Decluttering My Disgusting Garage! Does The Minimal Mom's System Work?!?
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- Hey, My name is Tom. I don't know about you but I find myself wanting to DO everything myself. I consider myself a Jack Of All Trades. Master of none. What you'll find here will be anything from building or fixing cars or trucks, building or remodeling projects and everything in between. I get myself into some pretty interesting situations.
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I think it's great that you're teaching the kids to make things and use tools. And not just the boys. Those skills will give them confidence to do their own repairs and projects when they're adults, which will save them money and give them a sense of pride and satisfaction of a job well done.
Yes, yes, yes! I own my home and I've lost count of the number of times I regretted not learning basic "how to fix/maintain stuff" as a kid. My dad taught my brother but not me. I don't blame him, those were the times, but I'm so glad to see times changing. Just a suggestion, if cars don't interest your daughters, maybe a woodworking project of something that does interest them.
Amen!! ✊
I knew Dawn had gotten into your head when you kept saying "Everything needs a HOME." You did a beautiful job and are also teaching your kids the financial and emotional worth of organization.
Wow!! I’ve been on my decluttering journey a year. Had to REALLY put the blinders on to my husband’s “collections.” He recently said, I don’t think ANYBODY needs THIS MANY coffee mugs!! I did a little victory dance!!
We have been married so long I have him purging EVERY year....and this year HE instigated it!!! Talk about a victory dance. Congrats Angela!!
"All that Dad stuff" I love it! It is so important that you and Dawn teach them life skills.
Nice job Tom. I really appreciate that you told us it took 4 months. Love how real you guys are.
I LOVE how your sons are such great helpers, and [at least on camera (-; ] , seem to do so willingly. They are such cuties too.
Tom, you are giving so many people hope who’s spouses aren’t quite fully invested yet with decluttering and minimalism. Looks great!!
My future self is always grateful when i clean up/put away as i go.
I appreciate that you came back after a period of time to show the result that is functioning for you, not just tidy. 👍🏻
So important for our kids to learn how to use tools - boys and girls equally. My dad always taught us how to use power tools and manual tools. When I went to college in the 80’s, I did a project that involved building a house for a needy family. The instructor was amazed that I, a young woman, could wield tools better than most of the guys. I have to thank my dad for that. It has saved my husband and me many thousands of $ over the years as we can DIY a lot of projects. Our kids are good with tools as well.
I love how you include the kids and have a desire to teach them things you learned as a kid. Don’t forget to thank your dad!
Good for moving the bronco and realizing what you needed to happen!
And I love how you two always thank and praise your kids for helping.
“It’s been 4 months!” Made me laugh out loud!!
Thanks for adding a section about teaching the kids
Glad to see you pass on your infinite knowledge to your kids!
The end edit was awesome! Great work on the video. Your sense of humour is refreshing. Amazing progress in your garage. The timeframe isn’t important. Besides, think of the time saved going forward when you can find everything!
I especially liked his idea of putting his construction-type tools in a covered trailer to make certain that the tools he will need are close at hand.
Great idea, 2 Tom’s can do twice as many projects. It love the way the whole family works together ! Good job !
Two lovely lads a credit to their parents🎉
I like how you work with Dawn in some of your videos. This one gave me some ideas on how to organize the stuff my husband uses in part of our garage. Thanks both and keep on collaborating.
set up a spot for garbage/recycling right by the shelves so garbage doesn't end up ON the shelves. And you should build stronger shelves 'actually' all the way to the ceiling so you can store stuff you use less often on upper shelves, out of the way. "It has been 4 months" - Haha! That's so real life!
I like the skits at the end😄
I love how this organizing evolved into making space for the kids to learn and MOST importantly family time, building relationship with the boys and giving them life skills....
Just did this in hubby's shop.
1- garbage pass
2- like with like
3- things no longer needed
4- cry/ibuprofen/heating pad
I will say a few hours in hubby stated "if I claim I need another sander, drill or any type of saw, tell me no"
Lol- so much duplicate stuff from him being so unorganized but it's done!!!!
😂. That’s great!
I am so glad you did this video, Tom! I am a 73 year old woman, living alone. I have a pretty minimal home but I don't know what to do with my shed/workshop. I have things that I just think I'm going to be using someday, and I can't seem to get rid of them. You and Dawn have helped a lot. I'm going to go out right now and cut up all of that old Lumber and throw it away. And anything I haven't used in a year I'm getting rid of. Thank you so much for your advice!
Wow. That’s awesome 👏
Have you tried offering the lumber for free rather than cutting it up? Save yourself some labour and get somebody some needed materials.
