So smart to adopt a pair of kittens instead of only one. They will be so happy growing up together, and will keep each other company when you aren't home. When people are thinking of adopting a cat, we always suggest two kittens, if they can manage!

🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛Hey, friends thanks for hanging out with me today! I’m getting several comments with questions about our new kitties so I’ll take the time to add some clarification! 😽Our kittens were adopted to eventually, when the time is right and they are an appropriate age, be indoor/outdoor cats. This is VERY common and safer in our area and specifically on our homestead as we live on a private drive with very few cars that pass by (slooooooowly) each day. (We have the support and council of our vet on this.) 😽Our cats DO live with our family in our secondary building on our property. Pet allergies do not allow us to have our cats in our main home where we eat and sleep but we’re not letting that stop us from giving these sweet rescued kittens a loving home. They are in their own secured and warm, spacious home in our bonus room/gym where we spend many hours a day as a family. Their living set up is the perfect mix of plenty of playtime, interaction with our family and cuddles with a good balance of much- needed personal space and alone time which is so important for cats! 😽When we had our kittens’ vet come out for their first check up, he remarked how wonderful a space they were given and even called it a “kitten heaven!” Saying “I wish every cat could have a setup like this!” 😽Thanks for all the love for our new family members! Constructive and kind advice is ALWAYS welcome!!! ♥️ I keep my space a positive, uplifting corner of the internet so negative/nasty and accusatory comments regarding our personal (and well-researched and vet-approved) choices for our pets will be ignored/deleted. ♥️🐈‍⬛♥️🐈‍⬛♥️

I’ve missed the messy to minimal series! They are seriously what got me here to start with! Now we homeschool too so more reason to stick around lol. I love when you work in your kids rooms. Sentimental kid things are my kryptonite lol

I'm packing up my university room right now, I need to completely pack everything and clean it all before tomorrow morning. Ur video came at the perfect time to help motivate me. Thank you 💛

ohhhhhhh Natalie 1. you’re such a great Mom 2. thank you for not pre-tidying You’re so good. Thank you for opening your real life when it comes to decluttering ❤️😘🇨🇦

A large armoire cabinet with doors would be great to store games in. You may be able to find a pretty vintage one on fb marketplace or at a vintage store. That way it's pretty but also functional. I think in large spaces like that it's important to have the furniture to be large enough so they match the scale of the room.

19:34 I use an old dresser in our living room for games and activities. It's nice to open a drawer and find what you need than just a shelf. I also got the extra large zipper baggies and tossed the game boxes. So much better!

I have really missed your messy to minimal series. I love how you fokus on only decluttering and organising (not cleaning) and also how you prioritise function over the visual expression. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

I just recently swapped all my board games into the A4 zipper document pouches. Saves soooo much space and you can fit so many more into one bin. I was a bit sad at first destroying the boxes, but as I started doing more and more it was exciting to see the change and space emerge. I've done around 40 of them so far. And they're all in one steamer trunk now.

I was feeling so unmotivated today. I sat on the couch for about 3 hours and the. I decided to play tour video since I was find motivation in your videos. I was able to clean my guest bedroom, my daughter’s room and declutter her dresser and lastly organized couple of my kitchen cabinets. Thank you for the motivation, so glad you got through your office. Blessings!

💛💛💛💛 the inspiration to go declutter at 11 p.m. is hard to ignore

Kittens are such a fun addition! Can’t wait to watch that video and meet them 🥰

💛 I love the messy to minimal series! There is always so much to declutter even after having done a huge run through. This is so helpful and motivating.

Hi Natalie!! I have a tall bookcase I use for games and books in the living room. I also have two baskets on the bottom shelf for baby toys for my nieces and nephews. Really works great!

When my son was younger books & games were stored on a bookcase. Now that he’s 22 we don’t have many games, so they are stored in a basket on a shelf in my closet. BTW, after seeing your pantry redo it gave us the inspiration to do ours. It’s not Pinterest perfect but it’s amazing! Loving the additional storage! Huge thanks!

💛 Thank you for keeping it real! Mom-life is not for the faint of heart. I’ve got a 5-year old daughter who always finds a way to take the clutter to the next level. 🤣 Also I love that you store things where it makes sense for you and your family. That’s a huge organization win!

