I Spent Over $1000 Organizing My Home With The Home Edit Line + Here's What Happened

Hi guys welcome back to my channel, I'm Alexandra and today's video is probably one of the most satisfying, if not the most satisfying video you'll see on my channel. Blank period. I am

organizing

my entire house today. I've done this before, but I'm using a special method, this is like a foolproof No going back, never again method to organize my house. Make sure you hit the subscribe button. I would love to see it. Be sure to join our family by hitting the subscribe button. We're almost at 500,000. Let's start overseas, as I mentioned today. I am

organizing

my house now.

I've done this before on this channel. purged, I've donated stuff, but I've never gotten a system up and running and today I'll be doing it using

home

edit

ing products exclusively. This is not a sponsored video, but I am a big fan of

home

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ing. Duo Joanna and Clea I've gotten drunk on their Netflix show I read their book I actually met them a few years ago right before they really took off and I was sitting next to them at this long table the fact that I didn't even get a picture with them that day it pains me to see the business they have built is absolutely amazing so inspiring I am going to take their method into my own home try it tell them exactly how much I

spent

at the end of this video and tell them

what

I thought of the whole experience and process.

We are doing a complete organization. Added style in the home. I'm going to have the whole Ag team come over and help me organize my home. All hands to work. It's going to be a little funny, you're helping too. Today

what

I'm going to do is do all the prep work before we actually start organizing, so I'm going to go through every cabinet in my bathroom and every cabinet in my kitchen and then go through his book and just take notes on what I'm going to do. i need for what room in terms of bins and like baskets and stuff take a moment to take stock of what i have before i go to the store and buy a bunch of bins because when i have done that in the past i always come back with sizes Insufficient or Inadequate My home has always stayed organized when I have a place for everything and that just doesn't happen, but that's what home editing does, so put a system in place to make it easy to maintain, OK? we should start in the kitchen let's start in the kitchen this is embarrassing this is really embarrassing but this is our pantry i literally don't know what's behind it because all i do is grab the stuff in the front so i'm like oh chocolate almonds yeah they're probably expired it's just it's a mess it's a mess so this is our color drawer not bad except we have all these like plastic forks and stuff our salad servers are random scissors as if it could be better, this could be better. and then this drawer is just, I don't even know, parchment paper, aluminum foil, but then we have all the things that we grab all the time, like measuring cups, can openers, these are those waxy things that you put on top of bowls and stuff, hello, Lottie. this 100 needs an overhaul she's pretty ok she definitely needs a little organizing but that's what it looks like and then the bottom drawer is pretty messy it has all our food containers our blender i collect these little jars because i shop I pre-made chia pudding and then I thought I'd use these to make my own chia pudding and that never happens so t

here

's a collection of 50 million of these.

This definitely needs help. This is our coffee and tea cabinet. I think I organized the latter. time we did a setup video it just needs a little bit of evaluation i think and then

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are all our spices some of these i put labels on the back when we set this up our knives are random here what i'm getting account is actually a hazard and probably not good for knives and then i need to decant the rest of these spices but yeah this needs some help and then this cabinet has like napkins placemats like entertainment stuff and then the food bowls from Lottie random here these cabinets are very deep which is great but they definitely need a system for in here and then you guys saw me organize this a while back.

I know it doesn't look like it, but it's a lot better than it was, and I don't really think we need any new containers. I feel like the boxes. the ones i have here are actually working i just need to basically organize it again and make sure everything really has its place pots i need to take to the office tools that aren't in place so just needs a little readjusting so Now that I've gone through every closet and every drawer, I'm going to sit down with a pen and paper and the home edition book and basically make a shopping list of what I need to organize what the home edition suggests I buy to organize that item.

Before we start shopping for containers, so let's start with the pantry. In fact, I have so many different pantries that have like chef's pantry, build your own pantry, black and white pantry, and this is what I always feel like. IB can't bring products to mason jars, which is what I recommend people do to add style and functionality to their kitchen. It's not sustainable for me because Noah and I don't cook as much and then things expire and we don't know. how long have they been in the jars so we don't have the same ingredients all the time which doesn't make this method very conducive as it looks beautiful but I think what makes the most sense for us is to have this kind of containers that are labeled pasta bake snacks I think I didn't want cereal because I want to be able to see how much we have left because cereal is something we eat every day or at least like three times a week but for the other things I want to do as containers for breads, soups, breakfast, etc.

