You're doing home organization WRONG.

We're tackling home organization!
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EDITED BY - PAIGE BENNER
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name: caroline (angelica)
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Contents of this Video
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00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Tip 1
03:00 - Tip 2
04:10 - Tip 3
05:57 - Tip 4
07:51 - Saving money with Upside
09:21 - Tip 5
11:24 - Tip 6
15:15 - Tip 7
16:59 - Tip 8
17:42 - Tip 9
19:17 - Tip 10
20:36 - Our standards for real homes

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[toblerone]

1. corral your crap
place things on a tray, group objects in groups of three
2. velvet hangers
uniform, clothes don't fall off
3. drop zones -> ease of maintenance
intentional drop zones, where are you naturally dropping stuff?
4. tiered lazy susan -> ease of access
toiletries and cosmetics
5. active zones vs. passive zones
entrance vs. guest bedroom,
spare light bulbs go in the passive zone
melon bowler in the back of the cabinet
everyday products in arm's reach
6. maximize weirdo spaces
designed vignette or storage space
hang up purses between wall and closet (valet rod)
((magic eraser is magic))
7. closed storage
open storage usually more for decor than actual storage,
glassware, books
8. subdivide
especially junkdrawers, use shoes boxes or similar
9. p u r g e - remove clutter
1. 15 min declutter
2. if it takes longer than 5 min to tidy a room, p u r g e
3. designate a day of the week
10. let go of the guilt of letting go
how much work would it take to revive this?

couldn't find a summary so i figured i'd post my own

[xxxafterglow]

Great video - super helpful. A favorite tip from someone w ADHD: make your own rules. I keep my clean underwear in a drawer in my bathroom so it’s easy to grab after a shower. Idk why we make ourselves walk to the bedroom for it, weird.

[georgeb.wolffsohn]

In my mid teens (40 years ago) my Uncle Ray a very calm and organized man, told me " a place for everything and everything in its place."
It took me 40 years to start to understand what he meant.
Thank you uncle Ray.

[mattneillninasmom]

For 50 years I lived in the same marvelous, coveted 4 b/r apt. in NYC until I took a trip to L.A. to visit family. I never saw my apt. again or any of the things in it I'd accumulated over a lifetime. In L.A. I was diagnosed w/cancer, had a successful surgery and adult kids did an 'intervention" questioning the wisdom of my remaining in NYC when all my kids, grandkids were in L.A. I never went back. Gave everything away. I just moved to an unfurnished studio apt. in L.A. and am deliberate in my choices, acquiring only things I love and need. Cannot tell you how freeing it is to start over, fresh. Helpful video, in deciding what priorities are, how to create and maintain a sane and comfortable home. Thank you.

[carlyreese]

A friend told me recently, "holding onto things that you don't really want doesn't reduce the amount of trash in the world, it just turns your home into the garbage can." It was that kick in the butt that got me to get rid of a free rug I could NOT get the stink out of.

Thanks for the extra motivation to get things purged from my home. :)

[sarahr]

Tip: those “weirdo” spaces may have been necessary to run plumbing or electric so always use a stud finder and MAKE SURE you know what you are drilling into.

[georgeb.wolffsohn]

I really think I'll need to study this video.
You're the first You Tube organizing guru that makes any kind of sense to this ADHD/OCD musician/artist/preschool teacher who needs serious help.

[michaleygilger]

Finally someone that just says it. Not sugar coated not in soft voices but lays it out. Great ideas. Glad i found you.

[gwenbray]

I swear this is the best, most practical, useful, and not to mention aesthetically beautiful home organization video on the internet. Loved every second! Well done Caroline!

