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00:03Wow oh my god families across Australia are drowning in clutter this is what we
00:14took out of your house all of them are desperate for help clutter is anything
00:23that gets between you and the life you want to live peter walsh frees them from the stuff holding
00:31them back while sheree barber renovates their homes in record time and angie kent brings much
00:42loved treasures back to life it gives me goosebumps it's the greatest
00:55transformation amazing of their lives
01:10annie and mark have been happily married for more than 30 years but are now facing a crisis at home
01:17i love annie very much she pitches in to help all the time she does a lot of community work
01:22she likes to keep contact with her friends and she would also like to have them over
01:26but the state of the house is extremely cluttered there's always been a little bit of clutter since
01:32we moved in here originally but it's been really really bad for the past two years i lost my parents
01:38a couple of years ago a lot of their stuff i've kept and i'm trying to work out how i
01:42can honor them
01:43and not just throw it out i have a lot of my stuff here too because i have that theory
01:50of i might need
01:51it one day mark and annie's son harry also lives in the house and eight months ago his interstate
01:58girlfriend sophie moved in as they can't afford their own place yet the first time sophie came down
02:04we stayed in a hotel just because i didn't want to show her the place because i was that embarrassed
02:08of it
02:09when i moved in annie was very helpful but the clutter has created a tension that is not necessary
02:15it's hard for all of us this situation is all my fault um sorry yeah i do feel that this
02:27is this is all
02:28my doing i'm just so overwhelmed and i really do need help memories of loved ones are precious but
02:45being left an overwhelming volume of possessions after they've passed away can be incredibly painful
02:51to deal with add to that annie's own i might need it one day clutter and it's no wonder this
02:57family
02:57have reached out for our help hello hello may we come in yes please come in thank you let's get
03:08started
03:08thank you wow that's a lot of stuff okay hi hi nice to meet you you too obviously the sun
03:21yes i can
03:22judge by the face okay definitely so the immediate sense is overwhelming help me understand what we're
03:30looking at here that's our dining table okay well it's supposed to be our dining table you have to push
03:35stuff away to sit and eat we don't okay okay so what have we got here this is a kind
03:40of a dumping
03:41area i suppose you could call it right now yeah okay since annie's parents have passed away a lot
03:45of the stuff that's come here yeah i have a lot of my own stuff yes but the needs has
03:50just been added
03:53i'm looking around and i'm thinking the space is actually quite beautiful like you've got this open
03:57plan dining room kitchen but the dining table is pushed right in under the kitchen bench and then i'm
04:03looking at your kitchen bench and it's so cluttered i don't know how you cook meals we don't with great
04:08difficulty yeah it's a real juggle and sophie that has moved down she loves to cook and make cakes and
04:16that kind of breaks my heart that she can't do that because there's just too much clutter around for
04:22all right so it's not just this it's this let's keep looking it just keeps going and going oh my
04:32goodness it's just kind of bewildering can you explain it no it just happens and i don't know how to
04:42fix
04:42it does it cause arguments or have you guys just kind of given up it's gone we've kind of got
04:48into
04:49the bed of both let me stop here for a second because you have a very typical default and the
04:55default is you laugh but there's nothing funny about this is there no no so what do you want from
05:04this
05:04space i'd like to be a living room that we can all sit in and watch tv together and sit
05:12and have a nice cup of tea and just talk yeah we normally just go back to our own little
05:18areas
05:19because there's enough room for all of us to be here comfortably is there any joy no in this room
05:24no there's not are there other rooms we're going to look at while we're here yeah there's one more
05:29through there okay then come on let's do it you guys okay yeah whoa okay all this so this room
05:44it's so much isn't it it's just so much too much yeah i wanted to make it into a sewing
05:52craft room
05:52for myself okay since my eldest daughter left and moved out yeah and make it like my room okay but
06:00i don't know what it is right now yeah so help me understand there's crafting stuff in this room
06:06what else is in this room once again stuff from my parents house i've lost my mum about seven or
06:14eight years ago now and then when my father went i had to clean out their house for 50 odd
06:18years
