澳大利亚纪录片2023房屋整理Australian Documentary "The Master of Space Organization 2023" House Organization

What is this? Whoa! Across Australia, families are battling a clutter crisis. Open your eyes. This is what we took out of your house. Oh! Makes me feel anxious. It's overwhelming. All of them are desperate for help. If it doesn't take you there, let it go. People's belongings are so heavily tied to their emotions. Peter's job is to free them from the stuff holding them back. Awesome. Gob smacked. While Sheree renovates their cleared-out homes. I'm all about minimum spend for maximum impact. And Lucas makes sure no treasure is lost in the process. This really excites me because it's worth a lot of money. People have no idea of the gems hidden in their homes. What?! Oh, my God! It's a highly emotional... ..but rewarding... Speechless. ..transformation... It's amazing! ..of their lives. Buckle up. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. Yes! Julie and Pete are empty nesters. Since the last of their five kids moved out, things have gone downhill to the point that one of them came asking for help. Mum is a beautiful character. She is very nurturing, very caring, but I think she's struggling a bit with the kids gone. She always puts others before herself, and I think now's the time that we do something for her. She has quite a problem. The children have left things, and everything holds memories, so I just can't throw them out. We understand that now's the time to do something about it. We've got to bite the bullet. Yeah. A big bullet. Julie and Peter are empty nesters, and I often see clutter is a huge problem for adults whose kids have left home. My daughter is a teenager now. I know she'll want to move out soon, and that will absolutely break my heart. On one hand, it seems liberating to have the kids leave home. On the other hand, it leaves a massive void. I'm hoping that we can help Julie and Peter get through this. Here we go. Hello. Hey. Hi. We hear there's a little clutter here for us. Yeah, come on, come in. Wow, this is a huge space. This is our lounge dining. There's a lot of stuff going on in this room. I see boxes, I see tubs. Well, there's my birthday presents on the table that I've got no room to put because the rooms are full. And the pianola, is that working? No. There's a lot of antique things, like old things, but I don't know that they have any value. I don't throw things out. I don't like to part with things. And you've got this buffet for all your forks and plates and things. And Peter's clothes. That's my clothes, my dressing table. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on. Stop the bus. Whoa, whoa. Pete's getting off. What's in here? Peter's clothes. My clothes. I haven't actually physically used the bedroom for my clothes for years. That's my wardrobe. What? Wait. Have you had your shots? Oh, my goodness. They're the Saturday team. Are these your Saturday undies, Pete? Yeah, that's right. Why are your clothes here? Wait, I bet I can tell you. Businessman, you used to get up early to work in the city. And you didn't want to wait. The family up, so I got dressed in the dark. And this is how it started. Clearly, we need to start getting things back where they belong. Let's us go and do that. You two. Check out the rest. Your clothes can't fit back in the bedroom. No. Nothing can fit in the bedroom. Okay. This is. So, I see what you mean. See, there's no room for Peter's underwear. So, let me ask you this. Is the room too small or is there too much stuff? Probably too much. Yeah, probably. The clothes I really enjoy. I enjoy having choices in the morning. But I realise there's a problem. The thing is that the amount of stuff has just taken over the space. It feels like you just add and add and add. Yes, correct. Without anything going. Correct. Would that be fair, Peter? Yeah. Julia will say, oh, but I used that. And you'll say, five years ago. It would be nice to be able to walk around the bedroom like a normal person. And if someone has the door open, they look in the room and it's clean. When you walk into this room, what would you like to feel? Relaxation. Okay. It's hard to be relaxed when there's so much stuff in here. What word would you like to feel, Julia? Romantic. Okay, that's great. The only things that are coming back into this room are the things that will give you relaxation. Romance. Look at you, look at that smile. And things that will not give you that, they don't belong in this space. Yeah. Back in the living dining room, Cherie's trying to figure out how to best renovate the home. While Lucas is looking for items to restore or sell. You know what else I think is really bizarre? This feature light. You know what? I always wondered where the Olympic torch went. Now I know. It lives at Julian Peet's house. There you go. It looks wrong. It's scary. It looks like it belongs in a haunted castle. I mean, there are a lot of things of value in here. The uranium glass, for one. The pianola. I love these things. A piano that plays itself with a paper roll. They've been around since the 1890s and it was a way to listen to music before radio. There has got to be something in here. There is everything in here. What I love most about my job is the hunt. Oh, crack it. These beautiful suburban brick homes from the 1960s and 70s, they hold many treasures. You never know what you're going to find. Hey, hey. Our turn. You too. Oh, we're having fun in here. I bet you are. We haven't even gone halfway. Yeah. Where Lucas sees