You called them Bag-L’s instead of Bay-gulls 🥹 it’s Bay-gulls and you haven’t had 1 until you’ve had a New York City Bagel - I’ll ship you some as a thank you for all the tips 💪🏽
That was NOT wasted time! I would be glad that the kitchen was organized before I was moving everything else in. Kitchen and bedroom are the 2 things I've always set up 1st. 🥰
I agree, when I moved into my apartment I couldn't even think until I stayed up late organizing the kitchen. The kitchen needs to be functional so life can go on!
Yes! Kitchen, bathrooms & move the beds in first & set the beds with linens for a great nights sleep in the new home! Btw, I think the sellers have to disclose the flood zone😬
Oh my gosh! Thank you for Not cutting out the "angry pantry door" moment, lol. My favorite things about you are how real you are and how you organize for what works for each person. I am looking forward to your unpacking journey as I'll be moving and unpacking in a year. Thank you for all your content!
LOVE your kitchen organization. I personally wouldn't keep cleaning supplies next to the food, but you know if it makes the most sense for your home. About the water - get a consultation about drainage ASAP! We had French drains at our old house that would drain water out to the street during storms. Getting them installed was WAY cheaper than paying to repair flood damage (about $300 per drain in my area 10 years ago). Also, check the basement for signs of previous water damage, around the doors, the baseboards, etc. Also, buy some sandbags to line around where water might try to come in in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the lakefront views!
"It's all about laziness and taking the fewest steps possible especially with the things you use most often" THIS is GENIUS! Your right, placement should be convenient!
OMG, when you yanked the pantry door and everything when flying I laughed out loud. Thanks for being real, Cas...you make me believe I can do it, too! Best of luck on your new house!!!
I completely agree that the kitchen is the first room that must be organized and good to go on Day 1! I lost my husband four years ago this month so I don't laugh very often but you had me laughing so much and I thank you so much for that! I can't wait to see & hear all your stories. Thank you for sharing your world with us. God bless all of you.
Another quick tip - look around to see if there are existing French drains and make sure they're not clogged up. Ours would occasionally get filled with debris where the water was meant to enter them.
@@lfuentes4098 I totally agree. I'd be furious that there was no "FULL DISCLOSURE" before they bought this property, therefore, that contract can be nullified if they chose to do so. That water didn't collect just recently and I'm sure it was going to be very expensive to drain that swamp land and fill it, which is probably why they sold the house.
I don’t know much about French drains but I don’t think they are the answer for your huge problem. You are going to need to bring in some professionals…Do your neighbors on both sides of your property have the same problem? Good luck with it… I don’t think that it will be a cheap fix. You have a great house, have fun with it.
When we moved a year ago, I used birthday money and treated myself to new silicone/wood kitchen tools and a beautiful ceramic container for my countertop. I LOVE IT! It’s decorative and so convenient when I need a spatula, I’m not digging for it (like I’ve done my entire life). I’m all about hiding clutter, but this was a major win for me!
About the “lake” in your yard. You might have a high groundwater table which would result in even small amounts of precipitation causing the pool of water. Are your neighbors dealing with the same issue? Otherwise your yard might be the catchment area of the surface runoff if it is located in a valley. Very interested to hear updates about this.
After I finished laughing WITH you at being angry, I totally related to how you test things after hanging them. YOU are amazing and I so appreciate your sense of humor. Your home is gorgeous and I am so happy for you, except for your now lake-front property. When we move, our bedroom gets the bed and a light and nothing else first. Second is the kitchen. That was now wasted time so don't berate yourself. xoxo
I laughed too! That was so real and natural😂😂 totally not wasted time Cas! And yes- ask a professional for suggestions about the yard so you don’t have to worry. 😊
I am definitely a visual person. I love everything out so I can see it and enjoy it. But it has to be clean and neat. But sometimes I really like clear open clean areas too.
Love how you zoned your kitchen! You can ask your local plant nursery/4-H Master Gardener about your back yard and what plants to use to help with the flooding. Weeping Willows would be a good choice to help soak up all that water as well.
I just helped my sister move, and I got the kitchen ready for her first and foremost! She was so relieved! She told me she was holding off because she was so overwhelmed. But after that, everything was smooth for her. I tried my best to organize everything and told her move what works and doesn’t work, but at least it’s ready to use and clean! I cleaned everything 😮
I do love the kitchen. My favorite spot to complete is the master bedroom. I was a military wife. We moved every 1-2 years. I found that we ate out the first 1-2 days. The bedroom was my sanctuary at the end of the day. A shower and sleep on clean sheets restored me. The kids always bunked in the living room and "camped". The next day I would unpack the kitchen and bath. The third day was the kids' rooms, and then the rest of the house. I must say I do not miss moving! Lol
Your yard is amazing. You may want to consider a "dry creek bed" landscape for your back yard. The way I've seen it done is that you landscape your yard like the water is there all the time, except put nice looking rocks and gravel in to make it look like a dry creek bed when the water is not there. Add hearty plants like rushes and cattails, and not only does it look good when the water isn't there, it saves on mowing and maintaining a yard full of grass, which IMHO is a waste of time and resources. I'm sure there are videos out there that explains this better than I am, but done well it really looks nice. Hope that helps!
I’m at 7:50 into the video and I’m enjoying it. The one thing I would have changed is hanging the measuring cups/spoons on the door of where the spices are stored. Since that is what they would be used for most often 😊
It's definitely not a waste of time. Now that the kitchen is set up, while you move other things, you'll be able to go in the kitchen for a meal/drink/to take a break. It was a great idea. Btw, i love your new kitchen so much.
The minute you mentioned the spice jars and drawer organizer I knew we were kindred spirits! 🤣We just purchased a house and while I haven't bought them yet I already have them saved so I can get them ASAP. I have two magnetic shelves that I keep my most used spices in on the side of my fridge now. You should consider hanging your most used utensils on the wall if they are attractive ones.
