I’m so glad you left the dogs in the video. 😊

Viewer who didn't even notice Dana was wearing pajama pants: ME!

LOVE y’all kept in the segments with Cinder barking and loving on you as interruptions! These are the things that keep you so real and fun to watch. ❤️

I have found that decluttering makes for many empty containers. It is amazing to me how many containers I have that are empty. As I go, for now the empty containers are in the garage until I know what containers I need and will use in the end. You have really have helped me. Your take it there now and not pulling it all out is a game changer for me. When I watch other people and they say pull everything out, I cringe.

Loved the fact that the "bigger" container was not in fact bigger just more efficient. 😂If you put the utensils in neatly you can actually fit more. Yes I am the crazy people. 😂🤪

I think this was my favorite video so far. Strictly for the dogs. I love that you are real. You are a true person in an actual house living an actual life with problems. Thank you.

I LOVE how real you are! Period!!! Thank you for being real.

As a multi-dog mom myself, the noise and furry interruptions are VERY familiar lol! Great video as always. I love the new container you found!

I did not expect, so I'm so glad you added the step, WAIT & LIVE WITH IT for a while to see what needs to happen next. That puts on the brakes when you want to impulse buy the next "solution". With this extra time I might find the solution by "shopping" somewhere else in the house, too.

I love your brain!! I could never move forward until I listened, and read books by you. Thanks for the freedom and the laughter!! I truly appreciate you.

I love this idea and it was actually really clear because I didn’t have to think “what does she mean?” You just said it and I loved it!

I just knew the dogs would get edited out. So glad they weren't!!!!!!!!! Loved seeing them. Now I need to watch it again for the pajama pants. 😆

I love your container concept! My baby sister once told me "don't be a shover and a stuffer! Be a carefully put placer!" (She is a naturally tidy and organized individual) this has helped me so much thank you!

I find myself thinking of the drawer as the container and the cutlery insert as the organizer. In your book you are very clear that decluttering and organizing are different things. So I find myself thinking the container didn’t change, the organizing tool changed. Or maybe the container in the new house was bigger than the old house so the organizing tool needed to be bigger. Not that it makes a difference for I do so love the ways you have helped me wrap my brain around thinking about stuff. Thank you.

This made total sense to me! In this case, a bigger container was warranted, not to hold more stuff, but to be able to see the stuff you already have and make it easier to access. Which can also help you declutter! Very cool how that worked out! Thanks for making this video (and every video you make)! 😊💖

The credits are always the very best part. Your son is hilarious. Thank you both for all the great videos.

I love the fact that you didn't edit out your fur babies! They are adorable. Thank you for sharing your incredible thoughts and ideas. I appreciate you!

I wish I knew you in real life. ❤️ You seem like such a genuine person. I love the container concept.

Are you missing a sister? ! The more I watch your videos the more I relate to you and your ways. Throw that utensil in the sink! And you did! Loving your channel.

Im laughing so hard at Cinder, and when you growled. I LOVED that it was part of this!!!i had to rewatch but thats ok because I LOVED IT!

The rolling credits at the end of your videos are my favorite part. They crack me up.

Love how Cinder kissed you to say 'Sorry Mom' for barking during your video! 😘🐕🥄🍴🔪

“…get-to-able…” I love that. I NEEDED that. It’s going on my list of “🤯” / favorite Dana terms - right along with procrasticlutter, crapalanche, dishes math, and doololly. ✊😄 Thank you for always being so down to earth, and for the real world, real time😅 way you explain and demonstrate things. ♥️♥️♥️

I freaking LOVE your delivery & personality!!! Keep unapologetically being YOU!

Dont forget the weight of the drawer too! My kitchen is older and several of the drawers have started curving at the bottom because silverware is heavy! Just another way to decide if the drawer has too much!

I have a similar silverware holder and periodically go through it to make it neater. I stack mine neatly, hubby tosses them in! But, hey, he unloads the dishwasher (and folds clothes!) so I live with 😃! And in Texas, we call it silverware whether it’s stainless, silver, or plastic 😂!

You crack me up! Keep on just being so real! Love the doggies joining in & even giving you a big hug.

