Real Life House Tour (Messy to Minimalist BEFORE & AFTER)
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- What happens when life gets MESSY for a minimalist? You're about to find out! Take this real-life home tour and watch us go from messy to minimalist in ONE DAY! When life gets stressful and overwhelming for our minimalist family, it's so comforting to have a home that's easy to manage and maintain; it's at least one less thing to worry about! (I've got 99% problems, but a messy house ain't one. 😉) I hope you enjoy the messy to minimal before and after shots and will share more about the move in next week's video!
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Hey, y'all, I know you voted for the one-day pack + move, but I had to put my home back in order first...and I didn't have the energy to make two videos. 😢 Please like this video and make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss more details about the move in next week's video. ❤
Use cardboard under the lower hinge to keep the doors from closing.
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I voted for this video, so I was happy you did this one first:)
After all you can do whatever you want on your own channel,
I'll watch every video because I like your way of talking and thinking. I admire your coolness about this situation of moving twice.. wow! And you even managed to upload a new video... I'm seriously impressed.
I wonder what solutions you came up with about the surface clutter on the table, because I have the same issue.. (or is it just discipline haha)
Greetings from Vienna :-*
You should never block a window or a door with furniture, it is a terrible decoration mistake. Windows and doors have a function, should not be blocked. It looks terrible also. Same applies to furniture against walls.
What are you referring to? I can only see the little armchair in front of a window? @@OlgaSmirnova1
🍋 I’m so glad that your years of practicing minimalism prepared you for moving in a day!
We aren’t quite there yet, but so close. Thank you for all you’ve taught us. You rock!
Hahaha, thanks so much Sara and cheers! 🙏🍋
We have had only ONE TV, that brings the family together. BEST thing ever to do!!!!
Also thank you for managing to make these videos in these hectic conditions, you are impressive and very appreciated
I can't imagine how traumatic that must've been. With a family and working and having to move again so soon. I always get sick when we move because of the amount of change, work and stress. Just take care of you
I seriously felt sick when I was listening to the phone call. You are 💯 right about the stress! Thanks for watching and take care ❤️
How is that allowed?
There is nobody exept minimalist who can move in just few hours. Unbeliveble. Can't wait to hear that crazy story next week.
If your oldest wants a dresser, you could take the one from your closet and put it in his closet. I'm sorry you had to go through all that but I'm glad you were so prepared!
Wow! Seven hours to move and totally settled in the following day. That truly must be some sort of record for a family of four. I can't wait to hear the explanation of WHY they had to shuffle you off to another rental so quickly, and I can't imagine how any explanation they offered would be sufficient. How stressful! You guys made it look easy, even though I know it wasn't!
I'm sure being on social media had something to do with it - since I doubt they actually did anything wrong, and are probably ideal tenants.There is probably something in the lease about having a business from home.
It does feel so great to have the house clear of so much clutter, makes our life easier and more practical. I used to have tons of things at home, and now I am minimizing them and it’s been awesome. Like a burden taken off my shoulders. 😀
When I was growing up we had TVs in every room but as an adult I’ve only ever had one in the living room. It’s nice because if we (spouse & I) really wanted to we can just use our laptops or iPads to watch something in whatever room we want without having to have additional TVs. My grandma even had one in her kitchen and I admit I do like to watch TH-cam sometimes when I’m making dinner!
oh my gosh that reminds me of another youtuber i watch has a bathroom TV installed!! it would be nice now and then but i can’t imagine having a tv EVERYWHERE like that. i’ve never heard of one in the kitchen
@@d31an3y I think it’s relatively common for the oldest generations (my grandma is 85). Lots of women back in the day did their work in the kitchen and why not have a little background entertainment or news on as well? My grandma worked outside the home quite a bit as well but she was also into cooking & baking. My spouse said his grandma had a tv in the kitchen too.
@@samanthatheminimalist oh that’s interesting. my only surviving grandparent(grandma) at the time i was born lived on a farm so no TVs there, so i don’t really have much experience with grandparents lol but that does make sense
Same here. When I was growing up we had one in almost every room as well and the kitchen one was ALWAYS on. (News, or Oprah mostly) Now as an adult I don't own an actual TV screen. But we do have a projector and surround sound for movie nights in our living room.
7 hours?! That's incredible! Thank you for sharing the messy parts and unexpected parts of your life. I, for one, really appreciate your vulnerability and seeing how minimalism can help us become more flexible.
This retired kindergarten teacher was delighted to see Ferdinand the Bull on your child's book shelf!! One of my all-time favorite picture books! (And, oh yes, I love ALL your videos!)
