🥴WHAT WAS I THINKING?! MESSY TO MINIMAL Extreme Kitchen Declutter 2023 + reacting to my FIRST VIDEO!
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- WHAT WAS I THINKING?! Messy To Minimal Extreme Kitchen Declutter + reacting to my FIRST VIDEO!
OOOOOOOOKAY! It's time to declutter my kitchen for the new year! Today, I'm getting some inspiration and motivation from ME! That's right I'm going back 3 years to my very first Messy To Minimal episode and reacting to that video.
If you are new here, hey! I am Natalie - follower of Jesus, wife to my childhood best friend, and homeschool mama to three.
I’m also the ORIGINAL creator of “MESSY TO MINIMAL”- a widely-popular extreme decluttering and home organization series that I started in 2020. In the course of about a year, my husband and I worked to simplify our home and lifestyle. With our first pass through our home we got rid of over 80% of our possessions. Nowadays, we’re not keeping track of the number, because decluttering is more of a maintenance task to invest into the health and simplicity of our home and family life moving forward!
I continue to share this series as a way to completely DEMOLISH the idea that decluttering is a one and done activity (especially in a home with young children!) I am here to give you non-judgmental encouragement and some gentle motivation for your own decluttering and simple-living journey!
If you’re just tuning in to this series or would like a refresher here’s that full playlist: • MESSY TO MINIMAL SERIES
My website: www.Natalie Bennett.com
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No birds were harmed in the declutter of the spice cabinet. 🐦🐦🪨
😂😂😂
Whew!
Lmaooo!!
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My Mom always says catch two birds with one net, she didn’t like the other phrase cause she’s a big bird watcher haha
My husband when he heard me watching you: “no Natalie, no…you make my wife crazy” 🤣 I told him I was going to declutter him next lol
I can relate to this!😂
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I think my husband has the opposite reaction! 😂
@@annewhittemore3771 count yourself lucky 🤣 my husband is a tough one to crack when it comes to clutter lol
My husband says “Feed two birds with one scone” and maybe Judah will prefer that saying too! Lol love the video as always
That's great!! 😅
I have never heard that one before, but definitely want to borrow it. 😊
Fellow neurodivergent messy mama 🙋🏼♀️ I think you being authentic in your messy to minimal series is the reason why it did so well. You helped us messy moms learn that it can be totally normal to have a house that isn’t always picture perfect. I appreciate that you have maintained that authenticity and relatability throughout the years 🧡
I also appreciate seeing the journey from a neurodivergent lense. Finding youtubers like Natalie, Dana K. White and Clutterbug, watching them break down the process and seeing how immensely beneficial decluttering can be to those of us with neurodivergent minds has improved my life beyond words.
I am SOOO excited for this series! Natalie, you are SUCH a blessing! I know in your "chatty" video you were concerned about not being "funny" or "sassy" enough, but, Sis, honestly, I wouldn't change A THING about you! Your heart--so feminine and vulnerable and strong and honest--and your love for Jesus and honoring Him in your family and EVERY area of life (including homemaking) is why I watch your channel. 💖 Stay true to Him and to who He has made YOU to be... because THAT is what inspired the rest of us in so many fun, practical, and breathtakingly beautiful ways! 🤗💖💐
(So funny: I knew when you said "Killing two birds with one stone" there would be comments following...😂)
I agree 100%! She said exactly what I was thinking 💗
Totally agree
I could have written this... 100% agree! Love YOU Natalie!! ❤️🍳
Messy to Minimal is really what got me hooked on your channel back in 2019/2020. Still here and loving your content ❤
The biggest difference I see today vs years ago that makes me feel motivated to also simplify is seeing how much more relaxed you seem regarding home upkeep.
"I've never been a tidy person, I'm just really good at hiding stuff." This is such a true and honest statement and makes me feel better about not being pintrest-board organized in my home. ❤
Natalie, this was really a fabulous video. It’s amazing how many things you got rid of after how many times you have already gone through your kitchen. And I like what you said about how it’s OK to get rid of things that you feel you’re attached to and that you’re okay afterwards. It’s so true. Thank you for taking the time to make all your videos. I appreciate it more than you’ll ever know. It helps me so much!!! 🍳
I laughed so hard at the “sharpie is a dangerous item with young children” 😂
Love your videos-thank you for taking that extra time when you are working to be able to share it with us!
