Do we need this extra furniture in this room?Įvery item that comes into the house is something that I have to manage.Do the kids really need this many toys?.You don’t have to sell all your stuff to become a minimalist. It’s amazing how 1,500 square feet is MORE than enough space for a family of six when our home isn’t cluttered with stuff! Do I Have to Get Rid of Everything to Be a Minimalist? The more space we have, the more we tend to fill it up with things we don’t even need!!Īll four of our kids share a room right now and they actually really enjoy it, but we plan to remodel the upstairs to make it into two bedrooms. Our bedroom is tiny, but the great thing about that is we don’t keep as much stuff. Over the last five years we’ve gotten rid of about 80% of our stuff and we don’t miss ANY of it! Minimalist Bedrooms We don’t actually have any bookcases or china cabinets – they were just too much for us to keep clean and free of clutter. We’ve gotten rid of a lot of furniture and things that tend to collect clutter. Watch this video to learn more about why I became a minimalist! What Makes Our House Different? What started as merely a strategy to keep the house clean has turned into so much more! Eventually I had to let Tom know what I was up to and he said, “Just don’t make us look weird!”Īs we’ve simplified our house, it has also spilled over to improve every area of our life, including: I wanted to be able to keep the house clean AND still be able to do work on projects I was excited about.Īt first I didn’t even tell my husband what I was doing.
In the beginning, it was a house cleaning tactic.
#Small minimalist house full
It feels SO good not to have them stuffed full of things we don’t need and aren’t using! When you first come into our house you might notice that it’s tidy and clean, but you might not be able to put your finger on what makes our home different.īut if you open the drawers and cabinets, you will notice that nothing is more than half full.
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