Seasonal & Transitional Homemaking + PURGE 

I took a little break in the middle of the day to watch your video and my 3 year old daughter walked in the room, looked at the screen and said "She looks beautiful." Just thought that was nice and I should pass the message along 😊 Have a wonderful day!

I have 4 sisters, and together we have 7 daughters, spread out over 18 years. Some clothes- especially special occasion dresses and coats - have been worn by most of them. Managing hand-me-downs was a huge task…I feel your pain. Seriously you are far more organized in approach than I ever was!

The two antique dressers are TREASURES! The dreaded purging of clothes and decor are lifted off your shoulders for a few more months! Great job, Kristen.

I love that you keep the socks! I did the same for my daughters, and now we have passed on many of my daughters clothes to my nieces, and it is so heartwarming to see them wearing the cozy PJs and clothes. My girls were pretty easy on things so they have gotten lots of uses over the years. The socks only lasted about two children though lol.

I wish I could have been at that garage sale! 🥰 Also, that spider reaction was the realest thing ever 😅

Decluttering and organizing feels so good. I always like to go through my containers with stored clothes for the upcoming season before I start thrifting. That way I know what I have. I'm so glad to hear that you pass on clothes from one daughter to the next. I know people who don't save the clothes and shopping for new is so expensive.

You are so funny! You seem excited all the time. I am so lethargic and dry that I am drawn to high energy people like you. I enjoyed your video very much. I had a yard sale one time in my life and I said I would never do it again and I haven't. You are right about the amount of work that goes into one. I am very happy for you.

I loved that baby said she wanted to snuggle, so sweet. Kids grow so fast. When you dropped that sweater I knew exactly why hahahaha we get those spiders sometimes too. I call the wolf spiders or brick bats not sure if its the right names. I get just as jumpy when I see them. I hope that one found its way outside. God bless Kristen

Your reaction to the spider was classic! I learned to like them because my mother always said if you have spiders, you don't have roaches! Not sure how true that is, but it makes me feel better! I also recently went through my closet and kept extremely minimal stuff. I feel lighter, and it's so much easier to get ready!! Loved this video!!

I love that feeling of it's all done! Don't have to tackle that again until for a bit. Such an amazing feeling!!! Oh my that spider was huge!!!!! You are a trooper to keep filming. Thanks for all the inspiration!!!

Omg the spider! 😳😖😂 that looked so big!!

Kristen you did a great job going through your family's clothes !!!Big job for 5 of you!!!!Those 2 matching pieces in the little ones room are to be cherished but also beautiful!!!Great job mama!!!!!!Have a great week!!😁🌻🦉🍁👍🧡❤

I really appreciate just how real you are in your clips ...the spider bit was so classic !😂 Thanks thoroughly enjoyed the video xx

Oh Kristen, you are just so stinkin cute! I absolutely enjoy your videos. They always make me smile. You just keep it real, which is so refreshing. God bless & keep you & yours safe this week. See ya again soon. 😊❤😊🙏🙏🙏

The pieces of furniture are absolutely treasures!

Girl yes! I even used my son's old jeans for my daughter and then bought the rest from consignment to make up the difference. Those boyfriend jeans became a thing for people so I was all about it lol

I would never judge you, I think you are a wonderful "normal" person. I admire you very much! We all makes messes and yours is productive. 🤗

I love your videos! I jumped when the spider started moving! Lol if you don’t find it before you go to bed you will need to burn the house down.😂🤣

Those dressers are beautiful and such a gift from your grandmother. ❤

Love how your reaction to the spider.. they creep me out too... great way you have the children's clothes organized..love your channel your so real on here!

I absolutely love the dressers! They are gorgeous! Great finds at the garage sale the rug is beautiful!!

This is my most favorite video you’ve ever done.. then again.. I say that with every video you post. But seriously you are absolutely adorable.

Your reaction to the spider was priceless. Thank you for the laugh. Totally how I react! 😂

I love your videos! I just love your presence.

Love your message of “ keep trying whether it’s hard or not as great” as you want♥️🌈♥️you are light

I just love your home! We have the same style. It's so cool finding someone who has the same style as me. 😊

I have 3 young girls around the same ages as yours. I end up with several shoes without a mate every time I go to declutter them. You’re not alone!

