Minimalist Decluttering Tips! DANISH Halloween Traditions

[@DianeinDenmark]

Happy Potato Week from Copenhagen! 👋🏼😍 Do you decorate for Halloween, and did that change when you became an Empty Nester? I hope to inspire YOU to simplify today! 🎃🍂🍏

[@FilippaSkog]

I loved your playfulness in this video, Diane! You always manage to bring a smile to my face. We don't decorate for Halloween, but for autumn. We buy a few locally grown, small pumpkins and group them with candlesticks and lanterns that we already have. Sometimes we bring in colourful leaves and rosehips to go along. I also love decorating with apples that we're gifted in abundence from around our neighborhood this time a year. This year I brought several huuuge pinecones home from our local arboretum; they'll join the pumpkins now and in December we'll use them for winter decorations and/or crafts. There's nothing wrong with the gimmicky Halloween stuff, but I really enjoy the look of nature inside! Love from Sweden!

[@bettyjo2737]

Hi Diane! Fun video! We don't decorate for Halloween but for Autumn. I have leaves and little pumpkins and things like that I put around the house. I used to decorate big but now the kids are all grown, I have two small pumpkins on the shelf. That's it. I wasn't really feeling it this year. What a sweet cat looking cat!

[@monikamarsollek3493]

No Halloween party, but a 'season table' , flowers, candles, nuts and apples 🍂🍁🍏🍎🌰🕯…

[@SoberMetalMom]

Here in the U.S., we do usually celebrate Halloween. The past several years, I have not put out any decorations. I now have custody of my 12 year old nephew and so this year we do have decorations up they are minimal, but it feels festive I really am a fan of going through holiday decorations and decluttering it down to what I really enjoy using. Happy hygge haunting! 👻

[@asceticfemininity]

I started watching your videos when your channel first began because I was interested in learning more about Danish culture. Now I have circled back for the fly lady content as a mother of seven children just trying to keep her head above water. Last week I put my foot down and said "enough is enough, I am too old to not live in a home that isn't exactly the way I want it to be." Llast Monday I began practicing my morning and evening routines and did violence to each room in my home so it would start functioning as intended. Things were so bad I was clocking 9 hour days on my feet, constantly on the move and tackling every " I'll get around to it" pile and project so my home and the children in it can flourish rather than live in survival mode. I am exhausted, but I can at the very least relax and rest in a tidy home now. It is not totally done, but I am establishing new habits and chipping away at the tasks in the small bites fly lady teaches, and making sure I take care of myself in the meantime. Trying really hard to avoid burnout- I feel it coming! Wishing you a warm uhyggelit season, and I look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@kathryngarcia8800]

We just went through Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton (direct hit) and the house sustained no damage. Just debris in the yard, and a couple more palm trees down. Needless to say, I cheered myself up by putting up our Christmas tree! I'm skipping Autumn! Love your videos. My grandfather Jensen was from Denmark, came as a young man through Ellis Island about 1920.

[@lisaann6267]

🙏🙏🙏💗🎄❄️⛄

[@TheaNicolaides]

Same here! Direct hit by Milton, and I'm too exhausted to decorate for fall. I've also decided to make things simpler for future hurricanes by decluttering (even more) to have fewer items to worry about. I hope you and your family are safe.

[@kathryngarcia8800]

@@TheaNicolaides Yes we are good, I hope the same for you!

[@dsmith9796]

Glad to hear you are okay! Hello from SC.

[@MotherMuse]

Same here....my grandfatherJensen came from Denmark about 1920 as well. Have fun with your Christmas tree!

[@veronikamisikova2516]

Diane ❤ well done with the decluttering! I did one of my kitchen drawers today. Yay!!! Go us!!! :)🎉🎉🎉

[@marciakistner8977]

When I decorate for a holiday, I see what is not used and left in the box. Then instead of putting these things back in storage, I donate/recycle them right away. They leave the building! 😂

[@Nancy-md7qr]

I'm an empty nester also. I just decorate with natural things now. Just a few pumpkins, branches, berries, etc.

[@lyndakling901]

Me too!

