Whole House Declutter 🏡 A Fresh Start To 2024 ✨ Living Room, Kitchen & Entry

2024 is here and it's time for a fresh start. Join me as I go around the entire house and declutter everything we own. In this episode: all of the downstairs including the living room, dining area, kitchen and entryway.
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[@jessicastevens5782]

for my massive amount of novelty mugs, which I adore, but can get out of hand, I took a suggestion from another KZbinr, Jessica Braun. They cycle theirs in and out of storage, like a capsule wardrobe, so there are never too many in rotation, and there is more "novelty" in seeing old ones rotated into use. have loved doing it. never occurred to me to be embarrassed by them

[@kaitlynnmccomiskey4533]

That's so smart! I only do this with my Christmas mugs but it does make me excited to use them every year. Doing this with the rest now too.

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Oh! That's such a great idea!

[@mariekelley7557]

I rotate mine like this. Works great!

[@lisacarter1798]

My husband and I cackled at your “lots of space for toys” comment!! I bought one wicker basket for toys then, somehow, 3 years later my “box” for toys is my entire living room. The advice I wished I got when my baby was younger, don’t be afraid to turn down second hand toys and clothes. People are so generous but it truly is overwhelming and unnecessary to have so much!!

[@dorrolorro]

I would put plastic cutlery in the car or in the picnic stuff. When you're on a picnic or on a road trip it's very easy to forget cutlery and very nice to just happen to have in your car for easy access. If you're stopping at a gas station to buy perhaps a yogurt, it's so annoying if you forget a spoon, ya know? So, I would save a few at least.

[@impposter560]

That blanket would be so good as a repurpose piece! A teddy bear, or even a little stuffed toy rat. I had toys and blankets made from rags and they are so cherished ❤ Especially if you have photo's of the person/thing it came from; then you can hold the two side by side and see what it is now and the memory of what it once was

[@lenac.4192]

I was thinking the same thing, maybe cut out a piece and frame it with a picture of the rats and hang it somewhere, that way you keep the sentimental part of the blanket, but it also doesn't take up more space then it needs.

[@kirstenpaff8946]

My brain throughout this video was "wow, her life is different than mine". Most of the moments had to do with having a large enough group of friends to have "hosting" items. Like, I am lucky if I have two friends that I can see in person without getting on a plane.

[@Karmadelica]

I also used to love scented candles but slowly fell out of love with them as I got older, then went off them totally when I was pregnant. Even now I can't ever see me using them again because they seem too strong for the baby. Plus you have to be careful with essential oils around a baby.

[@dawncampion381]

I’m glad you didn’t get rid of too many of your mugs.:) It’s good to keep some things just because they make you happy. A lot of your time and energy will be taken up with baby, so when he or she is napping is your self care time. Take a nap yourself, read or do a hobby and have a cup of tea in one of your favorite mugs. Love all of your videos and thanks for sharing!❤️

[@agentcallisto]

Just a silly aside, my toddler enjoyed your choice of saxophone music in this video. He was dancing and smiling when it came on. :)

[@susandevinenapoli7649]

I made baby a baby quilt for the nursery using strip quilting method with a bargello pattern of pastel fabrics. ...when I was nesting way back when. I'm a grandma today.

[@ayaya64]

A declutter and refresh always feels so nice, doesn't it?

[@samanthamoorhouse623]

Don't know if it's helpful but when I lost my cat he had a favorite blanket that I didn't know what to do with but couldn't part with. I ended up using it as a 'wadding' alternative for a quilt I made which felt like it was honoring his memory

[@lollipoopism]

Haven't finished watching the video but... If I went around to an acquaintance's house, I would LOVE to be served tea (or any other beverage) in a cute/quirky novelty mug! Rather than a more "grown up" one. I hope you didn't get rid of too many of those mugs

[@yayajasmin5290]

oh my goodness! i remember i found you cause i wanted a tutorial on how to cut my bangs over 12 years ago!! absolutely amazing to see you doing so well ❤

[@Littlebluebellecottage]

Aww you are nesting. So cute! I've been watching you since the elf fantasy fair videos. This is lovely to see. Congrats Lucy. Enjoy making space for the little one! 💛🖤 Xx

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Lucy honestly thank you so much for this! I am not someone who naturally has good organizational skills and it's not a skill that I was taught when I was young. I'm an artist in the very messy chaotic kind of way and my whole house looks like that and it's so stressful. I've been trying to figure out how I was going to do it and in my mind I think I was expecting myself to go through my things and decide what was gonna stay or go AND organize AND clean as I went and your suggestion to break them into separate jobs is brilliant. I don't know if you got that from somewhere else but I am so appreciative of you doing it on your channel because I am also someone who does parallel work really well so if I see someone else doing it then it's easy for my brain to do it too. Now I feel like I can manage because I can just do one room or even one section of a room at a time and just sort. Not worry about cleaning it not worry about organizing it but just sort out the things that I don't need in the house and then do that next step and then the next step and breaking it down in a way that my brain clicked is like magic!