I am in the same season, girl! We just went through a whole house declutter and had a larger scale Garage sale as well! Having a garage sale was a huge motivator for us to let go of what we don't need and also was so rewarding to see others walk away with our beloved items with the joy of getting a great deal ❤ During our annual community wide garage sale, we play Christian radio and it is so amazing how just doing that welcomed people to open up about Christianity at our sale and ask for prayer. In a unique way, God has used our garage sale to do ministry to others. Examples of situations people have opened up about: - a woman buying frames opened up about her son that just died of covid and she was buying the frames to decorate his room with photos of him. We prayed with her for the hard season she was in. And she felt so loved by the time she left. - another lady on the way to her brother's grave saw our sign and decided to stop in. She said she felt so down on her way there and that our kindness really uplifted her today. She felt that God meant for her to come to our sale. - a gentleman came by and saw we were selling quite a few Christian books. He bought a few books and came back just to talk with us. He said he appreciated hearing our Christian music and started asking about suggestions for churches and online sermons. - a woman said she felt so lost in life. She felt so lonely since the pandemic and she decided to finally get out and go to a garage sale. We encouraged her that God has a plan for her and that she is so special to God. After speaking with us she said, "there ARE good people in the world! I really needed a reminder of that today" Many many moments like this happened where God used our garage sale so we feel so led to keep decluttering and having garage sale every year. 🎉

Loved the video and such an inspiration with your organization. Thanks for taking us along

I love that you keep in funny bloopers. You are a joy!

I absolutely love your clothing storage system, I definitely need to do something like this!

For the tired socks and undies: soak for a few hours in hot water in your washing machine with detergent and OXY Clean,then wash as usual.🙌🏻

That was fun. The spider scared me to pieces. I thought it was a Halloween prop. 😊 You got rid of some cute pieces for all the right reasons.

I love that your videos are so real, you are the best Mom. Purging is always so satisfying and it feels good after. All the clothes you tried on I loved❤❤❤❤❤. I’m with you regarding SPIDERS EEK.

You really worked hard to purge and clean out the stuff!! I am hooked on a youtuber called The Minimal Mom. She has greatly inspired me to declutter and purge. You probably know about Dawn who is the Minimal Mom. It's hard with all the clothes and shoes with kids. Good thing your girls can wear hand-me-downs...my 2 sons did! I would have to move the bed to get that spider!! It sure looked like one of those Halloween rings. Yikes!!! Your little girl is so darling! I love the dressers that you inherited! Thank you for sharing your video. You always brighten my day!!

We had 5 girls in our family My mom always bought good shoes. We never wore hand me down shoes because all people, kids have a different wear pattern in their shoes. Clothes are another story.

Tough decisions..great job Kristen. ❤ inspiring too

A simple life easy to manage means less shoes to keep up with

Oh my gosh! I heard "thank you so much tequila!!" When you thanked your sister. I may have heard wrong, but if that is her actual name, I'm here for it!!!!😂😂😂 you're adorable

Omg that spider!!!! I hope you got it !!!! Yes cleaning out every year is a must for me and it does feel great !!! Great job at it !!!!!!

I dont blame u for freaking out about the spider! Love some of the items you're passing along.

So rewarding to have a big organization job completed. I find that 3 pairs of shoes is the right number for my girls and my home. Any more than that and they get lost or they take up to much space in my very small closet 😅

You are so fun! Lol, I thought for sure it was a mouse or a snake!😂 Girl, just smash that spider, it's only as big as your thumb.😁 Thx for the purging inspo. Have a blessed week of fall!🧡🍁🍂

Kristen, you’re doing great! My kids are grown, out of the house, and my son is even married and I have still not gone through their baby clothes! 🙄 One of these days I’m gonna get brave! 😂

Kristen, when that spider fell out on to the floor, I would hv turn off the camera, jerked that iron bed away from the wall & slayed that Spider. A spider on sight, throws my adrenaline into severe overdrive! I would not hv slept in that room until I knew it was really gone. I live in an old house & if you don't act fast, they disappear into the baseboards. Sorry to the people that spare them, can't do it. Loved the two dressers that came from diff sides of the family, look beautiful together. Seems like you were blessed with two very pretty rings that came from diff sides of your family to. God is so good to us!! Enjoyed this video & tks for sharing!!