[@carolynmarie4008]

You are so darn cute Diane! You make everything fun. Have a great week

[@GCBookworm]

I love old-fashioned decorations for Halloween with turnips, candles, apple bobbing/toffee apples, bin liner/make up/graduation gown costumes & the odd prop that makes me giggle/feel dramatic (like a “wand”, Yoric & the hand). Most things have normal uses during the rest of the year but get combined/tweaked around this time to somehow look spooky. I watch fantasy & children’s spooky films, & read something seasonal (Dracula this year). I like to combine Halloween, Bonfire Night, Remembrance Sunday into one big autumnal festival to properly say goodbye to the light & switch to cosy mode for winter. Those clementines are a fab’ idea and Potato Week reminds me of how my parents still always call October half term ‘tatey picking week. I live with my parents but I’m the adult child who almost made them empty nesters & I’m also the “decluttering manager” but we still celebrate things in a child-like way because it makes us smile.

[@eileencarroll6418]

I love your red berries in the white vase behind you. Natural and so cheerful. Thank you for also lighting candles for our coffee break today. I like to put out a pretty platter to display acorn squash, butternut squash, a baking pumpkin and apples as my autumn kitchen decoration. I might tuck in some fabric "autumn leaves". And I eat all of the produce. Every autumn I make a chili and bake it in the pumpkin shell. The aroma is fantastic. Must have it with hot apple cider. Yum. The produce display changes to oranges and walnuts on December 1. My only Halloween decor is 3 ceramic ghost tea light holders. And some seasonal tea towels with leaves and pumpkins but not jack-o'-lantern. I don't pay much attention to Halloween except for giving out some treats. This year I ordered Carmel apples. This week, I am decluttering summer clothes that I did not wear. Next week I hope to start decluttering Christmas stuff. It's finally consistently cool here in Chicago. Today after my lol, I plan to wash all the parts of my window air conditioner and put them away. That's always a dusty job that warrants wearing old clothes. Time marches on and I love the seasonal changes. It's the best time of year for walking outside. And it's a pretty sunny day today. 🍁🌞🍁🌞🍁🌞🍁🌞🍁🌞🍁🌞 🧺🍁🧺🍁🧺🍁🧺🍁🧺🍁🧺🍁

[@victoriaoliver9958]

I might have to “steal” some of your ideas!

[@szfrj]

Hi Diane! I’ve watched on and off for some years and if like to tell you how much I appreciate your videos, the company and motivation. 27yrd old living in rural Scotland and trying to keep things simple in my life. I love the feeling when you feel organised and on top of things and you’ve been helping me feel that way more often 🙏🏻♥️

[@ingmariohman8242]

I'm decluttering for 5 minutes since Sep 1 with Clutterbug. From October 1 I continue on my own. Now deciding where eaxh day according to what bugs me. And taking more than 5 minutes since I take the opportunity to deepclean the areas. And completing each daily area. Very satisfying.

[@trishaleroux7006]

we do not celebrate Halloween here but it was so lovely to share your declutter session with you. Thank-you for the encouragement to streamline our homes so that we can focus on that which is important... our relationships 🥰

[@christineabercrombie5257]

Love to follow along with the decluttering… I ditched all of my hallowe’en decorations a few years ago when my daughter grew up. Like to decorate for fall instead and use a few real mini pumpkins etc that I can then discard! Used to have 4 huge bins of hallowe’en decorations! Different seasons of life! 💀👻🎃xx

[@DianeinDenmark]

Brilliant, Christine - that was a lot of bins you decluttered!!!

[@pamelafoster]

Thanks for your continued support and inspirational videos ❤

[@grumpy_poo]

When I lived in Turkey I had to speak a bit of Turkish, no English neighbours and after about 10 years I started to dream in Turkish conversation... Even now I'm at the shop and still think my shopping list in Turkish funny how the mind works...... Best word ever.. ahududu receli (raspberry jam) ...

[@GreyeyedBeauty]

Very relatable indeed😂

[@trishtraynor]

I remember a lorry coming round and collect the teenagers. They would all head out to East Lothian farms to pick the tatties.

[@theresapalmer7892]

Awesome declutter today, I don't really do Halloween. I loved that beautiful piece of furniture in your background today.

