The Art of Decluttering

This week we chat with our kids, Jesse & Elijah Revell and Oliver & Amelie Farrugia! We each quizzed our own kids and each others about what it is like to live in an organised and decluttered home and we asked them if they had any advice for other kids and parents. We also asked our listeners for some questions! Such a fun and funny episode. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Our episode this week is bought to you by Planted Parenting, an educational platform run by a Tricia Mauger, a paediatric occupational therapist who helps parents negotiate behavioural challenges with their children.Planted Parenting WebsitePlanted Parenting on InstagramPlanted Parenting on FacebookPlanted Parenting on YouTubeThanks to Karen Barber for the requesting this weeks topic.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a great response to them last year. The great thing about re-listening to podcasts is that you'll take away different tips and you'll learn things you don't even remember hearing last time. So as you prepare for the Christmas season this year, we hope it is one of peace, love, feeling organised and being inspired to declutter.Do you love hosting Christmas functions and being generous with your time, money and home? Or do you feel overwhelmed at the idea of inviting others to your home to celebrate?Here is another episode where you can laugh at and with Amy and Kirsty, where they share their tips and tricks for decluttering your Christmas functions and give great ideas on how to host, cater, serve and clean up all things Christmasy. We hope you enjoy it!Recipe's mentioned today:Summer Pudding :http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/171/grace-s-easy-summer-pudding.aspxPumpkin, Kale and Quinoa Salad:http://fraichenutrition.com/roasted-pumpkin-kale-quinoa-salad-gluten-freeaz/Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a great response to them last year. The great thing about re-listening to podcasts is that you'll take away different tips and you'll learn things you don't even remember hearing last time. So as you prepare for the Christmas season this year, we hope it is one of peace, love, feeling organised and being inspired to declutter.Are you a gift giver? Do you love receiving gifts at Christmas time? Have you done all your shopping already? Do your kids get overwhelmed by all the toys they receive on Christmas Day?Here is another episode where you can laugh at and with Amy and Kirsty, where they share their tips and tricks for decluttering your Christmas gifts and give great ideas on how to wrap your gifts as well as choose gifts that don't add clutter to your friends and families homes. We hope you enjoy it!Things mentioned in the podcast:Something to wear, something to love, something to read and something they need!Kiva.orgWorld Vision GiftsUseful Gifts from TearMasterclass.comOnly JustSlow Your Home PodcastJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a great response to them last year. The great thing about re-listening to podcasts is that you'll take away different tips and you'll learn things you don't even remember hearing last time. So as you prepare for the Christmas season this year, we hope it is one of peace, love, feeling organised and being inspired to declutter.Do you love putting up Christmas decorations? Do you have a roof full or a shed full of decoration? Or are you a minimalist Christmas-er like us?Here is another episode where you can laugh at and with Amy and Kirsty, where they share their tips and tricks for decluttering your decorations and give great ideas on how to store all things Christmasy. We hope you enjoy it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Christmas season, we are practising what we preach and making this season a bit slower for us by revisiting last years episodes as we had such a great response to them last year. The great thing about re-listening to podcasts is that you'll take away different tips and you'll learn things you don't even remember hearing last time. So as you prepare for the Christmas season this year, we hope it is one of peace, love, feeling organised and being inspired to declutter.Do you love Christmas season? Do you put your Christmas tree up the first chance you can? Or are you a grinch? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the invitations to event and all the shopping you need to get done or are you excited for all that this season brings? Do you have family traditions that you do every Christmas season?Here is another episode where you can laugh at and with Amy and Kirsty. You will be inspired to be thoughtful and intentional about what you say Yes to in this season and you can hear how Kirsty and Amy do life with their families for Christmas. We hope you enjoy it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat to Narelle and absolute amazing woman who homeschools 5 out of her 6 kids (#6 is too young still) and gives us some amazing #parentingtips! Even if you have no interest in homeschooling, if you're a parent, you will find some incredible tips in this episode on how to do self care and also teaching your kids how to do chores around the home. If you are a homeschooling family Narelle shares her unique experience and we are sure you'll enjoy this conversation as much as we did. We both end the episode with #girlcrushes and #parentingcrushes on Narelle and we are sure you will too! Narelle is incredible in how honest she is about being a parent and juggling being pregnant, breastfeeding and teaching her kids. