“Well you know I was in my forties. It was a wild time.” 😂

“don’t let the boyfriends stand in the middle, put them on the edge so you can cut them out of the group photo” 🤣👏🏼

Your mom nailed it with "I enjoy my house being less cluttered more than I enjoy the stuff". I've been thinking that way for a couple of years now and it's very freeing!!! Fantastic video and it was fun to watch you two together!! :)

Your mom is such a hoot! I love her sense of humor 🤣😂🤣 great video 💜

I decluttered photos last year. So difficult. I had over 7,500 photos and got it down to about 2,500. I basically just disposed of the ones that were duplicated or rubbish. It was hard because my daughter was born with special needs so I took so many photos. I put them in albums and in a cupboard. I was so happy when it was done. I felt uncomfortable disposing of photos and it made me uneasy. After a few days that subsided. I now have albums of beautiful photos. Boy was it hard though! Good luck to anyone doing it. It’s worth it for sure.❤

I had a doll collection of dolls from other countries. I donated it to a school librarian for her to display. The kids loved looking at them.

My grandfather use to carve those Dala-horses in his apartment in my home town, Siljansnäs, after he retired in the 1970’s.The company would give him a box of horse cut outs and he would carve them and send them back to be painted.

Still my favorite, watching Mom declutter! She's the best and I love the relationship you have.

You are my favorite decluttering and minimalist channel. Mom is a hoot! Thank you, Shannon, for providing such useful information, motivation, and entertainment. ❤ I'm closer to your mom's age, so I relate to her quite a bit. The laughter is contagious!😂

Your mom is such a good sport! I love her sense of humor!

Thank you so much for putting all of these together! And thank you also for keeping your moms real life moments of her thoughts and feelings behind things in the videos. It helps so many of us to think through our own stuff. You guys are so funny together! It makes me miss my own mom.

Your mom has such an infectious laugh and just a positive personality. She is also very attractive. I can see you Shannon following her footsteps. Such lucky heritage.

I'm so happy you were able to have this bonding time with your mom.

After my mother passed, I found 50+ photo albums. I have taken the photos that I wanted to keep, donated any albums that were in excellent condition to the thrift store. I have a desk covered in four generations worth of key photos from her collection. Plus I have my own families photos. This is part of my HUGE declutter project. Back bedroom done ✔️ Office is on it’s way Master Bedroom is the general storage repository atm! That’s were the photos are stored… I’m on my way! Yay!!! Lounge Room half done!

I’ve been watching you and your Mom for over a year and love to hear you laugh together! You both bring me so much joy! Thanks for sharing your experience!

Shannon and Cathy are decluttering goddesses !!!🎉🎉

You two inspire and entertain. I simply adore your humor and your beautiful relationship. Thank you for helping me feel OK about letting go of things I sincerely don’t need/want/use/ etc. taking a carload of things away to donate is such a liberating feeling.

Deb here. Your Mom is so right about ending up in one room when you get too old. I have seen it happen with family members. So many of our things that hold our memories are tossed away by others because it has no meaning to them.

I watched this video even though I've seen all of them separately during the year. I watched it to get inspiration to declutter some more stuff in the coming months. One thing I have learned is that revisiting a drawer or space helps remind me of what I have in that drawer/space as well as realizing I don't need some of it.

I really Love seeing you two do this together!!! So much love and mutual respect 🩷🩷 Such a Gift to each other!!!! And to us - anyone who still has their mom and is able to do this can enjoy it together - lucky them!!!!!

My favorite Kathy line: No, I've lost all feeling toward getting rid of stuff. 😂😂😂 I watched all of your videos, as you did the decluttering with Mom, but it was so fun to see this one where they are all together!

We should always declutter our own stuff before we pass. It's difficult for another person to do it while grieving. Take responsibility for your stuff.

Your bloopers were hilarious!!😆

LOL- the advice about boyfriends/girlfriends in pictures! I needed to know this about 15 years ago! 😂

Wow! What a transformation, mentally and physically! I like what your mom said, “I no longer felt threatened by the question, Do you really need 5 of these?” That is a huge mind shift in decluttering! Awesome work👏👏

There is nothing more freeing then Swedish Death Cleaning, I love how your Mom seems so happy and free… Also how much fun you did it together, in my life it’s the opposite , I am the one that helps my daughter declutter… I Swedish death cleaned 6 years ago, after my own Mom’s passing, and I saw the work for a family after someone passes, I knew I wanted to make it easy for my family one day, so anything I didn’t Love, Or need out it went..till this day I still declutter monthly, I just do a Quick Look to see if anything can go.. I am proud of myself this Christmas as I am now down to one tote of Christmas decor …6 years ago I had 4 large totes…My declutter muscle is strong, I can honestly declutter without blinking an eye

Omgosh! I love your channel, especially when you’re doing things with your mom. She is adorable and you two remind me of me and my mom, how you laugh and work together. Unfortunately, my mom passed away in 2018. Soak all these days in!!!

