Hey! Just wanted to let you know that they make lots of utility shelves with adjustable legs/feet so you theoretically could put shelves on your uneven floors and just adjust the legs to make the shelves level even if the floors are not! I mean, not to encourage additional storage/hoarding, but...
When we lived in a farmhouse that had a water softener, we stored our salt in a trash can with wheels. This kept it dry, and the bags didn't get torn. And showed us when we were getting low.
You could easily sell those now, there’s a shortage on canning supplies just like TP. I wish I had jars! Also, I’d put your jar cache LOWER so its easier to put emptied jars back easier. Oh and I’m sorry to appreciate your frustrations, but I’m SOOOOOO glad my kids aren’t the only ones who do that and it DRIVES ME NUTS! Ugghhh... hugs Mamma.
I love how is practical and functional, the space is afterward vs. being Pinterest /Instagram staged. I'm not saying pretty can be practical, but this is far more realistic and achievable for the majority.
Basement is the worst place to keep photo albums. If you ever have a flooded basement or dampness issue... those photos could be destroyed. For your wedding dress, you can get a special storage box for it. But if you are not planning on saving it for anyone, you can donate it to someone who can't afford to buy one. Awesome job on decluttering!!! Love it!!
I had 89 jars when I decluttered in the Fall, husband asked how many I needed to keep. ALL OF THEM!! They are extremely valuable and are becoming harder to find. I think I may need more, lol.
My garage is a mess like this! We don’t use it for our cars, but for tools, kids’ toys, overflow food storage, fishing gear, cleaning supplies, etc. I’m always embarrassed when someone has to go in there. Don’t tell my husband, but we’re organizing it this weekend 🤫 Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for showing the mechanical room again! Love that you show that it has to be gone through often. I have watched all of them. Keep them coming is such a great reminder that we all have struggle spaces! Let us know what you do with the wedding dress. Mine is hanging in the front closet and havent figured out yet what to do with it. Mug suggestion: Top of Dave's closet hidden behind something. Out of sight, out of mind. Thanks for the great videos!
Yes empty jars are a challenge when you are a canner. I have to handle and move jars regularly. I am blessed with space for empties. I find they are much easier to manage in their original boxes because then they stack. Also the rims are protected from chipping which makes them unusable for canning. But we can only store what we have room for. I like how you talked through which ones work best for you and let the others go.
Do not declutter hard during a pandemic and food insecurity becoming more and more of a problem! Jars are hard to get and were nearly impossible to find by the end of last summer! Keep your jars sister!
It is important that people think about what they keep and get rid of at a time like this! Also people use jars for other purposes now ! I know I do! I use them for spices and remainders of pasta , beans, etc! We have to think differently to reduce waste and take care of our families. This isn’t a criticism but to help others! I have changed how I use things totally in the last year and for the better! I have never liked to waste but now we can’t afford to in many ways! I also use jars for putting up any opened package like cotton or q tips etc because they may have to last a long time if we have shutdowns in this country. They can hold bandages and so many things and they will last almost indefinitely!
@@ImaTChure After you empty your jars then place a lemon slice or two in them once they have been washed well with hot sudsy water! Let the lemon stay in the jar for a few days inside the fridge! Then wash the jar again and place some baking soda in the jar! This works for me to leave that in the jar for a few days and then wash with warm sudsy water again! Never put the lid on the jar again until you are going to use it! This allows air to circulate and they should be fine! Good luck! Remember jars can be washed in the dishwasher but you still have to follow the steps!
Thank you for your these videos. I live watching them as they give me motivation to declutter. One thing, I would put those heavy glass canning jars on the bottom and put lighter things on top. I don't want them to fall on your head.
I haven't done any decluttering or organizing which I desperately need to do, but now I want a Built bar. I will wait for your vid to end and then get my "reward". Normal people cleaning is fun to watch but I really need a hoarder show to get motivated and you are not a hoarder. Your feeling of accomplishment is palpable and that is good enough for me. :)
Ahhhhhh now I understand your comments about being a recovering couponer. The stock pile of condiments and body wash gave it away! I've been binging your channel all month! So glad the series brought me here.
Canning jars are worth their weight in gold! The 2020 shortage was unreal. The markup was 3 times what they would normally cost IF you could find them. I live in a really rural area in PA and we are just now starting to see them on store shelves again.
Sure you can build shelves on a sloping floor, especially if you're using lumber. You just build in place and use a level to make sure the shelves are level. Much love from Oklahoma!!
My girlfriend from High School (we our older now, lol) is a fantastic seamstress. She makes Angel Gowns from Wedding Dresses and donates them to Hospitals for parents whose child has not survived. It's a Beautiful Gift of Love that they can use to bury their child.
Liked this declutter. I'm so a category organizer, so it feels good to watch you organize by category. Hope you find using your storage easier after this video.