[@dmbalsam]

As a former elementary librarian, I have decorations for every holiday that fills the room. Did declutter when I retired. Been thinking I should go through things again.

[@pen5532]

I also did something kind of fun where I took all the small little halloween things and I made one wreath so that I have something to hang for halloween but it's all contained in one object. I just flew gun all the little pieces onto it. I did the same for Christmas.

[@janisedavis7686]

Love hearing about Danish culture

[@UpstateGrammy]

I, like you, use things from nature as my seasonal decor. Nothing needs to be stored, and it can all go to the compost heap when the festivities are finished.🦋🦋🦋

[@bw07_r]

Halloween doesn’t really mean anything to me, so luckily nothing to declutter over here. But I love the branch with the red berries in your white vase. Going to copy that 😊❤

[@debraarmstrong298]

I don't decorate for Halloween since my children are grown but do decorate for fall with pumpkins and mums. Thanks for another fun video. You are the best!

[@lilah6010]

I have been inspired by your recent videos to declutter. Today I dropped off 3 large bags at the thrift store. Some of the donated items reminded me of good memories like a boxed set of children’s books that my children loved but obviously don’t want now - why did I save them for 30 years? I am not betraying the memory, I still have it but the books are not my children! No - “Time to go”! Thanks for another fun video! 😊

[@egzogenna1]

Evening routine done, small decluttering as well, time for me: 10 minutes yoga and a nice cup of tea. Thanks for the motivation, tasks are so much easier when I listen to the videos.

[@sharonlavespere4323]

I decorate my mantel for autumn/fall with pumpkins. We used to decorate for Halloween when our kids were little. 🧡🖤🎃🍁

[@CynthiaMiller-cc3qj]

Hubby & I are 78 years old & have cut way back on our seasonal decorating. This last summer I gave away all my Halloween decor except a funny looking witch that I hang outside by the porch light. So much less work. When Thanksgiving comes I will layer in some cute little Türkies among the Fall decor.

[@ATbeingme]

Love the decorating clementines idea! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@lisamccauley395]

Thanks for all the encouragement! I feel like I can let more go!🎉🎉🎉

[@amyvanleeuwen]

Such a fun video! I'm scaling back my decorations, as well. I love your suggestions about bringing the outdoors in. It's so interesting that you have Potato Week in Denmark. My dad grew up in rural Michigan, here in the U.S., and he and his sisters got time off from school in the autumn to help pick potatoes. That was back in the 1920s-1930s, and I'm not sure how long that tradition lasted. I really enjoy hearing about the Danish traditions.

[@deniseacheson1017]

I love decorating with natural things! Another fun video Diane!! 🎃🍊🕷

[@rosealeehixon963]

Oh, too funny, the questions about holiday prep with you this year! I pulled out my holiday notebook two days ago and it's beside my recliner to look at during my feet-up breaks. Two days ago I purchased non-perishable items for Thanksgiving. (Last year I set my binder up and did my first cruise through the holidays then...Thanksgiving 🦃and Christmas.🎄) My first two Christmas gifts have been purchased.🎉🎉

[@jwuertz7101]

I love the clementine idea!

[@DianeinDenmark]

It's cute and easy, isn't it? 👋🏼😁🎃

[@cindywilkinson1610]

Happy Potato Week, Diane 🎉🎉🎉 That's a huge lot to declutter -- go, you!!

[@lynnrichards4306]

I only do Autumnal decor now as mine all grown up but we used to put up lots of Halloween stuff and go trick or treating 🎃

[@jackiebowen6239]

So much fun, Diane 🎃 Yes, I did just what you are doing now, with massive holiday de-cluttering when we became empty nesters. Don't miss any of it, although we really had fun with it back in the day. Good to see you, as always. 💙

[@dianeyoung8068]

Even though I have gotten rid of all my Halloween decorations, your decluttering videos are always inspiring.🧡

[@elizabethharrell8707]

I used to go all out for Halloween, but as kids left just wasn't as much fun for me. I just put out a pumpkin candle now. I can't believe you still have stuff to declutter! Much love from AZ😎

[@LaLaCindy226]

Oh what fun! Today is the day for me to declutter my Halloween decorations! Yay for the inspiration ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@sarahdebeer4302]

I don't really like Halloween so it was really easy for me to declutter. I did it a few months ago, so perhaps I'll go through baking stuff. 😊

[@marywillette71]

same!

