Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be doing an extreme declutter
and [inaudible 00:00:06] of my under the bed storage. You guys actually called me out on
this in my last cleaning video. I put something under the bed and so many of your commented
saying, "Emily, you need to sort that out." So that is what I'm going today. I'm just
going to go through everything, see what needs to be donated, what needs to be thrown and
I also have some really clever storage solutions to share with you as well. So I hope you really
like this video and it gives you loads of cleaning motivation. If you do, give it a
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content. And without further ado, let's get started.
So I'm following Marie Kondo's way of tidying up and organizing. If you haven't read her
book it's amazing and I would totally recommend it. I actually listened to the audio book
version and it's just so insightful. So the first thing that you do is get everything
out and into a big pile and then you sort through everything and if it doesn't spark
joy or if it's not useful, you get rid of it. So because my clothes under the bed are
pretty much in a big pile I'm just going to leave them where they are and start going
through everything. I'm making different piles so I have one which is summer clothes I want
to keep, one that is winter clothes I want to keep and then a donation pile and there
is also a small pile of things that I'm actually just going to throw away because they're not
even good enough to donate. But as you can see I have so many clothes
and I think that is pretty much because in the past eight years my body has changed so
much. I started having my children eight years ago. I have three boys and I have been a size
8, a 10, a 12, a 14. Whenever I become pregnant I put on a whopping four stone so my body
has just gone up and down so very much. So I guess while I was doing this I just had
to be really honest with myself and think, would I ever wear these skimpy bikinis again?
Would I ever wear some of my smaller dresses? Think about my age and how my body has changed
and yeah it was just time to start actually getting rid of things.
Right. So this whole pile here is everything that I'm going to get rid of. Some of it has
tags on, some of it I haven't even worn that much but if I actually think about it in my
hearts of hearts, am I going to wear? I just don't know if I am. Then I have some winter
things here and some summer things that I definitely want to keep and I've filtered
it out and everything. So now I just have to get onto the second part of it. Before
I tackle the other side of the bed, I'm just going to bag up all of the clothes that I
want to donate so that they are out of the way before I pull out all of the shoes. And
while I was doing this task it was really nice, I got to have a call with my sister,
which is very rare. It's hard for us to find time to chat at length.
My sister has two kids, I have three. She lives in Canada and I obviously live in the
U.K. so there's a five hour time difference, so it's very difficult for us to catch up
but it was really nice that we got to today. So I've just got her on speaker and I'm now
going to go through all of my shoes. We have so many shoes for the boys. As you know, I
have three boys and therefore there are a lot of hand me downs and my boys grow so quickly
sometimes they're only in a pair of shoes for a matter of months before they're into
the next size up. So I tend to save all of the shoes and we do get a lot of good use
out of them. And some of them are really nice, like Nike Ones or Crocs or back in stocks
like nice branded shoes that I want to hang onto. So this is where we put them all but
I'm just going to go through them and make sure that every shoe has a pair and then also
go through all of my shoes because I have a lot as well.
And again, just be honest with myself and have a good old chuck out. So for storage
under the bed, I'm going to use these clear plastic boxes, which I picked up in Dunhelm's
a couple of years ago. These are great. I think they were 2 pounds 99 or something like
that and they're really good especially for the boys' smaller shoes but I also just picked
a new shoe storage on Amazon for my shoes. This holds up to 12 pairs. Slightly less if
you're going to put boots in it but I'm going to test that out today. And then I also picked
up these soft bags for my clothing, so for things like my summer clothes or for blankets,
pillows, stuff like that, that you want to store. So now that I've actually chosen what
I want to keep, I need to just put it into the storage. So with the boys' shoes, I'm
just pairing everything up and I'm also trying to make sense of their sizes.
I'm trying to preempt what I think are the shoes that are going to in next, which I think
only a mother could do. So I'm just going to do that and then I'll also do the same
with my shoes. Now that all of the shoes are in their place, I now need to put away all
of the clothes that I want to keep and because it is actually summer at the moment I am actually
throwing some of my clothes out of the pile so that I can actually hang them up in my
wardrobe so that they are more accessible. All of the clothes that I want to have under
here are the summer clothes that are really more for holiday, caftans, swim suits, dresses
that I would really only wear abroad. So that is what this storage box is going to be. I'm
also going to have one for blankets and throws and my hot water bottle and things like that
and then I'm also going to have one for winter clothes that I reach for quite often.
Most of my winter clothes are actually up in the loft but now that I have got rid of
so many summer clothes I think I could actually bring them downstairs and store them under
the bed, which would actually be great for me so it'll be a lot easier than having to
get up into
the loft. Okay guys, are you ready? This is the after. I have about five bags of clothes
to donate now and I'm so pleased with how it's turned out. So I'm using these storage
bags. As I mentioned, I got them from Amazon. I measured under the bed before I ordered
them. It's probably the first time I've ever done that but I measured and these ones fit
perfectly. I did actually want soft bags that had clear tops on them so you can kind of
see what's in them. But it doesn't have that but it does have a place to label them there,
so I will be labeling them. But I have about two bags of summer, only holiday clothes and
then a bag of pillows and blankets, and then a bag of winter clothes at the back.
And then this side is mainly shoes, so all those boxes at the back, these are the shoes
the little boys will be growing into. These are my casual shoes and then I've got this
piece of storage from Amazon as well. It holds about 12 pairs of shoes. I was a little disappointed,
I thought it was going to be sturdier than it is but in a way it's quite good that it
is movable. I can kind of fit different sized shoes in there and I think I could actually
put another on top. So I may order another one in the future. Then I have a little bit
of camera equipment, I have some old photos in a little bag there, a hat. And then I found
our wedding album, which is actually so timely because it's just about to be our 10 year
wedding anniversary and I didn't know exactly where I was, so I've just been looking through
it and it has brought back so many memories. And I'll just show you a little bit. So we
got married in July 2009 on the 18th and we really didn't have much money when we married.
We got married in a little chapel where I was working at the time because we could have
the venue for free. So yeah that's me getting ready with my bridesmaids and stuff. And then
look how thin I was. I can't even believe how tiny I was on my wedding day but it's
definitely bringing back so many memories. And I want to show you Matt. It's funny how
the photographer just focuses on the bride on the day. That's the chapel we got married
in. Everything was pink and white. I would totally change that if we got married again.
But yeah, that's right after we got married. I love that picture. And then that's us with
the priest. And then there's a few, the confetti ones and throwing the bouquet and look, we're
so young. But yeah anyway, has been really lovely to
go through and I'll definitely be showing the boys this when it's our 10 year wedding
anniversary. When I saw my wedding ring I was like, "It's so clean." I really need to
clean it. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for making me do
this, for calling me out on my terrible, disgusting mess under my bed and giving me the motivation
to finally tackle it. I feel so much better and I'm really pleased. So if you're not subscribed,
subscribe for more decluttering and cleaning videos. I would love to have you and for those
of you that have been around for ages, thanks again for watching and I'll see you in my
next one. Bye guys.