The mmmmmhhh at Cinder.... I feel you so much 😂 😂 😂 It's such a love/annoyance relationship with pups sometimes! ♥

I put wooden blocks behind the silverware organizer, prevents sliding .

I think it’s great that you got a new tray and it’s bigger but doesn’t hold as much as the old one. And you made the decision to get rid of some. And now the drawer looks nicer and you have exactly what you like in it. I like your theory of the container concept.

Loved it when you growled at the dog! You’re a great teacher! I burst out laughing AND I always learn some new tricks from you. Thanks SO much.

I love the things the editor, your son, writes for the end credits. It just cracks me up. Thank you for the video and have a great day!

You have helped me SO MUCH. I am working on the visibility rule and I can see a difference however, an outsider would think I haven't done a thing yet. Making progress.

I keep a set amount of cutlery in my everyday drawer. all extras go into a separate caddy that I pull out when I host dinners. works really well for us. I detest using plastic forks that end up breaking :)

One of my favorite videos so far. The fact that you shuffled the forks and spoons made my heart glad. I’ve always felt guilty when I didn’t “spoon” the spoons!! And your pets were adorable. ❤️

Notes at the end were hysterical-had to slow it down to read it. Like the new divider.

It was so helpful to see you think & go through this process. Thank you! And I love that you left the dogs in!

Dana, I love how real you are! I also love that you got a bigger container and STILL decluttered some items. Great video! ❤

You always make sense and I have taken away so many good ideas from you for now and in the future.

Gotta brush up on those knife throwing skills. Don’t want to stab the camera man🤣 perfect answer to the question. Love your take on decluttering. You are an inspiration.

Thank you! I came home from vacation and the kids did great keeping up the house. I still felt a bit overwhelmed. So…I told myself, “just do the dishes.” And, guess what? Everything came back into balance. It’s not perfect but It never is!!! Yay!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊❤️

Dana, I am thoroughly enjoying your old videos. You are so great, and I love your humor.

Reid's editor comments are priceless!

My Granny split her sterling flatware among me and two cousins before she died. It is very treasured. It is a set of 8. I bought 2 extra teaspoons. That is all we use. We didn't save it for special times. We eat from it everyday. Thank you, Granny! I have a theory that it helps us to stay healthy. I gargle with colloidal silver when I have an itchy throat, and it usually goes away. So, it makes sense that eating from silver is healthy. When I first started decluttering I read a book that said to use your best and get rid of the rest. This is not to put down the use of stainless steel. Everyone has different preferences. This is just what I do!

Watching you (and my grown daughters) I lightened up in the cutlery all needing to be so neat in its slot. With less inventory it does. Or matter bc it fits. Extra fun watching you sass old me watching you “I know that’s gonna make y’all crazy and I don’t care”. Bonus was dogs snd pj bottoms cause this is KZfaq not Pinterest!

Had to re-watch the part where you reasoned with Cinder several times. Hilarious. Looking forward to more dog misbehavior, and especially your reaction, in future videos #comedygold ~ Lisa

The best KEY to this video is when you said you lived with it for awhile --to be sure this drawer didn't need to be used for anything else... EXCELLENT and important principle - living with it for a while.

Just remember that by getting a bigger container, it makes the “container” that the new”container” fits in (the room, the closet, the drawer) smaller. 😊

Dana, I LOVE your videos so much! You remind me of myself! 😁 Thanks for talking about containers within a "container" (drawer/shelf/cabinet). It makes a lot of sense to maximize your space! 👍

Awesome video Dana! Watching you actually having to make the decisions as you realised things still wouldn't fit, was hands down the best illustration of how the container concept should work. I can't wait to share this!!

Love Reid’s notes at the end & your frustration with Cinder! 😂

👌 Great job Reid! 😆 (from a seasoned mom, grandma, and dog mom)

I think it's also helpful to keep in mind that just because you have extra space doesn't mean you need to fill it up (in a general sense). The more items you keep, the more you have to maintain, which takes more time and energy.

Oh my goodness, the dogs cracked me up. I deal with the same thing here when trying to film. Love that you kept that in the video! The pajama pant thing at the end was hilarious. I even went back through the video trying to find that moment, but I wasn't able to, so I think you're safe.