[cortneybrown]

the aesthetic organization always drives me insane because half the tiktoks I see, they fill a container, but it doesn't hold everything so now you have to store the pretty container AND the original container too

[shatzy]

Being a chronic procrastinator, 1 thing that has worked for me when it comes to keeping relatively tidy or organised is to just put away stuff the moment I get them. Like coming back home from a grocery run and immediately putting them into their relative spots. Or coming back from a trip with a bunch of clothes and immediately unpacking the things to separate for laundry or further wear, etc. I know if those things were not put away right after I come back, when I'm still in the 'actively moving' state of mind, I'd never get myself to go back to putting them away after winding down or just sitting down in general. It's just not gonna happen, that energy will be impossible to summon back and by the time the energy does come back, I won't even know where to put them anymore and stuff would be left scattered about for a while.

But whether every item has a 'spot' is usually the bigger problem, especially with those odd items that are not in your everyday roster of things that sit, they usually just end up on the floor leaning against a wall or something. Living in a small apartment really requires a lot of creativity to maximise space utilisation, not my strong suit 🥲

[eplp]

The tip about making the systems adhere to the habits people already have really made me re-evaluate my many many attempts at organising my house.

Most specifically the laundry, the laundry is in the hallway that leads to the garden door and has the toilet and bathroom coming off it- I have been battling for YEARS! with my (non imaginary) husband and daughter just throwing their clothes on the laundry floor or not in the specific lidded hampers (separated work/school clothes, towels, etc).

But this tip made me realise that I'm trying to get them adhere to a system for me but if my main desire is not to have clothes on the floor then maybe what we need is an open topped basket they can throw the clothes in to.

Sorting through a big basket will take me a little more time but probably piss me off significantly less than having clothes strewn across the floor that is the access to the bathroom and outside.

So thanks for that Caroline!

[kanizabbas]

"Let go of the guilt of letting go"
Best advice for decluttering.

[alexandrasiebert]

I actually stopped the video and I placed some objects in groups of three. (Velvet hangers I already have, replaced them once for uniformity and clothes don't fall off, also space and lightness, love them) Then I stopped the video and created some intentional drop zones. And I went on watching the video bit by bit for three hours. Now it's late and I need to get up early, but my home is much cleaner and better organised and I'm happy. Thank you 🥰

[titiksha]

Finally, someone who said it "i don't want home organisation to be my entire identity".Loved your video ❤❤.

[AB-mhpq]

I usually don’t comment on videos but to whoever is watching and can’t consistently put their clean clothes away once they’ve done their laundry- it’s okay! I have two laundry baskets in my room that I shove the clothes into when I don’t have time. It prevents the dreaded clothes pile on the bed and makes my room feel less messy till I have to fold them. Hope this helps someone!

[hopeashbury]

So annoying when my pretend husband and pretend kids don’t put their stuff in the designated drop zones. ☺️ I think I just found my new favorite YouTuber 🥰

[dulcierobertson]

My favourite organisation strategy is to have a basket in my wardrobe for clothes I've worn but don't yet need washing, so I don't end up with a huge doom pile on a chair. It's ridiculously simple, I honestly don't know how it took me so long to learn that this was a thing!

[carolynbest]

During the pandemic, I started doing a lot of decluttering. I still have a way to go, but I am really feeling a difference in my home. One question I ask myself when decluttering is, "Will I miss this item?". The answer is usually "no" because I forgot I had it in the first place!

[elizabethnavarre]

Great, honest take. Very encouraging. My tip is reusing the plastic containers that greens come in (spinach, spring mix, etc.). I wash them out and let them dry (thoroughly). I usually layer two or maybe three together to make them sturdier and then use them for all the produce that rolls around in your fridge (cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, etc.). What's great too is that you can just take them out to do what ever meal prep, etc. that you're working on and put them right back. They're designed to fit in fridges in the first place. If anything gets icky, like beyond what a wash would easily clean, you can chuck the innermost layer. I also use them for deli meat and cheese. Just put the items in sideways (NOT stacked) and you have a little file folder of deli delights! Everyone hates forgetting that really good roast beef at the bottom of a deli stack. :( Hope that's helpful!