Thank you for not being all or nothing! I struggle with perfectionism and being content with my current situation and you have helped me sooo much! In a world of Pinterest perfect Instagram pages I so appreciate your message of “progress over perfection” and “good enough is good enough”. Thank you thank you! So excited for this series
I love this series. Really do not be hard on your past self because you were training your decluttering muscles. It is what made you a pro at it today. 😊 Keep up the good work!
13:50 as a messy person, I literally raised a hand with you as if I was about to testify. 🙋🏽♀️
I love how honest you are about your older videos and how much you have learned and grown confidence wise. You definitely inspire me to keep going in my house (far from de cluttered but I’m doing it!)
progress over perfection! YEs! "Decluttering Muscles getting stronger" Such encouraging words to this newby just starting this decluttering journey.
I love that you used the old video as a template. Since you taught me about growing my “decluttering muscle”, I feel a lot more comfortable looking at it as a working in progress. And I’ve gotten a lot better. Thank you for sharing your journey ❤
I love when you said “I’ve never been a tidy person, I’ve just been good at hiding stuff”. I feel like this spoke to me on a deeper level when it comes to emotions and the overwhelming nature of motherhood on multiple levels. I’m good at hiding things. If I was honest and decluttered things physically and mentally I’ll have less anxiety, and that’s exactly what your videos have done for me in the past several months in a hard season. Thank you for your honesty and for sharing your life and perspective ❤
Good morning🍳🍳
I remember when this series came out I was about three years into my own journey and being so excited for you! I knew if you would stick with it, you’d realize the freedom it brings and how you cavalry back with even more! You’ve worked so hard!
Also, my husband finally cleaned out his dresser after six years of this journey! (Happy dance!!!) So enjoyed this video!
You're SO RIGHT when you say it gets easier/faster to declutter. We've been minimal on & off for about 8 years. We moved this summer & I'm on maternity leave & decided to declutter my WHOLE HOUSE. But after making a list of the rooms/areas I want to go thru, it's actually not that overwhelming/scary. Moving into a smaller house & having my second kid has really shown me that I'm DONE taking care of stuff that we're not using. I'd rather spend my time having fun with my kids than cleaning/pickingup/taking care of our STUFF.
Hi Natalie! 🍳 I am so grateful that you do these messy to minimal videos and the discussion behind feeling ok and how to feel when decluttering items.
I’ve been here since your first declutter and I find you, and your videos so comforting ❤
I love your decluttering and organization videos!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration.
So excited for this series! That kitchen video is how I found your channel and I binged (lol) all of your messy to minimal videos after that in like a week and have been keeping up ever since. It’s fun for me even to watch that video and reflect on how I’ve changed since then when it comes to intentional living. Being a young newlywed I’ve found a lot of encouragement in your journey and it’s helped me to grow in confidence in this new role as a wife where I feel very green and sometimes discouraged. You’ve really inspired a lot of learning and encouragement even if you felt “unqualified” and vulnerable at the start. Such a fun journey!
Love you sharing your decluttering journey from the beginning to now. It encourages us to say yep being in that situation and here's a idea 💚
Wooohooo caught it! And while I'm decluttering my kitchen. The great thing is I'm seeing my progress so much this go around it's crazy the difference! And binging your messy to minimal series had help with so many go arounds 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Okay, I have to say that as someone who only started watching your channel after you moved into this house, this really hit me in a good spot. I didn't know you came from a place so much more relatable than the beautiful, organized place you are now. And I love and need your comments about feeling safe while decluttering. I would NEVER have thought it in those words, but as someone who grew up quite poor and is still on a tight budget, I sure have had to identify and let go of that anxiety around keeping things I don't actually need. Thank you for the never ending sweet encouragement.
Thank you for the motivation on getting into the kitchen for decluttering! Was able to get rid of a number of things I can't recall using in a decade.