You reflect the joy of our Lord😊

I totally enjoy that you are so real. You’re fun to watch. Also I went to Junkstock this weekend after watching your video in the spring. It was so much fun ❤. Thank you for sharing!!!

Loved the way you ended the video! 😂. Your so small everything looked great on your! I hope Josh was able to find Mr spidie!

I have been working at dumping out my house too. Its hard to do, but feels so good at the same time. Looks like it was a good garge sale. 🦋

I lost 32 pounds and have been clearing out my closet. Feels good ❤️

Great score on the rug, it is a persian prayer rug!!

You are so fun to watch Kristen! Not only are you so very beautiful, but your humble life is just lovely. I need to de-clutter my whole darn house! I wish I could just "dump" monthly and get it all done! ha ha ahahha That was so funny and you said it straight up! Thanks for sharing another fun, sweet video! 🙂

I have shelf envy seeing your basement! Great job clearing out! 😎

Thank you for the motivation!

Thank you for this video! You are so encouraging!!❤

GIIRRRLLLL I almost died with you on that spider! I have 4 kids. 3 girls, 1 boy. Their seasonal clothes get put in an under bed storage container and anything that doesn't fit in, gets donated.

I love your videos. Your so much fun. I love your fireplace also. You've inspired me to declutter my house.

You keep a beautiful home, Kristen. The fact that you are so organized is very impressive.

Oh my word, thank the Lord that the spider fell out before you put the sweater on. If I put a sweater on and then it crawled out, you’d hear me scream all over the country! 😱🕷️ I think I may need to look for a medicine woman shawl for the now (thank goodness) cool mornings in Texas! Huge dumps twice a year..😂😂😂

Love your videos. You know how to make everyone. Great job. Have a great day.

This was so fun 🧡💚💛🧡💚💛

Love your videos, so refreshing

Kristin huge dumps 😂😂😂😂😂. You are so cute and hilarious. Loved your video. Gets me inspired to clean up my stuff !

You are doing great managing the inventory for three girls and your home is gorgeous. I remember wrangling clothes, shoes, winter items and toys for three boys. 😂

HAPPY SUNDAY Kristen, family, and fur babies. UGGGH THAT SPIDER WILL BITE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE...FIND IT...Thanks for sharing all the things. You are organized Kristen. Being the youngest of 10 I understand completely about things being passed down...HOW precious is the furniture from both sides of the family. We have the Veteran's Truck coming on the 17th so I will do purging next week. They pick up because if I had to take it to donate It would not get done; I would keep forgetting...LOL STTB

Okay, I would of paused and get rid of that thing. I don't know how you continue 😂 so brave!!

Aaaawesome rug!!!

That spider was all kinds of NOPE. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Great job at the garage sale!

Kristen, come to Australia and see the size of our spiders! Great video yet again. Ive just swapped my winter clothes for my summer ones. What a job!

You make me laugh!! I love your videos!!❤

You are so cute! ❤️ I really enjoy your videos. I react the same way to spiders as you do, especially the big ones! I learned if something had been in the closet for a while to shake it out before putting it on. We had two sons 4 yrs apart. Like you, I saved everything from the oldest that he outgrew (that wasnt beyond saving) and boxed them up (no totes back then) in the top of closets for the youngest. When we started raising 2 of our grandsons (also 4 yrs apart in age) I did the same thing. With all of the boys I had to stop when they reached the teen yrs (where we are now with the grands) because their styles became so different.

Thankyou for inspiring me to clean out my closet!!!

I love the dressers. I love it when you can use family furniture. I was able to get a ton of stuff, mostly glass knick knacks, when my husband's grandfather died. So I have stuff to pass onto the kids of the family later. Im also really jealous you're able to do a purge. I've been wanting to do one for a while but that would require everyone to get on board. Lol.