We cleaned out our storage room last October. Took us a couple of Saturdays, two trips to the DI, a load to the landfill and several full recycling bins and garbage cans. I don't dread walking in there now. 😄
OK so I woke up in a funk this morning - kind of directionless since I have the day off from work - then I watched this & decided to take on the 2 of my kitchen drawers that needed reorganizing - loved the part about getting rid of the jars that are not wide mouth - Ive got ton & don't even can food - also all the other jars that Ive been saving to store pasta & beans etc.... they're going bye bye since I'm not using them - thanks for the inspiration !!!
Glad you "organized" your way... T-shirt quilts are awesome to declutter your shirts and keep memories. They are do heavy and warm....you can use sweatshirts with the t shirts and works great. I have made close to 50 for our family and also for friends and family as gifts. You can put binding in-between or see together....pinterest I'd your friend. I took lots of different instructions and came up in the end to my own best ways.... good luck.
My sister took her wedding dress and dissected it. She married in the 80’s so it had a ton of beautiful lace. Enough to use to make small satin/lace pillows, extra lace for bridal flower arrangements. Then donated the larger sections to a local organization that makes blessing gowns for babies that were in the NICU- if the parents wanted for burial.
I am diving in to our storage/pantry area. So much to deal with that others have "put away". We know. Restock, review and inventory time of the year. Thanks for the encouragement!
for the sloping middle I would suggest a big table, like an island, you can chop the legs if needed, same with shelves by the way, but a table might be handy to fold and prep things, not dump things ;-) anyway well done with the purging
Some dry cleaning places can preserve your wedding dress in a much smaller box with a clear window so you can see it. My dress had a 10 foot train and is stored in a 2'x3.5' box.
I keep ALL the jars, because I always run out. I usually give jam and canned fruits & veggies away every year. They make GREAT teacher and staff gifts!
You might want to donate that stuff, besides the bed, like the make up etc to a shelter or place that helps women get back in the workforce perhaps?...just a thought🙂✌
We never get rid of jars. We keep them all for canning, freezing, and dry storage. We even use jars as vases for spring flowers. This last year it was almost impossible to get canning jars, and I was never so happy for my vast quantity of jars.
Have you thought about putting labels on the shelves about what generally should be there? If kids are helping you put things away it might be worth doing to keep your system going.
Great work! We have a small house (900ish sq ft) and watching you has motivated to really get a lot organized. I’ve watched your videos while working and it’s been a big encouragement, I’m going to save this one to rewatch in spring when I tackle our outside shed, that’s my biggie 😬
omg yes it is perfect... its an organised room!! your mind and mine de-clutter the same.. just love your real non pinterest life... you are so relatable... lots of love from over her in Australia x
just wide mouth jars ,so smart ! i use them to freeze and in the fridge to if i can make it work and use the used lids also . i won't have plastic anything if it can be helped . love your energy and content !
Canning jars? I am happy I had more than enough to can up my whole freezer when the power was out over the summer for a week. I'd heard the tip to keep enough lids and jars to can the meat in your freezer, so if you freezer broke you didn't loose the most expensive food in it.
I keep a lot of jars.the small ones I store empty but the large ones when I have enough to fill the water bath canner I fill with fresh water,use an old seal and process them for a few min. That way I have clean jars ready to go and emergency water if needed. When its canning time I empty, do a quick sterilization and bust out the new seals and ready to go.
I think you should reconsider the jars. Since covid hit they are very difficult to find and when you do find them the price is exorbitant. Great job on tackling that project! I really enjoy your channel❤
Great job Girly!! Now I’m inspired to declutter in February. I was hit with bronchitis after the new year and got wiped out for a few weeks. I’m going stir crazy watching organizing, cleaning, and prepping! I first came across your channel because of financial info! ❤️ I think you need to take your wedding gown into a dry cleaner and have it preserved. They clean and then preserve it in a special box. Just an idea.
This year I am committed to decluttering all my stuff. Its just me and I live in a small apartment. Not a ton of stuff, but I know I have books, clothes and crafts that I can get rid of...and my wedding dress!
You know what would be a great project to place on the "honey do" list... a platform with grading legs to accommodate your floors incline. I bet Dave could smash that project.
you can put shelves in the middle as long as you make up for the tilt, you get shelves you can assemble of different heights and combined them to make them level, or just use chunks of wood at the bottom with concrete screws in them
This is a great video, you are very motivating. Really enjoying watching. Something I noticed - I thought about all those heavy glass canning jars being up so high that might be a safety hazard, why not put them on the bottom shelf? That way you can easily pull them out like a drawer and grab the jars you need, and also put the jars back, would be so much easier to manage them. Then put something a bit lighter on the high shelf. Maybe the foil pans, wedding dress, etc. I'm ready to tackle my basement now!