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Big shout out to Mackenzie and Amelia some of our youngest engaged listeners!Thanks also to our very many homeschooling listeners for the episode request.Here is the infographic for chores training we mentioned in the episode:Chore Training InfographicJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about our Unfinished Projects! What have you started but left unfinished? Do you have feelings of guilt or shame over that project? Is it is a craft project or a home reno project or have you just not got round to hanging up pictures in your new home? Our heart for you is to either complete the project or lovingly let go of it. Kirsty and Amy get open, honest and vulnerable as they share some of their projects that they have left unfinished and they coach each other in ways to move forward. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks to Jocelyn Green for the requesting this weeks topic. Thanks to Jess for the iTunes review!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we celebrate hitting 500,000 listens to our humble podcast! We recorded a quick episode to say a HUGE thank you to each and everyone of you for tuning in each and every week! We share with you some exciting presents from us and we ask for your help to continue to bring value and fun to even more people as we head into 2019! Thank you again for such a magnificent ride thus far!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about our Bedside Tables! Do you even have a bedside table? Does your bedside table have drawers or is it open shelves? What lives on the top of your bedside table and what lives in the drawers? What random things have found their way into your bedside table? We laugh a lot about having water on our bedside table and the need to go to the toilet in the middle of the night! We also have a few 80's references for you to reminisce with us over. We chat about kids bedside drawers and hint at the stuff we might keep in our bedside drawer that would be embarrassing if your kids pulled out in front of friends. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks to Catherine Midwood for the requesting this weeks topic. Thanks to Nathan & Nicki for the iTunes review!Products mentioned in this episode:Skubb boxes for drawer dividersJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we answer some listener questions! We had questions on under the kitchen sink, small apartments, garage laundries, kids and clutter, what is the most common item we declutter. We also chatted about the biggest declutter we have done, how to keep cables organised and our favourite icecream! This episode has lots of quick tips and suggestions from us and as always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks to Katie, Owen, Rebecca, Sa & Courtney for the questions. Thanks too to Teresa Boughton for the Facebook review!Ben & Jerry's The Tonight Dough IcecreamIkea's Algot systemJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about makeup! We confess that neither of us are huge makeup wearers, consumers, keepers or storers. We have however decluttered many a bathroom and we can attest to how long some people keep their makeup for and how a bargain can suck you in! We chat about how Amelie was not allowed my 'used' makeup to play with (until I decluttered just recently!) and how Amy's father was also had the same rule in their house growing up. We realise that neither of our Mums are big makeup wearers which clearly had an effect on us! As usual we give you tips and tricks on how to decide what needs to get binned, what can be donated and what you should keep. We also give you some tips on how to store your makeup. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks to Narinder K Pannu for the requesting this weeks topic.Products mentioned in this episode:Kmart storage solution: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/cosmetic-organiser---medium/133809Ikea storage solution: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/90400268/https://www.vanitycollections.com.auGreat ideas for makeup storage (you can get them here or search for them for cheaper options.)www.zuca.com.au - great makeup storage bagsJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Handbags! We compare how many we have and what we need to swap out of bags. We chatted about reducing the need for so much in your bag and purse by getting you to think about what is essential. We encourage you to go through old bags looking for money and lost jewellery and challenge you to support Share the Dignity with the bags you choose to donate. We also have a competition this week. Listen up and then be in it to win! As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks to Roseanne Hammond for the requesting this weeks topic.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about cleaning products! You'll find them in the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry and garage/sheds. We talk about what cleaning products we use and how we store them. We talk about moving towards a low/no tox life and how we both really want to learn more about this topic. Kirsty raves about DoTerra Essential Oils and we chat about chemical free cleaning. We encourage you to go shopping in your own home before you head to the shops or before you buy that cleaning product that is on sale. