Clever Small Home Hacks 

as someone who lives in a smaller home than you (less than 1000sqft) i love this video, because the size of your home doesn't diminish how helpful these hacks are!

It’s great to see a young person who is so content with a small home!

I prefer the challenge of living in a small space instead of the challenge of keeping a large space clean!

Our first home was about 900 sq.ft. After having 2 kids, we had the opportunity to get some land and build a house. We decided on one that was about 1550 sq ft. It was a challenge to find a builder that would build a house 'that small'. "Small" is completely relative. I love your ideas.

Love the idea of storing things where you use them even if they technically “belong” somewhere else.

I loved this video. So nice to see how real people live instead of picture perfect magazine illustrations!! You have a beautiful home.

We are military and move very often. Sometimes we have 2000 sq ft and sometimes like now we have 1200. This video is a perfect example why i enjoy your channel so much! Thank you!!!!!

Kallie, I've been watching RU-vidrs for a few years now and you were the only one that I have ZERO desire to watch at 1.25x speed 😅 i love that you stunt drag things out and get right to the point;

I just LOVE YOU and your genuine self !! I don’t really think you realize how much that’s truly appreciated these days, especially coming from someone whom is a younger individual with 3 young children. Kudos to you!! I’m not old ( at least I’d like to think I’m not; 😂 (probably a couple years older than you tops) however, I’d like to say not everyone is as “mature” and appreciative as yourself to “create” what you have in your house and make it your HOME 🏡…❤.. so many people lose sight of that these days trying to keep up with others or even moreso trying to outdo them, just to look good and make it a sudden competition. All it does is put a lot of pressure on our ourselves and even more on our children. I love your videos, your ideas and most of all you! I feel like you’re sitting in my living room talking to me 😂 and I have a friend for life! 😊 Plus I do have my coffee ☕️ in hand as I watch!! 😊 Your home and family is beautiful! ( I loved the idea that you framed your child’s artwork) I did that myself! ❤ See you in the next video!!

My home is 1057 sq ft. You have helped me so much with decluttering this year. Made such a big impact. Thank you.

Organizers like you that have real lives and real houses are my absolute fave. ❤❤❤

People who say your home is not small are not living in reality. Especially for a family of 5. It is small, but you use it amazingly. My husband and I have almost 1,700 sq feet and I feel like it’s small! But thank you for your helpful hints! Love your channel!

Forget the home hacks, I’m focused on that ADORABLE baby!

I grew up in a 1300 square foot home. However, downstairs (which was the basement, with the same amount of square footage as the upstairs) we had my brothers two bedrooms, family room, storage room for home canned food from the large garden my dad grew. Then there was a full size bathroom and a large laundry room. Technically the basement doesn’t count as square foot space, but honestly it doubled our square footage, and we used it. I think when people say you don’t have a small home it’s because they know you have a basement where you have useable real estate. I’m assuming your laundry room is down there, and a place to store over flow items, Christmas stuff, luggage, etc. I think a lot of people would like to see how you use your basement, because those of us that grew up with one know that it definitely adds to the useable space inside of a home. You do a fabulous job with the small space upstairs. Buying the right furniture and accessories makes a world of difference in what we can manage in a smaller space.

I started out in 1000 sq ft home then moved to 1450 where I reared my 3 kids. Smaller homes cost less to maintain, heat and cool. There's much to recommend!

Great message. Especially with housing prices soaring, making what we have functional becomes more important.

I have a theater background and tend to pull inspirations from there. Since backstages have limited space, I think my home the same way too. A lot of theater set pieces tend to serve multiple functions. It's one thing in one scene, and you flip it over and it becomes another piece for another scene, etc. I also prefer things that can expand, collapse, and be quickly transformed without additional tools. That's also what I look for with my various items too. If you have limited space, it means you are always transforming the space as situations arise, and you want the cost for that to be minimal. So I really relate to the multi-purpose part.

I have a cardboard box in the corner. Whenever I come across something that I want to donate it gets tossed in the box and then when the box is full, I take it away to Goodwill. And then replace the box. It has worked really well actually.

