I was a mismatched towel house for 25 years. When my son was home on a college break, he surprised me while I was at work by replacing them with plush, new matching towels. I know it's silly, but it makes me happy to open my bathroom closet now and see matching, fluffy towels!

@jeannebowes2898

2 жыл бұрын

How lovely!

@ericawhitfield9289

2 жыл бұрын

This made me smile! Great mama, great son.

@emilyferrante4589

2 жыл бұрын

Awww thats so sweet! I'll have to wait for my little guy to grow up and I'm sure he'll look after his mama!

@Sandyyyyyyyyyy

2 жыл бұрын

That is such a sweet gift!

@annetteburns

2 жыл бұрын

I've found calm through this same thing. Also matching crockery.

Just did my linen closet last week, feels so good when it's neat and orderly and easy to see everything. Some trivia, in Australia, and New Zealand, we call these items collectively "manchester". Origin is that the city of Manchester in England was the centre of the cotton spinning industry and was the main source of bedding for the early settlers in Australia and New Zealand. Department stores have Manchester Departments.

@jonelledavenport8701

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I did not know.

@emilyferrante4589

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Cool info i didn't know and I'm Aussie!

@tinao8676

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilyferrante4589 you will probably notice it now when you shop, that usually happens to me. Suddenly I see it everywhere, something I have only just found out, never noticing it before. Harvey Norman have a Manchester Department, Myer used to as well.

@emilyferrante4589

2 жыл бұрын

Yes thats always the case! Was more the history that was new to me! I worked at Spotlight and they have a Manchester deptmnt too. Its nice to know why its called that!

@KnottyMaker

2 жыл бұрын

That is really neat to learn. Thanks for sharing!!

This challenge coincides with Passover cleaning. Perfect! Divine intervention 😊

@emilyferrante4589

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, may the Lord bless your home!

@user-jy7ct9ff6b

2 жыл бұрын

@@emilyferrante4589 Thank you! May the blesser be blessed :)

You have given my daughter the decluttering bug! She’s three and a half. Yesterday we watched your books video together and she wanted to go through her books together and chose half a dozen to donate. Today she went through her towels and wash clothes all by herself, found a few things, then moved on to her bath toys! Of course she’s choosing to keeping most of the stuff, she’s three, but she’s working her little decluttering muscles! 💪 💕

The smell test was hilarious! But very necessary! 😂🤣

This Decluttering everyday is so amazing just because it’s a small project it make a big difference when you do something every day

Linen closets seem to attract random stuff easily, so clearing it out once or twice a year is always satisfying.

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who has a closet that looks like that.

I recently did a HUGE towel and blanket purge at my house. Feels so good! My husband and I now have ONE bath towel each and it’s so nice to not have to fold masses of towels anymore!

This inspired me to get myself some new hand towels. We got them as a wedding gift 17 yrs ago. I think it’s time for new ones.👍🏼

@languagelearningdabbler

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Same for me and also 17 years ago lol

@LindaASJ

2 жыл бұрын

I have some dish towels I was gifted at 18 years old, I just turned 57. Im saying good bye to them during this declutter.

I'm glad we aren't the only ones that makes rags out of old cloths and towels!

My mother once told me that "Life is too short to have crappy kitchen towels". And she was right. Nice kitchen towels make me happy.

If you have towels and old blankets you can donate them to the local animal shelter.

@nataliequisenberry8777

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say the same thing! I know our local shelter really appreciates getting them!

Yay! So inspiring! FYI: Crib sheets are great for covering outdoor bushes to keep them safe from frost. The elastic keeps them from blowing off. ❤️

My husband is a window cleaner, so I finally pulled out my stained towels and gave them to him for work. Now all my towels are good enough to give to guests!

I love being able to declutter towels and rags because you know they led a good, resourceful life, cleaning up those messes!

Oh man, when my daughter was smaller we had "messy towels" for living room picnics or painting, and we really need to declutter those. We have way too many!

I'm loving this series! It's motivating to know you're decluttering along with others in bite-sized chunks. Makes it so much less daunting and it feels less like a chore and more like you're doing an activity with friends to compare notes later. ☺

I love the way you are doing this challenge. Everybody and anybody can do an under 15 minute clean out. Thanks so much for investing in us.