"So suck it, Joe" got me to subscribe 😆 Also, it was so relieving to hear an organizer say "sometimes it doesn't work out." Fellow ADHDer here, thank you 🙏
Decanting spices was actually game changing for me. I never wanted to spend the money, but they got so affordable that I couldn’t resist. I have mine alphabetized and they actually fit well which leads me to put them back where they go. Thus miracle of miracle I can find them when I need them. It also makes it where I can easily tell what I need to repurchase.
Congratulations on your New Home and the fastest most efficient Kitchen organisation I have ever seen! 😃👏 Your home is beautiful, and either getting the soakaways/French drains cleared (or installed, which you could do yourselves) would definitely help your garden! If you still have water after that build a pond or natural swimming pool with a stream to divert the runoff away from your Gorgeous Home! And willows will dry out the water too but don’t plant too close to the house foundations! On a side note I have never seen ANY mean spirited comments before on this channel, all this weird pettiness shows is jealousy because you have a lovely new Home (and very well deserved). Being jealous just pushes abundance away from you ladies, it’s the opposite of manifesting, something to consider. Especially as Cas said she had issues of feeling undeserving of her lovely new home in her last podcast. Let’s support her and give her encouragement so she knows her worth keeps wanting to make us all free videos! Well done Cas, and that was so interesting hearing your thought process as to why each thing goes where! 😃💖
Resorting to classifying any critical comment as jealousness is lame and lazy. I have my own "dream" house. I don't like how she says she's going to have people see her on a shoestring budget changes. We'll just look at her craft room. Min $2000 of elfa organization products. Ironic that she simulatenously calls velvet hangers expensive. If she wants to say that ok she's getting expensive container store stuff free because of sponcon fine, but let's not pretend she is on a shoestring budget or cheap. She also churns cheap decor, which is not frugality. (And as someone paying retail for container store, not doing sponcon, I do think their stuff is high-quality and worth the money. But I am not delusional enough to tell myself the $764 after 35% off I just spent on a laundry room wall with the cheapest elfa components is shoestring.)
I have no idea why I never thought of using the inside of the cabinet for measuring spoons and cups! I’ve been rolling these things around in my stuffed utensil drawer! By the way, am slowly weeding out that crowded utensil drawer! Not so easy for moi! Thanks for your cheery helpful videos!! 90k views in a day!!! Yay you Cass!! You’re my most relatable organizer with the adhd!! THANK YOU!!
I totally understand as a person with ADHD I can work hard at the things that inspire me not so hard at drudgery unless it’s crunch time. Happy moving Cass your home is beautiful.
Tip for deep cabinets that are also high up. I think baskets are also a great solution. Store cook books, travel mugs/ tumblers/water bottles. These would get lost in the back before but now it's easy to pull the basket down- get what I need and put it back up
I think I recall in the first vid Cas mentioned the words “flood plane”. Prep prep prep. It is likely only a matter of WHEN not IF, it comes into basement, plan prep NOW what you’ll do. It’ll make things so much easier THEN
Check your subdivision plat (if you live in a subdivision). There may be a detention easement, being the lowest point in the subdivision. Meaning it may happen every time it rains. I sure hope not. Watching you organize your kitchen gave me a few ideas in mine. Thanks! Can't wait to see more.🙏
We moved 8 times our first 11 years of marriage. Yes, kitchen first! Then make beds! Now, in this house 44 year's, so I learn new and improved ways to organize. Thanks!
For the last year and a few months we’ve been sharing our kitchen with one of our adult sons and his wife. In a few days they are moving to their own place, and I get my kitchen back. I’m so excited to have more room and starting all over in organizing it.
If your backyard is a perpetual pond, you could look into some swamp loving/water hungry plants. To help with some stream bank erosion/flooding issues, my friends put in a bunch of willows like 10 years ago and it's helped so much! Definitely reach out to a local garden center though, they are a wealth of information about this sort of thing
Congrats on the new, fab house! It’s beautiful! I’m a military spouse & always unpack our kitchen 1st. 2 weeks ago we had our 12th move in 24 yrs & still have boxes in other rooms but kitchen is done! Love your vlogs & show & hope to be half as organized, positive and happy as you! You go, Cas! ❤️
Thoroughly enjoy your story time with Cas! You never fail to bring a smile to my face and lift my spirits! Thank you for being you and such an inspiration ❣️
I have no dishwasher. So, my plates are above the counter nearest the stove. I get plates, cups, bowls down to serve dinner. I opted for extra storage for cake decorating supplies instead of running to the garage for them. Organizing is different for everyone. Having a really small kitchen can be challenging too. Thanks for your video.
Loveeee the kitchen organization! It makes me rethink how mine is, and I notice that some things aren't as good as I'd like... To be continued... 😅 Also, for the backyard: have a seasoned landscaper (or other pro) come in and assess some things: water table depth, water runoff inlets/outlets, do you need/can you have drainage tiles instlled, etc... We have a super high water table (our subpump runs constantly). We have a hickenbottom and tile running through the backyard to the ditch to help. (We are farmers though, so do the work ourselves lol) good luck!!!
Lol...When we were house hunting, we went during and after a rain. So excited to see how you organize a whole house from a clean slate. Love the zones. Nice pantry, not a fan of cleaning supplies with food items, but you do what's best for you and your family.
Between the "Organizationnnnn!", the slammed door, the pink screwdriver that HAS to do the job, and the new lake, I had a ball 😂. Congrats again on the new house!! And this exercise was not a waste of time at all. I thought it was genius that you set up the food and the cleaning stations before the big moving day. All you have to do now is have the heavy lifters bring the big stuff in and not have to worry about setting the kitchen up at the same time. Great work!
I have my spices in a rack on the inside of a cabinet door. The few that don’t fit and the spare replacements are in a couple of baskets inside the same cabinet. Works really well. I had the same arrangement in my old kitchen too.
If your drawers are large and in-drawer organizers slide around, use some museum gel on them. Keeps everything in place without anti-slip mats or drawer liners bunching up.