I know I’ve been around a long time bc my mind is still blown that QVC and HSN merged! 😄🤯

Having grown up living in (and cleaning) a large house, I actually prefer the little 2bed apartment we live in now. I get inspo from "tiny house" double-duty furniture pieces, and it takes a fraction of the time to keep it clean and orderly when you're more aware of the space limits. It's also way less of a burden when you move home.

We're (hubby & I - retired) in currently 1000 sqft home (after living in less than 200 sqft motorhome for 12 years!) and now enjoy the extra space ❤!

I live in a large old house that has little to no storage. These are great tips.

As a person who.is a senior citizen I must thank you for helping me out I get overwhelmed easily. Oh and your beautiful

Great tips! I'm a recent retiree, and I have been having SO much fun re-organizing our "small-ish" home. A few months ago, I purchased an immersion blender with attachments. It is fabulous! I immediately was able to donate eight, small kitchen appliances! My appliance cabinet used to be stuffed full, but now it is well-organized with room to spare! Also, I put a vinyl placemat from $ Tree under my stand mixer so I can easily slide it in and out of my appliance cabinet. It has been so much easier for me to use! One last tip, if anyone has an appliance cabinet, AKA, "appliance garage" (with an electrical outlet) it's easy to add convenient lighting to the place with a small, plug in light. Any cabinet can be luminated with battery op lights.

I have the same magnetic measuring spoons. I love them! I have more drawers than doors.. yes my home set up for us to enjoy, it is all about this family. Not one else. You got that right!

Batteries - I remember seeing an article written by a firefighter. His own home almost burned down as he had stored used batteries in a cardboard box, just thrown together. Two had touched ends together making a connection with enough energy still stored and they sparked and the entire box caught flame. Please store them side to side with no ends touching, for your family's safety.

We have a Murphy bed in our playroom. Most of the time it’s a play room and on occasion it’s a spare room. It’s perfect for a queen size bed. I love being in a small house because it has to change with our family. We can’t just keep spreading out and keeping stuff we don’t need-our home has to adapt to now. It keeps things more intentional.

You are wise beyond your years . We have lived in our 1400 sq.ft house for 43 years. We obviously love it. We keep it updated and current. We have not had a house payment in almost 20 years. I do not have the desire to move .We don't need to downsize because we adjusted to the space we had . We are incredibly blessed because of decisions we made years ago.

This was so helpful!! I am not a minimalist by any means but I love organizing!! So many great ideas here!❤❤❤

1100 square ft IS small! At least it is where I live. My home is 1356 sq ft and I still don't have enough room! That being said, I love this video! ❤

When talking about the size of your home, the number of people who live there also has an effect on how it feels. Also, if the main activity if everyone in the home is watching Netflix, all that requires is tvs in multiple rooms. But if the activities include gaming, football, skiing, cycling, etc, that stuff requires more storage space for the required equipment.

Ahh that is the baby I saw you carry. I love you and you have been a godsend for me.

I live in a 1200 sqft house. My granddaughter has those magnetic toys. She loves them! My dining room has my desk and craft cabinet in it!

We have a 900sqft home also 3 kids 3 bedrooms and I love what you mentioned about the multifunctional furniture, kallax is the one but ive hacked it to a built in TV unit so it doesn't look so kallax and side tables as toy storage.

Tate numbing on his food 😍😍

We just decided to get rid of some items in our bedroom that are just causing clutter to put a small walking pad and a small weight bench with band and hand weights in there on one side. Additionally , since I no longer work from home we are going to get rid of my desk that has become a place for clutter and we are going to put a small but comfy chair there and make a little reading nook on that side. I am really starting to reduce things I have and go with things that give purpose to us in our home.