Omg I actually LOVE UR hair this way better 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Glad it all worked out Kristen! Lol Happy girl! Lol

Hey Kristen, I never have commented on one of your videos but I subscribed to you probably on the second one several months ago. I love your sweet disposition and your heart. I love the motivation to purge but I really am giving my opinion on your couches. It’s been my dream to get a beautiful white performance fabric sofa. On my last sofa maybe 2 years ago I chickened out and got a caramel leather one that I love but it isn’t extremely comfortable. So we moved recently and now I have a second living area and I just bit the bullet and did it. I love it but I had almost went with the green you have. I say stick with it, you can always go back to white later, it’s so stunning in your room. This definitely was a top contender for me.

This was great! You're too funny.😂 It's always such a great feeling to get rid of stuff. Cute stuff from the garage sale too.

I love purging. I love the 30 in 30 that is popular in January. 30 bags out in 30 days. Amazing. Then again in fall helps keep things in control.

That spider! 🕷😧 Watching this in my bed and kept thinking there were spiders 😅

Love your hair like this!❤

Loved your video❤

i LOVE YOUR HAIR TODAY...we live in Ohio and the weather can go through all 4 seasons in a day. The temp has dropped about 25 degrees so we dug out sweaters and my husband found his favorite fleece lined seats pants, cause thats how we roll! Seriously though, we *it us just the 2 of us here now) our closers are large enough that I no longer switch seasons, and usually if 1 clothing item comes in, 1 goes to donate or trash, we wear clothes until they fall apart, That v neck sweater is adorable, since you tuck stuff wear a cami under it..Yeah, I don;t like showing skin either

This video brought memories back from my children were small. I thought for sure you had seen a mouse in your clothes pile by the look on your face. Spiders don’t freak me out, but a mouse would make me run out of the room screaming😂😂.❤️

Love the hair. Your are so cute when you seen the spider. When I seen the sweatshirt Michigan ,I was so happy as I am Michigander. I always love your cute personally. I keep on decluttering my stuff, I started a new saying, when bringing in something new and different something has to go out. Good video.

Two dumps a year😂😅!! You make me laugh, you are delightful

I have three of those pieces in my bedroom. I am 73 and they are from my grandparents.

My friend just suggested we do joint yard sale to help declutter our homes. This video might just be my sign to get to business and declutter! Sorting thru the kids' clothes is always difficult for me bc we want to have more kids, but I probably keep WAY too much anyway. Never had a problem with my kids losing shoes, but we buy only barefoot/minimal shoes (and they're pricey) so we keep their shoe count low. They take them off and put them away as soon as we walk inside the house.

You have 3 young girls you do an amazing job!!!

Through the years I have changed all our closets to two hanging rods instead of 1. It doubles the storage. I kept one closet with a single rod for dresses.

I love the sweaters you found for your girls! The second one you showed (in brown) I found the exact same in forest green at a consignment sale recently! My little girl wore it today for the first time and it was adorable. 😁 Great taste 😜

Your try on of clothes you were parting with had me smiling. Felt like I was sitting across from a girlfriend! Especially the crop top piece😂 you crack me up.

Made me go start clearing out my closet 😊 and to many shoes

Greetings from Michigan - good sweatshirt !!

I think your hair looks super pretty like that!

Huge dumps twice a year… and this is why I watch you! 🤣 Ok, I watch you for way more than that but that was hilarious and so real ❤️ I love your home and family and channel! That rug is amazing!

Hey girl! Needed this video tonight. Thanks for being here & posting consistently. Much love. 🦋💜 We need to meet up and thrift. I’m in Nebraska too. Good job on the sale girl!

Girl you just crack me up. 🤣

I jumped so fast when that spider scurried under your bed. Then I just giggled but had the heebeegeebees too. 😅

I love watching your videos! 😂 especially end of this one.😅 it sounds like something I’d say!😂

Hooray for a new video! This is going to sound INSANE...but I had a dream that ran into you while I was out and about and discovered you were super rich. You started youtube bc you wanted to be famous. So your house you live in was like a Hollywood prop house and you pretended you were thrifty. I know, I'm crazy. 🤣🤣