Awesome, it’s one of our favorites too! We also joined the library and got a ton of new books to read as well. 👍 Thanks for your support 🙏
We are 3 adults 2 generations so 2 tvs but definitely not in bedrooms! Empty space is creative space for kiddos. Hope things improve for you and your family!❤❤
Wow. Talk about a season of transition! Oh how your minimalism is helping you in so many ways!
We have soo many TV’s in our house; but my husband is a repairman 😅 for them. We have 1 operating TV in our basement rec room. There isn’t one on the main floor at all, and none in bedrooms.
(Texas, USA) We only own one TV in the family room (our current home has both a living room and a family room). We have always owned only one TV at a time our whole married life (35.5 years). Never had a TV in our master bedroom. No kids, just us.
It's too bad you got uprooted again so soon after moving in. 😕 Interested to hear the story.
I have one TV. I also hate TV’s in the bedroom. This has caused issues in a previous relationship though as he liked to fall asleep to tv.
Dear Marissa, I send you power and happiness to manage all you have to go through. I gonna move next month and I am not YET a minimalist. But I am working on it. We have no TV at all, but a laptop to watch something on TH-cam or Netflix, especially the kids. I have six of them. In our area ( Germany, near Frankfurt) most families have one TV in the living room. Best wishes! Rachel
Thank you for showing your home honnestly, I feel less ashamed by the fact that my children keep dropping their stuff and not caring that much. I live in France, one TV per home is sufficient. However, we have sold ours 6 years ago. We have a projector for movies, but use our computers for any other TV show.
Don’t feel ashamed! It’s a continual process of educating them and improving habits slowly….it takes time ❤️
Everywhere I have lived here in the U.S. it is common to have multiple televisions. We have one. And everyone thinks I am weird because of it!
Im so glad you all were able to find a place to stay.
Between the low inventory and a positive attitude you set your sails to catch the wind of change to victory!
You are so inspiring. I am currenly downsizing and hope that one day I can move with "minimal effort" and follow in your footsteps. So glad you are living the minimalist lifestyle ( and without extra furniture) for your recent life jouney.
One tv in living room only, this is in UK where I live , also the same in Norway where i grew up.
I have been in homes that have tv’s everywhere and tv noise on from the time they get up until the middle of the night (falling asleep with tv on, so basically 24 hrs). I need the quiet! My husband and I have one tv in the living room that we watch together for a couple of hours in the evening and that’s it. We don’t have kids, so I know that makes a difference for a lot of people.
Thanks, I was going to choose charcoal gray slate for a bathroom, I will reconsider that !
I don`t have tv or radio so tv in every room seems to be too much....Moving can be traumatic, even if you move to something better, so I wish you all the best in your new home. It will be fine !!!
We have 3 boys and haven’t owned a TV in 8 years! We love it. Our kids are so creative and outdoorsy. We do use our laptop for movies but not having a tv helps to not use it as a baby sitter and our kid’s imaginations are wild!
One tv in our home and that's the norm. We live in New Zealand.
France here. No TV at all in the house🤭I am shocked to hear about that eviction , I hope the boys are ok too
Thank you for sharing, the boys are doing OK and they were a great help. We didn’t have to change schools, THANK GOODNESS!
I'm in the process of moving, and while I consider myself a minimalist, I am using this opportunity to scale back even more. Thanks so much for your inspiration and guidance :) 🍋
Wow, I have a lot of work to do to get to the point where I as one person could move in one day. Bravo. By the way, I have one TV in my living room. I did have one in my bedroom when I first moved in, but never did hook it up. I gave it to a friend.
I'm in the So Cal, USA. We have one tv in the living room. And it's not really a large one either.
We have a 3 bedroom house with two adults and a teenager. We have 4 TVs (one for each bedroom, one for the family room, and one for the garage)
I won’t have a tv in our bedroom. Yep if my kids do. The other did have one but now uses a large pc monitor to watch films on. We have 6 tvs (one in garage but rarely used).
thanks for the tip on the dark floors! i’ve been wanting to refinish my floors into a darker color, but with pets with light hair and a lot of dust around here, i’m now reconsidering
You have already made you new place into such a beautiful home, so obvious it is full of love 💙💙, just like your other homes.
Wow a move in 7 hours is amazing. We are pretty serious minimalist but I can't see a move in a single day from normal living to completely moved out. We both grew up with one TV in the household and have kept that until now so still one TV. For the doors that close use a shim under the hinge. Cardboard can work and is free.