Love the way you are real in these videos and not worried about everything looking esthetically nice. It’s more relatable 💕 side note, when you dropped the hand held vacuum that’s totally something I would do also 😂🍳
I just love the Messy to Minimal series. It’s given me given inspiration to start decluttering my home.
I’ve been a follower of yours for almost 5 years now and I love your videos! You’re so inspiring and natural 🫶🏻😁 I’m trying to start my own thing and you’ve always looked up to you! I don’t have enough positive words! Thank you for all the encouraging work you do here on youtube! Keeping it real has always been what I appreciated the most when watching you!! Sending love from FL!🤗
The dreaded spice cabinet. I only have 3 drawers in my kitchen, but one of them is dedicated to spices. I have them all placed upright in mostly matching spice bottles and labels on the top. Being able to look at all of them from the top down has been a game-changer! No more reaching to the back of a cabinet and knocking everything out in order to find something. :)
That's a good idea! Thank you for sharing. 😃
I know this works for so many people and that makes me happy for them! It's just not a good fit for us!
This is the way we have it too.
Ditto having the same size containers for spices has made such a huge difference for our spice drawer
This is what we do too! I did the matching containers slowly- I buy the “nice” organic glass versions of my spices when I run out of them and then refill those glass jars with the cheaper spices when I run out now! Has been awesome for my kitchen and they only take up one small drawer right next to the stove.
I really enjoyed this video, Natalie, and I'm looking forward to the rest in this series! It's wonderful to see how you've grown in maturity and confidence the past few years, as we all should!
Great video! I love how you always think of your sisters/family when giving stuff away! 😊
I love hearing your kiddos in the background because that is always my life right now too. Still attempting the projects though I am much farther behind in my decluttering journey.
Thank you for this inspiring video!! It's always amazing that no matter how often we declutter, we can always find more to declutter. I like your idea of putting a date on something and if it hasn't been used in a while to get rid of the item! We are empty nesters now and so I am on a roll about downsizing. We have 6 grandchildren who live 4 hours away. We generally go to their homes to visit so I don't need all the stuff I have here. I keep a donation box in a spare bedroom and try to put something in it every day. Amazing what I can come up with to get rid of. I appreciate your openness to share your cupboards!! Thank you again and wishing you a wonderful new year!
Natalie, you totally motivate me!! You are just like the rest of us - Normal!! God bless you and your beautiful family!!
Loving this format! Isn't it great to look back and see how far you've come? 😊
Decluttering is an ongoing process. Thanks for showing us how you started and how it gets easier in time.
This messy to minimal series is what got me started watching your channel! I love tuning in!🍳
Indeed--messy peeps unite! This was so fun! Thanks for the inspiration...I'm just starting my journey.
I really enjoyed this video! I loved seeing your commentary over the top of the old video and commenting on how you thought what you did once upon a time with silly however, you gave your self grace in that time frame and I love that
🍳 Watching while I’m cleaning up my kitchen and washing dishes. Thanks for keeping me company. That was fun! 🎉 😄
I love this new (& old) series! 🍳 I started your original series at episode 3! I've been hooked ever since. I was in a motorhome at that time & now in a stick & brick house (meaning a permanent house) so the review is helping me keep the original kitchen items in bay and make sure I only purchase items for my kitchen that I really need ! 🥰
It’s been so fun to watch your home transform over the years. Thank you for keeping me motivated! I’ve been a lot more mindful about what comes into my home this past year. Sometimes it’s still overwhelming, but I’m excited to see it does become quicker to declutter!
I started watching this just for something in the background while I unloaded the dishwasher, but it has turned into a full kitchen declutter. I probably started my own messy to minimal journey around the time you did and am also at that stage where it's no longer scary or complicated to put the things that no longer serve us in the donation bin. I've also just got a lot of things that aren't in their homes at the moment and it feels good to give everything a solid reset.
🍳 excited to watch these as you go back to the old videos!
