☘️ Decluttering The Most RANDOM Assortment Of Stuff I Own • Whole House Declutter episode 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2023
- ☘️ Continuing my whole house declutter, this time by going through the dressed in my bedroom. This is home to a mish mash of clutter, including jewellery, clothing, and.. body parts?! But they're sentimental!
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When my grandmother died, my cousins took all of her "good" jewelry and left me and my sisters her "junk" jewelry. I'm so grateful for this "junk" even though it has no monetary value. Unless it's truly broken, I think it's okay to leave jewelry for friends and family after you pass. I don't see it as a burden because these trinkets are easy to store and easy to redistribute. And the really junky stuff is fun for kids to play make-believe with. Sentimental jewelry, like your grandfather's watch, looks nice in a shadowbox along with a photo of the original wearer. That way you can enjoy it every day. 🥰
Wear those fab dangly earrings to the library! Why not!!
You might be right!
totally!
I was going to say pretty much the same thing! Those earrings look amazing on you wear them to go wherever!❤👍🌟⭐💛
Blue jeans black ankle boots black turtleneck and those earrings fabulous
I’ve adopted that mindset . Take your nice stuff out of the closet and wear them! Unless the thing is uncomfortable or not practical at all. No occasion needed. Every day is an occasion.
You don’t need an occasion to wear something you like. I had a toulle pink skirt that never wore since my wedding day (wore it for a dance with my husband). Thought I needed an occasion. Until I wore it more than 12 years after for the Barbie movie. Been wearing it just whenever I want… to go to the supermarket…, stay at home, whatever. Beautiful stuff is to wear and enjoy! It turns you everyday life into an occasion! Kisses! Thanks for the video!
Oh yes, I've worn my tulle skirt out and about. 😁
"The less you have the more you realise you can live with less." Yes absolutely this has been my experience.
Love this series!! so glad you kept the green and the dangly sparkly earrings...just wear them at home on a day when you feel inspired, or are in need of sparkle!! ✨✨
Have already worn the green ones, and am thinking of places I could wear the dangly ones. Maybe to a Christmas event... 😁
@@HowToGYST yes! when you put them on they made you smile and they looked great on you, so I woud absolutely give them a chance to be magical! ✨
I put my necklaces on the hanger with the dress/top that I wear them with - it saves space and time as I know exactly where an outfit is (there's also room to pop a ring/bracelet on the hanger hook). I think it was "Diane in Denmark" I got that tip from, as she hangs her full outfits ready to go the night before.
Also that green bead bracelet looks so similar to a malachite one I almost bought last weekend! 😂
Finally, when it comes to spider plants, you can always put a small pot of dirt under one of the "baby plant" offshoots and it will root into it. Then you snip off the stem it's attached to the main plant by, and if you want to you can part with the "mother" plant and start over with a more manageable one. I did that several times with my past ones, otherwise they will just take over the whole place 😂
Thanks for the lovely video as always; looking forward to the rest of this series too 👏😘
Yes, I have several spider babies and was going to propagate them but as you say, they might end up taking over. 😂
A lot of my jewellery will go with multiple different outfits so will keep them in the box for now. Will need it for earrings, etc. anyway. 🙂
I highly encourage making a memories bin! That way you can keep all the ones you don’t wear that are sentimental but there’s a boundary
I have several in the basement. 🙂
For the over the top items, you can wear them at home for fun if you want to be fancy for a day. Dress up doesn't just have to be a kids game. Otherwise, ask your daughter if she would like them for dress up or let them go. ❤
Jovie reminds me of Pepper on Hoarder's Heart's channel. An emotional support animal presenr while decluttering is always appreciated 🐶🐱💕
Yes I totally agree
Laura, you are very inspiring. Didn't realise that you played the harp. Perfect opportunity to wear your most extravant dress, most dangly earrings and have a little house concert. Go raibh mile maith agat!
I'm in the very beginning stages of learning. 😁
Love the dangly sparkly earrings: keep them and wear them. Bye bye old cocktail rings and definitely the gallstones!
The gallstones are keepers. For now. 😂
I love that these videos show that it's okay for decluttering to take time and to tackle small places at a time. Really great
Thank you! Yeah, this one took quite a while.
Oh Laura, I so felt for you going through your jewelry. It looked so difficult for you. I have the same issues especially after being married over 40 years!