I have those mugs too...hubby purchase. I too hate them! He use to keep them in the freezer for root beer floats. I’ve managed to get them to a storage shelf. I’d like to get rid of them. I am a canner and I’d never get rid of jars. I have over a thousand and fill them all during canning season. Saves so much money. Especially in vegetables and sauces.
You could keep the perfumes to make up and the pajamas stuff like that and donate it to women shelter or also to children when you do the foster children thing at Christmas time just saw those in his extra little gifts
Love your videos! A couple of thoughts: Please be careful about what you put right under the exposed insulation; you don't want to risk getting fiberglass fibers in fabric, etc. Also, as many below have said, keep your jars if you anticipate doing any canning! They were impossible to find, even from manufacturers, throughout this past summer and fall, and only now beginning to reappear in stores, in very limited sizes and number. Canning lids are even harder to come by. Thanks for all you do!
KEEP THE JARS!!! Canning supplies were in VERY SHORT supply las season... EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER were canning. Which reminds me I need to go ahead and start looking for lids...
I worked retail for years. Group like items together, and cut the flaps on the boxes off and LABEL the front of the boxes. Honest, this saves time and energy. You'd be surprised that one forgets what is in the box - a quick visual is best.
I do canning... and I fill my empty jars every summer so the only time I throw them out is if I chip the lip of one or if one gets broken by the kids and grandkids. I have, probably, 3000 jars in the house and about 90% of them are used annually for food I have canned. The rest are used for storage of things like beans and rice.
@@MFV77 The basement has shelves 6 feet high, 3 feet deep and about 120 linear feet all told. With a total of 19 kids, organization was one of those things that I absolutely needed down through the years. They're all adults now but most of them show up to help out here on the farm... including helping with canning and freezing in the summer. Thank God some of them take home some of what we can or I'd have enough food in the house to feed a military base for a few days. LOL
@@2413jonnielynn Properly canned, unless stuff freezes (I'm on the 45th parallel, we're set up for freezing weather for months on end) it will last and be fresh as if you picked it yesterday for however many years it takes for the lids to rust through (which is a LOT of years in my experience - my mother canned grape juice when I was 8 and we were still using it when I reached my early 20's to make grape jelly). Also, we dehydrate many fruits and veg then vacuum seal them for freshness and I use the veg in soups and the fruits in sauces.
Can you do a video on what a box of dishes for when a college student will need to go to school that would be a great help. Thank you. I love your videos.
I have been to college and found myself in situations where my roommates and I had WAYYYYYY too many dishes. You know what happens when college student have too many dishes? They all get dirty all at the same time. I recommend communicating with roommates beforehand to see what everyone has. You really only need one cup, plate, etc. per person. (If they’re having friends over, guess what? Most pizza places will give you paper plates for free.) Trust me, the fewer dishes you have the more likely you are to wash them after each use. Don’t be like I was!!!
@@devwanab2497 sorry...I just edited that...don't know how refrigerated got in there!!! You can get activated charcoal at a drugstore near vitamins...in capsule form...they're good to take if you are trying to detox your blood and I'm researching for a supplement for the virus...but I wouldn't take if you take medications as it would probably defeat the purpose... Newspapers absorb odors....also...my Mom used to cover the wood floors before putting down new linoleum because carpenter ants would not cross...I think it was perhaps formaldehyde in newsprint so wash the jars well... One more....orange/lemon/lime skins any one of them in some water in the microwave for a minute...leave in the microwave to cool...also freshens your microwave after, maybe, burning popcorn or fishy odors.... Hope that helps!!!
I didn’t even know January declutter was a thing but I have been doing it can’t believe how much easier it is to do things now that I got rid of things
I have more than 500 jars but not all in the house lol . I keep about 100 in the pantry room in case I find stuff on sale in the winter that I can put in jars. I also use the wide mouth jars and I use them for dry storage as well.
You could get a cute basket or something to put in your sitting room to put the throw pillows in so if someone wants one they can get one or you can get one for them instead of having them on the couch or chairs
I have a closet that I've been meaning to declutter but it just seems so hard 😫 but watching your struggle gives me confidence so thanks for that 🤣. And it's so weird I had the exact same sweets container before I got rid of it....at least I think I did 🤦🏾♀️
I've learned from many TH-cam videos, its advantageous to film decluttering. I have "lots of material". I have also more recently discovered The Minimal Mom and am working very slowly decluttering and culling unused items. By the way. I'm sure I can out do you in clutter despite having a three person family.
I keep ALL of the jars. I only get rid of chipped jars. You never know when you will need them. For example this past canning season jars were no where to be found. It was extremely hard to get enough for all of the extra canning I planned on doing. 😄
When to walk away is the key! I did a giant walk in closet filled with toys and clothes got rid of bins and bins of toys and books to donate. Feels so much better! You did a great job!