Loved seeing how far you have come in your decluttering journey so inspiring 🍳🍳🍳
Love seeing the combo of years ago and today. Feeling inspired to go d’écouter a few areas of my house. Definitely identify with being messy!
I love your kitchen 🍳It’s elegant, bright, organized and very cozy. It’s a real heart of a home. We’ve seen the yourney, such great effort you’ve done decluttering. You deserve this great feeling of well done work.
Sending hugs from Spain
I would love it if you came out with merch that said “progress over perfection.” Ever since I started being more minimal I don’t buy merch but i would if you came out with something!! This is such a good reminder especially as a recovering perfectionist! Love your videos so much! ❤
🍳Great video Natalie. Loved the revisit concept. These will be great. It's wonderful to see how your declutter videos have grown and it's good for everyone to know that this is an evolving processing for their homes too! Can't wait for the rest of the series.
🍳 Always look forward to your videos! A big highlight of my Tuesdays for sure ❤ This video was so great. It’s always empowering to look back and see how far we’ve come and appreciate what we have come to learn. You helped me to reflect on the decluttering progress I’ve made and gave me motivation to keep at it!
🍳 the timing of this video is great. I just decluttered my dining room/mini office today. Tomorrow I have already planned to move to the kitchen. Can't wait for some inspiration and tips!
Loved the comparison angle of this video! Good job! Thanks for the motivation! 🍳
I love how you show your growth as a mom and influencer. Nowadays I really enjoy and look forward to your videos. They are real life and make me feel like I can do it too!
🍳 Love your 'Messy to Minimal' series!
That 2020 video was the first one I saw! And I haven't missed a video since. Love your videos, your heart, and your sweet children. Blessings in the new year!
I recently bought the 3-pack of acrylic bins from Amazon for storing my cleaning supplies under the kitchen and bathroom sinks. They are working great. The container is the limit, easy to see everything and looks oh so organized.
🍳 Best motivation EVER. Love the then and now concept!
Hi Natalie I always think less is more ! I just decluttered out a few things today while watching your video I was putting a few Christmas decorations put away and decluttering out what we never use or didn’t use this year,I really enjoyed this video I’m looking forward to watching your messy to minimal series hope you have a great week ❤
🍳 Went through decluttering/ organizing the kitchen many times until the reno of the kitchen two years ago. Love the KraftMaid cabinets we installed and all the organization it provides. Still happy with the kitchen as it is, but could use a declutter of unused items soon. Thanks for the motivation!
Have a blessed day, Natalie!
Loved the comparison between old and new and how you've grown over time!
What a fun rewind and restart! 🍳
I am really going to enjoy this new series!
Thanks so much for the reality video!
Love the video reflection.
I love that you put the 'good' flatware in the drawer! I bought a matching set with a gift card we got for our wedding and I will never lose my love for them!
Thank you, as always, for the motivation and inspiration. I always enjoy your insights and appreciate that you are staying true to yourself and your honesty about how you felt in the beginning. I love that you prioritize function over the pinterest worthy photo. I often watch those other "organizing" videos and think, "wow, did you go out and buy all those expensive products in excess just so you can make your expensive acrylic bins look full and stocked? Who needs that much?!" But I digress, in summary, you're awesome ❤️
Fun video! Always cool to look back and see where you started!! 🍳❤️
The look back is so fun to watch, and I appreciate the grace you show to your younger self! I don’t know if your kitchen could accommodate this, but our current home has a drawer where decanted jars of spices fit lying down, and it makes me joyful every single time I open it. It also stays surprisingly orderly because there’s nothing to reach behind and knock down! I know you’re not a decanting girl, but if you ever wanted to take a weekly task off your list, it’s worked well for us. :)
So glad I found your channel🤍 can’t wait to start decluttering my kitchen after I finish your video🍳
I just love these videos of messy to minamal just perfect to get me started I can feel the peace and happiness in your house through your videos you have just what you need nothing less or more 🙏✨️wish to one day feel the same at my home just feels like a 24/7 job 😓
🍳 love this video. Happy to say I definitely have used some of your ideas. I’ve incorporated wire racks that hook onto my cupboards for spices. Alphabetical order too! Keeps them all where I need them!! Thanks again for a wonderful video Natalie!!