[@gemmasalmon9667]

I loved nesting when I was pregnant ❤

[@kirstenwebster6728]

Thanks, as always, for the inspiration Diane. I'm going to spend some time decluttering some of my baby daughters' outgrown items. The issue I'm having is finding places to accept the donations!

[@carole3680]

An important concept is putting things in the place you expect to find them, as you have done with your music related items.

[@piyusarkar3065]

I moved back home a couple of weeks ago and finally had the time (and energy) to deep cleans my room after organizing and decluttering everything on the Christmas weekend. It's feeling so good. I love a clean room with fresh linens

[@claudiagonzalez8686]

Hi,I just went through my mugs even chipped ones. I decided to make them planters instead. They also make nice garden decorations😅. Also I am slowly switching to using wood,glass and bamboo kitchenware as I also feel that guilt with plastic waste.

[@Loepsie]

We have a few plants in mugs around our house as well, haha! A great use of a mug past its prime 😁

[@kaitlynnmccomiskey4533]

The mug problem is too real. And the books that never get decluttered because that seems counterproductive to creating a library lol!

[@Loepsie]

Hahaha yep, exactly that 😂

[@Berrniicee]

I have been decluttering for a month now. I do take it easy though thats way it takes so long haha. But it feels so good cleaning up and getting rid of some stuff. 😄

[@P0nyl0ve]

I love watching these types of videos from you! I'm a few years younger than you and I also live in the Netherlands, and this gives me a hopeful idea of what my future might look like!

[@pheart2381]

Nothing beats a good clear out. Fresh beginnings!

[@bunhelsingslegacy3549]

I managed to vacuum for the new year. I'm terrible at getting rid of things. Stresses me out. Way more than the organized mess does.

[@terrywall-e7111]

Perfect video for the new year! Always love watching those. For decluttering I can highly recommend the MariKondo method. You seem to follow parts of it anyways. Her system has helped me so much. Because you're first decluttering then organising then clean. So you can tackle one thing at a time. And you're also organising by category, which helps massively to get aware of what you actually have.

[@InThisEssayIWill...]

I save my take out/fast food napkins too... I tell myself I'm going to use them for a paper mache project someday.. send help

[@SandieMitchell]

I use them to wipe up spills. More than once, they came in handy when I ran out of TP! 🤣

[@dees3179]

I’ve been trying to do my house for years Lucy, don’t think I’ll do it before the next video! I started de cluttering a year before I moved, which was five years ago. I then sold the house and moved in with relatives for six months, then moved into my current house. It’s been a continuous declutter as I had less space each time. For some one with no money, I seem to be able to acquire a remarkable amount of ‘stuff’ from ouf of thin air. I admire your industry. If we were in the same country I’d invite you to come and do mine……

[@roxiepoe9586]

I did a major de-clutter just before Thanksgiving. I found that after I tired, throwing stuff out was actually easier. Losing stuff is just easier after one has almost lost the will to live! :)

[@Loepsie]

It's the opposite for me! The more I tire, the more I cling to my creature comforts and the more attached I feel to my possessions 😅

[@hannahbradshaw2186]

I need to channel your motivation and unpack my suitcases + declutter my room. I just moved back to Sydney from Glasgow after 1.5 years and I'm so overwhelmed with the unpacking/organisation.... 😭😂

[@Elin.Noller]

I'm sure you already thought out this, but if you are getting ready for a baby make sure you also move away stuff out of reach for the baby. Alcohol should not be stored where a baby could get into it. Important paperwork and wedding stuff you would be upset about getting destroyed should also be kept somewhere out of reach. etc etc

[@Loepsie]

We're not worried about baby proofing just yet. It'll take quite a while until baby's able to get into anything at all! But of course, once they start moving around we'll make sure everything is safe :)

[@Elin.Noller]