Omg, that water is way more than a French drain can handle. I suggested that last week. Take pictures, from every angle and when busy season is here you need a whole landscaping project but you need to show pictures to the professionals. That is big time trenching with excavator Sump pump, maybe not only one, so many sump pump for sure. And the basement, nothing on the floor. No boxes, no cables, everything lifted, only big furniture. Dream space for a roomba. Love the kitchen
Your back yard and house are beautiful. Can't wait to see how you bring it all together. The back yard may just be a flood plain and to eliminate the issue you might consider having dirt brought in to build it up so it is not a water bowl for rain or enough to make more of a slope away from the house.
Cas, watching you seriously lowers my depression. You cheer me up for some reason. And I have used TONS of your tips and am a much more organized person than I was a few years ago. I think the reason we all love you is you are constantly telling us that you were/are a bit lazy and used to be totally disorganized years ago. But you give us hope because YOU are the improved person WE can see ourselves to be. We see it is possible. (And I love your end stories. Please don't ever quit doing those). Best wishes to you and your family in your new home! ❤❤
My husband was active duty for 23 years, so we did our fair share of moving over the years. The kitchen was ALWAYS the first room I tackled! Our last move was quite interesting: I was leaving on a three week business trip two days after our household goods were delivered. I got the kitchen unpacked and organized, packed my suitcase, and headed to the airport. When I finally made it back home, I had no idea where anything was except for my kitchen stuff 😂
Cass, I'm so excited for you and your family!🎉 Your home is beautiful and I love how you organized your kitchen! The angry door slam was great!😂 Joe is definitely wrong about organizing the kitchen first. You did the right thing, otherwise, everyone will be yelling, "Mom, where are the cups, cutlery, plates, snacks etc." We set up the kitchen and beds with bedding first and one bathroom. It worked out so much better! I love how you organized your kitchen and pantry! It's beautiful! I'm excited to see how you organize the rest of your home! Its beautiful!
Yes. We too. Are a foot to three feet deep in water 1 acre. . The secondary waterline has been drained. So I pray for the water to drain to water levels to keep grounds too dry, and plants n us watered as needed. I**. It works for me.** have a blessed day. Congratulations on your new home. And thank you all for teaching me. Ps. Growing up we had a nice home : 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen w/ dining room ; living room. . Family traditions. Family time, meals together ; home cooked dinner, breakfast, pnut butter n jam sandwich’s for lunch. Routines. No extra ; we had clothes for play, for ch urch, shoes for school, play, & church. No extras just simple. Living.
I’ve watched your video four times now. I am that inspired. The last time, I got my hubby to watch with me and told him I was going to reorganize the kitchen to give him a lunch making drawer. He sounded doubtful that I could do it, but I will be decluttering at the same time and I have a plan in mind! Love it Cas! Congrats and also, don’t wait to do something about ensuring that your home doesn’t flood before it’s too late. If that was a little rain, I can’t imagine what a lot will look like. See if there is an area you could dig out a pond maybe and then use the soil to creat a berm close to the house, then plant TONS of trees down there closer to the river. Water loving ones. They will help hold the soil in place and suck up the water when you get lots of rain.
Cas, i moved a couple of years ago and I had to have my kitchen completely organised before I moved in. It’s time well spent. Soo calming to have the command centre organised when everywhere else will be chaotic 👍
Gorgeous kitchen!! I've never enjoyed watching someone organizing a kitchen from scratch as much as I did with this post. I'm just glad I wasn't drinking anything when you shut the pantry door!!
I'd love to see a behind the scenes of making this video - how on earth in the middle of moving you found time to not only plan out the kitchen but also film it with all the shots etc - that's amazing! That's next level planning and content creation 😯
I Love your style of sharing, your wonderful sense of humor, and your transparency about the challenges of staying organized. You're a lifesaver! Bravo, Ms. Boss!
Great video. Thanks for not editing out the pantry door slam😂. Oh my, keeping it real! And I hope you can get the water thing figured out. Definitely looking forward to updates on that. You may need to build a retaining wall. But the dog enjoyed it....
You always have such good ideas!! I'm going to implement some of those. I laughed to hard when you "got angry" and the shelf fell. I'm happy you share moments like that and I Love your "stay to the end" stories. Looking forward to watching you make your house yours. Thanks for inviting us all to come along.
Congratulations on your new home! So fun and lovely! You’ll need to regrade and raise the backyard. My hubby did that at our home as the creek behind us would turn our yard into a lake just as yours! He raised the backyard 3 feet! It took many dump trucks of fill (which you can find online or at nearby construction projects for free!) and then he hired a bobcat and driver who spread it all! Or find an irrigation specialist to redirect the water further out your property. Good luck!
14:50 I laughed so hard I had tears 🤣🤣🤣 I wish more organization/cleaning based content was like this, we need real and honest, not time wasting content that just makes us feel inadequate. I recommend this channel all the time for this very reason
This house is gorgeous! What a long way you have come from the basement daycare Cas, but I loved the Maletose79 pre-Milo days when we were struggling right along with you!!! My husband and I are moving into our "death house" (cause he says he'll die in this house cause he's not moving again) in a couple of months and I know your current videos will be such a help. Thanks, Cas! And congratulations. P.S. You might want to get a landscaper to design a dry creek farther away from your house. They are very pretty, dry in dry weather, but run like a creek in wet weather. The point is it will redirect the water.
I thought of it all banging around or falling out if you're in a bad mood opening/closing the door, then came her angry dusting moment and laughed so hard hahahahaha.
Congratulations on having a new home! I refuse to use kcups. I need to move my teas over to my coffee area. We put our coffee above our coffee maker. Other organizers agree with you on keeping like with like. It really does make a difference. My spices are in a rolling spice rack. I love your measuring cup and spoon idea.Thank you for the inspiration.
