Decluttering Results - A Year Of Decluttering - Minimalism Family of 4 

Wow what a transformation! Loved seeing this! Very inspiring Shannon! 💙🌼😊

Love that this shows the process of decluttering. I'm less than six months in, and I can already see that I will be revisiting spaces I thought I'd "finished" to let go of (and donate) more.

So great to see the before and after pictures. I didn’t do before pics which I regret. It’s hard to remember how much I took out, but it was SO MUCH! And to this day, I still declutter one item every day. I am thrilled about how much better life is now! Thanks as always for your inspiration!!

Decluttering never ends Its a life process. Definitely be the boss of what comes into your space

This video is old but I love it. Love your decluttering process and how everything looks so clean and organice. Thank you

At the end, when you were listing what was different in your house, I listened so keenly! This makes such sense to me and I am seriously thinking about these concepts and the advantages they can produce. Thank you so much.

This is fascinating! I really like the cumulative effect of photos taken over the year period. Not only can I see the change in the amount of stuff but YOUR HAIR is fun to watch as well! Very creative and I needed something new to think about. Thank you and keep posting, please!

As a mom of two, this is so inspiring. We have been on a minimalist journey the last few years and there is always still room for improvement. You are currently my number one youtuber- thank you for all the inspiration and tips!

The summer of 2013 found me sitting in the garage of my too big, too expensive to maintain home that I sold the minute my child left to go off to college. I was packing up our stuff as fast as I could, and it was a nightmare. What I could not fit into my tiny rental, I paid to store. The first step I took was to call a local church, they put me in touch with someone who lost their belongings in a fire and I was able to donate so much to help out. A year later I bought a very small home for myself, no garage and only 3 tiny closets to store anything. That was 3 yrs. ago, and I am still getting rid of stuff. I am organized and I can find everything I need in an instant. Once you get hooked on decluttering your life, you will happily never be the same. I have since found neighbors who I have helped to declutter their homes as well, they had way more stuff than I ever had and they had no idea until we were halfway thru the process. Until you actually remove your items and place them in visible piles out in the open do you understand how much you store and forget about. To anyone out there struggling to start, just empty out a closet at a time, place everything on the floor and separate into like items. When you separate into like items, you can see exactly how many of an item you have. That is when you realize what you have too much of, separate piles into Keep, Donate, Sell and Throw Away.

Thanks for showing that this was a progression over a full year and a work in progress. Every bit OUT and CLEARED gets us that much closer and gains us PEACE. 🙏🏼💛🙌🏼

Last spring, I read the Life Changing Magic of Tidying and the day I finished it, I did massive purge of my closet and then continued on into the garage and cleared out a car load of stuff for donation. But after that, I kinda lost my steam until this summer. I started watching RU-vid videos on minimalism and decluttering and it inspired me to start again. Just since May/June, I've cleared out so much stuff from our house that I can't even believe it. I even donated that SAME play kitchen that you had in your video...my stepdaughters are teenagers now...I have NO idea why my husband and I were holding on to so many of their old toys. I can definitely tell that over the last year or so, my spending habits have definitely changed...I'm MUCH more picky than I used to be about what comes into our house. Loved seeing your journey. What a transformation!

I've became somewhat of a minimalist almost two years ago and it really has transformed my life. I try to keep a certain number of things, like clothes, shoes, bags and even kitchen stuff. When I buy something, I ask myself do I need it or want it and when and how often will I use it. If I get new clothes, I make sure to get rid of an equivalent amount. Since I've become a minimalist I got a job in one of the biggest malls in the country and I can go into every store if I wanted to and not be tempted to buy anything since I have everything I want/need. Its pretty great feeling and my bank account thanks me. :)

I have been working on decluttering and the cliches that there is less stress, more time, less upkeep I have found to be so true!

I need a genie to get my house in order. The top two culprits have got to be clothes and paper. GOSH! The before and afters are so motivating. I love it!

How inspirational!♡

This really helps me to relax and not feel so overwhelmed. I can do small sections at a time and enjoy my progress knowing it is a process. And we still have toand want to maintain and enjoy our daily lives with our family and also practice self care!i have learned l lot from you. And plan to continue. Thank you🌹

Loved seeing your journey over a year of decluttering! Very motivating. I've been on my journey for about 4 years and I still find things to declutter all the time. Thanks for sharing!!

I believe your videos and others have really inspired and motivated me to declutter. Now I don't have the interest to "window shop" which used to end up with stuff I would buy because it looked pretty. Now I am much more choosey. It feels so good to see open spaces in my home. We are both retired and I find myself instead of collecting items for the home, I want to have less. It is a good feeling. Thank you for your inspiration.

