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I teared up a bit when the wife said "nothing makes you buy fast food more than a messy kitchen". I can totally relate to that. I'm on a minimalist journey myself. Glad I came across your video and I've subscribed.
For real I have ADHD and my executive function can be so awful. If my dishes are not clean I don't have enough fuel in my mental tank to do dishes and make food.
I love seeing a young couple come to the conclusion that minimalism was the right thing to do. Sometimes we complicate things and they don't have to be complicated. Great job family! Beautiful home
I'm 20 with 2 toddlers and I came to that conclusion at that you can't keep everything at around 15/16 and went through phases of cluttered and then decluttering ... now at 20 my home is very minimalist for a family of 4 in under 700 sq ft 2 bedroom house x
Aww thank you 😊❤️.. of course young kids will bring messes with them.. but it’s definitely possible to keep a minimal home to make it “less” that way 😂
"Nothing makes me go get fast food faster than coming into a cluttered messy kitchen and having to clean before i can cook a meal." GIRL! You just totally spoke my language!!! Subscribed & rang the bell right there my dear - YES!! ^_^
It's funny once upon a time I would have thought all those empty surfaces was cold and empty looking, but now I think it looks amazing. I still have things out but it's so little compared to what I used to have. Loved seeing your home.
Your apartment is beautiful! Your filming and editing is really good too. This is the first I’ve come across your channel and it makes me want to leave my house and everything in it, and start fresh, with a minimal space. Lol.
So cool to see you as part of this collab with Dawn from The Minimal Mom. You guys definitely deserve it and I hope your channel grows even bigger. Such an inspirational couple.
Every time I watch your videos it makes me want to declutter a little more each time. Thanks for the motivation to remove the things from my life that add stress for my family of 4!
I also have three children. 3 kids in 3.5 years. I also have minimal things. My best compliment was when an acquaintance stopped over and asked if we were moving....lol!! I feel less is best!
This is the first video I have seen of yours. Your home is so peaceful. I love it. Congrats to you both for embracing minimalism. I wish I would’ve known about it when my kids were young.
Also am a minimalist, mom to only one toddler but it is overwhelming. Came from a 2500 SQ ft to 669 SQ ft apartment after separating from her father. This was definitely inspiring as I sit here decluttering again
Omg, this video spoke to me 100%! I'm sitting on our couch, surrounded by clutter! I've been working on decluttering, but still have so much more to do. We're moving in a month, and I'm determined to move less than half of our current stuff!
Amber O'Leary that's great declutter before you move,I never did that and moved from family home into small home and I'm still decluttering 3 years later.God bless
Wow! Thank you for sharing all that with us. It is so good to see a family of five with young kids do what you did. Inspiring! Your video gave me 'permission' to not have things like a throw blanket or a kid's dresser just because that's what everyone has. I have let go of other things like 6 sets of silverware or 12 mugs that matched the dishes and I thought that was revolutionary (thanks, Joshua Becker)! It is funny how new and strange the whole concept of minimalism can be to some of us and how sometimes I need to be given permission by a stranger that it's ok to let go of an item.
This is so sweet Lisa ❤️.. we have definitely felt the same way. When we hear/see someone else no longer keeping something we would and seeing them still “happy” and “ok”... we would always be like wow!! I guess we can do it!! 😊
Love this!!! I love how more & more people are getting into minimalism 🤗 so many have a misinterpretation of minimalism... also kids don't really need as much as we think. Often they have soooo many toys and just use 2 or 3 lol. God bless you and your family!!!! 👍🏼 Cool editing skills too btw
Love you guys! What a beautiful family! I love your serene space! I have found that toys impede our children's play and so with each child we have reduced our toys ...now with 5, we hardly have any, they play so much better together, deeply, imaginably, creatively! Our kitchen table is a castle, a pirate ship, a plane... anything their minds can muster up. They don't need THINGS to play imaginatively. I wish I had known that before I bought out ToysRUs.. but live and learn:) You guys are ahead of the game!
Love how you both take turns to share details about your organized home. Thanks for sharing. Discovered y’all due to Dawn and the Mega March Motivation playlist. Keep up the great work and thanks for your ideas.
Thank you for all the tips! We are a family of 4 and a puppy learning this new lifestyle. Also wanted to let you know that I learned how to make my own cleaning products. You can google but are very simple ingredients like cleaning vinegar, dish soap, baking soda. I have children also and those commercial products are scary once you become a parent. So glad your son is well! God bless you all.
All your "befores" reminds me of me 😅. My daughter's room is so filled with toys that the door cant even open. Toys have taken over every part of my home, especially the living room My place will only be clean for a day and then get messy the next day. I'm on a decluttering journey. I hope to become a minimalist one day.
I love that you gave very specific, tangible ideas for beginner minimalists. I've been searching forever for a video just like this. You have a lovely family. Thanks for sharing!
I don't have kids but the way you describe your journey and previous issues is so relatable. Makes it easy to immagine the situation and draw parallels, and get an inspiration to just get up and do the same... It's also easy to adjust the ideas (like: kids' room vs. Home office, playing vs. Working,boxes for toys vs.binders). Thanks!