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!Thanks also to Jo Cassidy-Chronis for the episode request.Links mentioned in the episode:Disposal of Household Chemicals -Australia wide - https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/NSW - https://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/your-environment/recycling-and-reuse/household-recycling-overview/household-chemical-cleanoutQLD - https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/disposalSA - http://www.greenindustries.sa.gov.au/hazwastehttp://www.recycleright.sa.gov.au/WA - http://www.wasteauthority.wa.gov.au/programs/funded-programs/household-hazardous-waste/NT - https://www.darwin.nt.gov.au/live/waste-recycling/household-waste/other-household-wasteLow-Tox CleaningLow Tox Life Podcast https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/7 Easy Home Made Cleaning Product https://www.lowtoxlife.com/keep-your-cleaning-toxin-free-with-these-7-easy-home-made-cleaning-products/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Adult children! Adult children that still live at home, adult children that have moved out of home and still have their contents at their parents and also to the parents of adult children who are frustrated or enabling their kids tendencies to sponge off them. We chat about giving your adult children time frames to collect their stuff. We chat about charging your adult children board and other alternatives to "adulting". This is a fairly no-holds bar, tough-love conversation with Kirsty and Amy, so get your big girl/boy pants on, have a giggle with us and enjoy this fun conversation!Thanks to Owen Gray for the episode request.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat to a long time listener and friend of both of ours, James Garth! He gives us his unique perspective on being a husband, father and busy professional while also trying to learn and grow in the area of home organisation. In this interview James shares what he has learnt over the years to help his family run smoother and some fun life hacks. This is a great one to encourage your male friends, partners and organisationally challenged friends to listen to as James shares some gold with us with vulnerability and grace. So come have a giggle with us and enjoy this fun conversation!Thanks to James for loving our podcasts, encouraging us and coming in to record an episode with us. Thanks too to Belinda for lending us James for the day!Things we mention in this episode:Kallax Serieshttps://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/categories/series/27534/Drones Boxhttps://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/60263593/Bag for Aerial Droneshttps://www.camerastore.com.au/manfrotto-aviator-hover-25-backpack-grey.htmlJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Hidden Clutter! The fruit bowl, front of the fridge, on top of the fridge, the junk drawer and some more. We give you great tips on how to declutter them and also how to keep them declutter for life! We know that delayed decisions equal clutter so we suggest that you don't put things down instead you put them away in their home. We encourage you to just do it now, to find a home for everything and to use the power of 15 minutes to put things away. We also give you a few storage solutions to boot. So come have a giggle with us and banish your hidden clutter forever!Thanks to Bree Chaplin for suggesting this topic!Things we mention in this episode:Variera Range from Ikeahttps://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/categories/series/24984/Note Holder for Fridgehttps://www.kitchenwaresuperstore.com.au/dreamfarm-gripet-note-tidy-silver.htmlJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Sentimental Papers, so important documents like Birth, Death, Marriage, Citizenship certificates and Passports along with sentimental cards and letters. We chat about how to help others who are not as sentimental as you are, how to have grace with them and how you might keep it instead of encouraging them to. We talk about keeping things from people who have passed away or might soon and those mammoth letters you wrote to your bestie in High School.We will be talking about Memorabilia in a few months time so get excited for that episode too.Thanks to Faith Ossevoort for suggesting this topic and Catherine from Bristol for the email review!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is dedicated to clothes, oh how we love clothes! We give you great tips on how and when to declutter. When you should let go of clothes and send them to the bin or donate them. We also chat about how to store different items of clothing. We have a few giggles and you learn our dressing habits as well as those of some of our clients!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is dedicated to all the great teachers in the world. Teaching is a calling and we're so grateful for the teachers from our own childhoods and those that educate our munchkins today.Along with teaching also comes a lot of resources, material, books, stationery and it seems to breed year on year.So this week we share our top tips for our teacher friends on how to declutter and organise their professional lives.Thanks to Ashleigh Newman for the episode request!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you find your home is constantly messy and your mind is always muddled?Do you long for more clarity in your thoughts and simplicity in your life?If you answered yes to these questions, then we think it’s time you know the secret to experiencing freedom and joy.Join us as we unpack all the things that create clutter in our lives and learn the key to living a decluttered and organised life that you can embrace and enjoy.Together, we will explore what it takes to have a home that is welcoming and well-organised – where you are free to focus on living freely and abundantly. www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/course Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you living with a Mental Health disruption? Have you recognised in your own life the connection that clutter has with Mental Health? We totally get it! We have both worked with many people who have anxiety, depression, OCD, ADD, ADHD, BiPolar, and other mental health disruptions. We know how brave you are to reach out to get help from us and other professionals. We chat today about how we can be part of an integrative team of professionals helping you to live well with disruptions. Amy chats about her own struggles with Mental Health and how she uses some techniques to help her. Our Professional Organising industry is full of caring, non-judgmental, kind, loving, gentle individuals who are committed to helping all people to live with less clutter and more organisation.Thanks to Lauren Osborne for the episode request!