06:19i feel i've got that responsibility to their stuff and it's trying to learn how to to navigate that i
06:25suppose i had a great childhood and i want to make sure i'm doing the right thing and honoring my
06:31parents memory but i look at the stuff and i go well that was my parents but what are i
06:37going to do with
06:37it now at the moment you have boxes and boxes of stuff that were your parents life and are not
06:47your life
06:48yeah i loved my parents but i don't want that and if you drop dead today it would be harry
06:56and your
06:56children's responsibility to deal with this and their grandparents stuff which is what my parents did
07:04to me and i don't want to do that to them yeah that's what your parents did to you yeah
07:11i'm very
07:13angry with the position they left me in you're allowed to be angry with them it doesn't mean you
07:18love them any less i'm very hurt and about it all and i don't have any basil sisters so it
07:25is me
07:26and can i tell you you're allowed to let go of all that stuff i know i don't know how
07:32to okay that's
07:32why i'm here you can let go of that yeah and still love them and step back from what they
07:40did
07:40to you the only thing that's coming back into this house is the stuff that will help you create the
07:47life for your family thank you good to go yes grab something let's go let's get moving here we go
07:56grab this
08:01to create space for annie's family to live together harmoniously under one roof everything
08:07is packed up and removed from the house but as angie searches for treasures hidden amongst the
08:14mess the team quickly realized the colossal amount of clutter is more than they'd allowed for
08:20oh great joe hey listen we're running short pick us up some more boxes okay yeah thank you
08:31coming up sheree devises a risky plan you could crack the tiles and then i'm not going to be a
08:37happy
08:37girl oh no while annie struggles to cope with her enormous task oh my god
08:54the last items are being removed from the house annie and mark share with their son harry
08:59and his girlfriend sophie after being inundated with clutter from the deceased estate of annie's parents
09:10everything's taken to the space invaders warehouse where it's all unloaded by an army of movers
09:16and laid out into categories with annie's mountain of clutter filling the tables we've had to pile the
09:25massive number of her parents boxes off to the side it's no surprise annie felt crushed under the
09:31weight of it all and it's going to be a huge challenge for her to break free of this generational
09:37clutter eyes closed yep oh good but to create a livable home for her own family at least 70 of
09:45this stuff has got to go mark annie when we came into your home you were literally buried in the
09:54sheer
09:54volume of stuff that you were dealing with day after day on the count of three i want you to
09:58open
09:59your eyes and have a look at what that looks like lay down in front of you one two three
10:08open your eyes
10:18eyes and have a look at what that looks like
10:39this is so much then linen bedding shoes bags furniture 600 trinkets oh my god all of this
10:53took 405 bins bags and boxes to get here to the hall including about 100 boxes that came from
11:03your parents home oh my god i packed all those boxes up from my parents how did that all fit
11:15i didn't know where to start that's why i'm here this is yesterday this is you drowning in an ocean
11:26of stuff and gasping for air look at you it's definitely yesterday i can't go like i like
11:35and you don't have to let's power into the future reducing the clutter is just one part of the
11:45process the other is back at the house where sheree has just two days to turn the dysfunctional living
11:53room dining room and kitchen into stylish usable spaces for the whole family and transform the
12:00cluttered spare room into a dedicated crafting space for annie's creative endeavors
12:10while this house has great bones it's looking tight and dated so i'm gonna give it a revamp
12:17that'll suit this family to a tee without blowing my small budget we're laying down protective film
12:24during our reno as the timber floor throughout the house is in really good mix unfortunately the same
12:30can't be said about the fireplace in the living room all right dom this fireplace is looking a little sad
12:36wouldn't you agree yeah it needs some love so what i'm thinking is that the actual fireplace i'll
12:41re-coat it in a heat resistant paint just black it'll make it pop but you can see the base
12:46here
12:46it's terrible the tiles are lifting up so it'd be great if we can try and replace those the problem
12:52is we can't easily remove this heavy cast iron stove to get to the floor without disconnecting
12:58the floor above so we need a fast solution so we're going to have to prop up the base
13:04yep so it's a little bit fiddly pop it up so i can work on it and then the new