So much chaotic energy in an organising video 😂❤, I started watching your channel to help my semi-hoarder mum organize her house, I stayed for your humour and your energy. Love from Italy 🇮🇹
When we bought our current home I made sure to try and have kitchen essential and bathroom essentials at the ready! Everybody is going to get hungry, and everyone will have to "go" eventually, smart move to have the kitchen ready, and it looks amazing! Couldn't have planned that test with the door any better! LOL!! All of our drawers and doors are now soft close, makes me mad sometimes I can't slam a door or drawer anymore! LOL! OMG, I can't get over the water, that's crazy, and scary with the basement and how close it's getting. I'm amazed nothing has to be disclosed or anything like that. You're taking it in such good stride, I'd be a total basket case! Makes me wonder if that's why the last family moved?! Can't wait to watch all the updates!! The home is so gorgeous!!
Love seeing you in your new home! Your kitchen is amazing and I LOVE all of your organizing methods. 😊 Oh, and I sure hope you can find a fix for your outdoor water issue! 😮
I loved how you organized everything! Having the kitchen organized first is fantastic! We set up the beds too. Once you unload everything and are so tired having a bed to climb into is amazing!
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The white walls look great in your new kitchen! It's clean, looks fresh, and is so much prettier than the green that was there previously. What a phenomenal kitchen, Cas - the custom cabinetry with the lazy Susan & the pull-out drawers in lieu of shelves is fantastic. I'm so happy for you and your family. I just keep thinking how deserving you are to have all these upgrades that allow for such dreamy organization. ❤
I love you. You’re like the big adhd organised sister I never had. Watching this video is just so me. I would be organising the kitchen to within an inch of its life while I should be packing for sure, it’s the excitement!!! I love it
I bought two sets of the drawer dividers after watching your video. I managed to organize three different drawers with them. The best organizing tool I’ve bought in years! Love them. Even my family is impressed. The plastic organizers are going to Goodwill and I immediately bought another set to use in my junk/utility drawer!
You are absolutely delightful and refreshing to watch. I appreciate everything you share with us and can always count on a good laugh. Love you kitchen too. Thanks Cass❤🇨🇦😘
I immediately thought of your yard when the storms came through last night. I live in Hamilton, and I was watching the storms progress on radar. I hope the water has receded today. This has been an exceptionally rainy summer for Ontario.
I swear I’m going to start taking notes of what you say!! There’s a gem on every podcast episode and in every video! Saying we deserve one space in our kitchen that is beautiful, literally is making me cry! And I love your space. Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. I don’t know what I would do without you.
My parents had a similar issue in their backyard, and willow trees are the answer to your problems! They LOVE water and soak it all up! They get huge, so make sure you plant them a good 75 feet or further from your house.
As an Aussie, when I heard the hot cocoa station was for milo I nodded along, and was so glad that you guys have proper milo in the US too! 🎉 Then I realised it was your sons name 😂 For context "milo" is our favourite chocolate drink that we make as hot chocolate in winter and with cold milk in summer 😅
The spice cabinet is gorgeous! You work hard you deserve all that cuteness! By the way, I have an awesome spice drawer, my husband made the tray, it holds about 20 bottles, I use maybe six spices😂❤❤❤❤
I think prepping your kitchen before moving was GENIUS! Also, I died laughing with you at the angry door shutting incident. I needed that laugh big-time 😂
Every single time I watch your videos or listen to your podcast, I’m cracking up! You are literally the most adorable, relatable, person in our industry. Thanks for being you!
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I’m sorry Cass but that food (Hello Fresh)didn’t look appetizing 😢
You called them Bag-L’s instead of Bay-gulls 🥹 it’s Bay-gulls and you haven’t had 1 until you’ve had a New York City Bagel - I’ll ship you some as a thank you for all the tips 💪🏽
That was NOT wasted time! I would be glad that the kitchen was organized before I was moving everything else in. Kitchen and bedroom are the 2 things I've always set up 1st. 🥰
I agree, when I moved into my apartment I couldn't even think until I stayed up late organizing the kitchen. The kitchen needs to be functional so life can go on!
Yes! Kitchen, bathrooms & move the beds in first & set the beds with linens for a great nights sleep in the new home! Btw, I think the sellers have to disclose the flood zone😬
😂 Don't get angry! 😮
I peed my pants when it fell!!! That's real life for ya
Fun ! Fun ! Fun! Congratulations 🎊🎈 on your new house Cassie!!
💯 Kitchen, Bedrooms, then everything else 👍😁
Oh my gosh! Thank you for Not cutting out the "angry pantry door" moment, lol. My favorite things about you are how real you are and how you organize for what works for each person. I am looking forward to your unpacking journey as I'll be moving and unpacking in a year. Thank you for all your content!
She's real...that's the reason we keep watching. So relatable.
I made your likes 100😅😅
I cackled when it happened 😂 that was a very genuine moment
LOVE your kitchen organization. I personally wouldn't keep cleaning supplies next to the food, but you know if it makes the most sense for your home. About the water - get a consultation about drainage ASAP! We had French drains at our old house that would drain water out to the street during storms. Getting them installed was WAY cheaper than paying to repair flood damage (about $300 per drain in my area 10 years ago). Also, check the basement for signs of previous water damage, around the doors, the baseboards, etc. Also, buy some sandbags to line around where water might try to come in in the future. In the meantime, enjoy the lakefront views!
Good advice. She needs to do something quickly. this isn't good at all. I feel so bad for her.
"It's all about laziness and taking the fewest steps possible especially with the things you use most often" THIS is GENIUS! Your right, placement should be convenient!
OMG, when you yanked the pantry door and everything when flying I laughed out loud. Thanks for being real, Cas...you make me believe I can do it, too! Best of luck on your new house!!!
I was crying 😂 it was too funny!
I had to watch that part a few times for the ultimate chuckle! 😂
Same! 🤣
Same!! 😂😂 Literal tears while laughing!
I re- watched it too! Thanks Cas for keeping it real!! 🤣
I completely agree that the kitchen is the first room that must be organized and good to go on Day 1! I lost my husband four years ago this month so I don't laugh very often but you had me laughing so much and I thank you so much for that! I can't wait to see & hear all your stories. Thank you for sharing your world with us. God bless all of you.
