Of course, our living space didn’t look like that.
And it wasn’t just my husband and I, but also tons of baby stuff for our newborn daughter and pet accessories for our cat.ĭespite all my efforts to stay organized, the intake of clutter was more than we could handle and we ended up with rooms looking like this:
In less than two years that home was bursting with all the stuff we had collected. Then we got the opportunity to move into a larger home, about 1500 sq feet. My closet was also a mess, but thanks to the glories of Pinterest, I knew about capsule wardrobes and downsized by half over the course of a month. You can see how bad it got in my video tours showing the mess and my organizing efforts.
#EXTREME DECLUTTERING BEFORE AND AFTER PROFESSIONAL#
I had no interest in minimalism at that point, but I was trained as a professional organizer and I hated the piles of clutter. When my husband and I got married, we moved into a 400 sq foot one bedroom apartment and it very quickly filled to the max. The size of our homes and the average living space per person are rapidly increasing in the US, meaning we have more space to put more stuff, regardless of family size. What does a minimalism journey actually look like? How long will it take? What would it really require of you?Īnd while the answers will vary because a decluttering journey is personal, a general outline can apply. Every minimalism journey is unique, so it’s easy to find lots of written words about minimizing and decluttering your home, but harder to find pictures, especially of family homes. Followed quickly by “what did your house look like before?”. The #1 question minimalists are asked is “what does your house look like now?”.
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