Every time one of my friends with older kids comments on how put together my house is I tell them I follow this amazing KZreadr who does a minimal fly lady routine. And every time they admit that they did flylady when their kids kids were little. It’s like every teenager mom’s secret of how they survived toddlerhood.

Love this series!! I have to admit, ever since a stomach bug went through the house and our washer broke at the same time I’m so afraid of letting go of extra towels and sheets. But I think it’s time to let some go! Love the smell test you’re doing in the video 😂

@luna7453

2 жыл бұрын

me too :) I love this series :)

@steppy3736

2 жыл бұрын

I keep 2 sheet sets for adult beds and 4 sets for kids beds just because of stomach bugs.

@emilyferrante4589

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I know the feeling. Its good to have a few extra kids sheets for the sick days. We had a bug a few months ago and the washing wore me out so bad.

@MintyFreshN

2 жыл бұрын

@@katiecauffman1902 I’m still a little traumatized but wow with 5 kids I can’t imagine how hard that must’ve been!! Glad you’re all good now! 😅

I love to see this decluttering series! It is always amazing to me how much we accumulate in a year.

I love that you are so realistic when it comes to your home and don’t force the Pinterest look!

I like to donate old towels, sheets and blankets to my local animal shelter. They are always grateful to receive the donations.

Even not my best friend let me look in her linen closets- I love it, thank you Steph, I'm not alone with so much stuff :-)

love that you are decluttering everyday, really inspiring me to do the same. It always seems like it'll be such a long process but it really can be quick and easy as you've shown!

I like that you do the decluttering in small chunks so it doesn’t feel overwhelming. This is something I can do daily .

I love, love, love that you show things as they really are, even after decluttering. So many KZreadrs would have organized their ‘keepers’ into pretty boxes, baskets, and bins. It makes my heart sing that you just put them on the shelves or in the drawers.

Thanks Steph! You are so honest and funny. The “smell” test is the best part, 🤣

Awesome job! I've had "tidying & decluttering my linen cupboard" on my to do list for months.... since we moved here 14 months ago!! I'm determined to tackle it tomorrow.... it's currently after midnight, so I guess that's technically today!!🥰 Blessings from South Australia💕🐨

I hate throwing out perfectly good things, but I will say, it brings me so much joy to see all of our matching, crisp white and fluffy towels hanging in each bathroom! I also love your idea to get tea towels that you really love since they also serve as decor!

Thoroughly enjoying your challenge. It’s just so motivating. I’ve been working hard on my “Big Project”, decluttering my craft area, in between juggling at home learning with the kiddos. It’s my reward for making it through all the resistance they keep dishing out. Thanks for bringing me some joy Steph!

I love how you inspire me to really dive into the spots of my home that are so easy to over look yet make me feel so much better when I clean them! This challenge is addictive 😍

Loved when you showed your mess and said I have a cleaning channel. So funny and so real. You have helped me so much for years now. Just this morning I was explaining to my bff from high school and I graduated in the 60's I am an oldie but goodie that after watching you I have 4 zones and I don't worry about getting things done now they just seem to happen. Thanks again.

It made me smile when you mentioned Diane in Denmark in regards to tea towel. She is the one that got me buying pretty tea towels which I also gift to others. Like how you mentioned all the fabric areas sure does take you to a few rooms. This is great Steph. Thanks for the series. Have a great day.

These videos are so fun and inspiring. My house is starting to really come together again.

This was perfect motivation! I ordered some new sheets for the first time in forever, and moved the worn and stained ones down to my sewing room to use for mock ups so I don’t waste my expensive fabric fitting new patterns and the sheets get a new life😊

@amandafultz8852

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I like to use my old flat sheets for quilts. I feel better about giving them a new purpose.

I have been a subscriber for ages but I believe this is the first time I have commented. I am 74 years old and live on the Texas Gulf Coast near Houston/Galveston. I am finding I am not able to do some of the deep cleaning I once could do. I do love having a clean and organized house and my house is always very neat. I was thinking I did not have much clutter since I do zone cleaning and am constantly decluttering. I am on a mission to not leave my girls a lot to deal with later. I have to tell you that I am so enjoying this series and it is helping me be more “brutal” in my decisions to get rid of things. Today I got rid of tons of linens that were very well hidden in some decorative bins in my Linen closet. I looked at those things and thought about why I was keeping them. Out they went! YAY! I also went through my dish towels etc. I did the junk drawer the first day but didn’t do the books etc yesterday. Hope to catch up on that. I just wanted to thank you for this series and tell you how much I have enjoyed all your content. Blessings to you and your sweet family.