[@tinamurrah7282]

Thanks for the decluttering encouragement! We don't decorate for Halloween, just for the fall season. I do have my fall decor out and probably need to declutter those items!

[@bethgoodwin9697]

Love your silliness in this video! I just enjoyed decorating for my daughter’s Welcome Little Pumpkin baby shower, so it’s pretty pumkin-y around here! But I will go through and declutter lots of the things I don’t use so much anymore. Especially those old spider webs hahaha 🕷️🕸️ Jack-o’-lantern 🎃

[@marywillette71]

we call them napkins here! that really caught my attention you called them serve ettes? haha cant spell that but ya we call them napkins. Love your videos and I am an empty nester also and no I dont care for halloween, so I just decorate for fall now. I love potatoes! I would love that , blessings from Maine , USA

[@lynnrichards4306]

Brits call fabric ones napkins but paper ones are serviettes

[@denisemoore6134]

Australia calls them serviettes. Hi from Townsville Queensland. 🦘

[@kathrynbaker2255]

I can't wait to meet Kiko - so gorgeous!! 🥰 I have only natural decorations 🕸️ 🕷️ 🍁 🕯️ I liked the idea of the candle in the bowl of nuts and the clementine "pumpkins.". 🎃You are soooo smart to be doing this deep declutter now. My house sold the first day and it was a race to get it cleared out. 🏠

[@angelawhitehead1785]

Inspiring video as always , Diane when you held up the two pumpkins by your face I thought wow they would make party stopping earrings 😄

[@DianeinDenmark]

LOL! Now THAT would be fun!!! Though not sure my earlobes could take the weight!

[@angelawhitehead1785]

@@DianeinDenmark definitely not 😀

[@lynnlamothe3724]

Great decluttering episode. I love how you are always so decisive. You hardly ever hesitate more than a few seconds. I love to declutter. Not too sentimental about most things. Thanks for another great video. Happy potato week!!

[@jenniferroy6288]

Brand new empty nest, appreciating you and the routines from New York!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Thank you, Jennifer! More to come! 🤩

[@texmama2752]

Always encouraged by your videos Diane ❤ thank you!

[@GRMichigander]

I was raised a Christian, but got into the New Age & occult. A combination of I'm back to being Christian again - and - we don't get enough kids in our neighborhood trick-or-treating - so, no Halloween at my house. My birthday is October 30 - so there will be cake! 🎂

[@ashandu]

Oh how we love you Diane! You always give me inspiration and motivation when mine seems to wane. Thank you for all you do for us!!❤❤❤

[@almostahippie]

Binge watching while ironing to catch up on your videos! Love love love from Belgium!

[@wortexwoman]

😂 ”Diane in denmark here, muahaha….👻” made my day, ❤

[@karenholderman2949]

Hello. I have decluttered several Halloween decorations. I like to use pumpkins and mums outside. 🍁

[@Dougie8]

What a fun video Diane, loved your spooky sounds effects 😊 Here in the UK Halloween/autumn decor has definitely become a bigger market in recent years. The shops begin selling stuff at the end of summer hols. It can be tempting to pick up stuff , aside from one leafy garland (bought to save on mess from real leaves) I did not succumb to the temptation. I have used the same Halloween decor from 8 years ago. The rule is it must all fit in one small container. I have been collecting leaves to press and branches from outside this year and we have a couple of real pumpkins. I have also been playing some music that gives me the Halloween/autumnal feeling. Decorating from the outside is what I have been trying to do, glad you mention it. I will also aim for similar at Xmas. Enjoy the season X

[@rutht634]

Got rid of all the Halloween decor and costumes this past summer, except for a very realistic ceramic pumpkin that I really like. ❤

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay, go you, Ruth!