I started reading the book last night and it’s AMAZING! New ways of processing your “tried and true” messages. I’m flagging ever other page to share with my husband, my Mom, etc. Thanks Dana 😊

My dog heard your dog barking and was looking all around. 😂😂 I love your dogs in the background.

Love the angle of this , very clever. The video bombing of animals very realistic !

My container that is too small is my whole kitchen. I feel like I have too much stuff because some of it lives in the office (neatly on a baker’s rack), but if I lived in an home with more than two lower cabinets, I wouldn’t feel like keeping a food processor that I do use a least a few times a month is too much. There is only so much decluttering I can do and still be a person who cooks actual meals. (And bakes as a hobby.)

I found that I could fit more utensils in the dividers when I stacked them neatly, and some point one way and the rest point the other direction :)

Love the pups! My cat meowed loudly for several minutes while I was trying to record an intro. Gotta love the fur babies. Love the trick fork too!

Dana, I love the voice you do for those that are fussy with how you do things. This cracks me up every time.

New container looks great! If that were my drawer I would turn the silverware tray around so that the items used less often are towards the back of the drawer.

Love your fur babies interrupting! I bought a stackable bamboo set to organize my dreaded bathroom drawer, and it works!! So much clutter is gone. Thanks for inspiring me and others!

Yay for a space that can evolve! Thank you so much for doing this video, Dana! It helps so much. It leads me to contemplate my other containers. I feel like that as my home evolves and shifts, a container I have for a different type of item may not need to be as big anymore. Such freedom to be able to switch containers to serve evolving needs without actually adding items to a container because I have room. I enjoy your videos so much.

The "live with it for a while" is a very good concept, I had some utensils that when I purchased I regretted at first because they weren't what I was used to using. The older ones were more narrow, lighter but kept bending at the stem whereas the newer ones were more solid, heavier but as I found over time didn't bend when using so they actually became my favorite ones to use.

Dana, It made a lot of sense! Also, your outfit and hair, were so cute!

My dogs were sure looking around for the dogs they were hearing! Love that you kept that in. I so enjoy your videos! I also have all your books, and I can't tell you how much you've helped me. Thank you, thank you, thank you! ❤️👍🐾

🤣 I love your disclaimers. My husband and I are both crickets so we do line up our silverware but when you were talking about how it might drive people like me crazy that you don't I was thinking "I can live with that but I could not open a package and just start putting atuff in it". It a great reminder that videos I watch are edited and I shouldn't assume that I know the whole story. Truly though I really love your honest and real life approach in your videos and your books. I think the one thing you've said that has had the biggest impact on me is the idea of "If I needed this would I even remember that I had one". It has helped me let go of so many things that I was keeping just in case because truthfully if I needed them I wouldn't remember that I had them at all.

Missed money-making bonus for you, Dana - an affiliate link to the cutlery tray! It is beautiful, flexible and you know you’re going to get questions about it! 😂 Love your videos! Thanks to you and Reid - I appreciate y’all! Especially loved this one being able to see you go through the steps for yourself in (almost) real time.

Watching with 3 dogs on my lap 😂 And I’m a crazy stacker person. You don’t know how bad I wanted to help😂

Just a big THANK YOU! Our house holds 4 generaties worth off stuff. Your methodes truly helpt us creating space in our home. And the understanding that the proces Will not end, but Needs to become part of our routines, is eye opening.

I Love your puppies wandering around behind you 😍! And I find myself also being Very Careful since I've been watching you. Funny to go through a store and pass up the tote and bin areas without buying one.🤯

More dogs in the videos, please! They’re adorable!!!

Wow this is great to show that bigger containers don’t always solve the problem. Very helpful thanks! Your container needs to use your space effectively and then the container limits what can fit inside.

You, your videos and the info within are amazing! However my favorite is the end usually, where we get the inside scoop! Lol So fun! 💜

Love this! I have been trying to unpack from a move. I have been in the same problem with my flatware. I'm happy to know I can give myself permission to get a different container. I'm not decluttered enough so I am getting rid of things as I see what room we have in our house. I love you & have been following you from the blog years ago. You come across as so real and down to earth. You make so much sense to me & I feel like I finally have hope!

I just got your new book! I love the format and size!!Read a few chapters already and love it. Thank you!

Cinder's cameo was great! 😂 You're vids are great regardless and we are kindred spirits, Yay! Thank you!