It was definitely harder than I was expecting, but I also got rid of more than I thought I would.
Love seeing your process in the moment like that. You talking through your decluttering is helpful ❤
Ah, I'm delighted to hear that. I hoped it wouldn't be too boring.
A friend of mine said she saw a couple decked out all fancy in the post office. Like gown and tuxedo fancy. So wear the fancy wearing to the post office. 😊 Wear it grocery shopping. Just make people smile at the fancy woman doing every day life. 😊
Sam and I went to a wedding once, and because we had time to kill between the ceremony and dinner, we drove to a nearby village where we used to spend time when we were first together. We strolled around in all our finery, and stopped into a gas station diner we used to go to. We turned quite a few heads that day. 😂
Same here. I was never a fashionista, but wore various jewelry when I worked. Almost 70 now & like you.. rarely leave the house. Only when I have to go shopping or to the drs. Big difference here is I won't have to burden anyone with our "stuff". All of our "property" and the confines of all will go to charity. St Jude's Research Hospital. We don't have anyone in either family or friends actually that have been deserving to have anything we own. That is what holds me back from decluttering. Actually kinda a burden to me, but I know everything I have will go to a good cause & they can handle it. ... Glenda
I know you already decluttered.... But if you have a small trinket type thing that you want to have the memory or the smile of. You could repurpose as a Christmas ornament. Turn it into a different display piece. I k ow your goal is to let go but sometimes things you love that aren't useful still can mean a lot. And giving it a new purpose may be fun. I mean don't do it with everything. But can be a fun memento of the past and make you smile. My tree has. Lot of eclectic things but means a lot to me. It's probably one of my most special categories after photo memories. I have ones from my childhood. My kids each have their own box that they can take when they move out.
I loved those green glasses on you.
That makes one of us. 😂 I have other pairs downstairs that I wear all the time so had to part with these ones. Someone else will love them more.
@@HowToGYST I think you are your worst critic. But hey I am a minimal girl too, so when they gotta go, you gotta give.
@@HowToGYST I liked both pairs on you, but then I looked at your top, looked back up at the glasses, and thought "WAIT! I've been bamboozled!" I'm a sucker for green and white, and I felt the greens matched very well. The actual shapes, I get you, I wasn't a fan of the white ones so much, but felt the green ones might be ok with a hat, except if you don't wear hats, or sometimes remove the hats... why bother when you have pairs you already prefer? ^^ Especially since that green will not go with everything, and your everyday pairs are more versatile and easy to access iirc. Both fun pairs to be sure, a good find for someone at a thrift store!
Fabulous stuff you love to wear, wear them anyway! Do not wait for Ze Special Occasion to wear them! VLOG WEARING THOSE PENDANT EARRINGS QUEEN!
Because of TH-camrs like you I've decided to just declutter slowly overtime not stressed out about it anymore. I'm getting older, and it's just not worth it. I used to be. I got to get this done, and it would stress me out.
Now I understand it will get done just not all at once I'm doing one of those 5-minute routines and if I do a little over that's okay if I see an extra few pieces that I want to get rid of or put in their home that's okay but for the most part I Take 5 to 10 minutes and that's it it will all get done just not immediately. 😂
This series is great! This particular video is extremely helpful as the "random bits & bobs" and sentimental items are what hold me back and stall/stump me during my decluttering "sessions." Thank you!! xo
Thanks so much! Hope it encourages you to give it a go. ☺️
I like this video I struggle with sentimental items too. I am inspired to clean my jewelry box to remember the pieces I have to wear again.
I will eliminate some pieces of course.
Since I recorded this I've been wearing my jewellery a bit more. 😁
I stopped shopping for things. The inventory I have is a lot. Been condensing, yearly and seasonally. Each season, I let go of worn out, no longer fit or just not feeling it anymore. Thats for jewelry, shoes, clothes, makeup, purses. Etc. Home stuff too. But I have a slow method. It takes time for me. And each season brings the change and fresh perspective along with my mindset. I like to get my money's worth. But, whats helped is I stopped shopping for items. So using what I have that I still like and learning to let go as time comes. Learning how great intentional purchases is. and becoming more happy with less, but with the items I have is my favorate. The inventory each season is becoming less. And I am looking forward to seeing my favorites. I found my method. Slow and easy.