I’ve watched so many videos of how to be a minimalist for myself and trying to put that with my family it’s been HARD! I’m so happy I found this channel I’m binge watching ❤️
Wow, this is really refreshing, I love this! We also have s family of 5, and I could not agree more with everything you have done. From the limited bulk items you keep at home, to the clothes that you keep for the kids, all spot on! Now if only I could get my wife on board...
I love this! Thank you for your transparency. We're just now out of the baby/preschooler phase with our kids and looking at this video made me wish I could have seen this ten years ago when I first became a mom. I knew about minimalism but I didn't know many people living with a family in apartment like we did for 11 years. Keep doing what you're doing. Your calm voices and inspiring tones are so encouraging. I love seeing the clean kitchen the most!
Awww thank you Emily ❤️... we love this comment so much. Even hearing you say that is so relatable because even we think about “what if we knew this sooner” all the time. We are just glad that we are where we are today. We are really happy you loved this video... and I think all of us with kids can truly appreciate a clean kitchen 😂😂
hearing you talk about your kitchen makes me realize that the reason why i struggle with finding cabinet space to store items from the counter is because my cabinets are filled with items we dont even use whereas whats on the counters are used daily...but i have a hard time getting rid of whats in the cabinets because although we do not use them often , they come in handy when they are needed lol ill have to make some tough decisions thanks for sharing !
Hey Angelica ❤️.. yes that is the hardest part! We definitely struggled with this and still do time to time. It’s easier to make that quick decision of “will I even use this in the next 30 days?” If not, you have permission to get rid of it 😊
As a parent I can't agree more! I followed Marie Condo tips. It made decluttering a ton easier. And she explaines the emotional part. Now, Less stress, less cleaning time, less anxiety from cluttered home. Often it is all junk clutter. After implementing mininalism, clean house most of the time, even when it is 'cluttered' I can set it up in 10-15 minutes, if totally messy 30 min max. before tidying up would take couple hours. As a Mom I am certain clutter was affecting my cortisol levels. I did want to spent more time with family, with myself, at the same time had to keep the house clean and often I would procrastinate and end up with not presentable home at all. Now it is fresh and calm 90% of time and kids learn to be organised and grow to love tidyness, clean environment and adds up as a bonus when they watch you and learn not to spend money on junk and be mindful and purposeful, that is great thing to have. Now I don't have to re organise all that waste clutter, it is all donated, now that time goes for me , family, things I love and truly enjoy. I even started making my own art haven't been drawing since high school. I have time now for that. Home meals 95% of time. Less stressed out, happier parents automatically become better parents! And as a result happier kids! Win win!
Just what I was looking for! I live in a smaller house. It’s four of us going on five and the system we have isn’t working! I know the moment the next baby is here I will be up to my eyeballs in stuff I need to clean. I have a really hard time getting my husband on board with decluttering the kids stuff. The kids have the most stuff in this house. So motivating to see your family!
This video is amazing! As a mom, I feel like all I do is clean, and clean, and clean some more yet my house constantly looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years. It's so overwhelming and stressful at times... Sometimes, well most of the time, I find that minimal videos seem too extreme or not functional/livable. You've gotten your home to a point where it's realistic and achievable. I'm about to work on one room at a time and hopefully I can get our house on a more minimal journey.
New subbie here. I really enjoyed your hone tour. We’re just starting our minimalist journey - same reason why: kiddos. We started off in control but now it’s gotten to the point where we are managed by our things. A few months ago I picked up around the house three times in one day and really watched my kids play. It was eye opening. They’d pick an ugly plastic toy up, put it in mouth, and then chuck it down. Repeat. They weren’t playing. They were just touching. All day I watched and picked up and thought about how tired I always was and how my brain felt cluttered like I couldn’t make a decision because there was so much visual and emotional clutter. That’s what started it off. I’d box up those annoying little people dolls and all the broken or missing stuff and they wouldn’t ask for them and I got braver over time. I’ve reduced by about 50% including our adult stuff and I am feeling sooooooo much better. I have more to do but if this is the start I can’t wait to let go of more. And omg I love how much easier it is already to clean up
Yes!!! We felt the exact same way. We had no idea how much exhaustion was caused by the visual clutter and the constant picking up toys and things we didn’t know we had all over the house. It sounds like you are on the right track ❤️
Love how involved your husband is!!! I was married to a traditional Greek husband that thought the home was my responsibility since I was the wife and he worked. Lol im single today in my early 50s. I teach my teenage son how to cook and clean and he is proud to do both. The only room I dislike is babys nursery. I would prefer if it was my space to put all the kids in the large room and use the smallest room for office and workout space. The babys room just looks depressing and confusing to rest in. The rest of your home is idelliac and im so envious i just can't understand the baby space. Just my opinion.