I don’t have a linen closet, but still have plenty of linens I can make some decluttering progress on. Our three bedroom house had exactly three closets - one in each bedroom. When we switched from a traditional hot water heater to a tankless one, I was able to add three small shelves in that space to give me a little bit more storage. After living here for more than 20 years, thanks to KZread decluttering help and inspiration, I was finally able to fit my vacuum into that space; I was so excited I shared it as a joy with other women at church! 😂 Thank you for your wonderful inspiration; you’re a joy and a blessing! 💕

4:48 definitely made my day! 😅 you are just so refreshingly honest!

@luna7453

2 жыл бұрын

😅 made me laugh too :) so sweet ;) wishing you a good day too :)

@candma4240

2 жыл бұрын

This was my favorite part! This is why I love Steph's YT channel - it's real and relatable! 😃

I’m loving this series! You’re absolutely right, decluttering can be addictive 🤗

I love when i finally use up my linens to the point that i get to go buy new ones!

I never thought about doing a smell test. Great idea! I recently went through my linen closet and I have a lot of flat sheet since the fitted ones wear out first. Maybe I should get rid of some of those. I like that you don’t care about matching too much. Sometimes it’s good to use what you have!

@angelamarden9684

2 жыл бұрын

You can donate the sheets to an animal shelter ❤

@dawncbolt

2 жыл бұрын

flat sheets can be used as backing on a quilt....

Having fun following along with your decluttering journey. I'm getting my house under control one small project at a time.

Thank you for sharing. Nothing beats a clean, organized linen closet. Unless, it's a clean, organized house.

Is it crazy that this is one of my favorite areas to declutter! and yet the one area that is always out of control!

I am in the process of moving right now, so my entire household is packed up in boxes. I plan to start the decluttering challenge when we unpack into our new house! Thanks for the motivation!

@crybebebunny

2 жыл бұрын

Now you'll have plenty of boxes for the declutering. Knowing what fits in with your New place will come in handy. WoW, I am planning to move don't know where or when. I trying to manifest it by declutering what I don't want to take or like anymore.

It's encouraging to see that I'm not the only one who has old and mismatched linens. Time to declutter some of them.

I remember before we sold our home and let go of about 90% of our possessions, our linen closet was just crammed! You could hardly fit another thing into it. Now that we have downsized, I keep our linens on an over-the-john shelf in our master bathroom, and it has very limited space. It's a good thing - now I am not tempted to take on way more than we need or can use! LOL! I am so grateful for your constant encouragement and am thoroughly enjoying the daily motivation. No matter how much we have already minimized and decluttered, I am constantly finding more things to let go of. And you are right, it is very addictive! :)

Love how you show us little ways to spruce up your home when doing big things isn't an option at the moment!

I like the idea of having all white towels of the same style. They go in any bathroom and can be bleached or “oxi cleaned” and go with almost any color scheme. 🙂

This one was so easy for us. We only have 2 sets of sheets and 8 bath towels. All our table clothes are in our dining room in our hutch. I do have A LOT of rags made out of t-shirts but they are all folded in the laundry room. I am the queen of mix-matched - nothing in my house matches. HA! Well done Steph!!!

I can't believe how hard it was to say goodbye to some of my kids toddler age bedding! I had several complete sets that were still in great shape so I passed them on. A few were mismatched so I moved them onto my rag box. Sooooooo many memories when I looked at those sheets!

I love that you keep it real! Real life isn’t always perfect or matchy matchy!

I decluttered my linens last week. I have zero built in cupboards (except in the kitchen), so all mine were stored in drawers under the bed, on the top shelf in the wardrobes and wherever else they would go! Now I have bedding and towels in one drawer and spare blankets in the other drawer, leaving the top shelf in the wardrobes for things like suitcases and miscellaneous items. Yay!

I a fluffy towel user, but I buy only white towels for all three bathrooms. I buy four face cloths with every two bath towels so we always have face cloths. Like Diane, I collect tea towels in our travels or by season and try to keep the one in one out rule. You deserve nice linens; we use them every day! Thank you for sharing daily declutters.