Thank you so much for being real! So helpful. Thank you for the reminder that things take time as well. Your family is Pinterest Worthy! You guys are beautiful and shine His light for all to see! 💛

Thank you for sharing the real moments. My hubs and I are constantly working messy to minimalism in between our busy but blessed lives, so thank you for sharing the reality of life and evolving messy to minimalism moments. 💛

Messy to Minimal is my favorite! These videos are so inspiring and helped me to get started on my journey! I started while pregnant and I finally made it through my first round of decluttering our entire house this past weekend after completing our attic and garage! My daughter is 16 months old now 🥰. It took a while, but it is one of the best things I’ve ever done! I’m starting another round to simplify even more! It’s so freeing! Thanks Natalie💛

I have been here for a few years and I have to say your ‘Messy to Minimal’ is by far my favorite of all your series! You are so authentic, encouraging & uplifting. I dug myself out of a rut (postpartum and winter blues mixed with 3 kids 3 and under) going back and rewatching your videos helped me to feel like a genuine friend was there with helping me stay positive, press into the hard and kick the clutter once and for all! Bless you, Nat! ❤️

We got an ottoman that store our board games. The ottoman top flips over to a hard surface so we actually play on it! Worked out great since we don’t have a coffee table. Ours is the gray Augusta storage Ottoman from Walmart. It has one review that isn’t good but we love ours. Guess I need to review it too to help it out lol…

Messy to Minimal came back right at the perfect time for me as a 2nd grade teacher who needs all the motivation to get my classroom packed up neatly and ready for summer. Thanks for this series Natalie!

You guys have made great progress in Renos and decluttering! I am with you on how function is more important than fancy!💛💛💛

💛💛💛 absolutely love this series. It’s always encouraging to see what an actual live in home with kids look like vs the picture perfect Instagram/Pinterest home.

It just feels so good to streamline. We store by point of use too which people find quirky but way more likely to put stuff away. Excited for your closet/capsule video! You definitely inspired me to live with Less clothes and only what fits. Thank you!

I loved that you included the description of declutter to include putting things in their right home and not necessarily throwing away - a good tidy up can bring such calm to a place and to your soul🤗 💛🙋🏻‍♀️🇬🇧💕jane

I’ve never thought of organizing items by where I use them rather than “category”. Such a good idea! 💛

Your positive attitude and your beautiful smile help keep me motivated. I am 62 and tend to become complacent and tell myself, the STUFF will be there tomorrow. By watching your videos I'm finding myself going through s drawer or cupboard while I'm on the phone with a friend or while I'm waiting for spaghetti to cook. Tomorrow I'm going to start and downsize and clean just for the morning and see how that works. You are a blessing to me. Thanks for being you

Yay!! I've missed this series so much. You were one of my biggest motivations to tackle the clutter areas in my house. I love cleaning along with you. I love how real you are. It helped me realize Im not alone with my clutter. Thank you!

Just started back decluttering as well. After my husband’s grandmother passed away we inherited all of her things, papers, pictures, china, and furniture. I’ve been on this journey of decluttering since 2019. But had to restart it in 2020 when we brought everything to our home almost there. 💛 my end goal is to have a home gym in my garage. Thanks for your great content. 💛💛💛💛💛

Loved watching this! 💛 We have been in our house for a year and I am so excited this summer to do a deep declutter and spring clean of it all!! It truly is amazing how much we can collect in a short time 💕

I just love what you guys have done to your house. A total 180. I feel the same when it comes to minimal. My master closet, garage, kitchen cabinets. Thanks for this video, much love 💛

you getting through the room in 3 hours encourages me as much as it encouraged you, i just got my adhd diagnosis at almost 18 and i wish i would’ve been willing to reach out for it sooner but it makes me hopeful for my future and helps remind me mental challenges can become easier over time

💛 you always do such a good job decluttering! This definitely makes me want to organize more spaces in my home too! Have a great day!

Thank you for the motivation!! Exactly what I needed. I'm going for the minimal to simple living as well and you just gave me an idea for something I myself keep moving around.

I would definitely invest in a nice cabinet in your lounge room for the games nice to have them in one spot and easily accessible❤

I love your 'messy to minimal' series thanks for doing them again and sharing your journey update. I did the pantry today remembering your encourging videos 💛

Thanks for the inspiration! We are headed back to home base today after 4 months in our camper and I know it needs a declutter since we are getting close to max weight-something we realized when we got new bikes and the rack and bumper bent! 😱

So glad to see a new decluttering video ! I was so busy now I can finally watch your video & relax with a tea ! Thank you Natalie for your so nice content xxxx 🌻🧡

💛 Love your channel. Thank you for the time and effort you put into editing your videos they are inspiring and beautiful. Such a joy to be a part of your space on KZfaq.

Hello Natalie, 💛 what a good feeling to clear a space that’s needed attention. Hope you are having a good week.