Oh my goodness girl! Yes! That is tight especially for 5 people. Our home is about 1400 and we only have two bedrooms and 6 people! It was built in an era about 100 years ago and in that time homes were built with using every extra nook. So no extra space to cut into or use. It’s tight! Our baby is in our room and our three girls 6-12 are in one room. I’ve watched your channel for a long time. Basically since Miles was born.:) My favorite ones you make are the small space home ideas and creative ways to organize with no room and out of the box creative ways to change up your rooms! Like your desk you have in your bedroom! We have a tiny kitchen with one drawer! 😂what? I know. The last person to live here was a single man. We really have barely any room for food storage ,So we put our food in the basement ,at the bottom of the stairs on a shelf . So many areas are multi use areas. I’m currently considering moving our dining room into our living room. We just are so tight in our tiny dining room now with 6 of us at our small table. Currently our living room is a play room on one end and a tv/couch rest area on the other end. We separate it by a chair turned in towards the couch. I love your DIY dollar tree videos and mom hacks so much! I also resonate with your motivation videos. ❤ honestly I just love you and your outlook, humor and honesty about everything. In a video you said in regards to a tidy home…”you are living here , for goodness sake you are living here.” about cleaning. Don’t we put so much expectation on a clean home that we see online?! It’s too much. So I now always repeat that to myself when I’m looking at the house at the end of the day. ❤❤❤❤ You are the best Kalli

Bought at QVC too. Love employees 📦

A family of 6- coming from a 1100 sq ft and moving into 3200 sq ft, I couldn't believe the amount of stuff I could fit into my small home. When we moved into the larger home, I was shocked by the amount of stuff the came out of the small home and seemed to have just enough space for it to fit in the larger home. This was because I had systems and storage solutions that worked for a small home (installing extra shelves into closets, using every corner). With a larger home, items had room to breathe and spread out. I didn't need the 6 shelves in the linen, coat closet, and hall closet anymore. I love this video! Thanks for sharing. 😊

1100 square feet 4 kids under 7 and I run an in home daycare. Preach Momma

I keep a rolling chest of drawers under the Centre of the dining table, with craft and stationery supplies!

I feel claustrophobic in my 650 sq ft apartment when theres a lot of clutter. I pick up daily when I need to & so glad its just me here to pick up after.

My only issue with vertical storage is then having to get up there to dust. Those types of shelves often become dust traps.

I totally agree , your home is small, not tiny so that will make nay sayers happy lol We downsized from 2250sq ft to 1359 sq ft, and are totally happy. But like you , I had to get creative with less space. I did declutter and use furniture with double duty systems. We gave two small hall closets I turned into my pantry’s 👍🏻just to share idea🙂

Happiness is loving what you have. I don't envy owners of bigger houses. They can clean multiple bathrooms 😂. They can pay huge mortgages and utility bills. Every house I visit with soaring cathedral ceilings I wish for long johns and hamdwarmers. All the heat is near the ceiling! It would cost a fortune to make it warm enough at floor level. Ignore rude people. TFS I noticed that you store your fire extinguisher in the back of a bottom cabinet. Why not invest in a prettier one and have it visible?

We moved from 3600sf ( ridiculous for us ) to 1800, with 3 kids. It’s so much better, and we’re much happier. We need to normalize not having McMansions.

I found this so funny because I’ve also looked at your home before and thought “you have no clue what small is”! But now that you’ve put it into better perspective, yes, you are in a smaller than standard US home. I’m not sure exactly what size my flat (apartment) is in Ft, I think it’s about 700? But it’s 70m2 in South Africa. And we don’t have lofts or basements for extra storage. And a lot of places don’t even have garages. All our homes here are tiny match boxes. (Some of the newer build places are 37m2 (370s ft?) So I’m always looking for hacks to save space and always constantly de-cluttering. Thanks for all your cool tips and for the interesting videos.

I agree it’s a small home. I live in a home that is slightly over 1000 sq. ft which is smaller than some apartments i lived in. AndI only live with my husband and two small dogs.

Great video. I have a table in my eat in kitchen that seats six so the room that is supposed to be a dedicated dining room I don’t use as such and I found a great table on Amazon that when completely collapsedIt looks like a small console table, but it can be folded out to become a square card table, and then folded out even further to seat eight for special occasions, .So that room can be used for other things instead of just a dining room all the time I love the idea of having multifunctional spaces multifunctional furniture.

We raised 3 sons with 1300 square feet. 3 bedrooms one bath. Was it tight, sure. But perfect for empty nesters now. We did add one bathroom 4 years ago. It would've been wonderful way back when but somehow we made it work.