Love Dana!! Her method has made SUCH a difference!! I also make 4 fast changes to any room that I enter (move an item to its proper home, move an item to the donate bag, tidy-up something, throw something out, whatever...). That has helped too. I keep a little box by the front door for my grown "minimalist" children, whom I see every week, and put items in the box that I know they want -- that box is emptied every week (either they take the items or the items get donated).

Are you getting skinner? Looking good Dana! Love the doggies!

I was thinking how I needed another big crate like the two I had my art supplies & paper for off season clothes. But instead of buying a new one I decided to see if I could declutter my art supplies enough so that they would fit in one. (Totally worked) I'm pretty sure I will need new ones at some point but I'm trying to put it off as long as possible. Lol

You’re making my eye twitch….. I stack my spoons (big/small), forks (big/small) and knives…. set of 8. I actually found a compact silverware caddy and a knife caddy that fit into a small drawer (Target, XOXO brand). It helped me realize how much space I was wasting with a bigger silverware caddies. I do use those bamboo expandable thingies for other items.

Informative and entertaining. What a perfect combo for a video ! LOVE LOVE LOVED IT !!!!

Hope you're settling in really well to your new home Dana. Love and many thanks for all your care of us from Australia.

I love your pups in the video- added bonus! Great video as usual!

Thank you so much for you alternative organizing technique. I am a natural at decluttering, but found some difficulty when we downsized from 2900sqft to 1300sqft. After finding your channel it helped me refocus. I now hear myself saying "tack it there now" every time I pick something up. Also the idea of how much is an organized house worth to me was a game changer. My previous homes had a space for thing that this one does not. I was able to let go of things that I had for decades but rarely used because I no longer have the space and now my home is in order. Thanks again, looking forward to more videos.

You pointed with your wedding finger hand to the correct spot ❤️

I love this! You are so real in sharing how to make the container concept work. Keep up the good work and inspire us in the trenches.

Just commenting to say that I LOVED seeing (and hearing, lol) your doggies!!

Aaaah, the dog hug 🤗😍

Your dogs are so adorable.

You had me at HELLO BEAUTIFUL GSD!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE REID’S COMMENTS AT THE END!!! Cinder 🥰

I LOVE your furry babies…the Shepard is doing it’s job when barking….. You are so beautiful Dana, I know your husband tells you that😘. Your new home seems to be full of calm space! LOL!! Never saw any pj’s on you when you stood up!

I'm dying over here. Dollar Tree has great containers in a frosted white that for beautifully in a silverware drawer. Try are deeper than organizers like this

Hi Dana, I love your videos, I've been watching them along with Dawn's videos to help me declutter my home. I hear your voice in my head at moments during the day telling me to "take it there now"....I hear myself quoting you to others - like, "better is good" and so on. Thankyou for being so clear and real and allowing others to do it their way but just sharing how it works for you. The "no mess" decluttering system is a game changer because I am very much like that in my methods and after years of working in a "team" with others in my workplace who "need" to pull it all out and then take days to put it all back absolutely drove me crazy. Now my next project is to get my mother's place decluttered and to have her adopt the five minute declutter regularly because she just gets stuck thinking it is an overwhelming and large job but doesn't yet see that baby steps will get her there. I love the "bits" at the end of your videos! I didn't even notice the pyjama pants until you mentioned them so I had to rewind just to go and have a look! Thanks so much!!

Thank you Dana. I might’ve reached a place to let go of a couple serving spoons I don’t love. I only have two drawers in my kitchen and one overflow gadget box. I’ve learned to shop with the container at home in mind. 😉 I’ve decluttered a lot in the last year and replaced items gathering dust with items better suited to our present situation. Thanks!!

Sender was in agreement with you about the bucket of pens.😄 It makes sense to have the container as the limit. I have collected so many pens over the years, that I've discovered a lit of them have dried out. I thought, how many dag gone pens do I actually use at a time anyway? Thank you.

Haha, I had a good laugh when your dog kept barking. She needs to be in more videos with you! Love the new container and you are right; how you put your utensils in drove me crazy but hey! I'll live. ;)

Awww! We had a GSD named Cinder (short for Cinderella) growing up. She was the best. Your girl is so pretty Dana.