Your children know how to truly help!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. So very sweet!!😍🤩
Great video! I am a 50 year old married woman with two older teenagers. When I was a kid my dad made sure I knew how to use all the tools and he made me take shop class in Grade 9. I got the highest mark in the class! Lol
Love the car building and the fun everyone must've had. Your ending skits are hilarious. Please don't ever do away with them. LOVE your channel !!!!
Great job Tom. Funny to see that even as great as Dawn's methods are, it still took you 8 years to jump on board.,,there is hope for my family,, I'm about 3 years in, so have 5 years to go.
So Proud of you Tom. Just to realize that you needed to put things in a home. It has helped me a lot to just make homes for everything. It's always a work in progress. Keep up the good work 👏.
Reminds me of my dad who was sooo meticulous with his tools that each tool was hung on a pegboard and he would draw the outline of the tool onto the board so it was put back exactly where it belonged. I know he would have loved your channel and it brings back great memories of working…err…helping him in the garage! And yes, before you ask, he sorted all his nails, screws,bolts, washers, everything by size and type!
I love your videos!! So great you are teaching your kids. Those little boys' smiles just melt my heart.
Interesting how you didn’t seem to care when she neatened up everything of yours downstairs but NOW you want her help in the garage. Haha just messing with you. Decluttering is fantastic anywhere! Good call
Yeah, totally! As I recall, Tom said, "I really don't care," leaving some of us going 😲 "Oh no, he didn't!" LOL
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Same thing happened to me when I helped organize/declutter my husband’s garage last summer- at first he was resistant but now he knows where everything is and the garage never gets out of control. We both love it ❤ I have been watching Dawn’s channel for years and absolutely love her and now I’m subscribing to your channel- you guys are awesome 👏
You did an amazing job! I'm working on my surroundings to become minimalistic. I'm old school and I'm not throwing out perfectly good hardware. That being said, it's important that whatever hardware I have has a specific labeled home because otherwise I will be wasting money buying duplicates of things I know I have, but can't find. I'm a 62 year old woman who is turning her home (slowly) into a sanctuary. Last summer I built a wall and moved a whole section of cabinets and counters to a different part of my kitchen so it would be the way I want it. My goal is to surround myself with only things that make me happy and things I use. That's a lot of stuff, but I don't intend to keep anything that doesn't serve my needs and interests. To me, that's Minimalism. I love watching you and your family. You're an inspiration and tons of fun!
OMG I loved the ending with two Toms! lol
Yes! Use your trailer! Saves so much time, at least that's what my contractor son tells me. He even built customized storage in the trailer for all his tools.
Love how you include your boys on this project.
I love you two mini me’s! And what a great way to grow; learning doing stuff with your dad!
Hi there! I’ve been following Dawn for a couple of years and seeing you there. Today, TH-cam recommended this video for me so here I am. About your drawer that keeps drifting open, I have one of those too. I fixed it by shimming up the front legs of my work bench just a little bit. Maybe that would work for you too.
Love watching the boys work together helping Dad. Good job guys!
"Maybe Dawn is right and I do need bins" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 congratulations, you are a real man! Willing to admit maybe your wife knows a thing or two about this stuff ❤
Tom, you CAN have all of that AND be a minimalist. You do a ton of projects all the time. A minimalist would keep it organized so that you weren't rebuying things that you already have. Also, as time goes by and you see that there are things you no longer need, go ahead and pass them on or discard them. You did a fantastic job with this project!!! Dawn is the perfect advisor. ❤ Gage and Corbin were awesome helpers! Loved your ending too! :)
Oh yes! A small enclosed trailer would be great, says the wife and mother of a husband and son that are contractors. Good JOB Tom! LOVE the cars! Good job Dad!!
Even if it's not considered "minimalist," I bet that feels sooo much better now that it's organized and paired down. Nicely done.
The end skips are gold! I swear this skit could have been my husband and I having that conversation..."where did my stuff go!? Did you move it!?"
Love that you're not just getting bins, but labeling them. Dawn has mentioned that she also used to not be a bin/label person, but it sounds like the whole family is getting on board!
I think you should put your easy access stuff on the very top before putting them on the bottom shelf, since it really is easier to put things away at standing level.
I recommend having a designated and defined catch-all space or bin to just put stuff when you in a hurry so it's contained until you can get to sorting it out. (I'm also a cricket and this really helps me)
I can breathe with the auto in its place far away……love your sense of humor…..and willingness for GRACE
The garage looks great!! It is awesome how you are teaching the children carpentry skills. When they are older they will greatly appreciate it. Tom, you have quite the acting skills. You never fail to entertain.