Oh yeah, avoiding shopping is a HUGE part of it. Very little point decluttering if you're just going to replace it all, and I know myself I'm too tempted by things I see in stores.
Loving this series, especially the combination of all the methods. The do I want to move with it is the perfect question after the others. I managed to declutter bags of clothes using that one a few years back. Off course, before I moved I ended up with more, sigh
Well done 👏 I can’t believe how much you let go. You are at a huge advantage having decluttered so much over the years. You will have a lot of work done before you move back to Ireland. Have a great week wearing your beautiful jewellery everywhere. Mary, Joes wife 👏💪👍🙏💐🐕🦺💍👑
This was helpful to watch. I've managed to half my possessions in storage in six months, but there are categories I dread, and one of them is costume jewelry. I've noticed a lot of women have a tendency to buy a cheap thing as a pick-me-up when they feel down...for my mom it was lipstick. For my mother-in-law, it was single stock shares (she was the smart one!) For me, it's cheap earrings. Not looking forward to going through them. Also wish to mention, I find myself fixated on your random rainbow items. I followed the fortunes of your sparkly rainbow caftan (or was it a dress?) for months until I think you decluttered it....
For tarnished jewellery, use a soft toothbrush and toothpaste and gently scrub under running water. Make sure you put the plug in the drain.
What might you think about putting that little white gold “L” charm from your husband onto the same chain as your white gold key from Tiffany? It could create a fun new look and make a multi-charm special necklace for you, which could encourage you to polish it up and wear it more often. It would also save you some money and potential clutter since you wouldn’t have to buy another chain. I did this with a lot of the silver necklaces from my childhood and teens that I didn’t wear any longer, but I still felt sentimental about the pendants / charms as they had been gifts or from a special time in my young life. While on a trip in Greece last summer, I picked out a chain with wide links that would be able to accommodate all of those pendants together. Now I have just one beautiful silver statement necklace that showcases all the charms that mean the most to me.
I was thinking similarly, but different: depending how they attach, it might be possible to have just one chain (or a few different lengths) that each pendant can be swapped onto depending on mood/outfit. Admittedly it's an extra step that I wouldn't love doing myself, so while these might be good solutions for someone, they might not be perfect solutions for Laura. Or maybe they are! Seeing your comment definitely left me with a smile and some ideas for my sentimental pieces, though. Thank you!
I second the comments about just switching out the dangles/ charms on the chains you already have. When I decluttered my jewelry, I treated myself to a nice Stackable set. I did have everything out and displayed but it all just got dusty and tangled and I never wore it even though I could see it all the time. It just got cluttered and ugly, so I found those Stackables and that was that. I wear more jewelry now than I ever did when it was on display. I have a lot left but every piece is wanted and loved and worn so no regrets.
I have my father's watch. he died when I was 12, and his was my first experience with death... it was traumatic for me. So I really felt for you, when you were telling us about your grandfather and his watch.
Great work! 😃👍
Oh, I'm so sorry. I can't even imagine what that must have been like. My deepest sympathies.
Thank you. 😊
I so loved watching this "episode" of your new decluttering journey! Went and decluttered a silver chain halfway through 😂❤
I am so with you on the gallstones 🤕 I had such a shock when I was taken into hospital and thought I was dying - then to be told I had m gallbaldder out. Morbidly for me they were a sign of survival, and it took two decades to be able to let them go... then came the fum of getting rid of medical waste 😬
It’s funny the feelings we attach to physical items, isn’t it?
I love watching your videos it really does help me get rid of things I’ve decluttered more things I never thought I could let go or I’ve been stuck with for over 10 years and it felt good letting it go just having your videos play in the living room I’ve made some huge changes getting rid of the 4 sets of tires and rims out of my living room and multiple bikes and a ton of clothes and paper work
I thought the green sunglasses looked good! White = no...lol!
The top of the dresser looks much better! Just grouping stuff made a difference!
Nice job! 👏🎉
I'm sad you decluttered the rainbow earrings, they looked like they'd be so fun to wear! But amazing job getting rid of so much stuff.
I explained my reasoning in the original footage but the video was far too long so I had to cut a lot out, including that. Basically they kept twisting in my ears when I wore them.