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you living with a Toddler? Are you overwhelmed by all the toys and paraphernalia that comes with parenting a Toddler? We totally get it! We have both been through this stage of parenting and have lived to tell the tales! We give you heaps of tips and tricks on how to declutter with your toddler, how to teach them how to pack up their toys, how to teach them to be generous in passing things on that they no longer play with and how to help them and you to stay organised during this fun but hard season!Thanks to Natalie Kuhlman for the episode request!Article to read further on Minimalism with toddlers: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/kids-need-minimalism/https://zenhabits.net/minimal-kids/https://www.becomingminimalist.com/how-to-become-minimalist-with-children/Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you a shoeaholic? Are shoes the ONE thing you dread to declutter?This week we share our best tips on how to declutter and organise your shoe collection.You will hear how Amy comes from a shoe importing family and how she could have 900 shoes if she wanted and how Kirsty is learning to adult when it comes to shoes. We also throw down the gauntlet to each other to further declutter our show collections!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you had a career change? Moved from full time work to looking after kids or semi-retired? Have you kept papers from your old career or study?This week we share our best tips on how to declutter from your old professional life.We also share about our prior professional lives and what we did before we became professional organisers.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our most requested topic is finally here - MOVING HOUSE!So whether you've got a move planned or you'd just like to hear how we manage to fully unpack on moving day, we hope you enjoy this episode. We give you tips to declutter before the move, tips for the day of move and interstate moves.So if you are about to move or have recently moved make sure you pop over to our Facebook page and Instagram page to let us know how you handled your move.This weeks episode was sponsored by iTrak Real Estate who have a great blog about moving here.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Decluttering after losing a loved one. This is an awesome episode however we wanted to give a trigger warning for those of you who this episode might hit close to home. We have an amazing guest in the studio today, Mandy, who lost her husband, both parents and both step-parents all within a few years of each other whilst juggling early motherhood! She shares some fantastic tips on how to honour your loved ones without holding onto everything and also how to deal lovingly with step families. It was such an honour to have Mandy in the studio sharing her heart with us for you listeners. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Pets, their paraphernalia, we don't want you to declutter your pets! We have a special guest in our studio today, Pebbles, a beautiful black lab, so if you're listening with your dog, be warned ;-) We chat about what to do with stuff that your animal has outgrown, how to store food, what to do with sentimental items and a whole lot more. We also have loads of giggles with Pebbles! So if you have animals from mice to horses, you will be sure to love this episode.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Small Business! This is the episode for all of you who run market stalls, MLM business or work from home with products! What to do with your stock, how to store it, how to be more inspired by your products by making sure you can clearing find what you need! We chat about the flow of your work, stocktake, packaging and marketing materials. We also have a good laugh!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Divorce. We wanted to honour how hard divorce can be for all involved and to share some tips on how to create that new life with a decluttered twist! We give tips on what to do when you have stuff that belonged to your ex, their family of origin and when to ask for help from family or professionals. We know that your number one priority in the aftermath of separation is self-care and caring for your children so we completely understand when your house becomes overwhelmed with clutter so we hope that this episode along with our back catalogue help you to reclaim your home when you are ready. Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Weddings! What ours were like and how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. We chat about how to not buy into consumerism when it comes to weddings and how you can look to Instagram for inspiration but not to get sucked into keeping up with the Joneses. What was your wedding like? What did you do that was out of the ordinary? Things mentioned in this episode: Visually Creative for wedding flowers and props in Sydney: www.visuallycreative.com.auAngel Gowns: www.angelgownsaustralia.org.auBox to store your wedding dress: Skubb Boxes from IkeaGift Registry with a twist: So Kind Registry and Karma CurrencyJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Grace and Freedom! These are some of our favourite words and topics, so when Lauren Osborne, one of our awesome listeners asked us to unpack these ideas as a podcast, we jumped at the chance. We talk about what is Grace to us, that it is something we