Someday I would love to have matching towels. Even at 42 and 46 we still look like we're college kids with all the hand me downs and miss matched linens. For clothes I highly dislike matching, I will wear 4 different shades of green or blue at the same time, but opening a linen closet to see 8 different colors of towels about makes me looney.

I love having all the towels for our bathroom & kitchen to match. It makes me happy. 😊

My "linen closet" is made of three stacked apple crates outside my bathroom door. Decluttering linens is a must for me.

Your expression during some of your purging moments is precious ☺️

We still have our “Grad gift” towels with our names embroidered on them. They still do the job decades later 😊

Its just nice to open the door and see all your towels be same size and same color they look so uniform pleasing to the eyes and the rest you can donate or use as rags.

Thanks for todays UTube. I was sitting watching you when I realized I could clean the linen drawer in the kitchen before my friend picked me up for shopping. I moved it to another drawer and created a new drawer for cutlery that was overflowing another drawer and got rid of the extra junk drawer. All that in ten minutes . Thanks Steph.

Thank you for making these videos! I have really needed the encouragement! I'm trying to clean out my house and homeschool my kids and my nephew. My mother in law just passed away. My father in law and her were raising him so now I am helping my father in law with him. It's been crazy but I am trying to get organized and get back to decluttering again. These videos really help!

When the Army brought me to Fort Hood, Texas, I first heard the term of "bed clothes" to name the sheets and pillow cases!

The squirrels and birds are making out like bandits with soft rags for thei nests!

Hey, I have been following you for 2 years. You are fantastic and have changed my life. You make cleaning and organizing fun! thank you

This is the perfect excuse to clean out my linen closet instead of putting it off like I planned. 😂❤

I recently pulled out everything in the linen closet ....so many old towels from when the kids were young,..now married and kids of their own! I threw out a mattress cover from my mother who passed away 4 years ago! I was rather shocked at how much space was taken up with useless items.....hoping your home will come together soon! Thanks for your inspiration!

I’ve completely rearranged where I keep textile type things, 1 set of backup sheets in each bedroom closet, towels in the bathrooms, tablecloth and cloth napkins in the dining room hutch and now I don’t need a linen closet!! I’m going to turn it into a supply closet!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

I love the idea of putting the towels and washcloths under the sink! I never even thought of that and we constantly deal with huge towers of towels and washcloths being everywhere due to little hands not being able to reach them properly and wanting to help. Now that they’ll be able to reach them they can learn how to fold them back up(to the best of their ability) and put them back!!! You’re such a lifesaver! I’ve also had the dilemma of cleaners under the sink and a baby lock but now the older kiddos can open it and forget to close it! Thanks to you we don’t harsh cleaner supplies down there but it’s still a huge mess to clean up lol

I decluttered quite a big bag of sheets and towels in what, 3 minutes ? It feels so good, why did I wait so long ? Now my linen closet feels way more functionnal without the useless sheets cluttering the space. Thanks for the motivation ! I feel so empowered by this series !

The towel sniff hahaha that was great those handmade ones always get funky overtime. Thanks for keeping things real!!!

5 mins. is all I can do today but what a big difference in such a small amount of time!! This challenge is getting me up doing it, even when I think I don't have time! Thanks Steph!!

It feels good to get the linen closet organized and get rid of some of those extra towels and blankets that are taking up space and not being used!

Animal shelters are often grateful to get worn linens to use for bedding for their guests.

I usually drop any old towels and sheets off at the local animal shelter. They are always in need and it doesn’t matter is the sheets have seen better days, they can keep a pup warm rather than going in the trash 💜

We just donated a ton of old ripped & stained towels to our local animal shelter. We also donated some cleaning supplies that we no longer used. They were thrilled to get it all.

We used to call it a "double bed" also, same with "single bed". Now we say full size and twin size. I've gone through my bedding and towels several times in the past, but I must admit that my cleaning rag cabinet is much more organized than my lined cabinet and drawer!