I'm also having this moment where I realize that maybe the spice drawer can be used for more of those utensils that we cook with. they're kind of mixed up with the parchment paper and the foil and they put the spices on a food tray in the food pantry ok i'm going to start writing my list. I also want to point out that I am looking at products that have all the measurements listed. and i am taking those measurements and making sure they are going to fit in my closet before ordering for each shelf. I measured the height, width, and depth, who knew the organization also took math calculations 10 20 30. we have it's like fun math, they recommend putting spread and condiment cans on risers and turntables, so I'll definitely buy a riser for everyone the canned goods and then a turntable for spreads and oils and stuff this is the information I'm following for my pantry because I don't really have a pantry I just have a cupboard so you'll notice they have recommended putting cans in this little rack and then condiments on these turntables that I'm going to do. following what they've done here they have like a baking container, a snack container, a breakfast container, except I'm going to put cereal in jars as I mentioned just because I think it will be more visible if you're more of a chef of the what i was talking about this is the page where everything can be simplified and all your ingredients can be in mason jars this one has been mixed as baskets with mason jars too but for us and our household i think this one makes the most sense so this is what I've been following, moving on to food containers.

What I'm going to do is keep the containers alone. They stack nicely, but what doesn't work is that none of these tops have a home. so i'm thinking i'm going to use one of these bins to stack all the lids and i'm going to buy a couple of these because i have a lot of lids and since they have a divider in them i can put smaller ones in the front and then bigger ones at the rear. I realized that I need another drawer for things like parchment paper, Ziploc bags, that's what is causing this drawer to be like Mayhem, so this drawer only needs four utensils, like a can opener, vegetable peeler.

Etc. In this drawer, I want to clean this out and have it free for the Ziploc bags, parchment paper, etc., and then do the home edit suggestion of using risers and placing all the spices here on this first shelf and then continue with the tea And coffee. up here we're not using that shelf anyway so there's definitely room to move this stuff up there I'm also just realizing during this reorganization or like taking inventory of everything though we definitely need a stool up here so we can really like it maximize, you know, even the top shelf, so I'm going to put that on my list as well.

What I was doing wrong before every time I tackled and hosted Amazing Project at my house was not setting aside enough time to prepare because I realize that this preparation is the most useful thing, like I'm measuring. I am purchasing the correct size containers. Don't skip the preparation and give yourself enough time because it is really useful. pulling everything out, the drawers are open and yes, I'm really looking at what I have. I'm also resisting the urge to edit because I know that will be done that day, so I act like I need to store. all the things i have and the reason is because i know even if i get rid of some of these things i still need a place for the tea i still need a place for the coffee pod this is purely prep if i'm done in the kitchen maybe i'll to do one last check, one last sweep of things, make sure I don't forget anything and then we'll go to the bathroom, okay, I'm in the bathroom now and I'll do the exact same thing.

Like I did in the kitchen go through what I have see what the home edition has available for organizing bathroom supplies they have a lot of really great little bins so let's go through the process again this is the first cabinet you have My hair stuff comes into contact with moisturizer and then jewelry and then in this cabinet we have cleaning products. I definitely need to find a solution to this because this is not sanitary or cute looking at some of Noah's stuff and then we have our overflow toilet. paper down here I definitely want to move all the content that's in this cabinet to this one it's a little narrow to get in here I want to be able to see everything and be able to easily access things because this is what I want to use every day this is basically like an overflow of all our toiletries Q-tips Band-Aids I didn't even know we had those thermometers in this random bin and then down here we have some covid tests and sunscreen this 100 needs to be rearranged I can never find anything I don't even know what I have this needs purging and here again an overflow of stuff that really needs to find a home I like it I started by putting stuff in baskets but it's a bit of a mess and then this last cabinet is hard to open because it hits the toilet so I just have travel stuff my steamer this cabinet is actually not the worst of them but yeah im going to get some bins to corral my travel stuff and maybe put my steamer in these two the drawers are already organized the system i have for my makeup and stuff really works for me and then my hair tools here work great up here it's like an overflow of vitamins and stuff bath salts hair ties that this isn't really that functional the lid is always open tweezers things like that all of our toothpaste plus Cova tests that should be there for this cabinet I really want to organize it and like it easiest to grip because that's how we start our day the only place I could find the products Home edit here on Canada was on Canadian Tire, but I know in the states they have so many different containers and products.

