so what do you do if you are a minimalist but you also have a huge Lego
collection well you're in luck because that is me and I want to tell you about
how we are tackling that okay Ollie talked about your Lego and how you have a lot
of Lego in this spot but how you've got messes between all the Lego right yeah
let's leave him for a bit and see if he can figure it out I know he can do it
he's a big boy. Hey guys I'm Robyn. I'm a mother of three, wife of one, I have got
three cats. We help people create a clutter for a peaceful environment
through these videos and we've been minimalist for about six months. This
room we have not tackled, so don't use it to judge us. So at the end of this this
room is going to look much better and there's going to be less Lego kicking
around and a lot less clutter. So for us decluttering our Lego what we're going
to do is look at each set and decide if we really like it. So for me, do I really
like it. So I start with things that I like the first thing I really like is
the fishing shack. It is super fun and it's very detailed. I really like it and
I could just picture myself being there. The lego ninjago shark is Ollie's and it
goes really well with the fishing shack. Okay I'm not going to go through all of
our sets but Lego was a huge gift in our house before we started minimalism and
Ollie got quite a lot of Lego so let's see how he's doing.
Mom: So what do I want you to do?
Ollie: Clean it all up? Mom: yes, so you have to decide what sets you're keeping
Ollie: right yeah sure.
Mom: and you have to decide and you have to clean up all the
Mom: extra loose pieces
Ollie: right yeah sure so Mom: how many sets are you gonna get rid of
Ollie: probably 18 Mom: you're going to get rid of 18 sets???
Ollie: Just Kidding Mom: Really? Ollie: Probably like one
Mom: One set? all right okay, get to work and I'll come and check on you when you're done
and now back to me and deciding what I'm going to get rid of. There are some things
that I don't want to keep, for example if I look at things, are they in the right
space? so we have a movie room downstairs where we have a few other things of Lego
and we're not going to keep all of it necessarily. Now we're huge Harry Potter
fans, but in my opinion some of the more recent sets were not that good and we
missed out on the opportunity to get the awesome Diagon Alley sets but I'm not
going to keep everything because it's not all worth keeping and it just looks like
clutter, so we'll keep the train but we might not be keeping all of it. Let me
know in the comments below the Harry Potter sets that you really liked and
maybe the sets that you would have trouble getting rid of and the ones your
kids might have trouble getting rid of. Mom: So you're done now? Ollie: yeah
Mom: do you like it better? Ollie: sure sure Mom: you don't think it looks super tidy here?? I mean I don't
Mom: I mean, I don't know if I'd say minimalism but it certainly is much tidier Ollie: lonely
Mom: lonely? Ollie: lonely as this blanket Mom: I like it and that great big tote is now whittled down to one small
ice cream bucket because he did no need all of that Lego. We actually have three
huge 80 litre totes in total to get rid of, but I still have Lego to go through
in the living room. So R2D2 behind me he can go down in the movie room, that
makes more sense. Another thing is Wall-E. I don't like
Wall-E, that movie I thought was super depressing so whenever I see Wall-E he
reminds me of how depressing that movie is, so I don't want that in here. He's endearing
but it just reminds me of just dystopia I don't like
dystopian things. Volkswagen bug, Volkswagen bus? love that stuff! That
stuff can stay and it looks perfect there. It is actually quite minimal on
those shelves. So some of the things we're relocating, we're minimizing in the
living room. What we'll put the rest of the lego out. Anything that goes in
a different room, will go there and that is how I'm deciding our sets
we already had the Millennium Falcon downstairs so that is where we put
R2D2, he's great and another little droid we've got bb-8 and I even put wall-e
down there because then he's not staring at me making me depressed, and the wall
looks pretty good. I think I'll put a lot of those lower things up high. I'm just
not that tall so I couldn't reach. Still not sure about the Harry Potter sets
Now Ollie in his room, he has cleaned up his shelf and I think it looks so much
better and as for the Lego bins: we're actually going to sell them but we're
going to sell it by the pound, so my husband has plans to sort through it
He is welcome to do that otherwise I'll just start loading it up by the pound
in bags and sell it on Facebook. So the sofa table is where I ended up putting
the nautical themed stuff like the fishing shack which of course I love I
have a ship in a bottle which is super cute and of course the shark I love
I have an old Japanese fishing glass ball which is great too. I think it's a great
minimal look for Lego. Let me know what you think in the comments below if you
have tried anything in your house, I'd love to know. And I think the bookshelves
are looking better. There's far less Lego. It sort of just stands out a little bit
on its own as something different instead of just being too much. I don't
know if I'm going to keep all of the bookshelves. I don't really love to look
but I don't think my husband wants me to change that. I hope it doesn't look
cluttered. Let me know below it might be a bit too busy still. Now click my going
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