💛 perfect timing of this video! We just bought our first home and settlement is in September so I'm tackling the decluttering before the packing begins!

Greetings from Arizona! Virtual high five on the office declutter! I'm decluttering/packing my office this week for a move! 👏 It was great to have a buddy while I worked on my clutter piles!

💛 I am so thankful for this motivation and really needed this. I'm struggling with summer break and trying to get the house organized. I just haven't had much time to commit to this and my kids are quite the mess makers. Hoping I can find time soon to dedicate to this and I'm going to watch this again to get me excited to declutter.

Great video! I'm ready for some decluttering and reorganising for this coming weekend. This video came at the right time for some encouragement and to not feel overwhelmed. 🙋‍♀️🇦🇺

💛I just love your channel! God bless you and your family!!! Love your messy to minimal videos

We moved back in February, and bc of renovations, a good portion of our stuff is still packed. I've been thinking that I want to be really intentional about what comes into this new home. A bigger space doesn't mean more places to stuff things! Unless it's books 😉

I have got to get to my own decluttering now. You make it look easy. For me, it is such a chore.....dread it!!

I'm still not over your gorgeous new kitchen in the background of your intros. Such a lovely space!

Your messy to minimal videos are always so inspiring. 💛

I’m late to the party but so happy for you that this video is taking off! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

💛 Messy to Minimal is what brought me to you. And now I love you! I watch every one of your videos. 😊

💛 Hey Natalie I love all the messy to minimal videos and this was super satisfying to watch, it's amazing how much stuff comes I to our lives and can become overwhelming if ee don't keep on top of it - I'm looking forward to seeing the kittens now 😻

It’s crazy how much decluttering you have done and yet still doing it as you go. I am trying to do the same in my house but find it really hard with a 4 mothers old who constantly wants to be held. But I did learn that you don’t just do it once and be done from you and that has stuck with me. Thank you 😊

Just discovered your series today. Had started to declutter last week. Thank you for the encouraging podcasts.

Love these videos. Quick FYI about owning cats. I've had them my whole life and recently learned that they need wet food (because they're notorious for not drinking water, which will lead to kidney disease, etc). I love kitties and love to hear you adopted two! ❤

Oh I've missed so much your decluttering videos! And the music! It feels like home 💛

We keep a house book. It's a binder that has all the paint samples for each room. (Samples that we used on the wall. Not extras.) Where we bought the paint with the receipts, warranties on large items, directions on cabinets, furniture, appliances, and receipts from all of our remodels. It works great. We can reference it when we want to repaint a room to refresh, but not change the color. Or just see when we bought something.

I love the declutter videos! Can’t wait for the closet/kids clothes one!

I didn't even know how much I needed this episode! Your Messy to Minimal episodes are how I first found you. I've decluttered our entire house, but watching this lit a fire under me and got me decluttering some random things here and there around the house!

Your office looks like my sewing room / food storage overstock room. It can be so overwhelming!! Thanks for the encouragement. I may tackle it now!

I just moved for the 5th time in less than 2 years, and I desperately needed this motivation/encouragement as I’m trying to get my new space organized.

For organizing games! I love replacing game boxes with the plastic packets from Amazon or if it’s a small card game or game that needs a box not a sleeve, I’ll do a small acrylic or plastic box and label it with the cut out of the game title. I find them much neater and easier to stack that way

inspiring and encouraging, i put your video on many times during doing a decluttering in the same time ;) love your smiley positive energy, it is motivating encouraging really thanks for sharing your lovely energy and inspiration 🙏🌟💚😘

💛 decluttering is something that has to be revisited in any house where people actually live. You bring in new stuff it doesn't always make it's way out without conscious decisions.

I really love your videos! Real life messes and decluttering!

💛 I enjoy watching your videos, they inspire me to declutter because I can relate.

Love how you always show real life! Your nail polish location has me seriously thinking if there is a better spot to keep mine!

Great timing for this video, I needed some extra motivation to declutter my house!

Jamie's journey puts all the games in big folder like bags. It clears out all the boxes! Def doing this!

💛 adorable baby toy bin… & we have the same twister game! We have a couple of game closets in our home… but I need to consolidate and take the time to donate a couple things, too. Thanks for sharing the real life, especially the office! 👏 Yes to progress over perfection. Looking forward to seeing the homeschool room, but take your time. You have a beautiful, busy family! Enjoy 💛

This is perfect timing. It's an overcast day I'm in the middle of organizing and decluttering I needed the Boost. I love your channel I love everything you share. Not only is an informational but it is fun and you give me so many ideas to do here in my home

Just packed my sons bag for his 3 day school camp this week. Thanks for taking my mind of my baby leaving us for 3 days lol. I need to clean up my office so this is my priority to keep me busy this week while my son is away. Another great video Natalie. 💛 from Australia xx

Would recommend foregoing silicone baking cups. Those things are horrible to wash and I decluttered mine. Now, on the rare occasion I want a liner, I use parchment paper. You can easily lookup how to make fun, bakery-style liners.

