MESSY TO MINIMAL KITCHEN DECLUTTER! *This Before and After Tho* Budget-Friendly Kitchen Organization

[@madeleinep7103]

I like hearing you talk about Weston. I can just hear how much you like and respect each other. It's nice.

[@NatalieBennett]

We really do! I’m so glad God gave me such and amazing teammate!

[@madeleinep7103]

@@NatalieBennett ❤❤❤ I feel the same about my husband. It's great to have positive partners!

[@ritavazquez6144]

I was thinking the same thing. My husband lovvveeessss his spices too. Im going to do the same . Instead of just throwing them out. Im having him keep the ones he uses.

[@adriennehart7453]

I always appreciate how you talk about how you have to be willing to make compromises. As someone is EXTREMELY neat and organized, I always need that reminder that I’m not the only one in my family. Like my husbands tool collection can drive me nuts (mostly that it’s not organized like I would like haha) but then I remember this is his home too and I appreciate the skill he has in that. Thank you for the insight, Natalie!

[@NatalieBennett]

This comment is exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you for the affirmation that showing these compromises isn’t the “easy way out” as someone else negatively commented. There’s so much value in learning to live selflessly!

[@adriennehart7453]

Glad to be an encouragement to you as you are so often to me! 💛

[@Nan-59]

@@NatalieBennett I hope you docked that comment because I, too, believe it's really good to keep in mind your spouse's right to have some things in the house the way they like it. I didn't always do well with that, and well I'm divorced now. I wasn't really planning this, so yea... There was obviously a lot more than just that, but that was an actual issue!

[@youtubeaccount-yr6hb]

It helps if the neatest person can help find a solution that the messier person(s) will willingly maintain on their own since we're not all wired the same.

[@brittanym6435]

This has been an eye opener for me to. I’m going to stop pressuring and nagging my husband about his un organized work tools. They are valuable and provide him a means to support out family so he should be able to have them the way he feels.

[@mandaleemilly6367]

I love how respectful you are to the rest of your family and find a way to make it work for everyone in the family. You make minimalism seem actually doable and not so daunting thank you! ❤️

[@bethcash5873]

It’s the reverse in our family. My husband is so organized and very neat. I’m a multi tasking tornado which sometimes leaves a path of destruction. What is so great is he has helped me focus and be so much more organized. Thankful for his patience all these years but I’ve come a long way!

[@crystalbsemanko]

My husband is huge into grilling/smoking/bbq and it started over taking the kitchen with pans and accessories and special rubs. We decluttered the extra and then bought a rollaway tool storage and a couple 5 gallon buckets. All the tools and spices are in the roll away and the pellets and charcoal are in the buckets and it can all be stored on our deck. We also put a cutting board top on the roll away so he can prep or cut and serve out there too since we have limited counter space and when family is over it comes in handy.

[@LisaIsabelle]

Finally someone who understands my need to have PRETTY CABINETS AND CLOSETS. I spent so much time (and money... oops) making what's behind closed doors pretty, and my friends call me crazy for it.

[@Simplysamanthajo]

Coffee ✔️ laundry started ✔️ dishes started ✔️ kids fed ✔️ and now we wait excitedly 💕

[@JolenEE148]

I love how real and honest you are Natalie. Your videos are my favourite here on KZbin. My partner also loves to cook and definitely is not a minimalist like I am. It's a journey figuring out what works and what doesn't.

[@kristigeiger3680]

Those yuck stickers! Totally a blast from my childhood. Great job obviously labeling toxic items and teaching your kids to steer clear of them! Love as always 💕

[@refahussain]

I’m so excited! I’m starting to follow the minimalist lifestyle and I love it. I been decluttering so much and feel so good. Kitchen declutter are my fav because this is where I struggle to stop buying but lucky I declutter like 75% of my house and It feels so good.

[@stephanieodom8813]

I love the move of the coffee maker and your set up for the berky! Looks great! Your kitchen seems bigger without the coffee cart! Love you channel!

[@daniellengarcia]

Vacuumed, cleaned the kitchen & bathroom, and tidied my mom’s house a bit. She is very happy 😂💕

[@wolflover4life19]

So good to hear you talk about what your declutter would look like vs what comprises you need to keep everyone else happy too. I feel like too often people don't mention this and I felt like there's no way I can do this because there's stuff others in my home want to keep. Love this series! ❤

[@jennylhenry78]

Great job Natalie! 🙌 Appreciate how you show respect to your husband and how he contributes to your family as well as showing the necessity of compromising within a marriage. Your kitchen looks great and I'm sure feels even better to you than that! PS I have no idea how I missed that you Jo longer have your cabinet on the one wall and your espresso machine is in the corner on the cabinet. 🤪

[@EricaLucasLoves]

YESSSS the stuff behind the closed doors does bug me now as a minimalist!! Love that you said that.

