I think it’s great you enjoy being minimal. I tried it and it wasn’t for me. I entertain often and those serving dishes take up space, plus I have a lot cookware and small appliances i enjoy using! It’s nice to see how others do things. Thank you for sharing your space with us.
But if you keep the serving trays and small appliances you use and enjoy, that can still be minimalist! I hear so often people think that minimalism is beige and empty houses, but minimalists can have colorful homes with lots of fun stuff, Sarah's minimal home might not be the same as yours, but it's all about keeping what you use and love, and getting rid of the rest! Not just getting rid of everything that takes up space!
@@faithcritchfield1066that may be leaning towards more minimal with only having what you love or use, but it is not minimalism. This kitchen is beautiful, well organized and large with a lot of storage space. I love it. It is not minimal.
If I am being honest, your kitchen only looks minimalist because it’s big, there is nothing wrong with that. I’m just saying it because I have a small kitchen and it’s much more difficult for it to look minimalist/tidy. I love your big kitchen! You inspired me to create my own baking cupboard and I’ve never gone back. It functions so well! I also use cutting boards to help keep my counters looking organized.
Agreeeeeeed. We have very minimal amount of things and it still is cluttered simply because we have a very small kitchen where basically only one of us can be in at a time. Not possible for us
I agree. All those things would never fit in my kitchen! I have 3 lower cabinets+ under sink and 1 regular sized upper cabinet and 1 skinny. To me, that kitchen is huge!
Her kitchen doesn’t look minimalist to me. It looks like a well organized, clutter-free kitchen, leaning toward the maximalist side. Perhaps she used “minimalism” in the title as click bait bc it’s on trend, but I didn’t hear her call it a minimalist kitchen in the video.
A gentle reminder about minimalism: Minimalism looks different in every home, because minimalism is not about getting rid of everything you can possibly live without, or trying to make your home look like a show house, it's about only living with what you use and love, for some this will be very little, and for others a lot more. I feel so sad whenever I hear "minimalism isn't for me, I like color too much!' or "I can't be a minimalist I have too much stuff that I use all the time!" Anyone can be a minimalist, and everyone's minimalist home will look different. Joshua Becker defined minimalism: "The intentional promotion of the things we most value, and the removal of everything that distracts us from them" Thank you for reading!
I also recently read a very well worded definition that included "based on the space". She has a huge kitchen so she can keep a good amount of optional (nice to have) items such as the ice cream maker or a popcorn maker and still keep it uncluttered, so she does. People with smaller homes and tiny kitchens will logically opt to reduce them at least as long as they are in the small space.
Everyone can do minimalism in their one way, but there is a standard for it. Minimal means minimal amount, quantity, or degree. Her kitchen is well organized, but it’s not minimal. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Minimalism is on trend so some would like to identify as being “minimalist” when it might just be their fantasy self.
@@MichelleNovalee I agree with this. There are some RU-vid channels that call themselves minimalist but to me it looks like an average amount of stuff. Just because you say you got rid of 75% of your belongings doesn’t mean that you are a minimalist. It could just mean that you went from an excessive amount to a normal amount of things. Which is great but not necessarily minimal.
@@MichelleNovaleevery true. Very few people who call themselves a minimalist are not. They feel that they live with less than they once did or are organized and tidy means they are. I own so much less than I once did but don’t call myself a minimalist. I just say that I tend to be more minimal. Lol
I know you don’t love the white of your kitchen and I prefer colour too. However I do love how bright your kitchen is. Nothing is worse than trying to cook in a kitchen that feels dark . Loved the video Sarah thank you for sharing
If you watch the video from 3 years ago where she revelas her kitchen renovation (where they took out wooden cabinets and replaced with white everything) she says and I quote "in my house I like everything to be light and bright. I like white, i like gray. When it came to white cabinets I was like YES, i love the look of white cabinets." And now she says she does not like white kitchens, they only did it for resale value, and she personally likes colour and wood. It is not only weirdly dishonest, but also ungrateful.
“Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have found that 99.9% of bacteria placed on a wooden chopping board begin to die completely within minutes. After being left at room temperature overnight, there were no remaining living bacteria on the wooden boards the next day. In comparison, cheaper plastic cutting boards had very little effect on dangerous microbes.” Girl you can use raw meat on your wood cutting board! Walnut or maple are the best for that!!
