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- [Together] "Make it Yours."
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- [Steph] I'm Steph Pase, and I love to organize.
I'm a mum of two girls who are 1 and 3, so life is pretty busy.
And I also have blog called "Just Another Mummy Blog" where I share all my tips and
tricks on how to organize on a budget.
Apart from giving the laundry a facelift, I'm also going to be organizing
the pantry, the linen closet, and the wardrobe.
Having less clutter, it really does give you a clearer mind and
just makes day to day life, especially with kids, run a lot easier.
Oh, my God.
Oh, wow.
We have a lot of work to do here.
There is actually a pretty good space here, but we're just going to have
to really gut this place out completely.
I don't know what this is meant to be.
I love the floorboards, all the other [inaudible] we've used
in the house, so I'm definitely going to continue on into here.
We're going to rip this trough out, get rid of all those fixtures.
We definitely are going to get a nice big broom closet, get some storage happening
in here, and really continue that really nice Ozzie coastal kind of feel
through to the laundry.
Yes, so I've got the laundry.
I'm so excited to get some storage happening.
So the old trough, it's a bit 1980, so we're going to take that
out and replace it.
Give it something with a bit more storage and get a really nice big broom closet.
Because the laundry is such a small space, we're definitely going to do a
front-loader with a nice bench topper over the top.
That's really going to help us with the minimal space that we have and just
maximize the storage.
- [Jessie] Hi, we're from Bunnings.
- [Man 1] We're here to help.
- Yay, thank goodness.
I thought I was doing this all by myself.
- What do we need to do?
- We need to get so much done.
Clear this place out.
We've got to prep the walls for paint.
- Yeah, cool.
Let's do it.
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- We're just using a stain blocker here on the timber because it's going to stop
the yellow coming through the paint.
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My favorite section.
This section is going to change your life.
Here are all the amazing baskets we're going to be using in the wardrobe.
We've got the runner frames over here.
You can really mix and match it to make it suit you and what you own.
Over here, we have…these are some really good drawers.
They have different layers, so you can have different sections
for different stuff.
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Flexi Storage have these amazing starter kits.
So if you need to organize your wardrobe, these are such a good place to start.
Clicked on this this morning.
Now, I'm collecting it.
Click & Collect, how good is that?
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All right.
What's the plan?
What are we doing here?
- [Man 2] So we're just changing the water and the waste here to set up for the
new laundry trough.
- You'll be able to do a lot of things by yourself, but call a plumber to move your
taps and put the new trough in.
- This is going to go in.
- So much better already.
- There we go.
- Done.
- How deep are these drawers?
Oh, wow.
They're really cool.
- And they soft close as well.
- Oh, awesome.
That's so cool.
- Yes.
So [inaudible] can't slam stuff.
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Oh, wow.
This wardrobe has no organization happening.
The storage isn't the best, so I'm going to pull everything out.
We're going to get some drawers in here, use the Flexi Storage,
and just completely make it totally different.
It reminds me of my room when I was a teenager.
I pulled out everything from the wardrobe and chucked it on the bed,
and there's actually a pretty good space for us to work with.
Now I'm going to pull the shelf out and get some Flexi Storage happening.
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What we've got here is a Flexi Storage.
I got the starter kit.
Now we're just going to make our own wardrobe.
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You can even get a pegboard up at the top here so you can pop things up here
like jewelry, earrings, accessories, stuff like that.
You could see the Flexi Storage is letting us utilize the entire wardrobe.
We've got heaps of storage happening.
Massive improvement from what it was.
And, now, I'm going to be teaching you guys how to do the KonMari fold,
which was created by Marie Kondo, so it's the art of vertical folding.
It's going to save you so much space.
All right.
So what we're going to be doing is create a rectangle shape.
So we're just going to fold half in there.
Fold that sleeve over.
And it doesn't have to be perfect.
And fold the sleeve over.
Now we're going to be folding it in half, and then again into thirds.
And that is just going to sit upright like that.
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It's time for me to go onto the laundry, make sure we're going to get the
floorboards down now, the final coat of paint,
and get the splashback happening as well.
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So if you guys have noticed, Jessie's painting has gone a little
bit haywire, so that is why you paint before you put the floorboards down.
- Come on, guys, it's my first time.
We're repurposing some floorboards.
We're basically just going to stick them on the wall as a splashback.
It's really budget-friendly and really easy.
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We wanted to take the splashback to the ceiling.
Because it is a smaller room, it really makes it feel bigger and
more inviting, and it really helps go with the coastal theme of the rest
of the house.
All right, guys.
So here we have the pantry.
So, pretty standard.
Pretty standard pantry.
There's just product thrown everywhere.
There's probably 20 million curry powders in here.
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So I'm basically just going to show you how we're going to get this organized.
So here we have some spice racks, these are from Bunnings.
To stop your containers and jars moving and sliding around on the shelves,
we're going to be using a liner.
So this is just a grip liner that you grab from Bunnings.
We've also got some crates over here.
Now, this is perfect for larger items.
It doesn't need to be hard.
But, firstly, what we need to do is pull all of this out,
and we're going to do a big cull.
See if anything's out of date.
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So once you've organized everything into a category, it's going to be lot less
overwhelming to tackle.
You're going to start looking at how you're going to store everything.
So we're going to be looking at your jars, your containers, and your tubs.
So it's time to get this pantry organized.
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All right.
So majority of that is done.
So now it's time for the other fun part, which is labels.
We're also going to be making a chalkboard on the door.
For the chalkboard on the door, we've got the chalkboard paint
from Bunnings, which is really, really handy.
This is also really great for a kid's playroom as well.
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For our labels, we have got the chalkboard tape from Bunnings, which is really handy
because you can change what it says.
Now we can see exactly what we have in the pantry.
If you're looking for something, you know where to go.
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All right.
So we have a timber bench here.
This is going to be going across the washing machine to give us
some bench space.
I love that we're using timber here because that's going to really help
with that coastal theme of the house.
So now all I have to do is I'm going to be using the benchtop clear.
This is going to seal it off and make it waterproof.
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We're going to get stuck into the linen closet.
We have done some Flexi Storage.
So we've got some tubs, some shelves happening,
so we've got a lot more space to put blankets and pillows.
So now Jessie and I are going to get stuck into it.
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We also got these Flexi Storage vacuum bags, which are amazing for saving space.
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All right, Jessie.
Last bits.
Nearly done.
- Awesome.
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- For the drying rack, we just repurposed a curtain rail.
You just simply hang up items on there, and it's going to dry by itself.
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Done.
- Yay, all done.
- Yes.
- Looks amazing.
- So good. - So good.
- The laundry is looking so amazing.
I'm so stoked with how it's turned out.
The transformation from what it looked like before to now is mind-blowing.
The trough has created more space in the laundry, and it's really modernized
it as well.
The broom closet was really heavy, but it was so worth it.
There's so much storage in there.
It's going to have the vacuums.
I love the new flooring, it's waterproof, it's hybrid.
It looks great.
The front-loader washing machine is perfect for small spaces because then you
can put a benchtop over the top of it.
The timber bench looks so good.
It's really got that coastal theme nailed.
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- [Man 3] A couple of the residents in here that are quite happy to chew on the
letters in there.
So there's a lot to work with.
- [Man 4] Right, I'm off to everybody's favorite toy shop.
Mermaid Tail.
Perfect.
So turf's here, which is exciting.
Yeah, that's [inaudible]
- Okay, guys, I hope you enjoyed that episode.
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