[@jeremiedvaillant8415]

I am so glad you mention that you check with your husband! I think it is really important, we are a team. Nothing can leave the house without him going through the bags I make at the door. -Ashley

[@amybee40]

Hey, it is cool to see that I'm not the only one who keeps my flower vases under the kitchen sink!

[@katmccoy34]

I'm usually not at home when i watch your videos but i was today and got to get up and clean with you! I just cleaned out my pots and pans and feel so good about it! Thanks for the inspo!

[@mombunlife9650]

Oh Im so excited! We are getting ready to move across country so this will be perfect to motivate me to go through the kitchen again 😁🎉

[@kate-ne]

Best of luck on the big move!! ☺️

[@laurenharris9510]

Such a great way to cooperate with your spouse!! Thanks for the example. I've recently started tackling decluttering areas like this with my husband as well (putting things in a separate "quarantine" box to ask him about or have him go through later), and it has made such a huge difference in how we tackle problem areas around our home. We tend to address these kinds of clutter issues at different paces, so this has allowed each of us to best manage things within our "jurisdiction" (great word), and yet still be respectful of each other's differences of opinion, different paces of decluttering, and even still, cooperate with one another in the process and feel like we're making progress. 😁 It's made a world of difference!

[@maryannait]

Girl! You need some drawer liners!! Life saver. Just pop them out and wipe off in the sink. Saves so much time with crumbs

[@andreaowens9267]

Perfect timing for this. I am doing my kitchen tomorrow. I like how you remind us that decluuttering and not holding onto things is okay.

[@pamelabrown4941]

I love my matching spice jars. I agree absolutely worth it.

[@carolynridlon3988]

I also noticed that your coffee station is not there any more! I saw it later on the counter! 😃

[@lindag5076]

I LOVE the acrylic turntables to put my spices in. They hold a lot and so easy ...

[@leticiaamorim2739]

I love how real you are.

[@breestacio]

It was nice to hear im not alone. Condiments in my fridge before decluttering 38 friend, 38. And my husband loves to cook and mostly does the cooking. Im more of the baker,but nothing fancy. And yes all the same spice jars make the space look more organized even if they are not. My parents are full time rv ers now that they have retired and the rechargeable lighter my dad love this so much he threw the others away. I love your channel.

[@michellepicard2780]

I love the measuring cups on the magnets…where did you get them?

[@brookeboswell6612]

We have a similar cabinet but cut out two shelves a little bit and installed a spice rack on the door. My husband is also a griller and the bottom shelf is for his larger spices. and I store the boxes of canned goods in the deep section which works great!

[@abeo_wellness]

These videos are such fantastic motivation, Natalie your approach to minimalism has given me the determination to start tackling our home and my goodness it’s life changing, thank you xx

[@kimbystone]

Newlywed here.....I've had to redo our cabinet under our bathroom sink about four times in the first six months we were married 🤪😆 Still trying to get my new hubs into decluttering. Thanks for your videos Natalie.

[@animalsrock2255]

My spices are stored in a big drawer, labelled and recycled jars used. So satisfying to look at everytime i open it. I have every spice on display anyone could ever need.

[@NatalieBennett]

Ahhh that sounds like a dream! I wish we had drawers for this!

[@Kobaltsierra]

I’m glad motherhood time is over. Miss these type of videos !

[@NatalieBennett]

I will ALWAYS share motherhood! Because I’m a mom! If you go back through my motherhood May videos, you’ll notice they’re not much different than my regular content!

[@angelwings1]

Okay, cleaned my shelves. I keep my excess under sink cleaning stuff in a cupboard. I’m trying to whittle it down to using an all purpose cleaner to cut down on cleaning products. Good to see you also listen to music while you clean! 🎶

[@julialucas6626]

Great video. While watching this. . . I put on a load of washing, unpacked groceries and started tidying up ‘a procrastination area’ . Thanks for the motivation Natalie. Your kitchen cupboards and drawers look much better. 😀👏💖

[@lindagray8920]

I’m not a minimalist but you’ve certainly inspired me to sort & purge things I’m not using. Love your channel!