Mom is hilarious about cutting off bf from the photos 😂😂 love your videos Shannon, especially the mom-daughter ones! Yours is one of the few channels where Declutter is exciting, and not sad or heavy on emotions. It is so much fun!

Love the boy/girlfriend advice for family group pics!😂😂😂😂

Shannon I just love your videos. I love the ones with your mom just as much. Every time I'm done watching a video I want to get up and declutter some more. I love the way my house feels and looks. I'm in my 2nd year of minimalism. It's so great. I no longer just buy clothes or anything. I no longer go to the sale to see what I can buy. I only go to the mall or shops when I need to. I love your title, let's declutter and laugh and have fun. I laugh while watching and I am so inspired. Cleaning and decluttering can be fun. Thank you so much. Melissa, South Africa

Okay I love your mom! My kind of woman! Love her sass!😂

I saw a documentary on Amazon called Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse. A hoarder mom who chose her stuff over her family. Her two grown sons had to get rid of an entire house full of stuff, including a vacation home, and three storage units. I neverrrrr want to do that to my son. I have decluttered to the point where I have empty cabinets and drawers. I still declutter on a montly basis. Simple, clean, organized...that's how we live. 😊

I used to never wear scarves...because i had so many i couldnt choose. Now i have 4 and they are part of my wardrobe! Easy to see, find, wear, put back!

I love this so much! You and your mom have such fun and there’s no drama in the decluttering!!!

Extra “ junk” towels are great to give to animal shelters or depending on their state women shelters.

My mom had 20 albums, they were, like most people, arranged from old to recent. Therefore, we got them out of the albums and put them in a couple shoeboxes in chronological order and then took them to local photo lab and they put them on a usb stick (in same order) for $200 for 1000 photos. Gave me all photos back which I discarded (after I double checked to make sure they were all on the stick). They also gave me a CD of all photos. The stick plugged into a little electronic frame mom had and she was able to view them anytime she wanted even when she went into a nursing home. I did scrapbook about 4 albums for her that she enjoyed viewing as well. Big job, well done.

Kathy, the memories are not in things. They are in your brain. Love hearing about your mind shift.

You are sooooo fortunate you have each other!

I love seeing the compilation video. Those that declutter regularly probably don't realize how much they are letting go of.

When you decluttered the albums, I am motivated again to do more downsizing

Thank you Shannon & K/Cathy 🙏 I’m 64 1/2😎Mom passed the end of 2019. My siblings live 1500 mi away. Although, I think…she thought she did a good job decluttering…she owned an Antique & Collectable shop for 20 yrs. Grateful, she only lived 10 min away…I just started loading my car full of “depression glass, antiques, vintage this & that” it filled up 2 rooms before I could start going through “the house”. I filled 3 huge totes full of genealogy. I did a road trip & dropped off her “ inheritance” & mailed what I could. I had a garage sale & donated an entire van full of “her treasures” I cried as I loaded up the van. It’s 4 yrs later….if I gave a guess…I’m down to 4 big totes if Moms 🙏 In between, I’m death cleaning my own home. NO WAY I want my kids to have to make these decisions….especially CLOTHES…Mom was good about “death cleaning” those but it was challenging 😢 I saved some to make a quilt for my grandchildren her great children. Thank you so much🙏🥰🙏 It’s motivation to continue on. Shannon FABULOUS job on editing….Cathy that scarf from Hawaii looks great on you❣️

I went through pictures, the money we wasted on duplicates! And so many of our dogs! I also got rid of my parents wedding album. They divorced when I was 5, and just realized it was negative energy I didn’t need. They had 2, so if I need to see any pictures, I can ask my sister. Having been the recipient of my deceased mother, father and mother in laws items, I don’t want that burden for my children.