@@Loepsie Take it from me, it can catch you by surprise. And then you are left scrambling to babyproof and move everything WHILE keeping them away from things. My kid did everything several months ahead of schedule according to all the "expect this at this time" type of information. As in "Babies usually start walking sometime between about 10 and 18 months old." And I thought I had time, but he started walking at 7 and a half months. He rolled over at 2 and a half months, out of bed in the middle of the night even though I had padded the edge to create a hump/stop. Ask me how horrible I felt knowing I could have prevented it by preparing in advance ;) Doing it now ensures you don't have to worry about accidents. Better safe than sorry

[@Cleiya]

Eh 🤷🏻‍♀️, we have one that’s almost one. We just babyproof as we go along. Works fine for us. We did that with the oldest too. Children are different in development but also in character. For instance: we put the Christmas tree on top of a table this year because the oldest loved playing with the baubles but our youngest couldn’t care less. Might as well have kept it on the floor. You’ll do fine!

[@minounah]

You look so radiant! What a lucky baby to have such lovely parents 🥰

[@Lilly-1337]

I think Uhu has a special porcelain glue made for tableware. Maybe that can fix the cat cup.

[@subhiksharengan]

Aahhh how much I love your videos❤

[@KK43]

I feel like I can hear you catching your breath as you’re speaking and it brings me back to when I was pregnant. lol (My child will be 2 years old in February!) Getting air in was a tougher task for me as the weeks go on. I hope you’re feeling well otherwise.

[@Loepsie]

Hahaha honestly I seem much more out of breath in videos because quite often I'd have run up and down two flights of stairs to replace my camera battery right before filming 😂 It's not that bad in real life as far as I'm aware, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before breathing becomes harder

[@KK43]

Those stairs will definitely do it, no matter if you’re pregnant or not. 😂 At least for me. Lol

[@AJansenNL]

I never really experienced nesting (despite being a mum of 3), but I can relate to the "why on earth do I still have that/shouldn't that go?" Decluttering is very satifying. And it makes me rearrange things more logically. And with kids, more safely. No poisons and unsafe stuff in low cupboards. Up they go, out of reach! Btw, are you going to close your open staircase?

[@Loepsie]

I'd love to close the staircase before little one learns to walk. Hopefully we'll be able to save up for it by then!

[@antlerboy12345]

So soothing!

[@aliiannucci3135]

I saw your Teami travel mug and was like, "Oh I have one of those!" ...and then I realized I got mine because of you 😅 I still use mine, and I use the bottom container part to carry an extra teabag!

[@Loepsie]

That nighttime tea I had from them was one of my favourites I've ever had. I have such fond memories of drinking it from this mug in the evenings while watching reality TV in my studio in Utrecht!

[@samtyers8236]

Happy New Year 🎉 ✨️

[@annmahoney8921]

You lots of energy 😀

[@veronikaruss9931]

"Slavne obrazy" book ❤🤗🇸🇰

[@k49821]

Wow you got so much done! How long did this all take? I get overwhelmed so easily in tackling spaces!

[@Loepsie]

I filmed this over two days :) Takes a whike for sure but it feels so good when it's done!

[@CharisBombela]

Your kitchen is so cute! But where is your fridge?

[@Loepsie]

Built in :) One of the tall cabinets is a fridge & freezer!

[@CharisBombela]

@@Loepsie I’ve never heard of that! That’s so cool!

[@szfrj]

❤

[@cris_possible]

I know you didn't do a lot of declutter in your bookshelf, but I would profit every time you clean those shelves to turn them so they don't curve because of the weight of the books, they will last you forever!

[@janelleboudreau9556]

What is the brand name of those cute 'off season' shoes?! the flats! Ive been looking for them for ages and cant remember for the life of me

[@Loepsie]

Vivaia! 😊

[@Eva-vd8os]

Could you make a video about your favorite boardgames?

[@Loepsie]

I did a boardgame collection tour not too long ago! 😄

[@Eva-vd8os]

@@Loepsie completely missed that! Sorry

[@rachelspencer9456]

🧡📚🧡📚🧡📚🧡

[@catherinelevison3310]

I think you should have borrowed a 1 year old toddler to come visit for a couple of days because your priorities are going to change so much and so quickly. I can barely wait for your baby to arrive-I’m really looking forward to that. I’m so happy for you both.

[@emahribova2690]

I noticed you have a book in slovak (Slavne obrazy) do you speak slovak ?

[@Loepsie]

I do 😊