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Another quick tip - look around to see if there are existing French drains and make sure they're not clogged up. Ours would occasionally get filled with debris where the water was meant to enter them.
This needs to be a top comment!!! That looks like a serious issue that needs fixing right away!!!
I know, the inspector was slacking. This should’ve been disclosed if it’s happened before. Maybe talk to the sellers and neighbors. Crazy pants!
Great idea!
@@lfuentes4098 I totally agree. I'd be furious that there was no "FULL DISCLOSURE" before they bought this property, therefore, that contract can be nullified if they chose to do so. That water didn't collect just recently and I'm sure it was going to be very expensive to drain that swamp land and fill it, which is probably why they sold the house.
I don’t know much about French drains but I don’t think they are the answer for your huge problem. You are going to need to bring in some professionals…Do your neighbors on both sides of your property have the same problem? Good luck with it… I don’t think that it will be a cheap fix. You have a great house, have fun with it.
When we moved a year ago, I used birthday money and treated myself to new silicone/wood kitchen tools and a beautiful ceramic container for my countertop. I LOVE IT! It’s decorative and so convenient when I need a spatula, I’m not digging for it (like I’ve done my entire life). I’m all about hiding clutter, but this was a major win for me!
About the “lake” in your yard. You might have a high groundwater table which would result in even small amounts of precipitation causing the pool of water. Are your neighbors dealing with the same issue? Otherwise your yard might be the catchment area of the surface runoff if it is located in a valley. Very interested to hear updates about this.
She lying. She left the house on over the weekend
I don't know if I've ever laughed so much during a video. Pure GOLD from start to finish.
After I finished laughing WITH you at being angry, I totally related to how you test things after hanging them. YOU are amazing and I so appreciate your sense of humor. Your home is gorgeous and I am so happy for you, except for your now lake-front property. When we move, our bedroom gets the bed and a light and nothing else first. Second is the kitchen. That was now wasted time so don't berate yourself. xoxo
I laughed too! That was so real and natural😂😂 totally not wasted time Cas!
And yes- ask a professional for suggestions about the yard so you don’t have to worry. 😊
I was laughing so hard at her when she slammed that door! hahaha. Poor Cas...
There was a time where all I did was angry clean. Thankfully short-lived. That system would not have survived.
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That was a laugh out loud moment! So relatable
I am definitely a visual person. I love everything out so I can see it and enjoy it. But it has to be clean and neat. But sometimes I really like clear open clean areas too.
Love how you zoned your kitchen! You can ask your local plant nursery/4-H Master Gardener about your back yard and what plants to use to help with the flooding. Weeping Willows would be a good choice to help soak up all that water as well.
Yup, I left a comment on her other post about creating rain gardens, designed with certain plants and space to hold water naturally.
I wanted to say weeping willows too!❤
Weeping willows are good for soaking up water, but they are also extremely messy trees and very unpredictable to have near the house.
Agreed , we had one on our property and it ended up falling on our house
And don't paint or redo the basement floor until you see how the drainage works in the rainy season
I just helped my sister move, and I got the kitchen ready for her first and foremost! She was so relieved! She told me she was holding off because she was so overwhelmed. But after that, everything was smooth for her.
I tried my best to organize everything and told her move what works and doesn’t work, but at least it’s ready to use and clean! I cleaned everything 😮
I'm sure she appreciated that 😊
You're an angel. Bless your soul
I do love the kitchen. My favorite spot to complete is the master bedroom. I was a military wife. We moved every 1-2 years. I found that we ate out the first 1-2 days. The bedroom was my sanctuary at the end of the day. A shower and sleep on clean sheets restored me. The kids always bunked in the living room and "camped". The next day I would unpack the kitchen and bath. The third day was the kids' rooms, and then the rest of the house. I must say I do not miss moving! Lol
I am currently working on replicating that spice cabinet. I LOVE IT!!
Your yard is amazing. You may want to consider a "dry creek bed" landscape for your back yard. The way I've seen it done is that you landscape your yard like the water is there all the time, except put nice looking rocks and gravel in to make it look like a dry creek bed when the water is not there. Add hearty plants like rushes and cattails, and not only does it look good when the water isn't there, it saves on mowing and maintaining a yard full of grass, which IMHO is a waste of time and resources. I'm sure there are videos out there that explains this better than I am, but done well it really looks nice. Hope that helps!
Great explanation actually
I’m at 7:50 into the video and I’m enjoying it. The one thing I would have changed is hanging the measuring cups/spoons on the door of where the spices are stored. Since that is what they would be used for most often 😊
It's definitely not a waste of time. Now that the kitchen is set up, while you move other things, you'll be able to go in the kitchen for a meal/drink/to take a break. It was a great idea. Btw, i love your new kitchen so much.
The minute you mentioned the spice jars and drawer organizer I knew we were kindred spirits! 🤣We just purchased a house and while I haven't bought them yet I already have them saved so I can get them ASAP. I have two magnetic shelves that I keep my most used spices in on the side of my fridge now. You should consider hanging your most used utensils on the wall if they are attractive ones.
Your personality really shines in this one! I feel so validated as a slightly silly ADHD lady myself 😊 Love ya Cas! Great tips as always xx
Are you being honest?
"So suck it, Joe" got me to subscribe 😆 Also, it was so relieving to hear an organizer say "sometimes it doesn't work out." Fellow ADHDer here, thank you 🙏
Decanting spices was actually game changing for me. I never wanted to spend the money, but they got so affordable that I couldn’t resist. I have mine alphabetized and they actually fit well which leads me to put them back where they go. Thus miracle of miracle I can find them when I need them. It also makes it where I can easily tell what I need to repurchase.
Same here!
I use lazy Susan's for my spices, love them!
Congratulations on your New Home and the fastest most efficient Kitchen organisation I have ever seen! 😃👏 Your home is beautiful, and either getting the soakaways/French drains cleared (or installed, which you could do yourselves) would definitely help your garden! If you still have water after that build a pond or natural swimming pool with a stream to divert the runoff away from your Gorgeous Home! And willows will dry out the water too but don’t plant too close to the house foundations!