😂 thank you 🤦♂️
Luv'd all the interaction here Tom... 😆 lol. Ur organized self at the end was 👍 👌 Great.. luv ur humor!!
Not sure if you thought of using the bags as project bags… plumbing, electrical and so on. Looks great Tom.
I can identify with your decluttering trigger: When you can't find something that you know you have!! You did a great job and I am sure it will evolve further so that those big boys of yours will know where to get things and put them away. You and Dawn have so many projects underway! It is a pleasure to be taken along on those adventures. Good luck in the future.
That's the first thing I have laughed about for days!! You "two Tom's" crack me up! And your boys are great little helpers!
All those Menard's bags make it feel like home! 😆
The garage looks amazing, a fabulous project done well. The kids cars are awesome, their cars are wonderful!
You 2 are the cutest couple ever 😍 💗 looks awesome Tom and lots of hard work!!!
You are very transparent....some macho men would never admit to being disorganized! My former brother-in-law bought a horse trailer and installed it with all of his tools so that they were always mobile and he could just roll it to wherever he was going. Of course he did not have the garage that you have! Most people thought he was carting a horse in the trailer but it was his mobile garage/ tool box!
When my son was a Boy Scout in the 70’s they built small cars like yours and raced them. They used gutters and lined up 4 or 5 and then allowed the kids to race their cars. It was for fun and then they tried to figure out why some cars were faster than others. They learned a lot. Good job Dad!
We also have a big garage. Lots of stuff in spay cans. I screwed gutters to the wall to hold spay paint etc. works great they all are totally visible, not in back
As a detail organised type person I recognise the problem that comes from wanting things perfect. I have organised all our tools and hardware are and can put my hand to anything but when my husband uses stuff he just puts things anywhere and often where he last used it, drives me nuts!
I love how nervous tom got when dawn said to put things you dont need...and tom says ..i use everything!!!
Great body double at the end. 😂😂😂
I love how you tell us that you’ll have Dawn’s help and then there’s this really quiet evil laugh in the background. LOL 6:43
As Dana K. White says, "it's BETTER" and that's what really counts. Good job, Tom 🥳
Good job with reorganizing, Tom! I'm so happy to hear you are teaching your son's the basic skills for a man. It was important to me to marry a man who was handy & who had a good skill set. My husband can fix anything & I really appreciate his skills.
Tell him often.
@@cynthiafisher9907 Yes! I often tell him how much I appreciate his skills & the work he does to keep up our home inside & out.
@@liap1293 Thats Great! I tell my husband often as well. I guess spending time with him speaks more to mine, as his love language is quality time.
Great video, loved the end! I think a garage has an equal value to a kitchen in some respect- if its out of control it's just hard to do everything else.
The cricket chirping in the background takes me back to my dad's junky garage. 🤣
Love the video editing at the end, Tom!
And I’ve always loved watching the kids help in Dawn’s videos, and now yours too. Your boys remind me so much of my son - very good workers who always want to help. I gave my son his own real Stanley toolbox for Christmas when he was 4 and a real screwdriver set at 5, which he then used to remove & reinstall the vent grates in our house for me to clean. 😂 So I love seeing you teach the boys power tools & how to help build chicken coops and Dawn have them help paint the basement floor & everything. I have pictures of my son building that same exact same plastic shelving unit himself for all his big construction equipment toys!
Yay! Tom is (finally) on board! You should be very proud of how you decluttered your garage. It looks waaaay better, and you know exactly where to find things. I like things perfect too. You can continue to tweak the set up you have made until it is exactly how you want it. The beauty is that tweaking is a heck of a lot easier to do than trying to do everything perfectly from scratch. I agree with Dawn that it is okay to have lots of tools, as long as they are being used.😀
I mentioned to hubby about me helping organize his garage with him. He said, and I quote
"you can do whatever you want with it when I'm gone, until then hands off ,you have the house :)
I am so proud of you!! It’s true that your environment can drive you crazy!! That’s why I started decluttering my home. If you label the shelves you won’t have to remember where tools go, but also as your kids get older they will be able to use the tools and return them to the correct spot. Bonus, you’ve now taught your kids how to keep their tools organized as they get older.
Congrats Tom! You're now my Bee Buddy. We have a similar system in our much smaller garage. A tote for painting supplies, electrical, plumbing, drywall, etc. Not perfect, but better, and better is good.
Labels will not only help you but your helpers grab stuff AND put it back where it goes
Don't forget to look on top of the fridge for missing items! :)
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Love love love the boys are helping. So many kids have no clue to do anything!