We’ll now you can add two more moves to your long list! You seem to be accomplished at going with the flow. I’ve watched all of your videos and I can’t thank you enough for setting me on the minimalist path. It has been life changing!! I’m probably about 1/2 way there. I lost 5 family members in a very short span of time and so I can relate to your story. You’ve taught me that “things” are not the person that I loved. Thank you for your inspiration Marissa. ❤
We just have one TV (thinking of getting rid of it and just using a projector), and at some points we didn't have any, but I do know that's not the norm.
We have 2 TVs and none of them are in bedrooms. Don't have tablets or cell phones for kids either. I'm pretty anti electronics.
Hopefully you feel better and life calms down for y'all!
What an inspirational and great video (epic after shots). This was encouraging. We still have ideally one but maybe two moves left that we know of and they are so tiring. But minimalism makes it so much easier
We've never had more than one TV in our American home, but we know that's kind of unusual these days. We currently have one TV in the living room the kids can watch (like 1 hour per day, maybe). However, my husband and I do watch shows on our laptop sometimes after the kids are in bed. :) At this point in our lives, if our TV broke, we might not replace it, but would probably just have the kids watch cartoons on a laptop!
Was für ein Schreck für euch! Gratulation wie ihr das gemeistert habt und viel Glück im neuen Heim! 🤞🍀🍋🍹Ein gutes Beispiel, wie nützlich ein minimalistischer Lebensstil sein kann. Danke für deine inspirierenden Videos❣️
re: TVs: 2 people here with a projector we occasionally use, no TV. I know of two families with multiple TVs here (Germany).
I love my close-to-maximalism but seeing how much you achieved in such a short time makes me really want to declutter again (it's very intentional maximalism, the decor on the walls will stay and isn't an issue either way, but everything else could use a declutter..)
I love you and your channell ❤ you are my favorite minimalist. I have learned so much from you.I am praying for your move back to USA 🇺🇸. I hope to meet you one day if not im still going to keep watching you we look forward to your videos.Blessings to you and your sweet family.
🍋Wow! I would be a complete basket case!
Woah! Amazing how less stuff makes things and life much more simple! Godspeed for you and your family, Marissa! 🙏🏻
We live in wales 🏴 only 1 tv for us…..your new tidy home is looking great 👍
Thanks for sharing and cheers!
We have 1 tv. We both grew up with one the family room and each bedroom
@Marissa, I have to share your minimalist temporary instant solution for your opening doors! Please just take a small piece of cardboard, etc - fold it into a triangular wedge about 1 inch x 2 inches and just tape it to seal it into a wedge. Then just stick one wedge under each door!
I like the look of your new place! Cheerful and serene!
We have one TV in the living room. I never really liked TVs in the bedroom. But did at one point have an extra in there for a little bit.
I loved this video! Thank you for sharing. ❤ We had to move suddenly into a small furnished rental apartment, and I’m having much of the same struggles. No closet space or places to hang clothing, store shoes, ect. It has been a journey trying to work out the kinks, for sure!
Good thing they both have their own rooms! I am very much happy for you and your family 🤍 Supporting you guys on your journey! 🥰
I appreciate the difficulty you went through..the stuff of nightmares. I also aim for minimalism but fall somewhat short. What I cannot do or understand is living in a world of gray and white and black. I need color!
Goodness! How crazy you had to move so quickly!
I bet you were glad you are minimalist and it was relatively easy to move all your belongings quickly. Hope you settle quickly. ❤
I love your videos! Quick suggestion, if your oldest son doesn’t like his clothes hanging, perhaps get back the dresser from your closet for his closet instead? ❤
Hi marissa, I hope you’ll consider using the term “primary bedroom/bath” instead of “master bedroom/bath”. Some Builders and realtors are phasing out that term due to connotations to slavery. Thanks for considering! Love your channel!
So traumatic for you all. Poor you. I’m European and we have one TV for our entire 5 bedroom house! Couldn’t imagine any more! And certainly not in the bedrooms!!!
🍋 Good luck! I wish you all the best 🍋
We had a similar situation when buying our first home back in the 1980s. Our house didn’t close and required a waiver.. At this point we had to move in and rent the house while waiting since it couldn’t be signed off.
It was awful….we had chosen the home and all the carpeting, etc before our honeymoon, came home, moved out of our current apartment, got to the bank to sign the paperwork to get the keys and found out the house wasn’t ready and gave us the option to rent until the waiver came through.
I remember sitting on the stairs of the bank, wondering what we were going to do, homeless now with all of our belongs in a truck 😢.