Thank you SO much for this compilation 💜 my mom was continually stressed by all of her extreme excess "inventory," so I shared all of the tips and tricks from Take Your House Back course that are helping me over the past two years. She insisted that the kids and grands would want things. Eventually, mom's Alzheimer's issues forced her to assisted living. Surprisingly (TTL 🙌), it took four of us only 10 days to empty the house of memoriblia treasures, recycling, garbage, and donations. When I watch you & your mom, it makes me smile thinking that is the fun and same conversations my mom & I would have had IF she would have made the hard decision of facing her clutter. Much love from MN, shari t.

I have to do photos. Dreading this so much😩. Levi calling mama is the sweetest thing. 💕😭

I love it so much when you two declutter together. Reminds me of my mother and I, usually arguing about what she could have decluttered. Laugh, I’m sure she was laughing when I packaged up her clothes to donate when she was gone from me. I know I was talking to her the whole time!!! Lol😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️

Always love seeing your Mum. She is a realist and she knows there are bumps along the way to declutterring.

At the 2 minute 30 second portion of this video: the big round container is actually a cake carrier for a layered cake. It was also sold as to be used as a big bowl to hold salads or cookies for picnics. Very versatile plastic container. Tupperware made that in the 70’s & 80’s.

Loved this video and the Swedish Death Cleaning method. MIL passed in June but we had to place her in a nursing home the year prior. It was a nightmare. She was a hoarder. Even though she lived in a small apartment.

I love the videos with your mom!! 1. She’s hilarious and 2. This is real life. People, decluttering is hard.

It's really helpful to see a relatable home that has been decluttered. Great video, thank you.

From the bottom of my heart, Thank You for this video. I’m the one who has always gotten rid of stuff. However I’ve felt an urgency in the last few years to really down size. I’ve been feeling bad that the process seemed to be taking longer than I expected. Your video showed me that it’s a journey that takes time. Thank you for the boost that I needed to continue. I’m now inspired to let go of a lot more things in a shorter period of time. It’s very liberating on many levels. Continue to inspire us, and have a great 2024. 🎉😊

I 100% agree with your mom! And ❤ her sense of humor 😂

I love seeing you declutter with your mom. I can't do that with my mom any longer, so I am living vicariously through the two of you. ❣

I sorted thousands of photos during the pandemic shutdown! Some dating back to 1860... May I suggest storing very special photos in acid-free albums or envelopes? You will be glad you did! Love watching you and mom interacting. Happy, Healthy New Year to you all!

I love how the two of you work together with respect and humour! I was decluttering while watching this video.

Shannon you are so respectful of your mom’s belongings and her decisions to keep or go. You encourage and reason out her decisions but don’t insist. When my mom had to move to a small apartment a few years after my dad died I was helping her downsize and I was calling some of her things “junk” and she started crying and said that I thought all her things just needed to be thrown away. I had to apologize and rethink my behavior. I felt so bad about that. Donna

I like that your daughter is respectful of your memories!

Love watching you two together. What a GREAT relationship...

My decluttering & Swedish death cleaning started almost 1 yr ago! You're the most inspiring vlogger! I'm not quitting & look forward to more of you & your mom in the New Year!!🎉

Happy New Year to all. Today is 12-31-23... I think maybe it's a lucky day for all of us 😊❤️

Thank you ladies!!! I need this today! Doing a deep purge on my Christmas as I take it down!

Every year in Winter I tell myself I will go through my photos, this has inspired me to do it THIS WINTER!!! 😆🙌

What a lovely mother and daughter. Getting rid of clutter while making such good memories - and they only take room in your brain. The laughter you shared was so lovely. Make the most of each other. Stay safe x

I like donating books and DVDs to the library for all to use

God, your mom is so hilarious!! I love you two together

Very motivating and fun. Many thanks

This video completely brightened my day. I've never watched any of your videos and stumbling upon this video was great! I laughed along with you two, your mom is hilarious. She reminds me a lot of my mom and the relationship we have. Thank you for sharing these special moments!

Ah the photo decluttering it's such a big job. Love watching you both together, it's a real joy.

I'm going to work on pictures because of you.

mum was and still is a firecracker!

New subscriber. I LOVE YOUR MOM. I'm a lot like her, and don't want to leave too much STUFF for my kids.