13:08tiles and then put a
13:09nice pretty silver edge around the edge jacking up the fireplace will allow us to get in underneath
13:16remove and replace the old tiles while the feet float a few centimeters above
13:23compared to reverse cycle air conditioners wood burning stoves aren't super efficient at heating
13:28a home all great for air quality but annie really wants to keep hers as it adds a welcoming cozy
13:34feel
13:35to the place meanwhile the kitchen is also undergoing an overhaul two big things that i need you to do
13:43in
13:43this kitchen yeah first of all is remove the bench tops they've got all these little chips here and
13:49there and i don't want to leave them like that but the big risky part of that is that if
13:54you don't
13:54get those bench tops out cleanly you couldn't crack the tiles and then i'm not going to be a happy
13:59girl
13:59oh no now the second thing is a lot of the doors the hinges are broken they're misaligned so we
14:06need to
14:06realign all the cabinetry doors so it's gonna look like a new kitchen without being a new kitchen your
14:11kitchen on a budget yeah the old kitchen looked outdated but the layout still totally practical
14:18renovating the whole thing could cost tens of thousands of dollars but if my tradies can get the
14:23bench top off without cracking the wall tiles i can make this kitchen look brand new for a fraction of
14:29the cost
14:37so mark annie on this table and on this wall behind us over 600 trinkets this has been completely
14:45filling your home and your life so i want you to go down this table and the wall behind
14:51treasures that's the thing that you now have to focus on the most important memory item that really
14:59evokes happiness joy anything else it's time for it to go start here let's go okay okay
15:10only the best of the best
15:14i bought him back from overseas okay so he's pretty special okay let's keep moving
15:20i'm starting to see how annie's ended up with so much of her own stuff clogging the home yes
15:26i don't need to be with her wanting to hold on to every item no matter its significance okay tell
15:34me
15:34about this i just think he's so cute okay so there are a thousand cute things in the world treasures
15:40most
15:41important yes or no no it's not really okay you're only at item 10 of 600
15:48oh yeah that better stay okay tell me why i made it you made this awesome and mark listen
15:54you've been largely silent in this yes and you also have to accept some responsibility for what's
15:59happening here because you say something and then laugh it off yeah which is a way of giving annie
16:07permission so instead of laughing it off what does the clutter do to you and the family
16:13it makes it extremely awkward for us to function as a family properly it's the first time i've heard
16:20you speak to her about this without defaulting to laughter
16:28let's go anything else in this quadrant here probably that love that okay what is it that's
16:34our wedding oh lovely our wedding okay it's lovely do you want to keep this i'd say yes okay good
16:40when
16:40you look at this what do you see well it's our marriage it's our start of our life together
16:49it was a beautiful day
16:55find the treasures see this compared to like a first cover which is important
17:07yeah treasures let's get moving while it's good to see annie identify a true treasure it was given
17:13to me as a gift from a committee i was on is it a treasure okay i'll leave it it's
17:19clear she's finding
17:20this process very hard that was a wedding present so we need to keep that okay that and the bowl
17:27i'll keep those lovely i love that one okay okay good and with progress being incredibly slow that's
17:34my harrods bear and my paddington i'll keep i'll have to increase the pressure in the next sort
17:40or we'll never get through the enormous amount of clutter in time so we started with over 600 items
17:47this is what you're keeping yep we have a lot more to do let's go come on coming up look
17:54what i found
17:54angie discovers the significance of a unique collection that's so special and a heartbreaking
18:01home truth it's not easy to hear is it that it comes crashing down on annie
18:15at annie and mark's house the tradies are hard at work as sheree returns from the local hardware store
18:26and the tools and reversing up this steep driveway means i can unload from the back of my ute with
18:34ease
18:40back inside it's time to see if the kitchen bench top will come out without cracking the tiles
18:49it's popping up removing the old chip bench top section by section proved to be the best way to
18:57avoid damage installing new ones will really freshen this space up and should last for years to come
19:03while the peeling vinyl on the cabinet doors looks terrible they may not need to be replaced
19:11how good is that it's all right so you've managed to get the old vinyl wrap off the old cabinet