can extend to ourselves and others. How we are all a work in progress, that it is function over perfection and that it is honesty over unreal expectations. We chat about what Freedom means to us, that it is throwing off the shackles that clutter puts on us. When we live in a decluttered home we have freedom of time, freedom with money and freedom to create. We would love to hear what the concepts Grace and Freedom mean to you so make sure you come over to the Facebook page and share your ideas with us. Big shout out again to Lauren Osborne for this great topic idea!Things mentioned in this episode: Slow Your Home PodcastBecoming Minimalist BlogUCLA Research on ClutterJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Meal Planning! What it is and what it is not. How different it can be in each unique home. Amy chats about how they do meal planning in the Revell house and Kirsty chats about the different ways in which Meal planning works in the Farrugia household. Do you do the cooking in your home or does your partner do the bulk of the cooking? Do your kids whine at every meal like Kirsty's do? Do you do meal planning different to Amy & Kirsty, make sure you come over to the Facebook page and share your tips with us.  Things mentioned in this episode: Grocery App: www.ourgroceries.comMeal Service in Sydney: www.dinneronthetable.com.auBaked Risotto: https://www.donnahay.com.au/recipes/spicy-chicken-pumpkin-and-roasted-garlic-rice/baked-mushroom-bacon-and-spinach-risottoJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Sentimental Items! In this episode, we acknowledge the different generations and their different philosophies underpinning their mindset towards things. We also give you some really helpful questions to ask yourself to reframe your thinking towards items you hold dearly and some different ways of honouring our things without holding onto absolutely everything. We want you to keep things that are sentimental to you, we want you to be intentional and mindful of what you do keep and what you let go of by understanding your why. Big shout out to Meggan Gascoigne for the topic idea!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about Baby Supplies! We give you tips on what you need to get when you are having a baby and how to store items, inbetween children. We reminisce those early years of parenthood, you'll hear about Kirsty's favourite purchase as a new mum and how Amy didn't buy anything :-) We rant a bit about the influence that social media has on our perceptions of parenthood and chat about minimalism with babies. We hope you laugh along with us and learn a tip or two to help you create your new life with your precious new life and how and what to store in between kids. Big shout out to Katrina Borg for the topic idea!Mentioned in the podcast:Finnish Baby Box www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22751415 Pure Prams www.facebook.com/pureprams Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we put a call out for a listener who wanted to come and interview us in our studio and the amazing Sophie Walker put her hand up and joined us for a fun conversation! Sophie is also the creator and host of her own podcast Australian Birth Stories which is awesome, so you all need to go listen up to it!Sophie is a mum of 2 gorgeous young boys and lives in a rental property with her hubby. She is a self-confessed clutterer so asked us plenty of questions to get our tips and tricks for her own unique home and family. We adore Sophie and we had such a fun time recording this episode, so we hope you enjoy it too!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are talking about Kids parties- Minimalist Style! We give you tips on how to create parties on a budget, create beautiful family traditions and give gifts that won't clutter others homes. We have some big laughs this week with some word stumbles and we share memories of our childhood parties. We hope you laugh along with us and learn a tip or two to help you create your next minimalist kids party. Big shout out to Teagan McFarlane for her Facebook review.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are talking about Dress Ups, kids and adults (yes we go there but it's still kid friendly listening!) We give you tips on how to store them, creative ways to display them, what else to include as part of your kids imaginative play. We rant about dress-ups being overly stereotyped gendered and encourage you to view imaginative play as building empathy in our children. We have a good many laughs during this episode, so we hope you do too! Big shout out to Kim Lut for her iTunes review.Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the inside scoop? Cal Revell, Amy's husband, is our guest today and man does he have so many truth bombs to drop! Amy started off nervous that Cal and Kirsty would roast her, but we would never do that and the episode is more about Cal than it is about Amy. You will hear just how much love is in their marriage and how supportive Cal is of Amy and her gift to the world. Partners around the world will resonate with Cal's experience and be inspired to join their partners in their decluttering journey. Listen up with your partner today and enjoy the freedom!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Photos! In our generation alone, we have had slides, Polaroids, Film with negatives, Digital cameras, phone camera (and this isn't even touching Super 8's & videos!) so we know the task of decluttering and organising your photos can be overwhelming so this week we bring your some tips and tricks. Big shout out to Kate Haines for this topic idea and to Meggan Gasciogne for the Facebook review! We hope you enjoy it!Here are some questions to ask yourself;Can you name anyone in the photo?Do you remember where that scenery is? How many photos do I need to remember this moment?Do I want to remember this moment?Do I want to remember this person?Is this a really unflattering photo of me? (a note of caution though: You are keeping photos for future generations, not just yourself. So will your kids wish they had more photos of you in those embarrassing teenage years, even if you don’t)How can I give honour to this photo?Is this a duplicate (triplicate) of a photo?We always recommend decluttering first before you organise your photos!