On a side note I have never seen ANY mean spirited comments before on this channel, all this weird pettiness shows is jealousy because you have a lovely new Home (and very well deserved). Being jealous just pushes abundance away from you ladies, it’s the opposite of manifesting, something to consider. Especially as Cas said she had issues of feeling undeserving of her lovely new home in her last podcast.
Let’s support her and give her encouragement so she knows her worth keeps wanting to make us all free videos! Well done Cas, and that was so interesting hearing your thought process as to why each thing goes where! 😃💖
High score yellowness on her shirt. Can't stop thinking of mustard and taxis
Resorting to classifying any critical comment as jealousness is lame and lazy.
I have my own "dream" house. I don't like how she says she's going to have people see her on a shoestring budget changes.
We'll just look at her craft room. Min $2000 of elfa organization products. Ironic that she simulatenously calls velvet hangers expensive.
If she wants to say that ok she's getting expensive container store stuff free because of sponcon fine, but let's not pretend she is on a shoestring budget or cheap. She also churns cheap decor, which is not frugality.
(And as someone paying retail for container store, not doing sponcon, I do think their stuff is high-quality and worth the money. But I am not delusional enough to tell myself the $764 after 35% off I just spent on a laundry room wall with the cheapest elfa components is shoestring.)
I have no idea why I never thought of using the inside of the cabinet for measuring spoons and cups! I’ve been rolling these things around in my stuffed utensil drawer! By the way, am slowly weeding out that crowded utensil drawer! Not so easy for moi! Thanks for your cheery helpful videos!! 90k views in a day!!! Yay you Cass!! You’re my most relatable organizer with the adhd!! THANK YOU!!
I totally understand as a person with ADHD I can work hard at the things that inspire me not so hard at drudgery unless it’s crunch time. Happy moving Cass your home is beautiful.
Tip for deep cabinets that are also high up. I think baskets are also a great solution. Store cook books, travel mugs/ tumblers/water bottles. These would get lost in the back before but now it's easy to pull the basket down- get what I need and put it back up
I think I recall in the first vid Cas mentioned the words “flood plane”. Prep prep prep. It is likely only a matter of WHEN not IF, it comes into basement, plan prep NOW what you’ll do. It’ll make things so much easier THEN
You kept saying “they have…” no, you have, Cass! and you deserve every bit of it.
P.S. I was worried you we gonna start color coordinating 😂
Check your subdivision plat (if you live in a subdivision). There may be a detention easement, being the lowest point in the subdivision. Meaning it may happen every time it rains. I sure hope not. Watching you organize your kitchen gave me a few ideas in mine. Thanks! Can't wait to see more.🙏
We moved 8 times our first 11 years of marriage. Yes, kitchen first! Then make beds! Now, in this house 44 year's, so I learn new and improved ways to organize. Thanks!
this gives me joy
For the last year and a few months we’ve been sharing our kitchen with one of our adult sons and his wife. In a few days they are moving to their own place, and I get my kitchen back. I’m so excited to have more room and starting all over in organizing it.
I can relate , my daughter and her family move this week too, can’t wait to refresh 🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely LOVE THIS HOUSE!!!
If your backyard is a perpetual pond, you could look into some swamp loving/water hungry plants. To help with some stream bank erosion/flooding issues, my friends put in a bunch of willows like 10 years ago and it's helped so much! Definitely reach out to a local garden center though, they are a wealth of information about this sort of thing
love that idea great suggestion.
Congrats on the new, fab house! It’s beautiful! I’m a military spouse & always unpack our kitchen 1st. 2 weeks ago we had our 12th move in 24 yrs & still have boxes in other rooms but kitchen is done! Love your vlogs & show & hope to be half as organized, positive and happy as you! You go, Cas! ❤️
Thoroughly enjoy your story time with Cas! You never fail to bring a smile to my face and lift my spirits! Thank you for being you and such an inspiration ❣️
Are you really this positive?
I have no dishwasher. So, my plates are above the counter nearest the stove. I get plates, cups, bowls down to serve dinner. I opted for extra storage for cake decorating supplies instead of running to the garage for them. Organizing is different for everyone. Having a really small kitchen can be challenging too. Thanks for your video.
Loveeee the kitchen organization! It makes me rethink how mine is, and I notice that some things aren't as good as I'd like... To be continued... 😅 Also, for the backyard: have a seasoned landscaper (or other pro) come in and assess some things: water table depth, water runoff inlets/outlets, do you need/can you have drainage tiles instlled, etc... We have a super high water table (our subpump runs constantly). We have a hickenbottom and tile running through the backyard to the ditch to help. (We are farmers though, so do the work ourselves lol) good luck!!!
Luv this video! Great kitchen organizing tips and just in time for my own kitchen update!
Lol...When we were house hunting, we went during and after a rain. So excited to see how you organize a whole house from a clean slate.
Love the zones. Nice pantry, not a fan of cleaning supplies with food items, but you do what's best for you and your family.
Between the "Organizationnnnn!", the slammed door, the pink screwdriver that HAS to do the job, and the new lake, I had a ball 😂. Congrats again on the new house!! And this exercise was not a waste of time at all. I thought it was genius that you set up the food and the cleaning stations before the big moving day. All you have to do now is have the heavy lifters bring the big stuff in and not have to worry about setting the kitchen up at the same time. Great work!
You're so positive I don't believe you
I have my spices in a rack on the inside of a cabinet door. The few that don’t fit and the spare replacements are in a couple of baskets inside the same cabinet. Works really well. I had the same arrangement in my old kitchen too.
I just loved when you shut the pantry door. Love how you are just real. We can all relate to that moment!
If your drawers are large and in-drawer organizers slide around, use some museum gel on them. Keeps everything in place without anti-slip mats or drawer liners bunching up.
Omg, that water is way more than a French drain can handle. I suggested that last week.