[@carolyngialamas2335]

I appreciate the compromise you share about in your declittering process. Please share what type of vacuum contraption you are using for cleaning in your cabinets and drawers. Thank you!🤗

[@paolamartz]

I love to see Weston and you as a team, is a great inspiration for new families. Thank you for reminding me that declutter isn't done in one huge day, it can be done little by little. Also, this collab you are doing with other youtubers is amazing! I was surprised to see one of my favourite KZbinr here as well! I love your content and constant inspiration! ❤️💗❤️💗

[@grace782]

I love the way you included the other people who would be impacted - I need to be better about that myself!

[@Livinginthegoodolddays]

Black stone makes a prep and serve cart. It's great for outside for grilling. It might be something to look into for Weston. To help your spice cabinet run smoother.

[@NatalieBennett]

We got him a prep station/cabinet for his outdoor kitchen this weekend! This video was filmed a while ago so improvements have been made since then!

[@chantellevanderwalt7720]

Please don't ever stop KZbin! Literally changing my life for me and my little family 💖🌻

[@NatalieBennett]

Awwww! This is so sweet! I don’t know when I’ll retire! I love the work!

[@ashleym5696]

Love this video & how relatable it is ❤️ Just did this last week and felt the same about my spice cabinet 🤣 My husband likes to cook so we’ve got a ton of spices ingredients etc!

[@amberdon1809]

Your comment about compromising space for everyone as opposed to doing just what you would want was helpful. I'm going to be moving in with my partner after living alone for many years... going to have to get used to compromising!

[@kanases]

I recently did my spice cabinet and got a great two tier revolving spice rack, it's perfect! Also bought some 3 pack containers from the dollar store that stack together for the bigger bags of spices. All neat and organized but it is easier when u live alone! 😎

[@elliewoodhouse5149]

Made me laugh - when you said 'know what you're thinking, why am I decanting the spice?' I was just thinking that! But it was for the reason I was thinking, I do the same for pasta that I bulk buy in huge bags.

[@angiebarnett9821]

My spice cabinet is definitely a problem too. I was going to go through mine soon too. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@nicolecardinale6906]

I love your videos! I realized recently that I've been decluttering in steps like you mentioned in another video. I went through my closet a few times and now I maybe have one more to go until it's perfect. Same with my kitchen. It's the most realistic way to go!

[@Youknowitsjenn]

I relate so much to each and every video. I’m finding myself leaning more towards this intentional living style and I love it. It’s so stress free.

[@erinsara7]

Yay, you're wearing Delilah's merch! 💓💓

[@sarahfurnell8113]

Love love love the revisits!! It's so refreshing and original showing the progressive journey not the just the atheistically pleasing perfect end result. Love your channel and content 🙂

[@micheledryden1057]

Thank you for showing me there's always more to declutter. I'm going to do a quick survey of my kitchen, too. Smiles...

[@katjahu2209]

Cleaned like half my apartment already watching this video 😊 auch good inspo 🥰

[@MollyT119]

I decanted my spices too, and it changed everything. The ones we have are pretty much right by the stove, and everything is marked, and we buy as we use it. My baking cabinet LOL...is another story. Our kitchen is small too, with shelves that aren’t adjustable. (Yay, 1970s vintage!) The magnetic strips for the measuring cups and spoons are BRILLIANT, I need to try that!

[@Joybug_51]

That spice cabinet has come such a long way this year. Our lives, time, and tastes change so much, it's great to go through spices and oils periodically. I bought several flavors of sugar free syrup when my brother was diagnosed with diabetes--- unfortunately he says they are where and overly sweet so today they went away. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@caregiverentrepreurreimagined]

My kitchen was my first declutter project and it was the best thing I did! It’s taken a lot of stress out of my life! I am so much more organized now that my cabinets are less cluttered!

[@gwenfrazier7027]

Thank you so much for doing this series. I finally did my closet last weekend. It was freeing 💕I have to it again, but I made great strides! Gave away about 50% of the things I haven’t used in years💕

[@bridiewright1519]

Hi natalie, I've got rid of so much this past yr even things i never thought I'd get rid of, thought we were moving house but changed our minds for now xx

[@lhumpy190]

I think it would be nice to have a little basket of spice blends in your main pantry and just work through them from there. Perhaps rotating them as the mood grabs you back into the spice cupboard. Spice blends can be put into any cooked dish. So tasty.