You have inspired me to clear out stuff that I've been keeping because of emotional connections to it. I have grandma's and great grandma's stuff. Stuff I never use or look at but I feel like I've been appointed the "keeper" of the past. I'm slowly giving it away a little at a time. I think it's something that was told to us older people, that you have to keep things and pass them down. When my parents and grand parents were going through their lives, nice things were hard to come by and they meant a lot when there were able to buy a beautiful vase, a set of silver flatware, or have a hand embroidered tablecloth and matching napkins. So I have been saying good-bye to all of that, because it won't be used by me or by you or your cousins. Someone looking for those things will find them in the local thrift store and will love to have them. It's only taken me 30+ years to accept this. It's going to take me a while to get through it all and I will do it, slowly. Keep on inspiring people. Love you, MOM

Getting rid of excess furniture like tables, sets of drawers and storage boxes has helped me to not spend so much time dusting and re organizing. It used to drive me crazy. Less is more! Loved the vid thank you xx

The worse thing I did was buy storage boxes. I bought them to make my home tidier but they take up so much room. Too many boxes add to the clutter.

Since you’re all avid readers...one solution to minimize books is make frequent trips to local library. I loved going there with my mom & siblings. It was always better than the school library and more of an adventure! I think this is a tradition many families are missing out on because of heavy life schedules. Just discovered ur channel today. LOVE IT!!

We were able to downsize from 2000+ sqft to 1400sqft and we just bought a home with 1000sqft that i believe we will fit comfortably in. Today my 6yr old said, "our house is messy". I said ok, let's put 10min on the clock and see how much we can get done. We cleaned all the main areas in 8min! Lol. With 3 kids that are 6 or under, minimalism has helped a ton. I hope we never go back. I have been doing this for about 2 years now, so it's probably safe to say that we won't return to the maximalist lifestyle.

I don't know what is more shocking: The fact that you did so amazing (good job!) or the fact that you had a cracked Nokia (I am shooketh).

It’s nice to see that it doesn’t just happen overnight and it takes work!

This is amazing, decluttering makes a huge difference!

Wonderful job of decluttering! 👏👏👏👏👏 Decluttering means less upkeep, more time, less stress, more space.

This is wonderful! I am moving in a week and have so much stuff everywhere... I live in an 800 sq ft, 1 bedroom apartment with my 5-year-old and am moving to a 600 sq ft apartment. When I was married with no kids, we got rid of everything except what fit inside a Hyundai Elantra to move cross-country, then settled down, had a child, bought a 3 bedroom house and filled it with stuff, got divorced, and I've been scaling back down for 3 years. What we fit into an 800 sq ft place is still jaw-dropping and makes me feel frazzled! The hardest part is letting go of self-judgmental thoughts, because I've done this before but didn't permanently change my habits. Time to do a major overhaul this week and establish habits to keep it this way!

I love decluttering. My journey is not over but I've made a huge progress since 2017. I don't think this journey ever ends and truth be told, it's so much fun getting rid of stuff. Liberating! Lety from Chicago 💞

love the 60 items in 60 minutes challenge. Great idea. As a mom of two and now 69 years old, IMHO children can never have too many books. Some of our most precious memories are of reading together and I am convinced my kids could read upon entering kindergarten because we read. A LOT. We also had library cards and took out a paper shopping bag of kid books every three weeks year round. My kids are in their late 30s and I still have one bookshelf in one of their bedrooms (guest room) of kids' books; some from when I was little and when they were little. We did save our absolute faves, plus about 20 Christmas books we still get out seasonally to page through and dream of the old days. Now and then I give away a few children's books to new babies or whomever. I adore children's books, esp. the classics and those by Jan Brett and Tomie de Paola. Illustrations count. When you know you aren't going to have any more kids it frees you to get rid of most of their toys as they outgrow them except for a very few precious ones like a fave Lego set or cherished doll. Those go with them after they get through college and into their own apartments. And you can get rid of all those clothes. Whew!! When kids have too many toys, 1) the toys take up more storage space, 2) kids learn not to treat their toys with care since they get strewn everywhere and get stepped on, 3) kids learn not to repair, condition, or clean up toys like bikes or baseball gloves, 3) they cannot settle down to play b/c there are too many toys to choose from and that results in frustration or flitting from one toy to another without deeper imaginative play. So about 20 basic toys that change as they grow developmentally is all they need. You can also rotate toys if they have many to keep them fresher for the kids. I also keep decluttering. Gonna go through a utility closet perhaps tomorrow. I used to use a dish drainer. But when we sold our previous house I put it away so it would be easier to keep the counters clean and empty. Now in our new home ten years later and I still don't use one. I wash up dishes after the evening meal, dry them and put everything away so the kitchen is spotless and ready for use in the morning. This works super well. Kids can be taught to do this too -- wash, dry, put away. And it means our cats do not lick dirty dishes or step on them and spread grease or stuff around the house. It keeps things more sanitary too with COVID germs around....