[@lorainkyusa]

Just love your silliness in your videos! Always makes me smile 😊 I've cleaned out all my Halloween decorations and passed them on! Me and hubby need very little to decorate with 🎃 🧙‍♀️ 👻 happy haunting from ky BOO

[@sindiesigmon55]

Tk u for the decluttering inspiration! I decluttered a lot of our inside decorations a few years ago...but hubby has a lot for outside...he loves Halloween 🎃

[@retrosilk]

Well done on a big declutter! Halloween isn’t huge in Australia either but has become bigger in the last few years, you’ve definitely inspired me, particularly in the last couple of months to declutter and reduce more, since my dear old Dad passed away. Happy Potato week 😌🎉

[@SharonKBM]

Wow! It must feel good to let all that go! Halloween is HUGE here in the Midwest of the US and some people decorate more for Halloween than for Christmas. My neighborhood is full of scary monsters, ghosts and goblins. I decorate more for fall than Halloween, and not really very much at all, mostly with small ceramic pumpkins I bought in the 80s and 90s. For Halloween I have 2 small ceramic ghosts and a couple of black cats and we have a pumpkin that lights up for outside and that's it for me. It's all very old school but they are sentimental items that I enjoy getting out once a year. I decluttered the majority of my fall and Halloween décor a few years ago and have never regretted it.

[@pen5532]

I am trying to do multiple use items, so for instance, dark brown servets that work for fall, halloween, and US Thanksgiving.

[@teresadakin5090]

👻 thanks Diane xx

[@lorettazaharias9692]

Great video!. Inspiring 👻 Just got back from dropping off some things at the charity shop. 👻👻

[@heathermarshall2415]

It's so nice to watch you and get encouragement and permission sometimes to pass things on to someone else who will use them more than I am!

[@MsStingFan]

Today's video was well needed and so cheery! Love learning all about the Danish language, uhygge (sp?) sign-off adorable 😊 Decorating and decluttering Halloween items this week too; we have a "hand" that will stay but other items will go. Thanks for the timely content - love it!❤

[@katrinabellingham4405]

I saw The Chestnut Man. It was so good.

[@TinaKing1234]

I watched The Chestnut Man last year when you recommended it - I really enjoyed it! Also, my ex-husband is from the northern part of Maine (Aroostook County) where there was no school the week of the potato harvest. He said picking potatoes was very hard work. I believe the kids there still get off from school for the potato harvest.

[@myview6852]

I finally finished decluttering and organizing my documents. It seemed overwhelming but I finally got it done and it feels so good. It is amazing how much I was holding on to that was not needed. Thank you for inspiring us.

[@juliemix3373]

This was a great fun declutter!! Cheers

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yay, and THANK YOU, Julie!

[@deannab9511]

The Chestnut Man series was very good, it's the perfect time to watch it again!

[@elizabethsokol2545]

This is a fantastic video. At first I was frightened (pun intended) at what you might declutter, but I actually agree with what you kept and what you let go. I am SO enjoying my Halloween decorations and they are helping me with the transition from summer into a colder, darker season, but I am more selective with my Halloween activities and the movies I watch. I am appreciative of our literary history and the works of American authors like Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. Tales from the Salem Witch Trials have always fascinated me as well. I LOVE Vibeke's idea of decorating clementines.

[@GreyeyedBeauty]

Good taste in books. The best way to get into the seasonal mood to my mind.

[@elizabethsokol2545]

@@GreyeyedBeauty Thank you. I live in New England, which is rich in literary history. I'm finding that I prefer reading to watching horror movies these days.

[@rhondaschrank9147]

Thank you for encouraging us on this declutterring journey. My husband and I recently visited Copenhagen and loved it! Hope you can find a lovely apartment overlooking the canal. ❤

[@jodyd5786]

As the kids grow I’m finding there’s more and more I can get rid of. Just keeping a few items to decorate in a tasteful way.

[@rebeccarendle3706]

I have paper Halloween decor that flat-packs into a small box to reuse each year. We by Hokkaido pumpkins.. carve them on Halloween..then I turn them to soup the next day. I do have costumes because I still have small kids.

[@14MellyJo]

Funnily enough I decluttered my Halloween decorations the day before I watched your video. Must get them to the charity shop asap. Like you, I’m much more into natural decorations/natural materials around my home. I don’t buy anything plastic anymore (if I can possibly help it). Happy Halloween 👻🕸️🎃☠️🕷️💀

[@zaramasterton2684]

Brilliant video Diane!