[@nataliekirby8959]

My husband is way taller than me like yours and also does all the meat cooking for us I found that putting all his spices in a basket on a shelf high that I can’t reach helped so much ! He knows that’s his place to go for all his things and doesn’t “mess” with my spices I use

[@jaimebh30]

Awesome video! The before and after are great. The video reminds me to slowly declutter my pantry and spices. My pantry and below always gets cluttered because no pantry in my house. Hopefully getting a buffet with shelves will help the clutter.

[@angelwings1]

I love before & after! I am a perfectionist with ocd. I can be a real pain. I like to line things up neatly, everything is colour co ordinated and everything has its place. If I get help with putting the dishes away, and I open the cupboard and everything is everywhere. I have to move things around before I can take a glass or cup out. I need order! 🤪

[@dimplevillareal7856]

Super pumped to get my kitchen in order! Thanks to you, Natalie! 🤗 BTW, no need to ditch the coconut oil. U can use them as hot oil treatment to make your hair long, healthy and shiny! That's another way we use coconut in the Philippines. ❤

[@happydays6010]

I’ll be at work when it premieres but can’t wait to watch it later! Decluttering my kitchen is one of my June goals.☀️

[@katyrichardson9046]

Wow you’ve decluttered so much you got rid of your coffee station! My space that constantly gets cluttered is my pantry because it’s not very big and a lot has to go into it. I went through it this past weekend, but this is motivating me to really go through it again!

[@ANASantos519]

I love decluttering videos!!!! 🤩

[@loriannegambrell905]

Love that your daughter got herself dressed. Back is the new front! :)

[@debbielenoir5472]

That Shark Wand Vacuum should be necessary in all households! I bought one for each of my sons and their wives for Christmas. My DILs absolutely love them. They both have toddlers who make big messes.

[@sadie6586]

Aaaahhhh!!! You are wearing Delilah Loeppsky merchandise! I love her little family too!

[@cierapayne792]

I love watching your videos! It has really helped me on my journey to decluttering our house! My pantry and under my sink gets so badly unorganized!

[@happydays6010]

Watching now on my lunch break. Your videos are so helpful!☀️

[@notthatjones6026]

"I HAVE MORE THAN ONE WHISK".....I'm over here chuckling with my one whisk. I had 5 at one point in time, Natalie told me to get rid of them last year 😂 You're adorable!

[@NatalieBennett]

Haha different seasons of life call for different inventory in our home!

[@notthatjones6026]

@@NatalieBennett indeed! I couldn't agree more!

[@BookloverFantasy92]

Yay, I’m caught up! You are such a lovely personality. Cannot wait for tomorrow to get a few more spaces cleaned and decluttered.

[@eileenh1]

Love the spice cabinet now- and I like the containers you have. Way to use those Decluttering muscles 💪🏻

[@kirbylewis6869]

That lighter! So cool!!!

[@hannahbentson9374]

Perfect timing - I’ve been doing a small declutter of my kitchen this week.

[@findingvalue3991]

Beautifully organized spice cabinet! I love how you are so respectful of your husband's things. I am excited to be doing this collaboration with you! The ladies in this collaboration do amazing things!

[@abigailg9188]

The struggle is real! We actually added a spice cabinet on a previously blank section of wall between two doorways where it fit and didn’t look awkward. One thing that helped us with all the spice blends was buying a spice grinder and creating our own signature spice blends. It was a fun endeavor and we tweaked and tweaked them until we had them exactly as we wanted to suit our family’s tastes. After doing that, we discovered that the ones in the stores with the pretty labels weren’t nearly as tempting.

[@amymchiang]

I notice that you moved your coffee station. Were you able to relocate all of those items into your more decluttered kitchen? I'm always looking for ways to get rid of excess furniture in my home. I'd love to hear/see how you did that!

[@alwp8758]

That’s what I noticed - where did the coffee ☕️ cart go? Decluttered after years and years of waiting for the coffee station/cart? Did you also cut back on your Pyrex food storage?

[@carolynridlon3988]

My favorite dessert is either chocolate cake with chocolate fudge frosting or in the springtime it's strawberry shortcake!!!!!

[@laurayeo7832]

Natalie, next time you clean out the microwave try this! 1/2c water in a bowl. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze juice into water and throw the halves in there, microwave for 3 mins and let stand for 5 mins. It makes wiping out so much easier and it smells great!!!

[@NatalieBennett]

I’ve tried this! It’s a great method! The 45 seconds it takes me to wipe it down with all purpose cleaner once a week does the trick for us!