Wow how good it feels I decluttered 11 older towels, 8 kitchen hand towels, and a whole set of frontroom curtains that I’ll never use again!! This is going to be a wild month I can tell already~sure hope I can keep motivated to “let go”…I needed to go through my blankets(🤦🏻‍♀️) maybe I will do that on top of tomorrow’s task! Thanks for doing this Steph😊

I like how simple you keep it! I know it can be overwhelming to spring clean because its more cleaning on top of your daily cleaning but 5 minutes here and there really helps! Thanks for all the tips, I especially like how you try to reuse or really use something up before making the decision to toss anything! I keep things till its really worn and still use it or donate if possible to reduce waste.I find it helps with many of my compulsions surrounding cleaning and ocd as well. I love how you say goodbye to things you get rid of too, thats another thing us recovering hoarders do ....It really helps to not hold on to things and its ok to let go and say goodbye :)

You are my sister from another Mister!! All of the items you talked about was something I have already tackled but I’m going to revisit them today!! Thank you for the motivation and showing what a REAL house looks like! You’ve always been so real, it’s why I love your channel and your content…basically you!! ❤️❤️ Thanks!! Let’s go!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

I recently decluttered my linens too. I found out there’s an Amish community that will accept all linens, even ratty or stained items b/c they rip them apart and make “rag rugs” and sell them. Totally a win/win and such a cool “green” option 🙂

Finally got rid of sheets, worn towels, and tablecloths and matching napkins. No longer have that size table. Will be carrying anything usable to the Salvation Army tomorrow. Really enjoying the challenges so far.

Also... it is just so helpful to see you making real-time decisions. So relatable, which is more motivating!

This is an easy place to overlook. It is refreshing to get rid of a few of the extra linens!

Love that you kept things that were still good and didn't just toss and replace. I totally get that it's so nice to have a cohesive look but it's really sad how so many of us treat everything as disposable!

Being the only one in the house, I probably have too much of all kinds of linens so I plan to purge today and at least spend 15 min decluttering linens. Thanks Secret Slob!

Steph, thank you for your help. I am a lot like you. So comforting to know that other people are like me, thank you for sharing. I sometimes wonder why I have kept some stuff when decluttering. It’s exciting when getting rid of stuff that I don’t use anymore. Your videos are a blessing to me.🥰

I had a plethora of linens in the kitchen and bathroom, and I finally realized I only use a limited amount: • In the kitchen, one terry cloth dishtowel + one linen dishtowel + one dishcloth in use, plus another set to swap out when those go in the laundry • In the bathroom, two bath towels + two hand towels + eight washcloths so I have enough to last week before I do laundry. I hang up the clean ones when the used ones go in the hamper. • In the bedroom, I always put my sheets right back on the bed after washing, so I don't need to store any elsewhere. This works for me as a single person who does laundry once a week.

You make the mundane seem fun. Linens...gahhh! But thanks to you, 5 minutes later my linen closet looks great.

I used to have mismatched towels, but later went matchy matchy. I reeeeeally love the streamlined look. So tidy! Isn't it just the best feeling to get rid of things and see empty shelves and empty drawers? Feels fantastic! Great video as always! 😊

I love the fact that linens are so easy to repurpose. Going to an animal shelter or clinic, the rag bin, as paint cloths (like you mentioned) and one of my favorites, being used in stitching projects. I love collecting and using vintage tea towels for that purpose!😀

"...and don't need to be in my life." I busted out laughing at this one. I have a few items that don't need to be in my life too!

I identify with wanting matching towels, but settling for mismatched. That is one of the things I want to replace once my kids are grown and I don't have to worry about possible grips or stains etc. Thank you for the decluttering motivation!

I am just now at a season in life where I can afford nice towels and linens. I am working to get matching and things I truly love

Something that has helped me is not keeping any spare sheets. We wash the pair on the bed and put them right back on. I know some people say what if you have a middle of the night situation??... and my kids are getting older and knock on wood this hasn't happened but if it did....beach towels work in a pinch. Also we don't have a linen closet in our current house so I definitely can't justify spare sheets! Thank you again for this series:)

I grabbed a packet of coordinating blue hand towels when we moved into our house almost a year ago. The kitchen was blue, not my choice, but I wasn't going to paint it any time soon. So I embraced the blue and bought new hand towels to make it feel nice. And a blue rug for in front of the sink. 👍🏻

Having a specific, smaller task everyday has been so good during the busy season my family is in. Thank you!!

I have SIX towels now, one for each family member. got matching towels about 2 years ago and it makes me so happy to open the closet door now and see it all nice and neat and beautiful. You guys don’t need a lot of bath towels, it’s worth it to let go of the extras.