Take pictures, from every angle and when busy season is here you need a whole landscaping project but you need to show pictures to the professionals. That is big time trenching with excavator
Sump pump, maybe not only one, so many sump pump for sure. And the basement, nothing on the floor. No boxes, no cables, everything lifted, only big furniture. Dream space for a roomba.
Love the kitchen
Your back yard and house are beautiful. Can't wait to see how you bring it all together. The back yard may just be a flood plain and to eliminate the issue you might consider having dirt brought in to build it up so it is not a water bowl for rain or enough to make more of a slope away from the house.
Cas, watching you seriously lowers my depression. You cheer me up for some reason. And I have used TONS of your tips and am a much more organized person than I was a few years ago. I think the reason we all love you is you are constantly telling us that you were/are a bit lazy and used to be totally disorganized years ago. But you give us hope because YOU are the improved person WE can see ourselves to be. We see it is possible. (And I love your end stories. Please don't ever quit doing those). Best wishes to you and your family in your new home! ❤❤
I totally cracked up when the board fell. Thanks for being so real & keeping that in the video. Enjoy your gorgeous kitchen!
I would love to see an update in a few months of what's working and what you changed once moving in!
Love your new home. It's absolutely gorgeous. I'm so excited to see you organize and decorate each room. Congratulations on your new home.
My husband was active duty for 23 years, so we did our fair share of moving over the years. The kitchen was ALWAYS the first room I tackled! Our last move was quite interesting: I was leaving on a three week business trip two days after our household goods were delivered. I got the kitchen unpacked and organized, packed my suitcase, and headed to the airport. When I finally made it back home, I had no idea where anything was except for my kitchen stuff 😂
Cass, I'm so excited for you and your family!🎉 Your home is beautiful and I love how you organized your kitchen! The angry door slam was great!😂
Joe is definitely wrong about organizing the kitchen first. You did the right thing, otherwise, everyone will be yelling, "Mom, where are the cups, cutlery, plates, snacks etc."
We set up the kitchen and beds with bedding first and one bathroom. It worked out so much better!
I love how you organized your kitchen and pantry! It's beautiful!
I'm excited to see how you organize the rest of your home! Its beautiful!
She lyin
Yes. We too. Are a foot to three feet deep in water 1 acre. . The secondary waterline has been drained. So I pray for the water to drain to water levels to keep grounds too dry, and plants n us watered as needed. I**. It works for me.** have a blessed day. Congratulations on your new home. And thank you all for teaching me. Ps. Growing up we had a nice home : 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen w/ dining room ; living room. . Family traditions. Family time, meals together ; home cooked dinner, breakfast, pnut butter n jam sandwich’s for lunch. Routines. No extra ; we had clothes for play, for ch urch, shoes for school, play, & church. No extras just simple. Living.
Penny is living her best life!! Love your kitchen!
Get back in there. What you doing in the comment section
Love the idea for measuring cups/spoons. I may try that!
My moving truck arrives at the new house tomorrow and I'm going to try and bring these tips to my kitchen. Wish me luck!
Good luck! We're moving in about 2 weeks, and these videos could not have come at a better time!
@@LivetolearnMama Good luck with your move too!
@@staceysugden Thanks!
I’ve watched your video four times now. I am that inspired. The last time, I got my hubby to watch with me and told him I was going to reorganize the kitchen to give him a lunch making drawer. He sounded doubtful that I could do it, but I will be decluttering at the same time and I have a plan in mind! Love it Cas! Congrats and also, don’t wait to do something about ensuring that your home doesn’t flood before it’s too late. If that was a little rain, I can’t imagine what a lot will look like. See if there is an area you could dig out a pond maybe and then use the soil to creat a berm close to the house, then plant TONS of trees down there closer to the river. Water loving ones. They will help hold the soil in place and suck up the water when you get lots of rain.
Cas, i moved a couple of years ago and I had to have my kitchen completely organised before I moved in. It’s time well spent. Soo calming to have the command centre organised when everywhere else will be chaotic 👍
Gorgeous kitchen!! I've never enjoyed watching someone organizing a kitchen from scratch as much as I did with this post. I'm just glad I wasn't drinking anything when you shut the pantry door!!
I may have some milk coming out of my nose
I'd love to see a behind the scenes of making this video - how on earth in the middle of moving you found time to not only plan out the kitchen but also film it with all the shots etc - that's amazing! That's next level planning and content creation 😯
She lyin
And also, we have no idea how much time she has between closing and needing to be out of the other house.
I’m surprised that the previous owner didn’t have to disclose that. If that happens with a light rain…😮
I Love your style of sharing, your wonderful sense of humor, and your transparency about the challenges of staying organized. You're a lifesaver! Bravo, Ms. Boss!
Great video. Thanks for not editing out the pantry door slam😂. Oh my, keeping it real! And I hope you can get the water thing figured out. Definitely looking forward to updates on that. You may need to build a retaining wall. But the dog enjoyed it....
She's gonna have to get pumped
You always have such good ideas!! I'm going to implement some of those. I laughed to hard when you "got angry" and the shelf fell. I'm happy you share moments like that and I Love your "stay to the end" stories. Looking forward to watching you make your house yours. Thanks for inviting us all to come along.
Congratulations on your new home! So fun and lovely! You’ll need to regrade and raise the backyard. My hubby did that at our home as the creek behind us would turn our yard into a lake just as yours! He raised the backyard 3 feet! It took many dump trucks of fill (which you can find online or at nearby construction projects for free!) and then he hired a bobcat and driver who spread it all! Or find an irrigation specialist to redirect the water further out your property. Good luck!
14:50 I laughed so hard I had tears 🤣🤣🤣 I wish more organization/cleaning based content was like this, we need real and honest, not time wasting content that just makes us feel inadequate. I recommend this channel all the time for this very reason
I just love your self deprecating humor and how real you are! I always look forward to your videos!!! Obsessed with your spice cabinet!