[@virginiatatom2724]

❤ I'm encouraged Diane. Thank you 🍂🎃

[@suzannedoran7340]

You are on such a roll with your decluttering! I have never decorated for halloween, except maybe for house parties at uni, when all the decor likely left being worn by the guests… It is springtime in NZ and I have been bringing the outside in by filling vases with sprigs of lavender from the garden. And flinging open the doors and windows whenever the sun shines!

[@GreyeyedBeauty]

I don't decorate for Halloween, but I use pumpkins and apples for my seasonal decor and usually it's after Halloween when I turn that decor into food and start decorating for winter as usually it's wintry and snowy by that time here in the Urals. Love seeing you decluttering anyway, Diane. Thanks!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Yum! I love edible decor too...no waste! 👋🏼😁

[@christinacrabb4860]

I love that..."bring the outside in". 💛🍏

[@carmiejones8289]

Great encouragement, thanks! If I only have one box or bin of something, I tend to think that I can just keep it, even if it contains some stuff I don't really use anymore. But if I ask myself if I were moving, wouldn't I rather move just the one small box, rather than the big heavier one? Absolutely! I'm going to be more ruthless letting go of unused stuff, even if I have room for it. I know the day will come when DH and I will have to move to a smaller place, and someday after that the kids will have to go through our stuff and deal with it. I've been in Swedish Death Cleaning mode for two years now, but you've encouraged me to go further than I have. Thanks again!

[@katv1195]

Halloween is becoming more of a thing here in Australia, which is funny as it's Spring here. So spooky decorations in a flowery spring garden, costumes on a 26c afternoon and sunset at 7.30pm. 😂 So trick and treating in broad daylight and half melting in the costume. Its largely an excuse for student's boozy costume parties.😊

[@olivemaycards]

I grew up in NZ and could never understand the seasonal symbolism of Easter and Halloween because they were in the wrong seasons!

[@katv1195]

@olivemaycards yes! Easter with Spring symbolism and feral-animals (rabbits) in mid Autumn/Fall. People from the Northern Hemisphere look at bit strangely at me when I tell them our favourite Easter meal is hot soup and hot cross buns, and chocolate native animals (Bilbies). Almost no Easter egg hunts as the kids know the eggs will be in the one or two plant that havdn't lost their leaves 😀 yes, the most relevant thing about Easter is the public holidays. And don't get me started on Winter Wonderland Christmas decorations in malls in a hot Australian summer 😀

[@katv1195]

@olivemaycards P.S. I think the mixed up seasons to the various European traditions is a part of what give New Zealanders and Australians the ability to light heartedly challenge how something "should" be done. That and our attachment to the sea - no one adapts like a sailor

[@TraceyGilkes-mj2pl]

Hello Diane. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos and inspiration. I’m particularly enjoying your references to downsizing. My hubby and I are hoping to downsize next year too! I suspect there are a lot of your viewers at a similar time on life. Whilst I’m excited about this new chapter, I’m daunted by certain aspects. Such as the possibility of not having a garden or garage. Giving up some of our favourite pieces of furniture. I’m terrified of having regrets. If you have similar concerns, I’d love to hear how you overcome them. In general I’d love more videos including information on your downsizing journey. Thanks again. Raaa raaa raaa x

[@JanetColclough-zb5po]

I've recently read "The Chestnut Man" (by Soren Sveistrup)...it was brilliant. Now I can't look at chestnut men in the same way! Great video as usual, Diane. I prefer more natural decorations now that the children are grown up xx

[@MsSarahJam]

Thanks Diane, and well done on the mammoth declutter!

[@shirleyrankin-zf6nv]

I decluttered my Halloween decorations about 5 yrs ago it was a relief to get rid of one more huge box from our storage.I was wondering if you could do a video on Spark and Tweet .Will they be going with you to the apt. How old are they ? Are they hand tamed? Why did you get them ? And are they hard to take care of etc. Thankyou for your videos .I have been enjoying them for yrs.Greetings from Canada but born in Scotland

[@katherinec7698]

Excellent declutter! You’ve motivated me to go through our decorations. Thank you!