19:16doors just by using the heat gun yeah coming off quite easily wow that's so good because you can't
19:21paint vinyl but you can paint old doors so that means if you can get all of that off we
19:27can completely
19:27paint all of these doors right throughout the kitchen getting it look brand new even though it's
19:32the old kitchen new doors would have been an expensive custom mortar from a factory so we're
19:38saving thousands by removing the vinyl wrap and painting them instead this allows me to spend money
19:44on other big ticket items oh you got my new air con system sure dude all right great well that's
19:49the
19:49old one that doesn't work so if you can decommission that that would be fantastic
19:56removing the old outside unit and replacing it with a new one is pretty straightforward
20:02and while the existing fireplace can still provide a cozy ambience this reverse cycle
20:07system will heat annie's home more efficiently throughout winter and keep a cool in summer
20:20annie hi hello my love welcome thank you look what i found what have we got here these are roses
20:30i've collected probably for the last 30 odd years 30 years of collecting yeah from when i first met my
20:37husband one of the first flowers mark gave me was a rose is it from one of this errors um
20:43yeah i think
20:44it is from this one here is this one of the first it's one of our first photos together yes
20:48oh my gosh
20:50that's so special i love roses yeah and i've been trying to think of craft ways of using them but
20:57i've
20:57not been able to really think of what i could do to really honor what they are for me maybe
21:01i could kick
21:01start that off for you i'd very much appreciate it i'm excited about this one so leave these with
21:07me yeah and while i've got you let's pop these underneath here if you don't mind i want to have
21:13a chat
21:13with you about something else i found some more treaties all right does this spark some memories oh yes it
21:25does
21:27these are hats that my mum made oh and i noticed actually this one in particular
21:33am i right to assume this is your mama that's my mum and this is the hat and this is
21:39at your
21:39at our wedding all of 30 odd years ago my mum was actually a milliner by trade she was very
21:46good at
21:46her craft yeah absolutely beautiful and what about i saw these little um these little guys
21:52um my mum dressed them up and i carried them at my wedding that's so special everything we're all put
22:00on do you think that's where you got your creative flair from with your arts and crafts and keeping a
22:07lot
22:07of stuff yeah definitely yes it's lovely that annie's passion for crafts has been handed down from her
22:15mum thank you annie faye and i want to celebrate that in annie's new craft room first off these
22:22custom-made hats or fascinators as they're called are way too beautiful to be hidden away in a box
22:28so i'm carefully removing decades of dust and grime to make them look as good as new
22:35next i'm framing the prints to protect these priceless memories then i'm spray painting a couple
22:41of modern wire hat stands i've bought so they match the gold photo frames and complement charise
22:47reno color scheme the rose petals are far more delicate so i need to come up with a clever way
22:54to preserve and display them annie all of the stuff here relates to kitchen back downstairs peter's keen
23:03to reduce the enormous amount of clutter that made annie's kitchen difficult to use let's run down this
23:10table moving as quickly as we can okay this looks like it's brand new okay so this is stay let's
23:14keep
23:14moving what do we got um you want to use this ah yes okay what do we got here our
23:21crock pot i might
23:22use that one day okay what do we got here what is this this is the dinner set that my
23:28mum and dad very
23:29rarely used because it was too good i love it and i want to use it okay well we're now
23:35speeding through
23:36things annie's simply keeping too much so it's time to reveal my secret weapon harry sophie
23:46it's clear family means a lot to annie welcome but none of them have been good at communicating
23:53their issues to her so it's time for an intervention we're talking about all things kitchen okay now i
23:59hear you're the cook yes i love baking you do yes and you stepping into this as the new person
24:06in a new relationship what's it been like challenging and you clearly love this man
24:13yeah do you see a future with him yes do you see a future with circuit yeah i do okay
24:20does the state of the house threaten that future i think it does a little bit um yeah because it
24:25just
24:25brings up extra friction that doesn't really need to be there okay why are you staying there i just
24:30financially moving out it's just difficult at the moment okay do you feel trapped a little bit if
24:36you could move out financially would you probably would have yeah it's not easy to hear is it that