[@sandywilliamson4435]

Another great video, Natalie!👏 FYI...you can use that expired coconut oil as eye makeup remover, for shaving, etc.👍🏼

[@kate-ne]

My hand towel drawer is one place that I have actually utilized the konmari method of folding so that everything is visible at a glance. Works great for my microfiber towels that I use for different purposes and it also saved a ton of space in my drawer!

[@bekaht4800]

Green Mountain Grill?! That's what we have too :) We moved our spice cabinet to the largest cabinet...and it's still full. The journey to minimalism is a long one.

[@jenl.4051]

Thanks for the motivation this morning, to tidy my kitchen cabinets! My pantry attracts clutter like crazy. The shelves are deep and I don't have them filled to full depth, so that extra space gets filled with clutter. It drives me crazy, but thankfully (with the help of videos like yours), I have learned to simplify & streamline my main pantry staples so the clutter only takes a few minutes to tidy up.

[@sanchitha652]

I love your messy to minimal series. Have been decluttering with you this past year and it has been a great journey! My favorite dessert is Tres Leches #premierefam

[@zoeskarlidis8134]

Oh my goodness I cannot relate to you more, I have a whole spice drawer, but we have spices laying all over the kitchen! They just don't fit in it anymore! I have to clean it now!

[@karlabraun2029]

I knew you'd go to the spice cabinet again. I've watched you do it over and over again. It looks great every time. But it isn't functional. I have a very small kitchen and had a problem with my spice cabinet too. But I made it to function for me, and it's stood the test of time. I have 4 small bins with spices on them in the top of my cupboard. I have each one labeled with what's inside and just pull that one out when I need it. I never have any spices falling out or tipping over. I meant to share this a long time ago. But I would suggest putting a small bin beside your spice rack for Weston's spices if this doesn't work. Thanks again for all your inspiration. Love your channel.

[@NatalieBennett]

The bins were the LEAST functional option for me. That’s actually where I started and I don’t think I’ll go back!

[@Nan-59]

Wait...I must give a hand to a husband, who CLEANS 🧼 OUT the FRIDGE!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Nan-59]

All right! I am putting a few Lazy Susans on my list because I have the same kind of cupboard you are showing today! Great idea 💡

[@doleenvittoria2524]

Great inspiration!! Clutter areas - mail/phone area in kitchen & under kitchen &my bath sink. So annoying but I clean out quite a lot. Just taking everything out, even a drawer or 2 makes a difference!! Luv your inspirational videos!! ❤️

[@tiffanysimerson9296]

You’re so awesome :-) I’m so glad you do this content. My house was starting to get a little overrun and watching this video really motivated me to just tackle it and get it done

[@JFlower7]

I buy my spices bulk as well and refill uniform spice containers as well.

[@susie7336]

I gave up trying to make spice cabinets work. I have too many spices that I use regularly to put them laying down in a drawer. I need my drawers for utensils. So... I bought a wooden step expandable spice rack and it’s on my counter to the side of my stove. It could look better if I decanted, but I don’t feel compelled to spend my time doing that. It’s useful and makes cooking easier. I also find myself using more of a variety of spices.

[@dana8208]

Thanks Natalie for the inspiration to get things done :) Cleaned up our downstairs and folded laundry while watching your video. Also, I love the music you always have while cleaning. It is not what I typically listen to so it's fun hearing new tunes.

[@whitneyblair631]

We just moved into our new home and I have way to much kitchen stuff. 🤪 I need some motivation to down size my kitchen and organize it in a way that works for me. I can't wait for this video! 🤗

[@corinneparker2519]

Great motivating video. I had some of those bowl covers and was so disappointed with them. Your family is so cute!

[@mj5697]

I’m deep cleaning for a rent inspection 😄 thanks for the company, Natalie! 🌈

[@co7314]

I am getting ready to move into my new home after being in an "Air B&B" type situation for 6 weeks. Can't wait to challenge myself to streamline & finding an optimal "home" for everything in the kitchen, specifically.

[@cecilemas9463]

Oh Natalie thank you for this video. I love decluttering and cleaning video. But most of all thank you for sharing the music. I have now a special Spotify playlist with all your music !

[@carolynridlon3988]

I always refill my spice jars when I get home from the store.That way I don't have clutter on my counters. It is a part of my putting groceries away (especially since I also decant many of my boxed or bagged items into rubbermaid/tupperware containers that fit into my motorhome cabinets.

[@NatalieBennett]

Now that I can actually get to the spices I’ll be doing this as well!