Can't wait to see the kittens a bit more. You also just got me really inspired to declutter. Great video!!

I purchased mesh bags with zippers for our games. Cut the top off with instructions etc and store them in a basket works great!

Loving your "super power"! ❤ Thank you for being so awesome 😊

💛 I found your channel through your "Messy to Minimal" series😍 Loved it! Always honest, inspirational and motivational🥰 Can't wait for whatever is next❤️

I’ve seen a lot of parents and teachers store games in those plastic art pouches. The bigger ones usually fit the boards since they fold up and then they also hold all the little pieces. Makes for easy clean up and easy storage. You could fit all the packs in a basket

I did the same when I moved. My rule of thumb when I started minimalizing was if I hadn't used it from a previous move 18 months earlier. But after I made my first couple of passes through we were packing for another move. We purged SO much packing and it was about 6 weeks between all the packing, moving, unpacking and I found so much more stuff un packing to purge. I think seeing our things in a new space probably changes our priorities. Or maybe we just don't want to deal with it anymore. 😂

Yessss! Adhd is a moms super power indeed 🙌❤ I am so thankful that I do have it

Thank you so much for your inspiration, I needed to remember that stuff takes time and we need to do things in seasos

💛 love the messy to minimal series! Very motivating!

This was so encouraging. You always weave encouragement and hope into your videos and I. Love. It. Our garage is similar to your office, but we live in Florida and it’s just so hot out there. I need to take a Saturday and just go out and tackle it. But today is just not that day.

So happy you adopted some kittens! How fun💛 🐾

We use a hanging sweater organizer for our games. That way we can see them all but they are nicely tucked away in a closet

I literally just bought 4 of those plastic lazy susan organizers for my corner cabinet, and I loooove them! It hurt me to spend $50+ on them, but our spices were out of control. When I saw yours in the donate pile I knew they would make someone very happy!

Was soooo excited to see a new Messy to Minimal video! Your new house is really coming together! Please make sure your shelving unit in your office is secured to the wall. I'm so worried one of your kids might climb on it to get a game or something. (I'm just a big worrier). You're one of my favorite KZfaqr's and I can't wait to see more simple living videos!!!

Kallie, over at But First Coffee, actually "decants" her kids' games and toys into identically sized clear plastic bins so that they stack easily, can easily be seen, and stay nice and neat. It also helps avoid game boxes that are ripping out at the corners, etc. Hope this helps!

Hi Natalie! 💛 I am here for all of this! I love these videos! 🌸

Love love love this series, such a motivation to me!

💛💛💛 I have my gift wrap and craft supplies in 2 brimnes wardrobes from ikea, sorted inside with the inexpensive 3 drawer plastic drawers from Walmart. Got the idea from “Do it on a dime” working out great for me! I would also suggest storing the games in the home school area. Kid things with kids things 😊 I know lots of people use these large zipper bags from Amazon seem like a good idea to me though I haven’t tried that one.

Natalie I bought the 12 pcs. Mesh zipper bags on amazon and transferred all our games to those pouches, so much less space taken up in my cabinet. I took little tags and put on yhe zipper pull. I'll be doing cricut labels when I find out which games my grandkids will keep playing with. Big game changer and keeps the boxes from braking and loosing pieces.

I’m so looking forward to your upcoming messy to minimal because it’s the same category I need to tackle so thank you love your videos…

I love your channel. I just get so many great ideas from you! Keep 'em coming!

I think I have ADHD and over the past year I have been learning so much and finding ways to work with how my brain works. Your sentiment about storing things where you use them instead of the general "acceptable" place, like the manicure set, shocked me... in a good way. It was such a light bulb moment that I had to pause the video and stare at my screen for a moment while I processed this. Game changer!

💛another amazing decluttering video! Thank you!

Thank you for the motivation. Cleaned out my kitchen.

I'm nesting and creating some empty spaces, so the baby stuff isn't clutter when it comes out next month. I'm decluttering alongside deep cleaning and this was good encouragement as I cleaned the kitchen.

💛 yes! I love me a good messy to minimal episode! Really kittens 😻 we’re adding one more kitten later this summer. I’m on a break from instagram so I’ll guess I’ll see them another time.