Great tips! I've been working on organizing my home, it's 1200 square feet, and if there are too many things ou, I get ocd and feel the clutter closing in on me. 😮‍💨🤪 I try to declutter a little all the time. Just me and my husband now with our 2 small dogs but also accumulate a lot over the years. It's nice when people give Christmas gifts, but then it's just more "stuff" that I've got to find a place for.

2:13 if battery ends touch they can discharge faster, so it pays to stack them orderly so the ends can't touch each other. 💖🌞🌵😷

I got large zipper pouches for our board games because I got tired of maneuvering the differently-shaped boxes and I love it

Bunkbeds and trundle beds are great for space saving! I have a small spare bedroom, but lots of grandkids. I have a bunkbed set with a trundle underneath, so three can stay in that small spare room at once. When they’re gone, it only takes up the space of one bed.

I love the corner cabinet!

I have always lived in small homes. You had great tips. Many of them I have used though out the years and the others I am going to try.

exactly - I don't want to feel like my stuff is controlling me! big mindset shift for me

Pretty Babies!

I also have three kids and live in 1100sq ft. I can confirm it’s small. Lol.

Thanks, for sharing your creative ideas. We lived in a 1,800 sq ft. with 8 of us with 1 bathrooom :(

QVC was my Mom's pre-Amazon. 😂 I've always stored my measuring cups the way my Mom did which wasn't functioning when I cook a lot more than she did. Hanging them has been a great time and organizing solution.

That secretary desk is amazing. Love the design. I've never seen one like that. Is it vintage?

We also have a smaller home with 3 bedrooms and 3 kids 4 years of age and under and my husband also works full time from home, his desk is in the corner of our dining room and I also work and my desk is in our bedroom. Both the older boys bunk too and our newborn son is I our room but will go to his own room as he gets older. Thanks for always sharing tips and tricks!

Thank you for what you do! I love your videos.

Timestamps for the video below. Note that they are not to the points where a written title appears but rather to the point where discoure about that particular point starts. 0:00 Intro 0:50 Be mindful of how much stuff you have 1:23 Try a daily declutter 2:29 Is your item a good employee? 3:44 Multipurpose furniture 5:15 Measure before you buy any bins. 5:39 Try collapsible storage 5:50 Sponsor 6:54 Decant food for easier storing 7:31 Declutter the appliances that aren't used enough 8:03 Make use of inside of cupboard doors 9:00 Maximize over door storage 9:30 Utilize unused corners 10:21 Maximize vertical sapce 10:43 Give everything a home (where it's used) 11:57 Remember: this is YOUR home. 12:56 Outro

My home is bigger, but I’ve started to declutter everyday in 2024. I take one drawer or closet or area and get rid of stuff. I can tackle one area a day. It makes me feel so good!

For the international viewers like me, Kallie's house is about 102 m2

Your house is just right for your family❤. And,of course, very lovely. I have found a lot of good information from you. I also ordered and received your planner. I like it and am learning to use it. It is a real departure from the "corporate" planners i used on the job for about 30 years! I highly recommend it.

You mentioned about decluttering one thing every day. I do what I call “soft decluttering”. When I open a drawer, cabinet, or closet, and it’s looking a bit untidy, I’ll take two to ten mins to quickly declutter and organize the contents. A closet declutter (usually the longest) can be broken up by shelf, or rack. It’s an easy, small effort/big reward method of decluttering.

Olive in the background a lot is super cute. Really good ideas and hacks for most families.

QVC keeps me shopping.I need 2 declutter I’m so in love with QVC

Wow! Every living space is unique. If your home is small, it is small. If it is big, it is big! Use the ideas to fit YOUR home!! Making comparisons to other people home size; is that helpful to you in your personal life? Does it matter to your home? I am grateful for the ideas here! Oh, my home is SMALL for those who feel it really matters😂

I also love to make everything have dual functions. I find it odd when people have a something like a coffee table, that has no storage! What a missed opportunity to stash throw blankets and such. 😂

I don’t have a small house (1700 sq ft), but I still minimize the amount of stuff I have and utilize space as efficiently as possible. I declutter an area (drawer, cabinet, shelf) weekly, so I’m able to stay on top of my stuff without feeling overwhelmed.