Love the ending 😂! Great job Tom!
Who are we!?
Loyal fans of the Madsens!
What do we want!?
Video tutorials of woodworking class for our kids! 😅 Some of us are unhandy, Tom, and need help teaching our kids good things!
But, but….!!!! Cliffhanger! Did the house get set down so it’s not cold and snowing in the basement?!?!!! have been waiting all week to find out. 😆 Kudos for starting to teach your kiddos 👊🏻👏👏👏
Same, lol...
I'm so proud of you, Tom. The garage looks great AND the way you teach your boys and involve them in what you are doing . . . WOW! If every Dad was doing this it would change the world.
Tool trailer, like contractors use, is a great idea. Their time is money so no trips back home for them.
Just be sure to make it theft proof or you could lose all your tools in one go.
Milwaukee tools needs to sponsor you!!
This was really helpful! I love watching your wife's videos and have done a lot of decluttering and organizing in our house over the last month. But, the garage has been so intimidating to me and it is more of my husband's domain. So, this video was totally on point--a garage declutter and organization! I'm going to share your video with him to see if it sparks any inspiration. I kinda appreciate that it happened over four months because that seems more realistic than a one-day overhaul. Thanks for keeping it real!
Looking good! You could purchase a magnetic closure for the top drawer of your tool case. Would keep it closed!
I grew up in a professor's home so I got all the intellectual stuff but none of the woodworking / home improvement stuff. I wish I had gotten both!
You sold 5 vehicles last year....I think that is music to Dawn's ears...lol!!!! :) Better late than never right?!?! You and Dawn are a great team!! You might take different routes but you both get to the same destination!!!!
I’m glad you’ve got Dawn helping you. I wish my husband and son would let me declutter their spaces but they won’t😔 but maybe one day. Love and blessings from Texas.
I so agree, having things in their place makes life run smoothly
Hahaha! Love the ending! Didn’t see that coming.
😂👍
omg I could watch the boys help you all day. So adorable. 🥰
Love your end scene 👍🏻
Great video!
Label. Electrical section; plumbing section; heavy stuff on the floor. . Bench with a shelf , build ; paint n supply;
Screws n nail section; heavy equip. Together, roll about ;
Tools in your cabinet.
My dad garage 5 car storage.
Built it out nicely. Cabinets over the bench . ... enjoy
Keep tweeking and making all of us laugh! 🤣🤣👍
GREAT JOB, Tom!
Lol! I love the ending your so comical, my husband has been trying to organize a small shed for a year 😆
Morale of this story, Tom. Always listen to your fabulous wife, Dawn. I sure do! 🙂 You said "I don't need bins, Dawn"...next 5 seconds... "I think I need bins".
This is fabulous! I am an artist, and yes, if you have projects, you need space and organization. I finally tackled that last November and it's still a work in process. All the functional categories live together. The idea about having a portable workshop to work on the houses makes sense but I'd be concerned about security of the tools. Where I live, a lot of trailers have been broken into.
Your interests and projects change; so does how and what you organize. I think it looks great.
Take Your Garage Back ❤ 😅 Every guy needs this video! Great helpers you have, too!
Utilizing the trailer for your carpentry stuff sounds like a very good idea. My son has been in construction for the last year and a half and he is thinking of doing the same kind of thing. He’s now a full-time handyman for someone that owns homes and rents them. It’s helpful for him as well to have all his carpentry stuff when he’s going to different places not near home base for jobs that may bloom into more than what was originally thought, lol. Like everything else in life!
Oh, you are teaching your children whether you know it or not! My husband was like you, did all kinds of home repairs and was a diesel mechanic by trade. We had an outbuilding full of all kinds of tools and tools in the house too! They watched and worked on things as they grew and watched their dad's willingness to tackle anything as your children watch you too. Work ethic is taught just as your dad taught you! You and Dawn are doing a great job teaching your children life skills that are invaluable! My boys are in their 50's and can fix most anything! I will continue to watch and enjoy you & Dawn's videos! ❤👍Roll Tide! Guess where I'm from! 😆
Hello from Ohio! My husband is tackling the same project. I am sending him this video for encouragement that he is not alone! Thanks, Tom (and Dawn)!
Absolutely. If you use it, keep it. Just organize your stuff to keep it from feeling cluttered. My craft room for instance. Everything has its place. Because of that, it doesn't feel like I have too much stuff. I like things perfect too, Tom. It makes me happy when everything is nice 'n neat. I call my craft room "my store". Love the little cars!