It’s a lovely kitchen and very pretty and functional. It didn’t seem in the slightest bit minimalist tho very intentional (of course everyone does minimalism differently but my non-minimal kitchen has less stuff in it than this!)
"In the freezer, we keep things that people normally keep in the freezer, which is frozen foods." 😂 Sorry, but that was hilarious. It's totally something i would say if I were showing off my kitchen to someone. 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Wow you always post the perfectly timed videos for me to watch! Currently organizing my whole home including kitchen. Struggling to figure out a good permanent system for the pantry. 😅
I recommend soda can racks/dispensers for canned goods. Lazy Susan's are great. I have the copco under sink lazy Susan for bottled items like vinegar and oils.
I love simplicity in my kitchen. I have learned to upgrade some things in my kitchen (like my knifes, cutting board and containers, and pans) that I would use more often and got rid of many kitchen gadgets I never used. Since I have to use my kitchen daily; making it easy to clean and have a home for everything has become such a huge blessing: time management in my day, it’s aesthetically pleasing to my eye, and i enjoy the space while using it.
I want to reorganize my kitchen now! I remember watching you clean your kitchen and thought how easy it was for you to maintain. I would love to see where your kids okay and how you keep that organized. I don’t have as many children as you but I already know we keep way too much stuff and it is not efficient as I’m sure yours is. I’m ready for more inspiration! 😊
I love your kitchen and enjoyed your video. Thank you for talking us through your rational for doing things the way you do. I need to reorganise our kitchen due to increasing age and mobility issues and you've given me some super ideas. God bless you.
This was such an inspiring video! Thank you so much for sharing! I want to have a minimal organized kitchen like this but I have to wait until our kitchen is finished lol. My husband has been building everything from scratch, bless his heart. We started that project back in January 2021... 😅since then we have had two babies and now having a third lol. One day we will get it finished and will have it beautifully organized like yours ❤
thanks for sharing!! i love getting inspo for how to organize cupboards as i am still trying to find what works for me in my kitchen!! you gave me some really good ideas!!
The plant in your kitchen is called "wandering jew" Its a very lovely and forgiving plant (sun loving and can thrive on less watering. I have one in my living room that I absolutely love!
I don't have clear counters, but I have taken a lot of things off like the cooking utensils, salt, peper, butter, coffee stuff and even the toaster. I find that just having these things up on an open shelf helps to make the counters easier to clean. I don't have a place for my microwave off of the counter and I haven't gotten over using it yet. The only things I want on my counters are my stand mixer, our family basket of water bottles and my food scrap bin. I haven't found out how to do dishes without a drying rack on the counter even with a dishwasher, I think ideally that would be in a cabinet but my kitchen is really small so I don't know that I'll ever be able to make room for it. I find it interesting to see how others use their space, thanks for sharing.
I love your videos SO much! Just a small request, many times I listen to your videos while I drive. Any chance you’d be open to wearing a microphone when you chat when in your kitchen? Thanks! I love listening to your videos!
I do believe it’s minimalist because there’s nothing there without a specific function. No extra decor or anything it’s a functional minimalist kitchen. And that’s a good thing because you cannot function much with strictly minimal supplies while you’re making meals 6 days a week.
It’s a very well organized kitchen. Not very minimal, but that’s ok. Not everything has to be minimal just because it’s on trend. Minimal: of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible. But it’s a very beautiful and organized kitchen.
You look GREAT in this color dress! I love how there are SO MANY varying degrees of minimalism, depending on size of family/supplies needed/other. I LOVE living minimally with my 3 kids. I am going to try "segregating boards". I've seen them in your vids, but never realized "the why" for those. I am DOWN with the sense that you made regarding how things look "streun about" and how your sb's help with that challenge! Link your knives? I'm not sure what brand you said and I'm on the hunt for long-term, sturdy kitchen knives. Your website is up!! (😂 Late to the party.) YES!!!
When you built this kitchen you were the ultimate beige influencer. Why not just admit that your style changed? There's like 7 years of videos of you being thoroughly beige
Well, I’ve been following her since she had the other channel and I remember she saying in the kitchen tour that she would like more color on the cabinets.
Great video❤ I really relate to how you feel about vluttered spaces😅. Also I would love to know where your compost bin is from and to hear you talk more about how you compost!