24:43hurts yeah let me push this one step further if you had children would you let them wander around in
24:51this
24:51house no no no definitely not that's what's at stake here yep stuff or family family i've looked around
25:04all of this and i've found the greatest treasure of all can i show it to you yep
25:29it's the only thing you need
25:42this set your mum really loves it stay or going stay yeah that's fine
25:50but let's move on with the rest of the kitchen stuff and i can tell you let's get it down
25:53so that soph can really get in there and cook let's run down the line and deal with this stuff
25:59come on let's go are we keeping these nah they can go
26:05i can go do you want your toasty warmer no also just checking that out they can all go
26:17it's good to see a shift in annie i don't think we need these no we don't need those but
26:22most of
26:22these items don't have any sentimental value it's all going so while there's progress i fear
26:31there are much harder sorts to come so when we started guys this whole row was covered in kitchen
26:38related stuff basically we have this you're keeping and 13 boxes off to donation which now will open up
26:45that space so you can cook so you can enjoy the space sophie what are you thinking i'm very happy
26:51got lots more to do come with me let's go coming up angie concocts a unique solution for annie's rose
27:00petals and later the family are blown away by their renovated home at annie and mark's house new tiles
27:17are being laid under the fireplace to bring it in line with cherie's contemporary new style
27:24meanwhile painting is in full swing this house is situated in rolling hills and a beautiful leafy
27:32street so i want to bring that sense of growth and renewal inside by painting walls in the living
27:38room and dining room are light green and two-toning with the lush forest green feature wall painting is
27:45also underway in annie's new craft room the walls were plain white with a dark teal color at one end
27:52so i'm making over the room with the light soft pink to help annie feel relaxed and comfortable
27:57while getting creative in the living room the dated ceiling fan and dark lighting are being replaced with
28:06modern fixtures and extra down lights to brighten up the space the blue floor tiles that separated the
28:14kitchen from the rest of the open plan living space were also decades out of date so they've been
28:21covered with self-leveling compound ready for new floor planks to be laid that's going to make it look
28:26so much better it is you know it'll make it look like the floor continues all the way through the
28:30kitchen
28:32instead of jackhammering out the tiles which is a difficult time consuming process that could damage the
28:38floorboards underneath laying vinyl on top is by far the quickest and most affordable solution
28:52at the warehouse angie's come up with an innovative idea for annie's dried roses
28:59to preserve these precious petals i'm going to encase the best looking ones in resin
29:04to create a platter that can be used for dinner parties resin comes in two separate liquid forms
29:11and it only hardens when equal amounts are combined
29:16it's important to take time mixing to avoid air bubbles in the finished product
29:22i pour half the mixture into a plastic lid which is the perfect shape for a mold
29:29then i start assembling my rose petals and to give the whole thing a bit of sparkle i'm also adding
29:37gold leaf finally i pour the remaining mix on top ensuring it encases everything
29:44in 12 hours it'll be cured enough to come out of the mold and i can't wait to see the
29:50results
29:51downstairs peter has prepared annie's greatest challenge yet
29:57with every table now covered with 100 boxes filled with items left by annie's parents after their
30:04passing what difference to your life does any of this make there's one or two things that are special i
30:14can see now but the other stuff probably not anything so what stands out amongst all this my giraffe
30:28why did this stand out um when i was
30:40um when i was six years old i got murray valley encephalitis and almost died at the children's
30:48hospital and apparently the little person that was in the next cot had one and that's all i cried out
30:56for so my dad went downstairs and bought it for me and he kind of was with me all through
31:04when i was
31:05little okay so what we're looking at here is not a giraffe what does this bring back for you
31:13the time that the children saved my life yeah the time when your dad stepped up and bought you
31:22something as a sign of his love and protection of you so i want to challenge you to have a
31:29walk around
31:30with your family and i want you to tell some stories of a couple of important things
31:37and take those couple of important things and step into the future and leave this anchor behind
31:46yep off you go five minutes just go for a walk go for a walk this is when di and