I'm not using their full range, but I'm definitely using core pieces from their range. So one thing I saw today that I really love is these little two drawer mini organizers. day to prepare for this video and looking back, this is an absolute must. It took me about four hours to plan how I was going to organize my space. I also advise if you can get a smooth tape measure. to use to measure my cabinets ok guys i'm finally done this is the list of all the things i need to sort a lot of organized things to do so i'm going to sort all these things it's coming the kit will come and yeah the next time i see you guys we'll be fully in organization mode hey guys so the day has finally come it's organization day.

I want to show you all the boxes and home edition products that have arrived. My house is full of Canadian Tire. bags today I have Amanda and Elena without a gram today, but we can handle it. I feel like we're preparing for a sporting event. Let's start in the kitchen. Do you know how it looks here? I'm not afraid. OK. set it up on all deals Noah is going to hate that the whole place is going to be a mess Probablyyou came downstairs and you saw all the bags over the weekend and you said what is this yeah getting ready ok let's do this we are starting to unpack all of our home edition bins and Elena and I are removing all the stickers these are all the HoMedic bins we'll be using there's a lot of stuff in here so we have a closet in our kitchen that some people would probably use as a pantry Noah and I use that closet as our utility closet for us to store all of our cleaning supplies in our bedrooms vacuum cleaners this closet has already been organized you guys can watch that video up here so the first thing i'm going to do is focus on my pantry cabinet weird stuff first i'm going to get everything out of the cabinet this is a very important step you want to get everything out amanda is sorting everything in piles so things like breakfast go to one pile things like spreads and oils and sauces go to another pile you understand the gist of it like an almond inside you hear that like who knows who but who puts an almond back in the thing like why my nut collection is ok we have all these Bob's Red Mill bougie products.

I didn't tie them together. I love that you're kind of discovering things right now. like 4.99 for baking soda wow i don't need oatmeal sorry im laughing throughout this but its really yeah they really expired like a year again no naming names but who leaves less than the half a bowl full of love crunch? I'm going to defend it in this case you could make a bowl out of that come on okay that's not even worth a pancake so it's not even half a pen but technically you could add it to the other one I'll also add to have that day The prep session at the beginning was very helpful because I already knew what kind of categories I was putting everything into so I could direct Amanda and Atlanta as if that was the breakfast pile that will be the snack pile. which is really helpful to get an idea of ​​how he was organizing all the crap no uh you can get a bowl out of that foreigner we're throwing away anything shamefully expired.

I had sugar in my pantry as of 2013. I'm shocked. that would be a solid nine years you've had this year like it just came with me from my parents house it's yellow i think it's crap there's no way there could be a way so these are all the piles we have oils and vinegars that i have nuts and seeds baking pasta cereal and breakfast and then canned goods and then here we have snacks so now we are going to start organizing things in the containers that i bought. We will not put them in the cabinet today.

I'm going to save that for tomorrow, but we're going to start putting everything into bins for the few things I'm decanting. I'm just using a clear label, noting the expiration date, and sticking it to the bottom of the container. I've never been so organized in my life like putting the expiration date on something strange look at that look I'm repeating the same process for every drawer and other cabinets in my kitchen when you're organizing anything use this time to clean the inside of your drawers or cabinets get out the dish detergent get out the vacuum this is the time to clean in all those nooks and crannies like on your silverware those are the things that get forgotten about when it comes to cleaning and it feels so fresh and good now thank you these Lids can come off and can go into our salt and pepper shakers I've never used but how beautiful they're like impossible to start with we need gram oh wait for the strength no oh okay.

Calling them no gram today, but we can handle it. Grandma calls me anytime tomorrow, okay. I'm organizing my Tupperware drawer. The first thing I'm doing is making sure each container has a matching lid. Food container drawers are known to have like 18,000 lids with no matching container and then what I'm doing is arranging the lids in a divided container and I'm putting the bases in a separate container so I can grab a base, grab a lid and have a matching set i am using two organizing containers one for the longer food containers and one for the square ones which actually took me a lot longer than expected tomorrow our day is off we are going to finish labeling and put all the bins in the kitchen cabinets and let's tackle the bathroom I feel like I have a professional home organizer today and I'm not mad about it see you tomorrow hello today is finally the day my house comes together and everything is beautifully staged, it's a Friday shooting this.