Wow...thats incredible. Keep on doing those right things. I'm in the middle of my (always ongoing) decluttering. The struggle is real. So many emotions, memories, challenges & roadblocks to deal with. But we must press on. I'm with ya, sister. Be blessed!

Dear Shannon, that is realy Impressive! Love that you show that it Takes several times or repeated effort and is not done in one step.

Wow, this really shows that it is a long Journey. I always think I am the slowest minimalist ever, so I am happy, I am not alone. Thank you! I am into it since the begin of 2017.

Great Video Shannon. Well done. So true, it is amazing the huge difference decluttering can bring into one's life. Being a mum of 3, a family of 5, decluttering 1-2 times in a year has been improving our lives in a magical way. I love your result.

I love the before and after! I have been in this same journey this past year. I love seeing how dramatic the change is even though it feels slow when your “ in it.” Thankyou!

Fantastic video! It is so interesting how we declutter, and then go back and do it again and realize there is even MORE that can go. It is like peeling an onion, getting down to the deepest layers. I have just begun going thru my house, again, peeling off another layer. It always amazes me how much I missed the first time. Thank you for the inspiration, and you really showed how it works and the benefits, tangibly.

Shannon! Phenomenal! Love the before and after shots that document your journey. The weekly videos on simple living and decluttering, coupled with house tours makes your channel the best to watch. Keep it going, girl.

Awesome! I love that you shared this as a long term process. I started my journey two years and several van loads ago. Each time I get the bug. Things that I just couldn't get rid of before are zero attachment later. And I have to admit I have repurchased one or two items. I have become more mindful of everything in my life due to this lifestyle change. I am so glad I jumped on board for this one trend. My house still has many things in it that extreme minimal folks would raise eyebrows at but this, like every thing in life, is a personal journey. I figured this out early in the process due to people like you who share their journey and inspire. Thank you.

This was so satisfying to watch! After decluttering our home, I've found I have less furniture in every room, more space and more time to enjoy doing the things I love with my family and by myself. Less stuff to tidy/clean = more time!

Finally, not just talking but show them in action too. Love your videos. U show by example n not just talk. Too many other videos by others that talk, talk n more talk but no action shown.

This video was so neat! It was so nice to see the before and afters! This was so refreshing as opposed to just a normal declutter with me videos I come across. Glad I found your channel!

I'd say we're better with money now. We've both cut our hours and just buy less. My mental state is so much better too. Clutter and seeing things I bought that are unused or that I don't like in my space was no good for my anxiety and stress levels. It really does help if anyone else suffers with this x

Yes!!! I have been decluttering for the last year and have a similar looking home as yours. Our two youngest share a room and now have all their toys in their room as well so I now have my living room back!!!

library, library, library! fabulous especially with children.

I can remember nesting towards the end of my pregnancies. Making sure I had all the diapers wipes onesies bibs socks etc etc etc and whatever else they sold I bought. Filling up and preparing that nest. Well next May my baby will be graduating and now it's time to empty the nest. I've started decluttering and preparing for the next chapter. Letting go of what was and welcoming what's to come. Your home is warm and inviting. Thanks for being a breath of fresh air!

I wish my family would see this and actual declutter the whole house! I’m the only minimalist in my home and it’s very frustrating...

This is amazing! I am in the decluttering stage as well, it is amazing how much I got rid of in one year and still have a lot. Practising minimalism definitely changed my buying habit and I am much much more conscious about how I use things as well even in cooking or baking. And it is absolutely true that the more you have the more time consuming and challenging it is to clean. It is also VERY NICE to have a clean tidy space. All that feeling of space after a decluttering session is amazing.

Such a good video everyone usually focuses on how to declutter but to see a video of a true "after" is so inspirational. Also to see that decluttering is a process that takes time not something you can do overnight makes it feel a lot easier to tackle

I just did a major declutter of our home. About 10 carloads and one trailer load. I am not stuffing our junk into small spaces and it feels so freeing. Easy to live with less for sure.