I enjoyed this tour! It is okay that you feel weird doing them. . .but thank you for giving in. :) I feel like I recall you showing the homeschooling section of cabinets maybe a year ago or more? Do you use your mason jar lids often? I appreciate your well-organized uncluttered space.
I envy people who have clear counters. I need to have lots of things out as i use them multiple times a day and don’t want to search for them. I need a kitchen twice the size of mine!
Love you and your functional kitchen! 💗 Working on mine too 🌸 Nourishing meals made 3x a day & so little space in our 900 square foot condo for a family of 4. Oh 🇨🇦 better housing prices please! Making it work though and starting to love our kitchen! Side note: Blueland is awful. Not all the products work well and they never fixed a problem I had. Will not be returning to them, sadly.
I love the brightness of your kitchen but I get the all white kitchen. We are planning a reno next summer and the “debate” between us is white or off white cabinets with a darker countertop or stained cabinets with light countertops, the backsplash has been picked out, if we could find find a quartz or porcelain slab that is close to the tile in color and movement (it’s called Angora) then we would totally do the slab on countertop and backsplash as the colors would go well with light or dark cabinets. We will have 2 small walk in pantries, one on either end of the long wall (we have a large galley) and 1 will be for bulk food storage and the other all the small, not daily use appliances and large pots that won’t fit in the deep drawers on the other side of the kitchen- in between each pantry will be lower deep drawers and 2 glass front uppers in the center with stained wood shelves on either side to hold cookbooks, plants, decor, and a small microwave and the counter will also have our electric kettle and coffee pot and one drawer dedicated to hot drink items and the mugs and spoons for them. The other side has the range, fridge, sink and dishwasher and deep drawer lowers and uppers will hold dish/glassware and food stuffs and storing our glass storage ware and the corner counter by the fridge will hold my much used KitchenAid stand mixer and iPad. Otherwise, nothing in my countertops as I, too, dislike clutter anywhere. I love your set up and all you do!
Hi, Sarah! Did you rid of your wonder oven? Only asking because we have been considering investing in one. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the appliance as a whole!
What kind of cutting board do you use for raw meat? Switched over to a wood cutting board but also makes me nervous putting raw meat onto something porous!
Sarah- we are about to order our kitchen cabinets- are your drawers the dovetail type? Or the regular ones? What is your favorite feature of your cabinets?
Just wondering, but didn't you used to do makeup tutorials like a long time ago? If so, I used to watch you a loooong time ago. I forget what platform it was on, but you were a huge inspiration to me. You just look sooo familiar to me. So sorry if this is weird! I just remember watching you, and you JUST had your first born. Maybe second. Now you have 5? Amazing. Glad to see you doing other things!! Again, hope this isn't weird. 😊💙
Für mich ist Gesundheit Luxus. Meine Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeiten (Laktose, Fruktose) + Reizmagen/-darm haben da einen großen Einfluss. Man schätzt die Dinge oft erst, wenn man sie nicht mehr hat. Einfach ohne Sorge außer Haus essen gehen wäre schön.
Anyone know where I can find a produce basket like the one you can see on her shelf at about 8:43?! Been looking for one just like that!! Didn’t see it on her Amazon list 😊
I’d say it is minimal in comparison to the average kitchen that I’ve been in. Most everyone that I know have excessive amounts in their cabinets and drawers. I was surprised that I personally have less in my kitchen for our family than what she has. But it is all personal preference.
It’s not minimal or even close to. What it’s called is being very on trend and it’s very well planned out I’ll give her that. In terms of minimalism , I don’t think she should try to shoot for wearing that badge as though it’s an honour. It’s not being minimalist in real life is being poor. The rest are just people jumping on a trend that seems to include buying more crap then discarding it on repeat. The regular decluttering masks a real obsession with accumulating things via shopping addiction.
You should unplug your charger if not in use. It’s a waste of electricity and bad for your wallet and the planet. Also, are you not recycling? It’s important to start if you’re not.
I don’t think you should tell people what to do. I do think being thoughtful about minimizing our impact on the planet is important. However, people should come to it in their own time and own way… that makes it more likely to become a lifestyle. Just saying
When you built this kitchen you were the ultimate beige influencer. Why not just admit that your style changed? There's like 7 years of videos of you being thoroughly beige