I do not do it. I know I'm so excited to start the weekend with everything in place so today we're in the bathroom it looks minimalist and organized packed to the brim one thing you want to make sure you're doing like in the kitchen is making sure all your hair take care of your beauty your sunscreen like it's all current and not expired if something is expired you want to make sure it's disposed of correctly I know in Canada at least medicines can be left at your pharmacy safely disposed of too the things i've had forever i collect shampoo for some reason it just doesn't work for me i'll take it to the studio i'll give it to friends family someone wants some yeah so great i've organized it in piles i'm going to clean inside the cabinets i'm going to change them as i mentioned a couple of days ago it smells like cleaning products because the cleaning products have not been contained in anything so it was just leaking so we need to clean that up.

One thing I've found great about this method is that the home edit suggests organizing into categories, this is really helpful because suddenly I'm not like organizing every little thing I'm not like my mouthwash goes here and my toothbrush it goes here instead it's the categories like Dental so all my dental stuff can go into one container and it allows me to be able to add stuff to the container and grow that category without having to rearrange everything basically I love that I'm getting organized depending on the category and not necessarily the item. Now I am moving into our daily cabinet, this is where we keep our toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss and I am repeating the exact same process as the previous cabinets, oh strange. it's all organized let's go back to the kitchen finish it's all coming together let's start with this cute little tea drawer.

I ended up buying a bigger drawer for my t-shirt so I can add to my collection. I can get all kinds of herbs. teas now not only do i stick with three different types all the colors are center front her the home edition oh honey ok what i love about this piece is that it is extendable so it can fit in any cabinet size if you have more spices. obviously you can make it longer in the pantry now we have a couple of extra snacks to make it look color coordinated home edition style. I'm going to be bringing a lot of the snacks to the office but I really wanted to lean into the rainbow it really wouldn't be a home edit video without rainbows below I'm tagging it so bad news home edit tags are not available on Canada, so I made my own.

I wanted them to look as close to home edition labels as possible. i made it so it's the stationery and i have these labels if you want to know the exact size i use they are the one by two and five eighths inch labels these are also transparent because the home edition labels are transparent you can't even see them and i went to canva and designed each label and then i imported that canva template or those canva jpegs to the avery.ca website this is not sponsored but it was very easy to use and then i just printed them on my home printer i know the labels from home edition are white, but I knew I wouldn't be able to see them properly, so I made Black Ink instead.

Fun fact: the home edition labels are actually clay like handwriting. it's just that foreign people together really feel that way this weekend. I was like I was a person with my board because everything is in a box, okay, time to reveal how much I

spent

and tell you my true thoughts. spent 1309.53 canadian before you gasp and pass out, for me personally it was absolutely worth every penny and here's why home edition has thought of every little detail to make them work for almost any cabinet , any room, they all work together. they're like 10 inches by six inches not like 3.753 inches whatever and they just thought of all the issues that could come up with organizing and mitigated that in the past I've bought dollar store bins that just haven't lasted they've cracked they don't look good they don't fit properly in my drawers these bins are priced high because they are really very well made i can feel they won't crack they won't chip it also says that on their website and i can bring them with me from a space to another if you don't have the budget to tackle every drawer and cabinet in your home take it section by section start with your pantry or start with a cabinet in your bathroom the only thing i will notice is this is time consuming it also gets dirty before get better so take some time and i really feel this system will work for noah and many many months and years to come noah came home and was so impressed he took it to our room on saturday and it was like everything was really easy to find.

I'm like yes because it has its place and it's labeled. I'd love to. To find out if any of you have tried the home editing method if you love your products let me know in the comments below and now it's time to reveal my organized home to all of you foreign foreign foreigners if you're watching Clay and Joanna you you probably don't remember me but we had lunch together like four years ago you bring so much joy to people so i think of you and i hope you like this video if you're watching it and i'll see you next time bye fucking dies you're making i just get my shot

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d up and now you had to go and mess it up all right i'm a cotton ball so i thought i belonged on this make your tail wag your eyes they look beautiful oh thank you