31:55charles come out
31:56oh yes and i met them in albury you met them yeah well i was in the crowd and took
32:02her hand
32:03which hand touched them show me this one oh my god wow this hand touched the royal family
32:09lady died have you washed it oh i didn't for about a week although this is a huge test franny
32:17my dad bought me this geelong book which i like to keep you're a crazy geelong football club supporter
32:23i love that okay she takes it on with a smile i used to be very good at ballet when
32:28i was younger and
32:29show us position one come on come out here so it's one wow plie three and while she is keeping
32:39a few things as she should that was my first holy communion veil and my other my eldest daughter worried
32:46at her first community lovely okay good it's a massive breakthrough when we started this is all
32:53the stuff that came from your parents home this is what you're taking every single thing has brought
33:01a smile a sense of laughter and insight i couldn't be more proud of you incredible job thank you
33:09you ready to move on we've got more to do let's go come with me okay let's go coming up
33:16as sheree
33:17races to get the reno ready in time i know the family is astounded by the dollar value of their
33:26donation that makes me really happy as the renovation rubbish is removed from mark and annie's house
33:40inside it's a mad rush to get everything done in time all right so we'll push that in the stack
33:48of furniture i ordered now needs to be assembled rapidly in the old living room layout the tv was
33:55stuck in a corner making it awkward to watch so i'm reorientating the room to face a pair of new
34:01buffets that i'm combining with a bank of storage in the old spare room i've really gone to town
34:08not just with new storage but with other accessories too that'll transform annie into
34:13a crafting machine and the days of the dining table being wedged under the kitchen bench are over
34:20i'm adding a brand new showstopper that will take pride of place in the center of the dining room
34:29meanwhile go go go go having broken down the barriers holding her back that can go
34:37it's a lot easier for annie to go through the rest of her stuff that can go from books
34:43that can go good job to linen i'll let them go
34:49and excess craft supplies that can go and that can go yes i can go
34:56annie has come a long way that can go after freeing herself from the burden of keeping her parents
35:03belongings that can go okay good she's now focused on not only her bright future yeah that can go but
35:11also one that her whole family can enjoy finally it's time for the results of the monumental effort
35:18it on the count of three i want you to open your eyes and check out how much you have
35:26decided to keep
35:27one two three open your eyes
35:39wow
35:41that's a big difference
35:46i'm so happy
35:49you started with 405 boxes we aimed to get around a 70 reduction you are looking at 62 boxes which
36:02is a
36:03reduction of an incredible 85 percent
36:10that's good unbelievable wow i'm speechless amazing unbelievable it doesn't really like seem real
36:17that's a big difference yep yep we can live again all of us wow that's a big statement
36:25well this is only part of the story ang
36:28this is incredible but i want you guys to now see what we can see behind you in the donate
36:33pile
36:34take a look check it out spin around oh jeez
36:41oh my god oh my god it's a lot that was all in your house all that furniture books homewares
36:49little
36:50trinkets you're donating that on and it is going to be the cash equivalent of
36:5816 and a half thousand dollars yes
37:05so generous people will get to benefit from this you have really decluttered all good amazing
37:12to think that that will go to people that can use it that makes me really happy
37:18it gets a second life and then i get a second life
37:21oh you are free of it at last yep
37:29i'm actually fooled by the amount of money that i'm donating and i can't believe
37:34what i started with and what we've been left with it's a weight off my shoulders definitely
37:42the items for donation are loaded onto the charity truck
37:48and the items to keep go back to the house where peter and angie find the best place for them
37:55and sheree adds her finishing touches when i first entered this house i was overwhelmed with a sense of
38:03chaos so the aim of the reno has been to create the opposite hopefully this family can finally enjoy
38:10themselves and each other's company in a functional calm and comfy home
38:17coming up
38:21the awe-inspiring renovation is revealed i love it oh my god this is fantastic
38:35harry sophie mark and annie are about to see their transformed home
38:41it'll be a whole new change a new life for me and the family i'm feeling very excited also a
38:47bit
38:47apprehensive of what's been done it'll be good to do stuff more as a family in the family areas