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you feel overwhelmed by your kids Dancing costumes? Are you new to the world of dancing or an old hand? Have your kids grown out of them but you/they just can't let go of their first tutu? Are you a wealth of knowledge in regards to Troupe/Eisteddfods, please come on over to our Facebook page and share it with us! This week we chat about what you need to pack for weekly dance classes, eisteddfods and concerts, when you can/should pass on costumes, and how to store costumes in between times. Big shout out to 'Dancin'inmykitchen' for your review on iTunes. We hope you enjoy it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you have a craft or hobby that you love? Do you have a craft or hobby that has been sitting untouched for years (or decades?)? Do you need help decluttering your craft/hobby? Do you need some fresh ideas about how to store and display your art? We chat about crafts and hobbies today and you will learn just HOW entrepreneurial Amy really is, she has turned her hand at most crafts of the 80's/90's/00's! You will laugh along with (at) us as we talk about turning your grown kids room into a craft room so they can't move back in :-) as well as be inspired to get back into your craft and hobby or to give yourself the grace to let that passion go. Big shout out to Tara Lee for the episode idea and Declutter Lover for your review on iTunes. We hope you enjoy it!Questions to ask yourself: Is this still a passion of mine? Is this still me? Does this hobby still fit with my values?Do I have the time for it at the moment? Is this the right season of my life to pursue this craft and hobby?When was the last time I used this item? Do I have a plan for this item in the forseeable future?How much would it cost me to replace it if I did want it in the future?Do I still like this item/material etc?Could someone else make more use of this item then I am currently?Could I lend it to someone until I made space for it in my life again?How many of this item do I need?Is this hobby or business?ATO link to figure out if your passion is a hobby or a business?Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you work in an office at a desk? Is your desk full of clutter? Do you look with envy at others who have a clean desk or do you wonder if they get any work done? This week we chat about what you need on your desk, what you don't need on your desk, phone detox, productivity hacks, daily habits and so much more! You will laugh along with (at) us as well as be inspired to look at your desk with fresh eyes to see how you could change your productivity. We also set a challenge to spend 5 minutes each morning of just dreaming undistracted. Big shout out to Danielle Jones for the episode idea and Elizabeth Cronk for your support over at Patreon.com/theartofdecluttering. We hope you enjoy it!Things we mentioned in the podcast this week; Slow Your Home Podcast - Slow Experiment about getting outdoorsShillinglaw Cafe that Amy went to this weekPhone detox apps;ForestDinnermode OfftimeFlipdApp Detox (Android)Productivity & Habit HacksPomodoro TechniqueResearch done on seeing nature everyday thanks to Slow Your Home Podcast!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about camping and how to make going on holidays easier, simple, straightforward and more organised! You will laugh when Amy double jinx Kirsty and she can't talk. We chat about our favourite holiday destinations and Amy shares heaps of tips, tricks and hacks to make life easier when you go on holidays including pegs, containers and washing detergent. We chat about worst camping holidays and laugh at how we are NOT your people to seek advice about camping in the Australian Outback! Would you come on an Art of Decluttering Camp out? We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our most Rubbish Episode ever, because we are chatting about RUBBISH!! This episode will have you laughing along with (at) us as well as thinking about all the ways you can get rubbish out of your home and how to reduce the waste you make. We chat about Hard Rubbish collections, tip runs, Skip bins, Aussie Skip bags at Bunnings, recycling, composting and so much more! We have a competition going this week where if you are the first to tell us exactly how many times we say the word "Rubbish" then Amy will send you a copy of her book Simply Organised. So make careful note! Big shout out to our friends Kylie Johnston and Anna Barnes for their contribution to our chat this week ;-) We hope you enjoy it!If you do love the show and would like to show your support by becoming a patron, head over here to make a small monthly donation (as little as $1 a month) and know that any amount makes a huge difference to us being able to cover costs of producing this podcast.Things we mentioned in the podcast this week; www.facebook.com/Diamond-creek-Skip-bins-Rubbish-removal-133596663501363www.aussieskipbags.com.auwww.abc.net.au/tv/programs/war-on-wastewww.1800gotjunk.com.auwww.returnandearn.org.au for where you can recycle your bottles in NSWJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we chat about all the various places you can donate your decluttered items to around Australia. We often get asked where to donate things and we