[@monikamarsollek3493]

Hi, Diane, your Halloween box reminded me of Hermiones hand bag (Harry Potter)… I couldn’t believe, there was enough space for all these things and capes🎃💀🕸🕷! I’m a fan of edible decorations. We don’t have Halloween parties, but if children ring at the door, we give them polished little apples for their bags. Maybe this year I’ll prepare mandarins with faces… For me it’s probably the right time to go through Christmas stuff, a long time ago- plan, which never worked. Thank you for sharing and spreading some Halloween sparkles over us 🎃, love, Monika❣

[@cynthiaolson959]

Great declutter session Diane! Woohoo!

[@WestCountyGirl]

Thank you, you do make it easier to declutter by your example! Last year I went through some of my Halloween decor, and this year you have inspired me to go through even more. I too am bringing more outside nature into my indoor decorating and its just as fun!

[@aliblue3605]

Don’t celebrate Halloween, but looking forward to Christmas. Love Christmas.

[@evanandevergreen]

Uhoh Kinda scared to watch this as a minimalist but Halloween collector Can’t wait to see what treasures you have!

[@DianeinDenmark]

Ha ha, if you use it and love it, then feel free to keep it! We are all different!

[@evanandevergreen]

@@DianeinDenmark I’ll do a video soon highlighting what I have. I was nervous I might see some pieces I wanted to to send me! But I’m all the way around the world in Louisiana. Luckily you didn’t show any pieces I collect which are mainly ceramics and candle holders. 🧡🎃🧡 Really enjoying your Swedish Death Cleaning videos lately. Thank you.

[@thesimpelifemanning1131]

Love this! I've been going through my decorations too.

[@elizabethmcdonald4318]

I was worried when the de-clutter started with a few "keeps" right off the bat 🦇 😂. I don't have any Halloween decor to go through but definitely have too many Christmas decorations and should start going through those now as the thrift stores will want them soon. I love the idea of using more natural, usable things for decoration. Great tip!

[@alidavanveldhoven5167]

🍊🕷️🧛🧟🍁🍂nice autumn vibes this week.

[@mariannehollien9181]

Way to go!!! 🥔 ❤😂

[@Carolyn-s6s]

Looking forward to Kiko's visit, such a cutie. I don't decorate for Halloween, never have. I like the idea of bringing the outdoors inside using natural items that are environmentally friendly. In this area there are a lot of these huge blowup things on the lawns, more often than not they are just lying on the ground, eventually they will end up in a landfill somewhere, definitely not good for the environment . I saw a news item that black plastic kitchen utensils contained toxic material and to get rid of them, so I declutterd what I had. Also plastic cutting boards that were scratched, I had a green one for vegetables, a red one for meat and an orange one for bread, they were scratched so they are gone , so I am now using a wooden one for vegetables and another wooden one for bread, however I don't know what to use for meat as I am hesitant to use a wooden one for raw meat and poultry . I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for me. Also, decluttered 2 scratched cookie sheets. Another item in the news said that air fryers that are non-stick are also a problem unless they are stainless steel or ceramic they are not safe . Apparently anything that is coated with nonstick material is a health problem. I don't understand how manufacturers can produce items that are harmful to your health. Teflon isn't used any more but they use other materials that are just as toxic.

[@jessicapoisson6669]

Here in Maine in the United States our high school students still have “potato week” but we call it harvest and they have 2 - 3 weeks off to help.

[@JiZd-xj1ok]

😆Every time you say "outside inside /indoors" makes me think of Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet) from Keeping up Appearances! ❤ 🧛🎃🏵🌺🪴🍵🫖

[@luciegallagher2710]

You inspire me every time!!! Thank you for sharing this video- I still love a good decluttering video!!!!!!! 😂❤

[@AubreyR-x7z]

I'm in the northern US, and we have four seasons too, which I love. For our family, it also means watching football season. I liked the idea of making the oranges into pumpkin faces! We're still doing pumpkin patches with our kids but try to get the pumpkins to local animal sanctuaries after Halloween for their goats etc