481 | Cabinet Clutter

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Finances, Home & Garden, Leisure, Mental Health, Minimalism, Contribution, Passion, Minimalists, Health & Fitness, Decluttering, Philosophy, Health, Relationships, Growth, Simple, Society & Culture

4.7 • 11.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

For the finale of their five-part Household Clutter series, The Minimalists are joined by Kristen Ziegler to talk about decluttering the excess stuff that’s lurking in your cabinets, drawers, and other hiding spaces in your kitchen and throughout the rest of your home.

Discussed in this episode:

What can I do with all of the occasionally used appliances that take up a lot of space in our kitchen cabinets? (2:56)

What’s hiding in your cabinets? (18:00)

Minimalist House Tour 101. (47:49)

Listener tip: Ending the buy-declutter-buy-more cycle. (48:59)

Listen to the full Maximal episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

Detailed show notes: minimalists.com/podcast

Recorded at Earthing Studios.

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0:00.0	Every little thing that you think that you think that you need.
0:24.8	Every little thing you think that you need.
0:29.5	Every little thing that's just feeding your greed.
0:33.9	Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
0:47.0	You're listening to The Minimalist Podcast with Joshua Fields Milburn and T.K. Coleman, recorded live at Earthing Studios in Sunny, California.
0:56.0	Yes, thank you, Alabama. Hello, everybody. Today, for the final installment of our five-part household clutter series, we're talking about decluttering the excess stuff that's lurking in your cabinets and drawers and other
1:01.9	hiding spaces in your kitchen and your bathroom and throughout the rest of your home. Joining us in the
1:07.4	studio to expose your hidden clutter is our friend Kristen Ziegler.
1:11.9	Kristen is an organizing expert with a bachelor degree of architecture from Virginia Tech.
1:17.3	She is also the founder of the professional organizing business Minima, which you can find
1:22.1	at minima online.com.
1:24.9	Coming up on this free public minimal episode, a caller has a question about what to do
1:30.0	with all of those occasionally used appliances that take up a lot of space in her kitchen
1:35.4	cabinets. And then we've got a question about the most common clutter that ends up hiding in
1:40.5	cabinets. That's followed by our right here, right now segment and a listener tip.
1:44.9	You can check out the maximal edition of episode 481. That's the full two-hour episode,
1:50.6	where we answer three times as many questions on Patreon. The link is in the description.
1:55.8	When you subscribe, you can listen to our private podcast episodes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or your favorite podcast app.
2:03.6	Plus you'll gain access to all of our archives all the way back to episode 0.01.
2:09.6	It's a full decade of podcast archives.
2:12.3	By the way, big thanks to our patrons.
2:13.8	Your support keeps our podcast 100% advertisement free because sing along at home, y'all.
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