@@angelika_munkastrap4634 not sure about C Morgan, but I'm on well water (we call it a borehole) and it's from the ground about 60m deep but gets replenished when it rains
For canning jars. I have enough to be used in a year. So right now I have two boxes of the 1L jars for pickles and 1 box of the 500mL (original boxes they came in) and two boxes of the taller 250mL ones. Which is mostly the ones we have eaten since October(ish). A fee more biggest and smallest ones left since I didn't do fruit or jam this year.
Oooo a suggestion: A kitchen island/or two bookcases back to back with a counter surface on top in the middle of the room with storage shelves/drawers. Then you have a craft area with storage below for your quilting supplies (pick something you can slide the current crates into) and also storage area for canning supplies as well/a resting station for you jars. AND triple bonus, xmas wrapping surface and supply storage. Check out Bernadette Banner for her sewing room table, she did the two bookcases with counter.
You could lay long strong planks of wood from one side to the other, chocked up underneath occasionally for support. Then put shelving on top of them. An uneven floor shouldn't limit your storage capacity.
I keep all the jars. I love them but also they are expensive. Been canning 40 years. Also...I keep a cleaning tote in my kitchen pantry. It holds 6 empty jars, so once I cook and use them, after they are washed I carry 6 downstairs to canning storage. My pet peeve, empty jars in the kitchen...lol
I buy stuff like your "gift box" stuff to use for gifts when my husband says, "somebody had a baby" or "so and so is leave the job" or a gift for a birthday/ special occasion for somebody I don't know to well (a new neighbor, a co-worker...) You have a great storage space! I love it. But I love the bookshelf more. Great story there! Thanks for sharing.
I never declutter jars!! I can WAY too much to get rid of any. I have a HUGE garden and can as much as possible. When fruits go on sale, I make jellies and when I find meat at my discount grocery store, I pressure can them to save freezer space. Most recent canning project was this week we found 20lb boxes of boneless skinless chicken breasts for only $20!! We bought 3...and I canned two of them
Re: the wedding dress. There are places to donate wedding dresses to, they make them into burial gowns for stillborn and tiny nicu babies that pass away. They make a second identical one for the family to keep.
My friend lost a baby at 35 weeks and I had to take her photos in that wedding dress. Her husband said “this is the only time I’ll see her in a wedding dress” 🥺😭
We have a crooked basement floor and we hand built our big shelves. We also have shelves like yours but ours have adjustable legs so even on crooked floors, we can still get them level.
Hey! Just wanted to let you know that they make lots of utility shelves with adjustable legs/feet so you theoretically could put shelves on your uneven floors and just adjust the legs to make the shelves level even if the floors are not! I mean, not to encourage additional storage/hoarding, but...
Make up and pajamas could go to a woman’s shelter. I love the sweets container. You did a great job!
When we lived in a farmhouse that had a water softener, we stored our salt in a trash can with wheels. This kept it dry, and the bags didn't get torn. And showed us when we were getting low.
I'm 5 minutes and 38 seconds into this video.... you keep all of the jars. All. Of. Them. Forever. 😂😂😂
And ever and EVERRRRR LOL!
Never get rid of them..... I have 100s of them.
You could easily sell those now, there’s a shortage on canning supplies just like TP. I wish I had jars! Also, I’d put your jar cache LOWER so its easier to put emptied jars back easier.
Oh and I’m sorry to appreciate your frustrations, but I’m SOOOOOO glad my kids aren’t the only ones who do that and it DRIVES ME NUTS! Ugghhh... hugs Mamma.
I love how is practical and functional, the space is afterward vs. being Pinterest /Instagram staged. I'm not saying pretty can be practical, but this is far more realistic and achievable for the majority.
Basement is the worst place to keep photo albums. If you ever have a flooded basement or dampness issue... those photos could be destroyed. For your wedding dress, you can get a special storage box for it. But if you are not planning on saving it for anyone, you can donate it to someone who can't afford to buy one. Awesome job on decluttering!!! Love it!!
I had 89 jars when I decluttered in the Fall, husband asked how many I needed to keep. ALL OF THEM!! They are extremely valuable and are becoming harder to find. I think I may need more, lol.
My garage is a mess like this! We don’t use it for our cars, but for tools, kids’ toys, overflow food storage, fishing gear, cleaning supplies, etc. I’m always embarrassed when someone has to go in there. Don’t tell my husband, but we’re organizing it this weekend 🤫 Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for showing the mechanical room again! Love that you show that it has to be gone through often. I have watched all of them. Keep them coming is such a great reminder that we all have struggle spaces! Let us know what you do with the wedding dress. Mine is hanging in the front closet and havent figured out yet what to do with it. Mug suggestion: Top of Dave's closet hidden behind something. Out of sight, out of mind. Thanks for the great videos!
Yes empty jars are a challenge when you are a canner. I have to handle and move jars regularly. I am blessed with space for empties. I find they are much easier to manage in their original boxes because then they stack. Also the rims are protected from chipping which makes them unusable for canning. But we can only store what we have room for. I like how you talked through which ones work best for you and let the others go.