Y’all so cute. ❤. I want the pickle thingy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I love the interaction between you and your mom. I actually get a little teary eyed because it makes me miss my mum, who I loved dearly, but left me with an overwhelming amount of stuff to go through. I love that you decluttered the pictures. I wish I had done that with mum, not only because she had SO MANY duplicate and horrible pictures, but because it would have been lovely to go through those memories with her

I really love this video. I and my husband are in our upper 60’s now and I am very much in the mode to declutter. My husband isn’t quite as ready as me. However I have been going through various rooms and purging things pertaining to me and some things that we just haven’t seen or remember until we see them. We both know that within the next few years we will be downsizing. Our home is much to large for us at this point. Our kids are grown and at this point grandkids aren’t likely. We also don’t entertain any longer. Thank you for sharing this journey ❤

I LOVE you two!!! Comedy gold. ..

Even though I watched all of these videos individually, I really enjoyed this compilation! Every 15 or so minutes I would stop the video, get up and go through a drawer or a shelf. I was able to get rid of 10 things because I was so inspired by watching you both. Happy New Year! 🎉

Love seeing you two work together,so much fun and doing an amazing job. I wish I could get my mom to do this, 70+ years and won’t get rid of a single thing

I really enjoy watching you two! You could take this show on the road!🤣🤣🤣

I loved this video!!!! I will be watching it numerous more times!!! I have a back yard to do so I am thankful to you for all of the tips. Your Hubby is so much fun!!!

This was so neat. I have been going through my things for about 4 years now, and I have So Much STUFF!!! I moved last May 2023, my house sold so fast, I had been looking at places to buy but all of a sudden I had to find something quick. I went from a two story townhouse, to a 1 level. I didn’t have time to sort through everything. It is so funny, well kinda funny, my sister came to visit and she has helped me declutter and go through many totes and boxes while she is home for the holidays. You see I am still unpacking!! I loved your Video today. You both made it fun. And I don’t have children, so no-one really to leave things to. I’m finding that I really get caught up with Sentimental things. I’m too attached to things. Yet I have had to evacuate from my new home twice already since last May. Once for Fire, and last Fall because of a Rock Slide quite near my new home. So I now have a To Go Bag, and a To Go Tote. And I feel that I could just walk out and it wouldn’t hurt to just let it all go. So why is it hard to get rid of then??!! Because I love the things I have gotten over the last 30 years when I moved back home. So this was a real feel-good video and I am ready to keep getting rid of Stuff. Thanks for the Motivation, and both of your examples in leading the way. Thanks for doing these Video’s. I’m happy to subscribe. Be seeing you soon 🎉❤🙋🏼‍♀️

I am in my early sixties, but have been Swedish death cleaning since I had two heart attacks and Covid and pneumonia last year. My son and my husband are going to love how easy it is to get rid of my stuff if and when I die.

Sweet mom, enjoy every moment

at the 7:35 mark, I thought your mom talking about the photos that are hard to give up, thought she said You know, like the photos of the kids throwing up...!!!! It was kids growing up. Happy New Year, everyone!

"I've lost all feeling..." love it!

I just so relate to this video. I am in my late 60s and have over 40 large photo albums and that as you say before digital ones. I have been doing digital photobooks since 2014 and it is my favourite hobby. Now my problem is transferring what I like from the old albums and put some of them into a digital formal for my family. I have done a lot of research on my parents and my husbands, and am working on a digital heritage book. How I wish I had more pictures, but I do have a lot of articles. So I was very interested and enjoyed watching you purge. So nice to see you and your daughter working together.

Omgosh your mom is a hoot ❤

I adore your Mom so much and am always excited when she appears in your videos. I love the relationship between you two. What a cool Mom she is! Tell her she is inspiring and awesome :)

I honestly didn’t think I’d like this video because I thought it was gonna be a repeat. But then I watched it and it was so funny because you two are so cute together

I loved this video. I'm feeling like crap today. but I want to go through my rooms. I think I can let go of alot ,now too. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Your mom is so funny. She seems like a cool mom. You're very blessed.

Mom is always a joy to watch! Also, Mom's hair is so pretty!

Wish I could be so good at decluttering ….. I end up putting it all back 🇬🇧🇺🇸🌸🌸

Happy new year! ❤

Love crockpots. I've got 2.

Get rid of the damn crock pot!! lol I’m sweating why am I so hot! Lol It’s a lot of hard physical and emotional work.

You two are too much 😂 I love it 😍

Absolutely love watching you girls! Honestly, you're so inspiring and very entertaining.

I enjoy your videos so much! You and your Mom make me laugh so hard! 😂

I just digitized all my photos last year. one thing i learned is to take one family photo without boyfriends and girl friends that way when they break up you dont have to cut anything up you still have a picture of that memory.

I love your mom! She is so fun!😊❤