38:53rather than us going to our own little separate places just can't wait to get in there and start any
38:58life
39:01annie mark harry sophie when we first walked into this room you almost couldn't move remember
39:08stuff piled high you wanted a room that the family could share and spend time in well on the count
39:15of three i want you to open your eyes and check out your new family lounge room one two three
39:23open your eyes
39:41the living room is not only clutter free but there's now plenty of space for treasures
39:47and for the family to spend time together i love the color the green and i've got storage
39:55a little bit a little bit that's how i only need a little bit now i don't need a lot
39:59wow well i love
40:00your house and i love the fact that it does feel a little bit like a house in the tree
40:05so i've really
40:06bought the outdoors in we've painted right throughout these beautiful green colors we've got the roller
40:13blinds that let light in you've got lots of storage now but i think the most important thing is you've
40:18now got a proper lounge room that you can sit as a family with gorgeous new furniture that has all
40:23these
40:24beautiful earthy nature-based tones and we also tricked up your fireplace so we've actually painted
40:30the fireplace with heat resistant paint and we've given you a completely new different base yeah no
40:35those tiles i love them harry what difference will this make for you and the family i think we'll just
40:40bring us a lot closer together we can have movie nights now sophie what difference will this make for
40:47you now i think it'll feel more like home for all of us well this is only half of the
40:55space what do you
40:56say we check out the other half here have a look wow wow wow oh my gosh
41:13i love it
41:27the kitchen and dining room have been overhauled to regain their fundamental function of cooking
41:33and enjoying meals with family and friends wow oh my god this is fantastic well myself and the wonderful
41:42team of tradies from grey army and grey care really wanted to create a beautiful dining room that you
41:48can sit properly as a family and eat together we've got the beautiful lighting we've got all of the green
41:56curtains and roller blinds look up on the wall you'll notice a brand new split system aircon so you now
42:02have
42:02working heating and cooling part of the house now if you cast your eyes to the kitchen we've
42:09cosmetically refresh it so it's the old kitchen but what we've done is we've installed new benchtops
42:14for you fantastic we've painted all of the cabinets we've got new handles and those 70s blue tiles
42:24so you've got beautiful vinyl flooring here now it's perfect for a kitchen if you spill something it
42:30doesn't matter it's so durable so i'm calling this sophie's cafe
42:37how's that going to work for you i'm so excited i can't wait anj annie after our chat the other
42:45day
42:46with all those rose petals can you see anything in the middle there yes 30 years of rose collecting i
42:53feel we can use it as a bit of art yes that's beautiful so every time i look at those
42:58i can think of
42:59you yeah oh that's a bit sweet so how are you feeling about this oh i now know what you
43:08mean by
43:09you can breathe because i honestly didn't realize i can breathe oh am i my dining setting
43:17what does it mean for you to see that laid out here you've got no idea it means the world
43:24it means so well to me that that's it it's so special that dinner set to me in so many
43:29levels
43:30so thank you thank you
43:35the spare room was crammed with so much clutter from annie's deceased parents it was unusable
43:45oh my god
43:55you love it
44:07now it's been reborn with clutter-free surfaces and practical storage that offers annie endless
44:15creative crafting possibilities for her own projects
44:19i just love it so much all of your machines are laid out check this out when you're working
44:33oh do i need to iron the things i'm working on
44:37it turns
44:42this room says come and be creative yep and the artwork here is very deliberate it's
44:50all about making things that reminds me of my mother oh and look speaking of your mama look who's up
44:57there after our little chat i thought she deserves a spot thank you she'd be so happy
45:04it's so beautiful thank you so much i'm just so overwhelmed and grateful and moving forward
45:14as a family i think this is going to make a huge change we definitely will be able to share
45:20more times
45:21now around the table it will just be out of this world the mountains of generational clutter handed
45:29down from her parents left annie deeply conflicted between honoring the past and embracing the bright
45:36new future in front of her but by finding the treasures and letting the rest go she discovered
45:43what's so much more important than stuff her own loving family who's cooking first you
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