We moved in and after a few weeks, we found out the builder didn’t put a water barrier inside the walls to protect the insulation 😮Anyway, our lawyer said “move out, now!” So we had to rent a a large truck to hold all of our stuff which at the time, wasn’t much since we were newlyweds. We were out in 24 hours and had to stay at friends while we looked for a new home.
I am so sorry you had to go through this. But I love your new home! ❤ And tho I have decluttered so much these past several years, I still feel like we have too much. (decluttering gets addicting 😂) But after 38 years of marriage, I need to hang on to a few things to pass on to my kids and grandchildren ❤ Things that are important to me, pictures, etc)
I know that nightstands can become "drop zones" and end up with a lot of surface clutter. Maybe you could swap them out for stand alone lamps?
Wow! What a challenging situation. As usual though, you are inspiring me to simplify and minimize even more.
And we have 0 tvs. We do connect an iPad or laptop to a larger monitor sometimes for movies and that works for us! However, it is very common to have 1 TV in each room, or at least a family room and each bedroom for most people in our area.
🍋 Came from your newsletter. Wow. Incredible.
You are soooo stinking cute! I love your attitude and ideas. I gave this video a thumbs up only because of that. Really, I did not like how you made this space into a rental area as opposed to a 'home'. I was so happy to see the stuffed animals for the boys in their room. Keep it minimal, but please still keep it a home...like your place in Berlin. Love ya!!
maintenance guy should be able to fix that door problem. I recently remodeled and one of my bathroom doors did that. When I pointed it out the contractor, he had it fixed in a blink. I wish I had watched, but I didn't so I can't tell you what he did. I'm sure he prob just adjusted one or more of the hinges to make it sit level.
Hinges on wrong side of door jambs, methinks. ??? ALSO, check out feng shui of a mirror facing your bed, or do you cover it at night if it's attached to the dresser?
Yep yep, we cover it at night - it’s attached to the dresser, otherwise we would remove it 😅
You totally nailed it 🍋
We didn’t own a tv until we bought a home together. Then we bought one for in the living room. Last year my husband asked for one in the gym, that he uses with his computer so he can watch work videos while on the treadmill or for yoga videos.
Can you do a video explaining how you range clothes in the drawer, I don't know how to roll them? 😊
I only have one TV. Someone gave me a second one and I was using it as a dual monitor but loaned it to someone. I hope I don't get it back. LOL
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I wonder if 1 of the 2 taller dressers in your master bedroom would have fit into the closet in your son's room who picked the room with the desk & no dresser??? ☺️ ps - I'm happy you found a nice place for you & your family to stay here in the US.
My God, if ever there's a benefit to being a minimalist and not having mountains of crap to wade through and pack it's in a circumstance like a panic move! You must feel so validated with your life choice! I can't imagine how much more of a nightmare this move might have been otherwise and I'm sure it was already stressful enough! 😅
You’ve been training how to pivot to be able to manage life transitions.
If you fill socks with rice it can work as a temporary door stopper
We only have one tv but we are minimal. Most people we know have 2-3 tvs.
I hope you all are less streessed now. Welcome Back to the USA
change the hinges in the door. dont make small issues big! you just need better organization. just because you are a minimalist doesnt mean you are going to be less messy. its all about having a place for everything.
We are a 1 tv family and have never had cable.
🍋 I have ONE tv in my house.
We only have 2 TV’s in our home but we have but we have 8 computers LOL 😋😄
Holy Guacamole, what a terrible feeling being "dealt with"! 🤯 Yuckity yuck yuck!
Hang in there (I know you are!) and bravo you and your family for making that move happen and still having the where-with-all to make a great video.
Love you and love your channel ❤️
We only have 1 tv🙋🏻♀️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
We have no tv… we have a laptop, a monitor and a tablet. X❤
Were is granmas pink bed blanket? 😱
I really miss your beautiful Berlin apartment now :)
Is this your second move since moving back to the U.S?
Woah! Glad worked it out, you must be tired tho. I know its silly but for the first time in my life I see pillows with chain on it! 😂 This must be so impractical! Haha
I was surprised by that too. I’m sure it discourages napping.
4 TV's here un México in a medium size house
Way to make lemonade 🍋
No televisions in bedrooms at our house.
1 TV in living room. 1 TV downstairs for gaming room.
🍋 flat surfaces are the worst 🙃
Why do you need the doors to stay open?
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I guess I'm old fashioned but we have never had TV's in our bedrooms.
We have only 1 television that we rarely watch.
4 people / 1 TV in the living room
We have 1 TV.
If it's a temporary rental, why not just leave things as they are instead having the owners move it all out?
We want to be comfortable as we don’t know how long “temporary” will be. The company was happy to oblige.