NEW 2024 Getting TIDIER

[@LV-Frankie]

That is the worst when you think its the weekend on its still a weekday! Hopefully you made it to the weekend quickly

[@gettingtidy2495]

Particularly when it's only a Monday or Tuesday!!

[@CynthiaMiller-cc3qj]

Over the past 9 months I’ve gotten rid of about 40% of our stuff. So pleasing to the eye and easier to clean & keep tidy. Cynthia Miller from Texas

[@gettingtidy2495]

Wow 90% of your stuff you've done well to do that. Have you finished decluttering now?

[@karenhoward8542]

Hoping and praying you are safe from the flooding. Hugs moi

[@melissalane-q7m]

♥♥♥

[@deborahmautino1715]

Have you thought about putting in an IKEA coat rack in the place of the table you just moved out? It could hold coats, school bags and shoes. Great job today! Debby

[@jeanettekvinlaug2772]

You sometimes ask how we keep our homes tidy when having a project going+ life. Short answer, we don't. 😉 When I decluttered and organized a room that overwhelmed me, the rest of the house suffered. I spendt 10-15 minutes in each room every day to make it ok. Now I have reached the maintain stage of decluttering, and can easy keep my house tidy. But before it was impossible with projects going. Can you ask the parents at your daughters school if you can make a sale? Instead of tables you can use sheets on the floor to gather the sell stuff. Maybe borrow the sports hall or the schools parking lot?

[@gettingtidy2495]

Problem is when one room is sorted out all the stuff from that room belongs in another room and so you get a mess there. Great to hear you're now at "maintain" in your house. I'm at that in one room in my house!

[@belle6219]

In America, the school buys the books and keeps them for the next year(s). I remember it was a treat to get a brand-new book, because they were usually used.

[@holly782]

I'm also completely in love with your plant pot on the window sill by your dining room door 😍

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thanks sadly it's broken and I should bin it really 😮

[@holly782]

@@gettingtidy2495 ahh yes Ive had to bin a few over the years from digs knocking them over or children knocking them over 🤣

[@JessicaStedman]

3 bags full to declutter is brilliant! Decluttering really is like peeling an onion. One layer at a time. It also never ends sadly 😂 I’ve been decluttering for over 5years now and I don’t think it’s ever truly “done” 😅

[@gettingtidy2495]

5 years! I've got lots more to do too 😊

[@holly782]

Aww such a shame I'm not closer, I'd buy one of your plants from you!! I have collected indoor plants since my teens xx❤

[@robindaniels2987]

Hi Emma, a year in and there’s still stuff everywhere. This is SO real. Makes all of us struggling with the same thing feel that this is such a process and can’t be done overnight. I swear it seems like the stuff just grows back. As others have said; it’s like peeling away at an onion. I had an epiphany this week. I looked around and realized I’m getting there. Still a ways to go but slowly tossing and donating and editing. And it’s finally starting to show. Always a great video and as always; watching from Canada 🇨🇦🍁ps many cities here are named after the cities in the uk; such as Durham, Windsor, both in Ontario, Bath New Brunswick, Oxford and Liverpool Nova Scotia.

[@gettingtidy2495]

I didn't know that, thanks for sharing. I think someone should have said to me years ago...stop bringing things in to your house!! I was aware of the toys multiplying but not aware of all my own stuff which multiplied every few months 😂😂

[@robindaniels2987]

@@gettingtidy2495 lol, the stuff just seems to grow🤦🏻‍♀️

[@yasmindias9062]

Hello. I just found yr channel. Love watching someone else struggle with decluttering. Ive been trying to downsize for sometime. Mess happens. I was born and bred in Norwich Norfolk. I grew up near Chapelfield Gardens. My secondary school was The Hewett. I now live in Kingston Ontario Canada. A beautiful historic small city. Fun fact Kingston was the original capital of Upper Canada until it moved to Ottawa. Another beautiful city. Have a great weekend ❤

[@gettingtidy2495]

Wow thanks for being here and sharing that you grew up in Norwich. My Aunt's lived near Chapelfield gardens. They are pulling the Hewett School down I think. How did you come to move to Canada?

[@yasmindias9062]

@@gettingtidy2495 I grew up at Walpole Gardens. Those maisonette s. There used to be a Vet clinic next to those buildings. Yes I heard The Hewett was being demolished a couple of my school buddies are visiting the site Nov 9. Sending me lots of pictures. Do you know what is going to be built there. Massive property. I came to Canada to marry the boy I dated in 5th form. His father was in Norwich for a year working. We met at The Hewett 5th form. Geography class actually. The rest is History 💕

[@teresadavies8795]

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[@LoriWillis-u7q]

Hi Emma, My MIL passed a few years ago. The family home was HUGE. My MIL was a hoarder, never letting anything go. We spent 3 months working 3-4 days a week,I swore I would never leave that awful mess to my kids. We have simplified greatly and now can clean both bathrooms, vacuum and the rest in a couple of hours.

[@gettingtidy2495]

Very wise 😢

[@debradavis4771]

Great videos. Two tips for you from Plymouth. You will never organise too much stuff and drink the wine x

[@gettingtidy2495]

Ha ha I do need to drink some wine up!!

[@BeCkS1920]

We have to be so cautious with what we read, see and listen to. As a Christian, I feel extremely uncomfortable with claims about things like reincarnation. We can be deceived if we are too open-minded about things that may be contradictory to scripture. A loving word of warning ❤️

[@gettingtidy2495]

@@BeCkS1920 Thank you, having researched it, it was once in the bible and was removed. I was shocked about this.