I thought for sure the gallstones were going in the trash pile!!!
I like to surprise people. 😂
Hi Laura!
Have you tried the container concept? Regarding the items in your jewellery box that might be a good one. Since you want to get rid of stuff and not take huge piles with you when you move a small container that you can fill might be a good solution. Another thing to think abut can be, do you want all the chains or can it just be the charms that you keep and 1-2 chains?
I used to have loads of costume jewellery and some "nice" pieces when I was in my 20-30:s, I am 51yo now. I have decluttered it all, don´t want or like to wear that stuff anymore. I even sold the items I got on my baptism and I gave most of my inherited jewes to my aunt so she can pass them on to her grandchildren. Neither me or my siblings have kids and now the items stays in the family.
I have one necklace I always use, a silver chain with a tiny skull. I bought it myself and never take it of. I have a few pair of hoopes in different sizes, if I ever "go somewhere" (never).
I also own a golden brooch with beautiful dark red garnets that used to be my grandmothers and a fantastic golden ring that my mother gave me, that used to be hers. I have one large silver ring that was a gift from my sister and a tiny blue enamel heartshaped charm that was my fathers. These inherited items + the ring my sister gave me I don´t consider to be "jewels" they are more of sentimental items for me. The baptism charms etc wasn´t sentimental, just stuff I stored.
I'm definitely whittling down to the most important pieces. It's a process. 🙂 The jewellery box itself is a keeper so that'll be my container. I think over time I'll be able to use it to store additional stuff.
Great job....
Well done starting your move declutter early.... it rolls around quickly
It surely does. And I'll have plenty of other things to deal with then, so trying to get a head start on this.
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Oops. Too late. 🫠
I’ve utilised a modified version of the KonMari Method, but Swedish Death Clean!? That sounds sooo badass.
I explain it in more detail in this video: th-cam.com/video/babSjxqXsgo/w-d-xo.html It's really helped me let go of a LOT more stuff.
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We have such similar style! I saw a lot of pieces in your collection that are similar to ones I have 🤩
Sentimental jewelry is very hard for me too. I have beautiful jewelry I don't wear. I feel my children won't be able to appreciate the jewelry the way I do, so I don't want to unload it on them.
It's OK to keep it for yourself if it's genuinely sentimental. 🙂
The green sunglasses look great. Keep them
I haven't worn them in years (if ever) so it's time to pass them on to someone else.
I kept my gallstones too! I had them for 20 years before I decided it was time to let go. I took a picture and then threw them away!
Oh I only have mine for 7 years so I've a long way to go with them yet. 😂
When I had my gallbladder out I was never offered my gallstones. Darn I could of made a necklace with them,just kidding toss them girls
@@shirleyrankin-zf6nv Laughing so hard, I was just looking up gallstone jewelry! It's certainly a look, lol! Definitely not for everyone!
For those wondering about the logistics of it, they are quite fragile, need to be thoroughly dried so they are no longer covered in bile, and should generally be coated in something like epoxy to make them stronger before being turned into jewelry, from my very quick research. Apparently, they are quite stinky if you have to drill holes through them to turn them into beads, though I'm not clear on if they're just as stinky without the drilling, haha. I would guess so, on account of the bile, but nobody except the bead-driller mentioned it. You can actually have them look very different ways, depending on if you add mix-ins to the epoxy, and how you polish it after. It definitely makes for quite a unique piece with a *very* personal history, lol!
Dress up for Halloween and wear the chandelier earrings.
I'm so glad I'm not very sentimental, as it allows me to get rid of things without too much agonizing.
I'm sentimental about certain things but not others. Do you find you have one particular category of things you're more sentimental about? Or are you not very sentimental in general?
I struggle with sentimental item too. It is hard.
It is, but still doable. 🙂
Enjoyed! Thanks for sharing!💚
Thank YOU for watching. 💖
Oooo I like that skirt! I bet it twirls nice!
It does! I have it in navy too. AND it has pockets! 😁
i liked both of the sunglasses,,,
Go you! Love the idea of sending pic to hubby of items. I might try that.
Works a treat!
Lookin' good, young lady!
"Invite me to your wedding!" 😂
I have lovely earrings I can wear to it. 😜
I was wondering if you'd put an entire drawer into a memory bin with the wedding jewellery included.