Do not declutter hard during a pandemic and food insecurity becoming more and more of a problem! Jars are hard to get and were nearly impossible to find by the end of last summer! Keep your jars sister!
Yes! I am redoing my little makeshift kitchen setup, and Mason jars have been so difficult to find!!!
@@geniej2378 Ok. True! (I was washing dishes while listening, so I may have missed that.)
It is important that people think about what they keep and get rid of at a time like this! Also people use jars for other purposes now ! I know I do! I use them for spices and remainders of pasta , beans, etc! We have to think differently to reduce waste and take care of our families. This isn’t a criticism but to help others! I have changed how I use things totally in the last year and for the better! I have never liked to waste but now we can’t afford to in many ways! I also use jars for putting up any opened package like cotton or q tips etc because they may have to last a long time if we have shutdowns in this country. They can hold bandages and so many things and they will last almost indefinitely!
@@kathybrown8026 Yes, I'm thinking the same about jars for myself! Any tips to get the dill scent from jars? I feel like I've tried everything!
@@ImaTChure After you empty your jars then place a lemon slice or two in them once they have been washed well with hot sudsy water! Let the lemon stay in the jar for a few days inside the fridge! Then wash the jar again and place some baking soda in the jar! This works for me to leave that in the jar for a few days and then wash with warm sudsy water again! Never put the lid on the jar again until you are going to use it! This allows air to circulate and they should be fine! Good luck! Remember jars can be washed in the dishwasher but you still have to follow the steps!
Thank you for your these videos. I live watching them as they give me motivation to declutter. One thing, I would put those heavy glass canning jars on the bottom and put lighter things on top. I don't want them to fall on your head.
I haven't done any decluttering or organizing which I desperately need to do, but now I want a Built bar. I will wait for your vid to end and then get my "reward". Normal people cleaning is fun to watch but I really need a hoarder show to get motivated and you are not a hoarder. Your feeling of accomplishment is palpable and that is good enough for me. :)
Ahhhhhh now I understand your comments about being a recovering couponer. The stock pile of condiments and body wash gave it away! I've been binging your channel all month! So glad the series brought me here.
Canning jars are worth their weight in gold! The 2020 shortage was unreal. The markup was 3 times what they would normally cost IF you could find them. I live in a really rural area in PA and we are just now starting to see them on store shelves again.
You made such a huge difference in here, Christine! A job well done!
Sure you can build shelves on a sloping floor, especially if you're using lumber. You just build in place and use a level to make sure the shelves are level.
Much love from Oklahoma!!
My girlfriend from High School (we our older now, lol) is a fantastic seamstress. She makes Angel Gowns from Wedding Dresses and donates them to Hospitals for parents whose child has not survived.
It's a Beautiful Gift of Love that they can use to bury their child.
This broke my heart, bless her
I was going to suggest this as well! I donated my wedding dress to a local church who sews with / for / through this (or a similar) program.
I donated my wedding dress years ago. I have the marriage, I don’t need the souvenirs! I say, pass it on x
Liked this declutter. I'm so a category organizer, so it feels good to watch you organize by category. Hope you find using your storage easier after this video.
We cleaned out our storage room last October. Took us a couple of Saturdays, two trips to the DI, a load to the landfill and several full recycling bins and garbage cans. I don't dread walking in there now. 😄
OK so I woke up in a funk this morning - kind of directionless since I have the day off from work - then I watched this & decided to take on the 2 of my kitchen drawers that needed reorganizing - loved the part about getting rid of the jars that are not wide mouth - Ive got ton & don't even can food - also all the other jars that Ive been saving to store pasta & beans etc.... they're going bye bye since I'm not using them - thanks for the inspiration !!!
Thank you FFM!! I made a huge Built order and saved tons because of you :)
Glad you "organized" your way...
T-shirt quilts are awesome to declutter your shirts and keep memories. They are do heavy and warm....you can use sweatshirts with the t shirts and works great. I have made close to 50 for our family and also for friends and family as gifts. You can put binding in-between or see together....pinterest I'd your friend. I took lots of different instructions and came up in the end to my own best ways.... good luck.
My sister took her wedding dress and dissected it. She married in the 80’s so it had a ton of beautiful lace. Enough to use to make small satin/lace pillows, extra lace for bridal flower arrangements. Then donated the larger sections to a local organization that makes blessing gowns for babies that were in the NICU- if the parents wanted for burial.
I am diving in to our storage/pantry area. So much to deal with that others have "put away". We know. Restock, review and inventory time of the year. Thanks for the encouragement!
