776]

Hey Maddie...please can you sawhat the white sticker ... suction this is on the back of your phone...and it be used in the car on the window....while driving....out of the way of vision obviously... Tia... X😊

[@thelinus]

I'm with Alex on this one, Windows all the way!

[@carolinaferreyro2745]

Windows & Android love!

[@curleq77]

I had to comment before the video ends and I forget - our family is 100% a Mac family! Always have been, always will be. lol Also, that desk 😍!!! Alright back to the video.

[@JLee-pc2vc]

I recently read a Martha Stewart article about decorating small bedrooms. It said if you really need to fit a desk in a bedroom you should use the desk as your nightstand. I think the desk landed in just the right spot in your bedroom! I'm a Windows/Android girl, but I have a sleek silver Windows laptop that I can close or hide when I don't want to see it. Maybe your husband could put an attractive artwork lock screen image or screen saver on his computer so it could look pretty sometimes.

[@kelso160197]

Apple for mobile devices, but Windows/Android for computers. You can make them pretty and aesthetic just like a mac if you'd like too

[@amybennett1530]

I'm an Android fan, hey you could make a pyramid with the pictures above the bed. I'm watching this late so if someone else said that I apologize. Love your videos!!! 💜🌼💜

[@elliered]

Love the new layouts. I saw there is an alex monroe x RNLI charity necklace collection you might like 🦭

[@louisegeorge5446]

I disagree on the book thing. I buy books to read them, and once I’ve read them I add them to my shelf 😊 in terms of nik naks they don’t need to be cheap rubbish, you can build up things that mean something to you slowly - like you said every room can’t be finished straight away, so why not fill the shelves slowly with memories, rather than buy things (even second hand) just to make them look finished? Just my thoughts, you do you 😊

[@mirlametcalfe9627]

Thank you Madeleine Love your videos , I always look forward to watching them 🤗 M:)

[@glennwing4214]

In the guest room you might consider making a 2 dimensional plan on paper (or with the computer, if you have a program) and working out the furniture placement that way. It's far less physical effort as well as being more efficient time wise. Also, please do just a bit of research into the basic principles of Feng Shui. It will make any room feel so much more comfortable and homely, and for no money. One main principle is the idea of the "command position". Desks and beds should be placed so that the person who is sitting or lying in bed can see the door. But don't align the sleeping position so that the person's feet are pointed directly at the door. So, in the guest room, could the desk be placed to the right of the door, (as you see it from inside the room) and the bed be placed facing the wall the door is on but pushed against the wall. It's hard to tell from looking at the video if the desk and bed will fit there. If they will, the desk will be immediately accessible (for those quick trips to grab something) and both the person sitting at the desk and the person lying in bed will be able to see the door. This makes people feel safe and therefore comfortable. There are prehistoric psychological reasons for this that we, in todays world, think don't apply any more. But once you live in a room that allows you to feel safe on this ancient level, you'll be a believer.Best wishes to you both!

[@rachelwycherley4121]

Apple worshippers here. The aesthetics! We even love the packaging xx

[@AysKuz]

Team Android and Windows!

[@crystalh1402]

Windows! I’m with Alex, sorry Maddie 😂

[@irenagoot7129]

OMG! So ordered woman

[@fealicegreen1942]

As long as he is comfortable to work

[@sarah-janehollitt8927]

Windows/android. Team Alex on this one

[@rachelspoon4741]

Both me and my hubby are Playstation gamers but he is also a PC gamer so we have Windows / Android 😅 i havent had a mac before, tho i think apple macs do look more asthetically pleasing :) always love your vlogs ❤❤

[@p.s.itsaudrey]

I absolutely agree!! Windows might work better but Apple is wayyyy prettier and I only like buying/using pretty things 😂

[@thindarella]

I am an Apple girl but my boyfriend is mainly using Android / Windows too - same as Alex. (I think it is really the aesthetics what draws women more to Apple products.) 😅

[@shannong7556]

Men measure but women have to SEE 🥰

[@MadeleineOlivia]

Omg so true

[@lisalouise999]

Windows gaming laptop for me, and Android!

[@neysarodriguez9622]

Move the 3rd picture to the desk wall 😊

[@hippyishgardener]

Hey, It might be worth looking at ADHD strategies. Even if you don't feel you have ADHD the methods can be really helpful :-)

[@Megan-ts7rv]

Windows/Android 100% always 🎉

[@momentmemos]

I’m with Alex on this one, Windows for gaming🎮 Roxy and Zeus looked like they were posing for a home magazine ahaha

[@kellyholmes5349]

Windows/Android ❤ Forever!

[@alealeale79]

Apple and android on my phone..you really sound like me about aesthetics 😂love your vlogs ❤

[@sopjoplop23]

My guess of word your were looking for is scatterbrained...?

[@jessicasinclair1547]

I have always been an Android/windows person. I have tried Apple and I hate it so I will not be switching for aesthetic purposes..