Love this!!! We are going to be doing our kitchen drawers this weekend.
Don't be so down on yourself... I'm glad you're so real and honest! 🥰🥰🥰
Not down on myself at all! I was just sharing how I felt three+ years ago when I first started, sharing my journey toward a more simplified home!
Loved this video!
You have come so far Natalie in not just your decluttering but your self confidence. I’ve never heard of cutlery being called flatware. Perhaps it’s an American thing as I’m British. Good shout on using what you already own. I did a similar thing with ours and switched the ‘posh’ stuff to the every day stuff. It worked out great. I keep my spices in a containers and simply lift the containers out when I use my spices. It keeps them tidy and it’s easier to see everything I have. Have done this for several years and it’s worked brilliantly.
I took your sage advice all those years ago about storing glass food containers with the lids attached. Game-changer!
ha ha! I loved your comment about the Sharpies being dangerous. So much YES! Great job on decluttering the kitchen!
It is great to see the progress from then to now. There are definitely a few items I can pass along now that I couldn't before. The decluttering muscle 💪 are getting stronger. Thanks for keeping it real 🍳
I'm the same way...alittle bit more stuff goes that I "couldn't" part with before. 🙂
And the more that I declutter, the more I want to declutter more. 😉
Oh this is fun! 🍳
I have some own decluttering motivation coming on... I can feel it! 🍽️🍴🫙
Hi Natalie, loved it ❤ enjoy your videos
Your videos are so refreshing! Just wanted to let you know I truly enjoy every one of it! :)
🍳 Good video I really enjoy the look back and commentary on it.
Thank u! I needed this video. specially the “it no longer serves me” that’s what I struggle with the “maybe one day” 🤦♀️. Thank u!
🍳🍳 ❤ Natalie I love your videos! As soon as our family is well we are doing a kitchen purge! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great job ! Look how much progress you’ve made since your first video!!! Fun way to show your progress, very creative
Love the realness and honesty in your channel🥰 The first video I watched of yours was the first messy to minimal😍 Loved your channel then, love it even more now🥰❤️
I am a newbie to your channel and love it!!
Loved this💕 really enjoyed the differences
Oh, Natalie, I feel you in thinking you loose yourself.
My view is (I hope) we get to know ourselves better as we declutter. Mostly because we learn more about who we are and our likes and dislikes.
I’m ready x
Loved this video 😍 the way i finally kept my spices clean was to transfer them into a drawer next to the stove. I can just grab everything and put it back directly. Helped myself so much 😅
Great job!!
🍳 We all have to start somewhere I have decluttered for 5 years and only just to a point where I feel the inventory is correct for us. Now it's mostly about being mindful of what comes into the house. Glad your doing messy to minimal
Looks so nice!
It's been really tough for me personally the past 15years not knowing I had ADHD and trying to deal with only treating half of my symptoms. Now with my correct diagnosis and new concoction of medicine I am finally breaking out of the stone I had been stuck in and feeling able to declutter my life and I think about you often while I am. When you first started I was not in a good place. It was hard to watch you when I wanted to so badly do what you were doing but so much shame because I couldn't do the thing. Or when I did it wasn't right. Not knowing why I couldn't or felt so bad when I did. Coming back now I see you in an entirely different light and I want to thank you for the initial seeds that would help me see myself and situation clearly.
Love this!! I watched ALL your first Messy to Minimal videos! I shared them to so many people lol 🍳
This is so fun!! So great to be able to identify with your journey with simple living and where I am on the road. My husband and I about to celebrate our 2 year anniversary, and really refining what we need and what is excess for us over the last year has been so helpful. Always improving 🤍
I am so excited for this series! I'm expecting my second child in July and want my house decluttered before he arrives! I watched the original Messy to Minimal series! Thank you for sharing your heart - I can totally relate to "before" pictures looking so much cleaner than your own home! Sometimes I swear those influencers just throw some clothes on the floor in a perfectly clean room for the cleaning content! I am having a hard time getting started, but thank you for the inspiration!