[@purposeinmind]

Tasmania, Australia 🐨 Anne

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thanks Anne for being here

[@janetgentry1846]

For your mop that doesn't have a spray bottle. Just get a spray bottle (or repurpose an empty bottle), make your own solution (I use half cup each of vinegar and rubbing alcohol with 1 cup of water), and spray yourself. I use my mixture to clean everything because I am allergic/sensitive to everything. Both disinfect and the alcohol help drying process. I have several bottles all over the house. When Swifter came out with a spray bottle, I hated the formula. It seemed to leave my floors sticky, and I had an issue with the smell. Another mop I purchased with spray bottle and you used your own cleaner I found difficult to remove bottle and to fill.

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thank you, some sprays are just so toxic, love the fact you make up your own

[@Jane-b1w]

I’m forever decluttering my pantry 😂 kids come back from school and in goes there shoes coats jackets and bags and it’s a mess again x

[@gettingtidy2495]

I still think next time I can get rid of some more 😁

[@janetsides901]

My grandparents mud room doubled as the laundry room. Just an idea for you. 😊

[@gettingtidy2495]

I wish it would fit!

[@zoebrindle7269]

Who put the plant pot on top of the cupboard 🙈😂😂😂??? Really looking forward to the pantry sort out and getting the kitchen even clearer 😁!! Love ,love ,love your videos ! Keep up the great work Emma 🍂🌻🍂🌻🍂🌻🍂

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thanks, my husband loves putting things on top of the cupboards!!

[@raneemilliman7130]

Have you heard of Swedish death cleaning? I like the concept. I honestly don't declutter for others, I do it for me. I guess I'm selfish but, when things are cluttered or I open a closet or cupboard and can't find what I'm looking for, it clutters my head. It weighs on me and I find I have to do something about it. Whether it be organizing or eliminating, I always feel so much better when I can see the progress. I just recently sorted our office closet and the closet at our front door, and it is so nice when I open the door and see it organized and not just piled up with things. After having so many other people's things in my home to have to go through and toss, save or donate, I am happy to be back to only having to deal with my things. I did laugh when I saw the pot or container on the top of your cupboards. My cupboard tops are designed in a manner that if I put anything up there, it kind of slides back and you can't see it or reach it. I put a box of cereal up there, when we first moved in, and it disappeared. My husband is 6' 5" and he could barely reach it. Lesson learned.

[@jsmi145]

Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA

[@gettingtidy2495]

I think you're my first follower from Louisiana!

[@marianaeklund2374]

Love from Sweden

[@gettingtidy2495]

@@marianaeklund2374 hi Mariana thanks for joining us

[@AndreaSooHill429]

Ohhh I saw the broken bowl. Im sorry friend for that. 😔 I get really upset when things get broken like dishes bc My Mom would always break all our dishes bc she is "always in a hurry!" I still remember at 6 yrs old, I got 4 drinking juice glasses of strawberry shortcake and she broke all of them. I was so devastated 💔 I still remember.. my heart broken is affected still.

[@gettingtidy2495]

@@AndreaSooHill429 😍 Strawberry shortcake 😍 love. That's a shame they got broken. I hate breaking things, particularly something from our set. But I won't get upset about an accident 😔. I just won't look at the cost of a replacement 🫣

[@AndreaSooHill429]

@gettingtidy2495 lol...yes I hear ya. I am more patient with my kids but not my mom. When that's her own issue of just needing to slow down and not be careless.

[@altaneri6980]

Newbie here. From Indiana, U.S. To hang your daughters pictures you can use hanging strips. No drilling.

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thank you, bought some today ❤❤

[@carolynoquinn4573]

Your pretty Dining Room table is my "Nemesis"? Like the Agatha Christie book, lol.

[@gettingtidy2495]

Ha ha

[@patriciapyper4617]

Hope you and your family are doing well ♥️🌹

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thank you, and you

[@jeanettekvinlaug2772]

When you vacum the space saver bags, make sure the clothes are right underneath the suction hole. That way, it gets all the air out. 😊 I have one plastic tote for each person in our family. They fill it up with special things and memorabilia. If it is full and don't have room for something, they choose themselves what yo remove and get rid of. This way, we all have our special things gathered and safe, and it is tidy and does not take too much room.

[@gettingtidy2495]

That's a super idea, each person having one bag. Love this idea thanks.

[@nanholmes9229]

Can you explain Guides?

[@CynthiaMiller-cc3qj]

I think it’s like U.S. Girl Scouts. Don’t know for sure.

[@gettingtidy2495]

Girl Guiding runs from age 4-26 ish. Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers. Guides is aged 10-14 we do games, craft, go out and about etc etc

[@shellywellnitz3342]

Good day my is Shelley wellnitz I live in Winnipeg Canada

[@gettingtidy2495]

Thanks for letting me know Shelly thanks for being here

[@karenhoward8542]

IN Guiding here one person raises her hand in the air and it quickly goes around the room == silence smile

[@gettingtidy2495]

We used to that with a smaller group. Now the group is so much bigger it doesn't work so well....

[@brookhowell8841]

Maybe your husband is playing the same trick with you with items on top of the cabinets as you have been playing with items in other people's houses. 😂

[@gettingtidy2495]

Ha ha

[@rebeccacorser-wallace9885]

Is it Warhammer your husband plays ?

[@gettingtidy2495]

Yes and Blood Bowl!

[@rebeccacorser-wallace9885]

@@gettingtidy2495 My husband plays Warhammer 40k and the old world he worked at games workshop when he was at Uni. I hate it gets everywhere and is a dust trap lol