Loving the sarcastic humor and music in your video. As well tips tricks and we'll the video itself thanks mrs frugal fit mom.
for the sloping middle I would suggest a big table, like an island, you can chop the legs if needed, same with shelves by the way, but a table might be handy to fold and prep things, not dump things ;-) anyway well done with the purging
Levelling feet screwed into the bottom would work too, so the table could be moved to other parts of the house and not be wonky ;-)
Some dry cleaning places can preserve your wedding dress in a much smaller box with a clear window so you can see it. My dress had a 10 foot train and is stored in a 2'x3.5' box.
I keep ALL the jars, because I always run out.
I usually give jam and canned fruits & veggies away every year. They make GREAT teacher and staff gifts!
You might want to donate that stuff, besides the bed, like the make up etc to a shelter or place that helps women get back in the workforce perhaps?...just a thought🙂✌
We never get rid of jars. We keep them all for canning, freezing, and dry storage. We even use jars as vases for spring flowers. This last year it was almost impossible to get canning jars, and I was never so happy for my vast quantity of jars.
Holy cow that was beyond satisfying to watch!!! I love a good purge and organize!
I like your figurine of the little girl and her mom being on your mom's bookshelf.
Have you thought about putting labels on the shelves about what generally should be there? If kids are helping you put things away it might be worth doing to keep your system going.
I saw a suggestion somewhere, I think it was 1870's Homestead, that she was thinking chalkboard paint/chalk for labeling. I love that idea.
That would probably look great BUT if her kids are anything like mine they wont pay any attention to the labels 😂🤷♀️😂
Great work! We have a small house (900ish sq ft) and watching you has motivated to really get a lot organized. I’ve watched your videos while working and it’s been a big encouragement, I’m going to save this one to rewatch in spring when I tackle our outside shed, that’s my biggie 😬
Wide mouth lids cost more so I would keep the regular jars. Plus I never know when I will have a bumper crop and need them.
omg yes it is perfect... its an organised room!! your mind and mine de-clutter the same.. just love your real non pinterest life... you are so relatable... lots of love from over her in Australia x
just wide mouth jars ,so smart ! i use them to freeze and in the fridge to if i can make it work and use the used lids also . i won't have plastic anything if it can be helped . love your energy and content !
Canning jars? I am happy I had more than enough to can up my whole freezer when the power was out over the summer for a week. I'd heard the tip to keep enough lids and jars to can the meat in your freezer, so if you freezer broke you didn't loose the most expensive food in it.
I keep every jar we have until it breaks. All I make currently is jam, and booze. I love using them for storage in the kitchen too.
I keep a lot of jars.the small ones I store empty but the large ones when I have enough to fill the water bath canner I fill with fresh water,use an old seal and process them for a few min. That way I have clean jars ready to go and emergency water if needed. When its canning time I empty, do a quick sterilization and bust out the new seals and ready to go.
We always write the room and year on top of the paint cans so we know what’s what when we need to touch up. Or when to get rid of it.
I use to can with my mom. I'd like to get back into it a bit. Would love to see a video or two of you doing some simple canning.
thank you Im a bit overwhelmed with my storage / as well as being a huge room full and needed your video for motivation! Thank you- godbless,🙌
I think you should reconsider the jars. Since covid hit they are very difficult to find and when you do find them the price is exorbitant. Great job on tackling that project! I really enjoy your channel❤
Great job Girly!! Now I’m inspired to declutter in February. I was hit with bronchitis after the new year and got wiped out for a few weeks. I’m going stir crazy watching organizing, cleaning, and prepping! I first came across your channel because of financial info! ❤️ I think you need to take your wedding gown into a dry cleaner and have it preserved. They clean and then preserve it in a special box. Just an idea.
This year I am committed to decluttering all my stuff. Its just me and I live in a small apartment. Not a ton of stuff, but I know I have books, clothes and crafts that I can get rid of...and my wedding dress!
Those ceiling garage storage shelves would probably be awesome in there to get storage in the middle of the room without it being on the floor.
Great job!!! Looks so much better Christine! 💜
You know what would be a great project to place on the "honey do" list... a platform with grading legs to accommodate your floors incline. I bet Dave could smash that project.
It's best to declutter jars just after you have finished canning. It's easier to tell what you need then and what you have
you can put shelves in the middle as long as you make up for the tilt, you get shelves you can assemble of different heights and combined them to make them level, or just use chunks of wood at the bottom with concrete screws in them
“..and I promise I am not cursing your name today” 😂😂
Ok but the hair/makeup/earrings combo is 🤩👏♥️
You're doing a great job! Your fridge video really helped me organize mine
"...because we've got crackers now!" :) way to go with lots of difficult decluttering! (p.s. awesome shirt!!)
Your videos are fantastic. Thanks for posting everyday.
This is a great video, you are very motivating. Really enjoying watching.
Something I noticed - I thought about all those heavy glass canning jars being up so high that might be a safety hazard, why not put them on the bottom shelf? That way you can easily pull them out like a drawer and grab the jars you need, and also put the jars back, would be so much easier to manage them. Then put something a bit lighter on the high shelf. Maybe the foil pans, wedding dress, etc.
