Do you live minimally, or is your home overflowing?

[terracottafarm]

Do you live minimally—without tons of clothes, shoes, makeup, or clutter? If so, what are your essentials, and how do you keep it that way without feeling the urge to buy more?

I’m a clean freak by nature and do not have any clutter, but I love shoes and clothes and have two double wardrobes full. I’d love to live a minimalist lifestyle!

I prefer minimalistic. So spent at lot of time decluttering. I have a lot of clothes but I bought a load of large storage bags of amazon so I only have clothes for the season out in the wardrobe and clothes that actually fit everything else gets bagged and sits at the bottom of the wardrobe until it's time to switch. I have to get really extreme with decluttering and just do it. I have a junk draw in the kitchen but everything else I haven't used in a year gets thrown, sold or donated.

I don’t keep excess, like to declutter so it’s easier to remain clean and tidy.

I'm somewhere in the middle. I do have quite a lot of art and ceramics and books and house plants so it's definitely a minimalist fail but I cant stand clutter and I do routinely donate any clothes not worn in last year/ unused homewares, and don't buy very much by modern standards. I also love my storage baskets and drawer dividers for organising things. I do everything paperless where possible too. DD is the total opposite though. She loves knick knacks and plushies and beauty tat.

Our house did too small for clutter. If I had a bigger house it would probably be like my hand many and full of crap.

Overly minimise. DD's get scared when I'm in a sorting mood. Books, toys, clothes, shoes all sorted every change of season, age group, throughout the years. DH and I share one double wardrobe. Half my chests of drawers are empty.

Recently cleared out all CD's and DVD's so I can get rid of the shelving.