Hi, guys. Welcome back to my channel. In today's video, I'm going to be giving you loads of
cleaning and organizing and motivation. In today's video, I'm going to be cleaning a
few random things, but the other day I had an afternoon free, so I decided to deep clean
my jewelry, also clean my headboards on our beds, and organize all of the boys' top drawers.
I've been meaning to do that task for such a long time, and I finally got the storage,
organized it all, and I feel so much better for having sorted it out.
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But without further ado, let's get into today's cleaning.
So the first thing I'm going to clean today is my jewelry. It has been so long since I've
cleaned my rings and my earrings, and they're really quite dirty now. It's so simple to
clean them. All I do is boil the kettle, put some of the boiling water in the bowl, and
then add a little bit of bicarbonate of soda and some washing up liquid, like Fairy liquid.
And then I just leave my jewelry to sit in that for 20 minutes and then come back. Sometimes
you can just rinse that off and that's clean enough. If it does need a little bit of scrubbing,
all you need is a little toothbrush, maybe a baby toothbrush so it's nice and soft. But
yeah, I'm going to do that now, and I'll show you my jewelry up-close.
This is my wedding ring. When I first got it, it was all diamonds, but once we'd had
all of our children, we had three of the diamonds taken out and replaced with blue sapphires
to represent the boys. But sometimes people do say to me am I missing some diamonds, because
they are so dark. But yeah, this one's a little bit dirty. Then this one is the one I think
that actually is probably the dirtiest. I don't know if it's going to pick up, but I
can see it all the way around it. But this is my engagement ring. Then this one is from
when we renewed our vows last year for our 10-year wedding anniversary. This is an eternity
ring. Then these two rings on this hand were both gifts. They're from Monica Vinader. You
can wear them separate or together, and I love them, but they are really dirty. They've
really lost their sparkle. Then I also have the matching earrings which also need a clean.
Yes. So all I'm going to do, as I said, is put some boiling water into a bowl, and then
I'm going to add a heaped teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and then also a little bit of washing
up liquid. I'm just doing a little like literally that much and then I'm going to give it a
bit of a stir. I also shared this on Instagram, how I wash them, and someone also said to
put a piece of tinfoil into this solution and that that really helps apparently. So
that is also worth a try.
But now that I've got my mixture, I'm just going to pop all of my jewelry into it. Then
once it was all in, I realized that one ring was actually sticking out. So I just added
a little bit more of boiling water, and then I'm just going to leave that to sit for about
20 minutes, and then come back, give it a bit of a scrub with a little baby toothbrush,
and then wash it off and dry it. But you might not even need the toothbrush, especially if
your jewelry is quite new. Really, this is for stubborn dirt that is under the stones.
Yes. But hopefully you can tell that they are looking a lot cleaner, especially those
Monica Vinader earrings. They scrubbed up really, really well. I feel like the Monica
Vinader rings might need to soak for a bit longer; but overall, I'm really happy with
how much cleaner these were, and hopefully that's showing up. I found it quite difficult
to film, because it kept going in and out of focus.
Next up, I'm going to tackle some of the boys drawers, especially their top drawers. Now
this has been on my to-do list for a really long time, but it's now getting to the point
where it's difficult to even open their top drawers. So I'm finally sorting it out today.
In the past, I've used these little baskets from Poundland just to separate their socks,
their school socks, and their underwear.
But now, I've actually ordered some brand new storage from Amazon, but I think you can
get this from other places as well. But I literally just searched underwear storage
and this came up, and it looks really good. There's storage for socks, storage for pants,
and also bra storage. But the bra storage, which is the larger one on the bed, I thought
would be perfect for the boys' football kits and pajamas as well, because obviously, their
clothes are a bit smaller. Especially [Fraser's 00:04:45] football kits, he has so many of
them, and they all come with a top and then some shorts and socks. So it'd be really nice
to be able to group it together somewhere.
So that's it all laid out. I ordered a set for each child, and I'll show you the results
in a minute, but I'm so happy that I think I'm going to order some more for myself. But
now, the first thing I'm going to do is just empty out their top drawers, give it a good
wipe, go through what was actually in there and what they actually need and then try and
put it all back in the baskets and see how it looks.
Yes. So as you can see, there's a place for his pants, for his weekend socks, and then
for his school socks as well. There's even a place for his swimming cap, his wallet,
his ties, shoelaces, and the Christmas socks as well. So this feels so super-organized.
Next up, I'm moving on to Caleb's, which as you can see is very messy. His chest of drawers
is really, really small, because we wanted it to sit within his closet, but we needed
actually a quite small chest of drawers for that. But again, I'm just going to empty everything
out, give it a wipe, and then go through everything that he has and put it back into some kind
of order.
With Caleb's top drawer, I found that he had so many socks and pants. Because he's the
second child, anything that Fraser has ever grown out of has just been passed down to
him. So I had a good look through what he had in there, anything he'd grown out of,
anything that was really worn, and then put it all back. I had about two pairs of socks
in each pocket and then about three or four pairs of pants in each section. But again,
so much more organized, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
Last one is going to be Jackson's, and in his top drawer ... He still has nappies at
night, so we've got them, wipes, all of his pajamas, his pants, and socks as well. But
he has got a nice big set of drawers from Ikea. So again, just going to take everything
out, give it a wipe. I was also trying to work out which sections to put in this drawer,
how it would work best. I decided to use a bra sectioner on the left for his pajamas.
Then the little pants sectioner, and then a little one for socks. Because his socks
are so tiny, I ended up putting two or three pairs in each one again.
(singing)
The
next thing that I'm going to be cleaning today is the headboard on our bed. The other day,
I noticed that it was actually quite dusty. Also, I haven't shown you, we've got some
new cushions for our bed, which are very choppable. So let me know what you think of them. I'm
really, really pleased. But yes, I've noticed that the headboard is getting a little bit
dusty, so I was going to dust it down. I have one of these little fabric brushes which I
bought on Amazon. It feels like velvet, but it's really good at picking up hairs and dust.
So I'm going to wipe it over with this. Then I'm going to use my fabric softener and water
solution with a microfiber cloth just to wipe it down and make it smell really nice. So
I'll show you how I do it.
(singing).
I'm also moving onto Fraser's headboard. His bed is newer, but it was also still a little
bit dusty. So again, I'm just dusting it. Then I'm going to wipe it over with my fabric
softener solution, which was literally just a bowl of warm water and then one capful of
fabric softener. That helps to get any little stains off, like there was random bits of
toothpaste on his headboard. Then I'm also spraying it with a little bit of Febreeze.
I just wanted to make the headboard and the room smell a little bit nicer. I'm really
pleased with how it's turned out. Again, that's been something on my to-do list for a very
long time.
But that is it for today. I really hope you've enjoyed this video and it gave you guys some
cleaning motivation. Thank you so much as always for watching, and I'll see you in my
next one. Bye, guys.