I'm ready to tackle my basement now!
I have those mugs too...hubby purchase. I too hate them! He use to keep them in the freezer for root beer floats. I’ve managed to get them to a storage shelf. I’d like to get rid of them. I am a canner and I’d never get rid of jars. I have over a thousand and fill them all during canning season. Saves so much money. Especially in vegetables and sauces.
You could keep the perfumes to make up and the pajamas stuff like that and donate it to women shelter or also to children when you do the foster children thing at Christmas time just saw those in his extra little gifts
I keep all the canning jars! In my area you couldn’t even buy any this past summer.
Canning jars. I use them for storage of beans, rice, grains, specialty flours and rices etc
Love your videos! A couple of thoughts: Please be careful about what you put right under the exposed insulation; you don't want to risk getting fiberglass fibers in fabric, etc. Also, as many below have said, keep your jars if you anticipate doing any canning! They were impossible to find, even from manufacturers, throughout this past summer and fall, and only now beginning to reappear in stores, in very limited sizes and number. Canning lids are even harder to come by. Thanks for all you do!
KEEP THE JARS!!! Canning supplies were in VERY SHORT supply las season... EVERYONE AND THEIR BROTHER were canning. Which reminds me I need to go ahead and start looking for lids...
I worked retail for years. Group like items together, and cut the flaps on the boxes off and LABEL the front of the boxes. Honest, this saves time and energy. You'd be surprised that one forgets what is in the box - a quick visual is best.
You could buy some pillow covers for the throw pillows, they will be just as comfortable but look nicer.
That's a really good suggestion
I was gonna comment the same thing, but I had a feeling someone beat me to it. 😂
I think that those regifting facebook pages are amazing :) It's nice to know that you can declutter and someone else is enjoying it.
I totally agree!
I do canning... and I fill my empty jars every summer so the only time I throw them out is if I chip the lip of one or if one gets broken by the kids and grandkids. I have, probably, 3000 jars in the house and about 90% of them are used annually for food I have canned. The rest are used for storage of things like beans and rice.
Wow! You must have quite the organization system!
@@MFV77 The basement has shelves 6 feet high, 3 feet deep and about 120 linear feet all told. With a total of 19 kids, organization was one of those things that I absolutely needed down through the years. They're all adults now but most of them show up to help out here on the farm... including helping with canning and freezing in the summer. Thank God some of them take home some of what we can or I'd have enough food in the house to feed a military base for a few days. LOL
How do you keep the food fresh? They don't go bad??
@@2413jonnielynn Properly canned, unless stuff freezes (I'm on the 45th parallel, we're set up for freezing weather for months on end) it will last and be fresh as if you picked it yesterday for however many years it takes for the lids to rust through (which is a LOT of years in my experience - my mother canned grape juice when I was 8 and we were still using it when I reached my early 20's to make grape jelly). Also, we dehydrate many fruits and veg then vacuum seal them for freshness and I use the veg in soups and the fruits in sauces.
Can you do a video on what a box of dishes for when a college student will need to go to school that would be a great help. Thank you. I love your videos.
I have been to college and found myself in situations where my roommates and I had WAYYYYYY too many dishes. You know what happens when college student have too many dishes? They all get dirty all at the same time.
I recommend communicating with roommates beforehand to see what everyone has. You really only need one cup, plate, etc. per person. (If they’re having friends over, guess what? Most pizza places will give you paper plates for free.)
Trust me, the fewer dishes you have the more likely you are to wash them after each use. Don’t be like I was!!!
All the jars. We don’t ever get rid of jars. Ever. Lol
Store dry goods in those jars... saving old pasta sauce jars too.
How can you get rid of the smells in a cleaned jar? I've tried vinegar..
@@devwanab2497 Activated charcoal or newspapers🙂
@@hopelk putting it in the fridge will take away the smell? How does newspaper take the orders away? Thanks
@@devwanab2497 sorry...I just edited that...don't know how refrigerated got in there!!!
You can get activated charcoal at a drugstore near vitamins...in capsule form...they're good to take if you are trying to detox your blood and I'm researching for a supplement for the virus...but I wouldn't take if you take medications as it would probably defeat the purpose...
Newspapers absorb odors....also...my Mom used to cover the wood floors before putting down new linoleum because carpenter ants would not cross...I think it was perhaps formaldehyde in newsprint so wash the jars well...
One more....orange/lemon/lime skins any one of them in some water in the microwave for a minute...leave in the microwave to cool...also freshens your microwave after, maybe, burning popcorn or fishy odors....
Hope that helps!!!
I didn’t even know January declutter was a thing but I have been doing it can’t believe how much easier it is to do things now that I got rid of things
I have more than 500 jars but not all in the house lol . I keep about 100 in the pantry room in case I find stuff on sale in the winter that I can put in jars. I also use the wide mouth jars and I use them for dry storage as well.