Have you thought of Murphy bed in your bedroom? Office by day bedroom by night? I’m in the process of setting one up

Yes, that’s a small home for a family of five. I once lived in a 700 square foot home with a husband and two little kids. We were so poor that I had no need to declutter (except the kids’ toys which I did).

My boyfriend and I live in a one bedroom apartment and I work from home full time.... I am constantly de- cluttering but our place is now fairly organized and cozy- I do like your idea of shelving closer to the ceiling for storage of items used less frequently

1100 square feet is small. Especially for 5 people. Wow! Edited to add: the standard recommendation I have heard is 600 sq ft/person

I love your content, Kallie! The last tip was the best. Thanks for all you do. 😊

How utterly sensible you are! I love and totally agree with your use of your bedroom as a daytime office for your husband. I live in a 300 sq ft studio with a bad layout and am perfectly happy because I live in my head and not for stuff. It works for me.

Love this! I think people are starting to realize smaller homes are the way to go. Me and my husband share our 964 sq ft house w/ 2 dogs. I work from home and use my dining room table which is on one side of the living room. When I’m done working I just put everything away and it’s tidy again ! Love your content Callie!

Omg I didn’t realize your house was the same size as my new house. (We actually moved up as a family of five from 800 to 1100sf so it currently feels huge even though I know it’s not.

You're so freaking awesome. ❤

848 sq ft here and sure is easier to maintain than old house of 1350. Appreciate your helpful videos!

Girl, I feel your opening! We are a family of 5 (and a German shepherd) we homeschool, my husband is a prop maker/builder/artist...and our house is 1000sq feet. It's A LOT of life in not a lot of space. 😵‍💫😂

My home is small 2 bed/1 bath. Me and my husband have a room, 2 older teens share a room, 3 cats sleep where they drop! 😻these tips are great! I like the extra laundry hamper on the back of the kitchen door. Smart!

Love this video. We are a family of 5 living in about 1300 sq ft with no basement storage area. We have invested in alot of custom furniture with hidden storage, builtins, nooks in walls, cabinets that go to the ceiling etc. I'd rather use every bit of my small home than get a larger home to have to heat/cool.

Great tips. Houses in the UK are a lot smaller than ones in the US, so we have to be quite creative with space. A lot of houses don’t have utility/laundry rooms & have their washing machine in the kitchen. If they also have a tumble dryer that is often in the garage.

Great ideas! Our house is just under 1100 square feet and we raised three kids here (now all married). We also used some of those same ideas, but some are new and helpful still. Getting rid of stuff that isn't being used is probably the most important thing. I love your channel and often share with our daughters, especially when you give ideas for kid stuff that they would use.

Thank youuuu, great tips!!

Love your leather couch; where’s it from please & are you happy with it? Thanks for putting out great content!

Thank you for sharing your life as it is . I spend so much time organizing as I clean. Trying to make my small house look appealing and organized. I have nine children 7 of them still live at home . My husband works from home with his office in our bedroom too. Thank you so much for sharing your tips it's nice to know I'm not alone😊

For a family of 5, 1100 square feet is a small home. Smart ideas and life practices.

We are a family of 7 in a 1,100 Sq ft 1.5 story home that has only 3 small closets total. Fitting five kids in is not easy but doable with creative ideas on use of space like the ones you share here. I always keep my eyes open for additional ways to utilize what we've got so thank you for helping me think outside of the box here.

I have beef a subscriber for a couple of years and love your content. I think this is the best video you have ever produced in terms of tempo, applicability, voice over, and content. Thanks so much. I will “like and share”!

Great tips, thank you!

I live with 8 people (I have 6 kids) in a 2 bedroom condo. We don’t have access to our garage and our basement is unfinished. I love your hacks!

I love small houses! The key is functionality!! Plus it takes less time to clean!!

We have an 1100 sqft house and about 400 is a finished attic so it doesn’t have a full height ceiling. We have 3 kids that are now in their teens and yes it is a small home. Too small, but we make it work. Thanks for these tips.

Great ideas!