Not quite. I'm considering wearing my wedding earrings for special occasions. No point keeping them all wrapped up.
Once you develop those decluttering muscles, it becomes easier to make decisions.
Try putting your wedding jewelry on your Christmas tree. Sparkle Sparkle and you and your children get to see them.
A lovely idea! I could never though, I would be so worried about losing a stone in my tall carpet and never finding it again. So funny that I'd be more confident wearing them out and about than just hanging them on my tree, haha!
Lol 😂 funny lot aren't we. I can't have a real christmas tree as I'm scared of accidentally throwing out a decoration out with the tree 😂.
You are very brave decluttering things that are not solely yours. I have never decluttered anything belonging to my husband, children, grandchildren. They are not mine to declutter. I will ask them to think of decluttering their own things.
As I shared in the video, I only do it with their consent.
... the green sunnies are fab on you - you have to wear them ☺︎
I've had them for years and can't remember the last time I wore them... if I ever did! 😬
Swarovski offers a repair service. I'm a member of their collectors society and that entitles me to free repairs. Although I must admit I've only repaired ornaments, not jewellery
Great! I looked them up and there's a store about 30 minutes from me. So I'll head there soon.
tarnish ziplocks exist. I'd keep your precious items in those. Be sure to put nailpolish with hazardous waste.
Thanks for the tips!
These are very enjoyable Laura. Are you moving back to Ireland?
Eventually! In a few years, I believe she mentioned.
If you like the long chain, could you keep it for the trinket missing a chain? Or use one chain for multiple trinkets? Thanks for sharing the stories..tough category.
Great idea!
Im taking your lead and making myself a breakdown list of areas to tackle for declutter. Would you suggest that i break it down by furniture piece or individual drawers, sections, areas, partitions, etc?
I'm doing it by individual drawers, etc. More chances to celebrate a job well done. 😉
You don’t have to get rid of anything.
Wear them to dinner. Who needs a gala to sparkle and shine?
Now I just need someone to take me out to dinner. 😂
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Rather than buying a new chain for your “L” charm, perhaps add it to one of your other necklaces or swap out… 😊
Thought about adding but I think it would annoy me. I may swap out but I think a lot of my chains are a little shorter than I'd like so I was going to get a longer one to test. We'll see!
Hi!!! I love your videos!!!!
But please... do not buy new chains for your 2 breloques!! You can only wear one necklace at the time!!@ Simply use one of the chain you already have!!! The last thing you need is more chains!!!!
Maybe ask your daughter now which items she wants. And if they are ones you are ready to part with, go ahead and gift them to her now - while you might see her enjoy wearing the ring, earrings, etc.
She's only 10 so I feel she's too young to decide. Besides, I'm keeping this stuff for me.
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Ah, no worries. 😁
jewelry takes up so little space. Keep it.
But then I have to go digging for the things I actually want. And if anything happens to me, my family has to go through all this stuff. Plus, someone else out there will be thrilled to find this stuff at a charity shop.
I beg your pardon, did you say GALLSTONES? They'll let you keep those?
I wanted my wisdom teeth, but they wouldn't give them to me.
Did they say why? Technically they're your property... 😂
@@HowToGYST lol, that's what I would think! They said bio waste has to be discarded in a specific way. It didn't occur to me at the time to press for more details about that. I really wanted to make weird jewelry out of them. XD
Maybe there's some strange rule around wisdom teeth? Because now that you mention it, I wasn't offered mine either. But gallstones were handed over. 😂
How cruel! If I remember correctly, I got to keep at least those that had come out without breaking apart.
I actually went researching because now it was bugging me (like twenty years after the fact, lol), and apparently it's not standard practice to offer, but in the US they do actually have to release body parts if requested, for religion reasons. Some parts can't be released directly, such as in cases where contagion is a risk, but my teeth shouldn't have been a problem. Now I'm mad about it.
You could have worn some earrings or a necklace for this video.
Would've only had to take them off to include them in the process.
The less you have, the more you realise you can live with less.... makes complete sense to someone who lives fairly minimally. So much more i can get rid of.... I describe myself as a minimalist womble (the minimalist is winning these days, life is just easier living simply ) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wombles
The Wombles of Wimbledon! That song is going to be stuck in my head now. 😂