both use many of these places on behalf of our clients and for our own pre-loved stuff. We would love to know where your favourite place to donate things to where you live. Come over to our Facebook page this week and share your brilliant knowledge with us all. We hope this episode has inspired you to look at your house with fresh eyes and find even more clutter to donate ;-)Here is our list of charities and organisations we mentioned in the episode and some extra ones to boot. We will add your recommendations here as we get them this week and into the future!Websites that will help you find the right place to donatewww.givenow.com.auwww.recyclingnearyou.com.auOps Shopswww.opshop.org This is a great website listing heaps of your local ops shops.www.salvostores.salvos.org.auwww.vinnies.org.auwww.savers.com.auwww.diabetesaustralia.com.auwww.waysidechapel.org.au/op-shop for those that live/work close to Kings Cross NSW.www.therestore.com.au for those that live near Seven Hills NSW.Donations for Animalswww.lortsmith.com/get-involved/how-to-support-us/in-kind-donation This is for Melbourne folkswww.rescueresourcensw.com.au/rescue-resource-nsw-dogs-work/drop-off-pointsYou can see if your local vet, animal shelter or animal hospital needs towels, blankets, pet food, pet beds etc.Underwearwww.uplifebras.org and you can contact your local Intimo consultant to see if they can take bra's on behalf of UpliftSports Equipment and Clothingwww.shoesforplanetearth.com/shoe-collectors This organisation has collection points in QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, WA & SA.www.bootsforall.org.au This awesome charity has a store in Montmorency (VIC) if you need good quality sportswear for your family too!www.bootsforafrica.com.au/about_uswww.fairgame.org.au/get-involved/donate-equipment This is for our WA listeners!School UniformsCheck with your school if the uniform shop will buy back your old uniforms or will take donations. Your school might also have a Facebook page that you can sell them on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we tackle an area that one of our listeners, Tanya Castellino, requested, Medicines! We chat about how to store them, how to declutter them and how to save yourself money by going shopping in your cupboards first! We chat about keeping your prescriptions together and updated, we give tips on how to dispose of ( & how not dispose of!) out of date medicines and how to use technology to help you keep on track of your daily medicine-taking routine. We also lament at kids inability to dispose of band-aid wrappers and their need to have a bandaid on for the most inane reasons. Laugh along with us as we chat oils, naturopathy, traumatic splinter removal stories, snakes bites and so much more. We hope you enjoy it!People and things mentioned in this week's episode; www.jeroki.com.auwww.citadelfirstaid.comhttps://www.nps.org.au/medical-info/consumer-info/medicinewise-appJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you park your car in your garage? Do you put stuff in the garage and forget that it is even there? Do you have a mountain of stuff in the garage that you don't even know what it is? Do you have a shed? Is this too full of stuff? This week we chat about housing your most expensive depreciable asset (your car) in the garage rather than the street, we chat about storage in your garage and shed, a sharing economy, those some day projects and how many multiples you actually need! Laugh along with us as we chat about pool noodles, pick axes and more. We hope you enjoy it!Friends we mentioned: www.facebook.com/Steven-Wells-The-Gardener-1012853915408913/Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the clutter in your living room driving you nuts? How is the functionality of your living space? How many living spaces do you have in your home? One like Amy or four like Kirsty? This week we chat about creating a vision and a purpose for your room, we chat about functionality, having a home for everything and looking at your space with fresh eyes. Laugh along with us as we chat beanbags, coffee tables and more. We hope you enjoy it!Interior Designers/Decorators mentioned: www.nudgeinteriors.com.auwww.mydecorator.com.auwww.whitepebbleinteriors.com.auJoin our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are your kids bedrooms neat and tidy most of the time or do they regularly look like a bomb has gone off in there? This week we chat about setting realistic age-appropriate expectations for our kids and their rooms. We chat about toys, desks, lego, storage, sharing rooms and having a home for everything! Laugh along with us as you learn our tips and tricks for kids bedrooms and how to eat Nutella! We hope you enjoy it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to our sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio Productions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you counting down the sleeps until the kids go back to school or has it been the best holiday break ever for you all? Is your child starting at Preschool or Primary school this year? Do you work full time or have more flexibility in your schedule? We talk about all this and more in this weeks episode. We chat about lunchboxes, drink bottles, kids making their own lunch versus parents doing it, morning routines and how many uniforms you should have. Laugh along with us as you learn our tips and tricks for the fun that is back to school! We hope you enjoy it!Join our community ● Become a Patron with Patreon – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to us being able to producethis podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!● Follow us on Instagram● Follow us on Facebook● Join our Facebook group● Leave a review on Apple Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.