Canning lady here keep all of them.
Put the jars up on a FB bridal page. Lots of people love the Mason jar look for centerpieces and would love your buckets of jars!
You could get a cute basket or something to put in your sitting room to put the throw pillows in so if someone wants one they can get one or you can get one for them instead of having them on the couch or chairs
Wow! I’m totally inspired! Love this and your effort! Thank you!
I have a closet that I've been meaning to declutter but it just seems so hard 😫 but watching your struggle gives me confidence so thanks for that 🤣. And it's so weird I had the exact same sweets container before I got rid of it....at least I think I did 🤦🏾♀️
I've learned from many TH-cam videos, its advantageous to film decluttering. I have "lots of material". I have also more recently discovered The Minimal Mom and am working very slowly decluttering and culling unused items. By the way. I'm sure I can out do you in clutter despite having a three person family.
I keep ALL of the jars. I only get rid of chipped jars. You never know when you will need them. For example this past canning season jars were no where to be found. It was extremely hard to get enough for all of the extra canning I planned on doing. 😄
Nice work. This series has restarted me to continue working on my decluttering challenge and live more minimalistic.
You can do it!
When to walk away is the key! I did a giant walk in closet filled with toys and clothes got rid of bins and bins of toys and books to donate. Feels so much better! You did a great job!
Instead of storing canning jars empty, I fill them with water in case of an emergency ( I'm on well water).
Does well water come out from the ground or collect from rainfall?
Ooo nice idea. I might try that too. Especially with my large jars.
@@angelika_munkastrap4634 not sure about C Morgan, but I'm on well water (we call it a borehole) and it's from the ground about 60m deep but gets replenished when it rains
You have plenty stockpiled food and supplies. Now you can find them. Nice job.
For canning jars. I have enough to be used in a year. So right now I have two boxes of the 1L jars for pickles and 1 box of the 500mL (original boxes they came in) and two boxes of the taller 250mL ones. Which is mostly the ones we have eaten since October(ish). A fee more biggest and smallest ones left since I didn't do fruit or jam this year.
Oooo a suggestion: A kitchen island/or two bookcases back to back with a counter surface on top in the middle of the room with storage shelves/drawers. Then you have a craft area with storage below for your quilting supplies (pick something you can slide the current crates into) and also storage area for canning supplies as well/a resting station for you jars. AND triple bonus, xmas wrapping surface and supply storage. Check out Bernadette Banner for her sewing room table, she did the two bookcases with counter.
Looks great! You need to have your wedding dress “ preserved” a dry cleaner or wedding dress shop can do that for you.
Awesome job!! I bet you do feel better! I would have thought that took all day. Two hours was great!! 👍🏻
You could lay long strong planks of wood from one side to the other, chocked up underneath occasionally for support. Then put shelving on top of them. An uneven floor shouldn't limit your storage capacity.
Try finding a cleaner's near you that preserves wedding dress in a show box. That way it will keep and be compact to store.
I keep all the jars. I love them but also they are expensive. Been canning 40 years. Also...I keep a cleaning tote in my kitchen pantry. It holds 6 empty jars, so once I cook and use them, after they are washed I carry 6 downstairs to canning storage. My pet peeve, empty jars in the kitchen...lol
I buy stuff like your "gift box" stuff to use for gifts when my husband says, "somebody had a baby" or "so and so is leave the job" or a gift for a birthday/ special occasion for somebody I don't know to well (a new neighbor, a co-worker...) You have a great storage space! I love it. But I love the bookshelf more. Great story there! Thanks for sharing.
I never declutter jars!! I can WAY too much to get rid of any. I have a HUGE garden and can as much as possible. When fruits go on sale, I make jellies and when I find meat at my discount grocery store, I pressure can them to save freezer space. Most recent canning project was this week we found 20lb boxes of boneless skinless chicken breasts for only $20!! We bought 3...and I canned two of them
You can always put a block, brick, wood under shelving to level... Blocks and 2x4s make great stable shelves...
I love organizing things like that. I put on music and have the best time...I am a little ocd.
it is so satisfying to watch other people sorting out their house. wish i could sort my house out and stay motivated like you!
Re: the wedding dress. There are places to donate wedding dresses to, they make them into burial gowns for stillborn and tiny nicu babies that pass away. They make a second identical one for the family to keep.
Wow, I never heard of that.
I think she's probably keeping it for sentimental and incase Hailey wanted to wear it one day
My friend lost a baby at 35 weeks and I had to take her photos in that wedding dress. Her husband said “this is the only time I’ll see her in a wedding dress” 🥺😭
Kristin Cable that is such a lovely idea ❤️
We have a crooked basement floor and we hand built our big shelves. We also have shelves like yours but ours have adjustable legs so even on crooked floors, we can still get them level.
All the Jars!! I have at least 1000 between full and empty! Love them.