This house is gorgeous! What a long way you have come from the basement daycare Cas, but I loved the Maletose79 pre-Milo days when we were struggling right along with you!!! My husband and I are moving into our "death house" (cause he says he'll die in this house cause he's not moving again) in a couple of months and I know your current videos will be such a help. Thanks, Cas! And congratulations. P.S. You might want to get a landscaper to design a dry creek farther away from your house. They are very pretty, dry in dry weather, but run like a creek in wet weather. The point is it will redirect the water.
Your spice cabinet is so dreamy! And hanging the measuring cups/spoons inside the cabinet is brilliant.
That shirt is so yellow. Can't even concentrate on the video
I thought of it all banging around or falling out if you're in a bad mood opening/closing the door, then came her angry dusting moment and laughed so hard hahahahaha.
I'm so happy for you ❤
Congratulations on having a new home! I refuse to use kcups. I need to move my teas over to my coffee area. We put our coffee above our coffee maker. Other organizers agree with you on keeping like with like. It really does make a difference. My spices are in a rolling spice rack. I love your measuring cup and spoon idea.Thank you for the inspiration.
So much chaotic energy in an organising video 😂❤, I started watching your channel to help my semi-hoarder mum organize her house, I stayed for your humour and your energy.
Love from Italy 🇮🇹
I love your videos and your personnality. I was anxiously waiting for your next video. I want to see all of your move into this wonderful home!
I love your humor as you organize and install the vacuum charger and aloha system. 😂 Great video! I love next week so this is so helpful. ❤
When we bought our current home I made sure to try and have kitchen essential and bathroom essentials at the ready! Everybody is going to get hungry, and everyone will have to "go" eventually, smart move to have the kitchen ready, and it looks amazing! Couldn't have planned that test with the door any better! LOL!! All of our drawers and doors are now soft close, makes me mad sometimes I can't slam a door or drawer anymore! LOL! OMG, I can't get over the water, that's crazy, and scary with the basement and how close it's getting. I'm amazed nothing has to be disclosed or anything like that. You're taking it in such good stride, I'd be a total basket case! Makes me wonder if that's why the last family moved?! Can't wait to watch all the updates!! The home is so gorgeous!!
You are right! Having the kitchen done is epic!!
Love seeing you in your new home! Your kitchen is amazing and I LOVE all of your organizing methods. 😊 Oh, and I sure hope you can find a fix for your outdoor water issue! 😮
This was awesome.. 😅thanks for taking us through this.. love all the roll outs 😊
Not only was this informative, but the way you talk is so engaging! Not a minute wasted watching this
Yay!
love your beautiful honesty, and glad I'm not the only person who"angry opens" a door 😁
I loved how you organized everything! Having the kitchen organized first is fantastic! We set up the beds too. Once you unload everything and are so tired having a bed to climb into is amazing!
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The white walls look great in your new kitchen! It's clean, looks fresh, and is so much prettier than the green that was there previously. What a phenomenal kitchen, Cas - the custom cabinetry with the lazy Susan & the pull-out drawers in lieu of shelves is fantastic. I'm so happy for you and your family. I just keep thinking how deserving you are to have all these upgrades that allow for such dreamy organization. ❤
I love that you did not cut the the rack falling off the door!!
I love you. You’re like the big adhd organised sister I never had. Watching this video is just so me. I would be organising the kitchen to within an inch of its life while I should be packing for sure, it’s the excitement!!! I love it
This isn't even her final form
I bought two sets of the drawer dividers after watching your video. I managed to organize three different drawers with them. The best organizing tool I’ve bought in years! Love them. Even my family is impressed. The plastic organizers are going to Goodwill and I immediately bought another set to use in my junk/utility drawer!
I gutted and redid a kitchen in a prior house--loved cabinets with pull out drawers.
Trying to figure out kitchen organisation ideas.
This was so helpful and she's so adorable I was laughing most the way!
You are absolutely delightful and refreshing to watch. I appreciate everything you share with us and can always count on a good laugh. Love you kitchen too. Thanks Cass❤🇨🇦😘
I immediately thought of your yard when the storms came through last night. I live in Hamilton, and I was watching the storms progress on radar. I hope the water has receded today. This has been an exceptionally rainy summer for Ontario.
I swear I’m going to start taking notes of what you say!! There’s a gem on every podcast episode and in every video! Saying we deserve one space in our kitchen that is beautiful, literally is making me cry! And I love your space. Thank you for taking us on this journey with you. I don’t know what I would do without you.
She watches my shorts
My parents had a similar issue in their backyard, and willow trees are the answer to your problems! They LOVE water and soak it all up! They get huge, so make sure you plant them a good 75 feet or further from your house.
As an Aussie, when I heard the hot cocoa station was for milo I nodded along, and was so glad that you guys have proper milo in the US too! 🎉 Then I realised it was your sons name 😂 For context "milo" is our favourite chocolate drink that we make as hot chocolate in winter and with cold milk in summer 😅
I did think of my Australian friends when she said that 😊
As an Aussie I thought of the drink as well as it is winter and we are drinking it hot at the moment and drink it cold in the summer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cas is in Canada but we do have Milo here too.
Same here, I was like 'Yes of course a Milo station is required for all seasons' 😂
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Cass you are such a legend. I love your excitement about your hanging spoons "like a glove!" - adorable!
The spice cabinet is gorgeous! You work hard you deserve all that cuteness! By the way, I have an awesome spice drawer, my husband made the tray, it holds about 20 bottles, I use maybe six spices😂❤❤❤❤
Cas, this was so amazing watching you organize YOUR house!! I love this!!
And Hey! Be thankful you have rain! Iowa drought, 4 years straight 🥵🔥
I think prepping your kitchen before moving was GENIUS! Also, I died laughing with you at the angry door shutting incident. I needed that laugh big-time 😂
Every single time I watch your videos or listen to your podcast, I’m cracking up! You are literally the most adorable, relatable, person in our industry. Thanks for being you!
You bring me so much joy! You make organizing, decluttering and now unpacking fun!😃😄 Decanting looks good on you. Keep up the great work!
I am living through her