I loved this video! Thank you for sharing the progress of your home declutter! Gives me hope that all doesn't have to be done in a day, or in a week. It can get overwhelming to think that it has to be gone quickly. I work a lot and i don't have too much time to declutter, it feels as if I'm never going to get it done soon enough. My days are spent working and by the time I get home, I'm tired, and I don't feel like decluttering again. But I'm trying to every day. Seeing this video, shows me that it's ok and that progress is being made little by little, and that it does make a difference what you've done to declutter so far, and that even after you declutter, and you think you're done, you can still change things even more!😀👍👍❤️ So glad I found this video!!

great video! I've been decluttering for six months and feel so much better. I'm also picky when I shop and only go when I need something instead of going just because I'm bored. much less waste now.

Wonderful video. I have been working on decluttering for just over a month now. The changes have been so amazing that my husband has joined in with amazing energy I never knew he had. Such a pleasure to walk through the house and see so much open space. Much easier finding items we are looking for in the cleaned out closets, drawers, and cabinets. We are more tranquil and joyful.

60items in 60 mins was great fun and I did it in 20mins! Thanks for the tip

Decluttering is an ongoing journey, which cannot happen overnight but well worth the time and effort. Good job on your part.

Wow you did that in one year with a family? It took me 5yrs of 3monthly declutters to finally be decluttered. Sentimental and craft supplies were the most difficult for me to let go. But I finally did😊 I also let go of a lot of furniture early on. A lot of people dont think of furniture when decluttering. I think decluttering isnt just emptying the spaces we cant see but emptying the spaces we can.

I love reading the comments and seeing that you are inspiring others to declutter and organize their stuff. Keep up the good work Shannon. Love, Mom

DECLUTTER=declutter mind!!! = priceless=peace and tranquility! YAY

I agree....buying bins and baskets is ridiculous. They also take up more space.

Love your before and after decluttering, its so gratifying.

ive been doing that too.. its very liberating and give my excess stuff to people who want it.I cleared out my cupboards and the shed and left the good stuff on the berm in front of my house with a big note saying "FREE STUFF" and in 24 hours it was all gone.. tennis raquets.. skateboards,mattresses,furniture,chairs,household stuff like plates and glasses,a BBQ,.. it all went.. and now I have an empty shed.

I LOVED this. I wish I had documented my minimalism journey this closely, it was very interesting to see yours! I would say my life is so much simpler since I've begun my never ending decluttering quest. Like you said, less time shopping and organizing. But also less time online window shopping and more peace of mind. I definitely became more conscientious of what I wanted to bring into my space and into my life. Thanks so much for this video!!

Your house looks so much better now! I am in the process of decluttering myself. Currently doing my bedroom as I want to paint and change things but decided that I wouldn't do that until everything was sorted out and decluttered. I have a spinal disability so can only do a small amount at a time but I already feel so much better knowing that behind the closet doors and drawers there is so much less stuff and what there is organised. I still have one third of my closet to down size and my dressing table, which has seven completely full drawers! My local charity shop loves me lol x

Thank you for the effort you put into making this yt over a year to show the difference, it's inspiring. I'm about 12mths in myself & use yt's like yours to keep me focused. I'm decluttering to see if the house is too big for me or if it's the amount of stuff in it that feels like a weight on me. I'm even decluttering the garden pots/tools etc. If anyone reads this in Australia we have rubbish recycling for electrical things, everything from toasters & hairdryers through to TVs & general cords. Thanks again for you YT, I really enjoyed it and your style of presentation.

I love that you go back over areas and find more to declutter!

"Man Declutter" made me laugh because I pictured your husband being tossed out in the trash, LOL.

Biggest change for us was impulsive and unnecessary purchases. We are still working on decluttering, we started about 6 months ago and we still have way too much, but watching your video let's me know that it's a work in progress and will not happen over night. I have kids that are at all different phases (9,6,14 months) so it seems like some items I'm going to be holding on to for forever 😱

Good for you! You should be proud of yourself and I hope you're finding more time for family fun, reading, and other things you like. Wishing you all good things!

I have a lot of bags but I only use 2 of them until 1 broken down and still I wasn't ready to let go, but after a week I disposed it. Now I only have one haha, and those in cabinets, I have to check on them today. When i declutterred ysday, I found things that I needed for my mobile and rings that we've been looking for. Thanks for this😊

I am not a minimalist, but have spent the last year purging items we don't really enjoy or use I think of this as simplifying and my life is much easier with less household inventory to manage and clean.

Our house seemed very uncluttered, I had been getting rid of stuff for two years, but it was a large house so still a lot of stuff. We decided to move to a smaller house when we retired, but a surprise happened, our big house sold in one day and we didn't have much time to move. Everything we brought with hardly fit. It has taken us two years but we finally fit nicely in our new cottage. We had a lot of antiques and kind of valuable things so it has been an income generating declutter. One thing that helped me was to take pictures of some sentimental things at we really didn't need or have room for. I have a folder in my computer and can look at them.