Awww thank you Raquel ❤️.. we’ve definitely had to rework and rearrange quite a bit with this small space. We will be moving soon and we plan to have most of the workout equipment separate... stay tuned for a future tour 😊
Great job parents! Lovely family I’m so happy to see you are both realizing that minimal is perfect for your family. So great to see what you’ve done..definitely have that safety of placing your chemicals away from the young ones...great job! 😊🙌🏼💝
Awww Daisy thank you... this comment is everything... we just hope that through our story, other families can see the peace that minimalism can bring to any home ❤️❤️
the dining room table is totally real ours is always full of homework, chargers, everything like you said that no one wants to put back in the right spot.
This is so motivational and inspiring... even before the trend of minimalism my husband hs always been so practically minimalist all his life and i get annoyed at that time but now I appreciate him more and realize that being minimalist is living a simple abundance the very basic necessities.
I like and agree with the idea that if you keep things only to the point you can put them in the cupboard, having less stuff definitely makes it much easier to organise.! Love the lounge without coffee table and side tables. I got rid of mine 5 years ago and never miss them.
Congratulations on being part of the colab! So grate to see a husband and wife working on minimalism together. You are a lovely family! What a blessing that you've discovered this early in life and can pass on great habits to your children! God bless.
Our living room is quite minimal, but decorative pillows and blankets make me frustrated when they fly in all directions. Think it's time to let them go!
This was super helpful!! The before and after of the kitchen/dining area looks soooo much like mine right now and it stresses me out. Thank you for showing and sharing your space!! ✨💟 We have 5 kids in a 3 bed house so I know the struggle of trying to keep each room with one purpose but sometimes you have to improvise. Every room you showed looks great. Beautiful family!
5 kids!! That’s amazing... having a family and keeping the home tidy is definitely a challenge, but thankfully when we started to minimize everything it became much more manageable ❤️
You guys are GOALS, but, like actual realistic goals!! I have little ones too and although we don't have a crazy amount of toys, it's still overwhelming when they spread out. Do you guys JUST have those few bins of toys? That keeps them entertained enough? Im thinking of super decluttering and just spending as much time outside as possible during the warm months. Thanks for your content, been binge watching it today 😅😅
Aww thank you ❤️. Yes, that’s all we have for toys and just changing them up once in a while works wonders! We like the ones that encourage them to be creative like blocks and magnets. Just like you, we would rather our kids be outside as much as possible 😊. Binge away, we’re so glad you’re here ❤️
I'm in this process right now I've always been a neat person but the older I get I want to scale back alot . Did my office and it's great .Stuff thats all it is if I bring something new in something has to go out. Loving it so far .
You are both very inspirational, I have been on my minimalist journey for a few months now, it has been amazing, I had enough stuff to fill a large 5 bedroom house but we live in a two bedroom house. I have sold and given away 80% of all the stuff. Life is good.
I love that this is has been a team effort between you. It's fun to do this together. My husband enjoys a tidy home but our tidy definitions are very different. 😉
This is so inspirational!!! I also live in a family of five (with me) but my family is very messy and I'm the only minimalist here and it's kinda hard (for me) to always see the kitchen with a lot of stuff, and the room of my brothers with a lot of stuff over there and i try my best to keep clean the spaces (most the kitchen) but my family don't like this lifestyle :( But your house is like a dream!!!
What a life changing transformation! Such a beautiful home. Also, I totally feel you on the kids getting into stuff. We had to call poison control TWICE because our daughter ate her toothpaste. After the first time we *thought* we put it where she couldn't reach it, with baby-proof locks.... but, nope. It's now in a cabinet with a very unattractive combination lock.
Hey Cassafrass ❤️ thank you so much! And yes, it can be challenging trying to find ways to keep kids away from products 😂 glad you’re daughter is ok and you figured out a clever way to hid it 😊
I love this !!! You did a great job editing and this is s motivating me to get rid of more. I've started decluttering but it's no where near as much as Y'all have. I need to go through the house again 😅
Hey Karrie ❤️ awww thank you so much!! Having our house like this has really helped us maintain so much easier.. we can’t imagine going back to the clutter with having 3 kids and trying to keep it tidy!!
Love your videos, i am a mother of 4 kids, and i want to became a minimalist!!so i can be more in peace and clean the house more easy!!thank you for the good advice!!wish your lovely family the best and greetings from the netherlands 😃
Omg loved this video! Always was curious on all the stuff you owned!!💗 could you do a budget video soon, like how much spent on food, and kids especially ! Trying for a baby and not sure how much to budget a month for a baby 😊 Love your channel& cute little family!💗
We did try those and since we don’t own the home, we would leave permanent damage in them when we would remove them... we tried some less durable ones too, no luck 🙁
I love your home! You did a great job. Good for you discovering the real needs of your family. Kids don’t need bath toys. Get a bath and get out! 😬You can always sing sings at bath time. ✳️ One thing you could do - remove the label off your kitchen trash bin. I’ve noticed those labels make things look messier.
New subscriber here! Your home is so peaceful and beautiful. I'm glad I found your channel. I'm trying to minimize and declutter and your home is very inspiring.