This is amazing! I hope I can get down to this one day. I am a minimalist in a house of hoarders so every time I declutter there is more within a month and I am back to square one...

Awh lovely to see. And you ended up with a beautiful third baby after all 😊❤

Yay! Great video, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, it's awesome how it builds momentum and we can see how decluttering gets easier. My house feels so much cleaner and Bigger now. Most of my bottom kitchen cabinets are empty and I still have all I need to run my home for a family of 4!

Enjoying all your videos. I am on a decluttering journey for 2021. You are very inspiring.

There is something so satisfying about seeing the before and after of decluttering. Even if it’s only for you to see how far you’ve all come. I’m also decluttering and simplifying. Only keeping what I use and what I need as much as possible., Thought there will always be some sentimental items I want to keep they are far less now than they used to be. Or as Marie Kondo says: The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.

Wow, you are an inspiration to me. I have been decluttering for about 3 months and I live alone.....but it is 65yrs of clutter, no all clutter! I’ve donated a lot and thrown away a lot but there is so much stuff!!!!! One never realizes how many things they have they desire to get rid of the clutter and live and mor minimalistic life. My 2 children are now grown and I have amazing grandchildren. Thank you so much for the great video and I look forward to watching more of your video❤️

You have made life so much easier for yourself and I am doing the same.Bring it on a stress free life’s!

This is awesome!! Congrats on living a more relaxed and clutter free style!! I love how you reflected about decluttering... thank you for sharing!!

I started decluttering about 6 months ago, and I already notice that my buying habits have changed. I just do not buy something unless we absolutely need it because I am so aware that we already have way too much. Also, on the rare occasion we do buy something, there is space for it in the house so less stress. Thanks for this video.

Congrads. I got rid of 30 pictures today. I took them off the wall, put them in a box, and gave to good will. I'm on my wall to de-clutter and give away what I don't need.

Amazing job you did! I laughed out loud when you said "We have 2 kids and 20 cups"! haha, I feel you on that. You motivated me to get started in the kitchen.

I’m on this journey, myself. It’s really hard when kids are little. Mine are teenagers, so things are muuuuuch easier now. My last stop is my garage, then maintenance. I can’t wait to see how you progress!

Great ! I just got started ! I dumped 2 bedrooms ! Now to load the trailer ! Next is the 3 rd bedroom rather storage room! Empty it I hope tomorrow! And I hope to have help to load up for dump ! Then to start outside buildings !!

This post is still going strong and inspiring people to declutter!!

House is looking great. I've had huge clear outs and I'm still finding things to de clutter 18 months on. It's such a great feeling though when all the stuff is gone,

New subscriber here because you have inspired me to continue on my decluttering journey! Great videos!

This was encouraging to watch again. Just finished decluttering my kitchen last week and plan to move on to my patio and patio closet this week.

I loved seeing this, I really related to so many things you said. I’m 19 months in and still finding more we don’t need. I live that you still have decor.

You are doing a great job! I have so much stuff right now and come January of 2020 I’m decluttering.

Awesome job , your kids are really going to benefit from your changes

I started decluttering 2 years ago. At first it was pretty hard, but after a few months of continually getting rid of things, I felt more and more relieved and much more focused on my work, my studies and all the things that really matter to me. After 2 years I cannot recall half of the things I got rid of, which is the final proof that they weren't important to me. I'm much happier now :-)

This is more called maintaining a decluttered home. Because your house is already decorated. You are just growing with it and keeping it decluttered as stuff comes in and out of your life and you grow out of things. That's the hardest part for a lot of people. Good job.

Loved this video!❤Such a dramatic transformation- very inspiring!👍For me, the biggest difference since paring down is how much easier it is to keep things clean. We have hardwood floors throughout our home and we decided to remove all the area rugs. Now we have no need for a vacuum cleaner. It is much easier to sweep and mop floors, so they are getting cleaned more often.

I really appreciate your video you just helped me a great deal.. congratulations im starting with one room nd breaking it down into sections because it is very over whelming. Thank you

Bins are stackable. My daughter's family moved so much that they finally bought bins instead of moving boxes. One big stack in garage when not in use. Says that's the best idea they ever had for moving

Minimalizing is an ongoing process, but easy to think we’ve done enough, you’ve inspired me to make another go around. Thanks for sharing!

I really enjoyed this! It's so freeing, isn't it? The transformation is amazing!

You are living the life! Good for you!

I found decluttering so therapeutic for me,couldn’t love my space more now

Thank you for showing what a long term project this is. I’m amazed at how there is always something to get rid of, and my children are grown and out of the house 🤗