potential for treasure, Peter sees disaster. Julian Peet want to use the guest bedroom for their granddaughter Anastasia. But at the moment, you can hardly move in there. Wow. Yes, it's become a cupboard. Our sons have used this room. Uh-huh. And then they moved on to the other room and left all their childhood things here. The girls brought this back from Fiji and had it put through customs and everything. It's a glass top table. Got it. Peter and I brought up five children here, so it's had quite a history. Our children are a big part of our life. Five children and four grandchildren so far. Yeah, we miss them naturally. Just us two now. How do you feel about that, with the kids moved on, and this as kind of a memorial, in a way, to the kids growing up? It's all right, doll. You all right? Oh, dear. Yeah, a lot of memories. We've got to move on. I miss them. Sorry, go on. Miss the kids. I miss them. Our clutter, our stuff, has power. Yeah, I miss them. It's become the comfort blanket for Julie because it represents all those memories with her kids. Yeah, the memories flooding back. We have to acknowledge that. And when there are tears, I am really pleased because that means the door is starting to open and that's when work can be done. I just don't like discarding things that were theirs. Mm-hm. We are on the right track, but it's got to be a bumpy ride, I guarantee it. Coming up, Cherie's reno job hits a snag. Oh, no. Open your eyes, please. Oh, my goodness. Julie confronts the clutter. Let it go. And later, reacts to their transformed home. Oh, wow. Oh, my goodness. Wow. It's very hard. It's going to be hard. Empty nesters Peter and Julie are struggling to get rid of the things their five kids have left behind. The memory clutter is the one that is the most difficult to deal with. There are many different kinds of clutter. Memory clutter are those items that remind us of an important person or achievement, and the fear is that if we let go of the object, we'll lose the memory. Do you feel that your best memories with your children are in front of you or are behind you? They're adults now. They don't need us as much. OK. And many empty nesters worry with the kids gone, their significance is over. Nut, nut, nut. I promise you, you will come through this really happy and thrilled to step into the next stage of your life. We need to show that by letting go of all these things, they can still hold on to the memories and to open the door into an exciting, thrilling new stage of their life. We have some really tough but exciting and valuable work to do. Are you ready for that? Yes, thank you, Peter. Just throw that on the bed there, that's fine. To sort out Julie and Pete's lives, everything has to be removed from the house. Two more boxes, please. I just can't believe how many boxes. It's confronting because that's our lives there. Yeah, I'm shocked. Each thing I recognise and love, but as a whole, it's just become a bit of a mess. It's transported to a nearby hall. That is awesome. Where it's unpacked, organised into categories, and the decluttering begins. This is a huge process. Keep walking. As a general rule of thumb, we have to get the homeowners to let go of at least 75% of what is in the rooms. Tough, but necessary. Stay where you are, good, okay. I'd like you to open your eyes and have a look at how much stuff we've brought to the hall. Open your eyes, please. Oh, my goodness. Holy moly. Goodness gracious, it's huge. I'm going to need a bigger wardrobe. What we see here came out of the living dining room, the master bedroom, and the spare room. There are 110 bins and boxes of stuff that came out of those three rooms. Everything here you have to go through. Nothing leaves to go to donation or into the rubbish unless you say so. It's largely stuff from the master bedroom, three tables of shoes, and then nine racks of clothes. And a lot of other things that really surprised me, things like toys and even this bike. Right. What do you think? Wow. Yeah, I'm looking forward to checking them all. Are you nervous at all, Julie? No. So what's shifted? What's different? People have offered to help throw things out, but this has given us a chance to choose ourselves, what's important to us. Some of our children, I think their idea is if they saw this now, they'd just get two skip bins and there'd be no sorting. Yeah. Everything. How would that feel if someone did that to you? Oh, we'd be devastated really because no-one knows what's sentimental for people except that they're people. Yeah, exactly. I have to emotionally let things go. We're going to go through every box and anything that doesn't help this family create the home and the life they want, it has to go. Decluttering is one part of getting their life back on track. Another part is down to Cherie to renovate the home so it properly suits their life as empty nesters. They need a bedroom they can relax in, a guest room for their granddaughter and a living dining room the whole family can enjoy when they come to visit. Is that glued on? Sure is. Oh, no. That means a whole lot of plaster patching, so that's now a lot of work. First up is the demo, and with a tight budget, she has to make every dollar count. I'm ripping everything apart, laying everything flat so I can get as much into the skip bin as possible to reduce my rubbish removal cost. Julie's daughter, Catherine, has come to lend a hand. So obviously you grew up with a lot of clutter in the house. I guess it must be quite relieving for you to see it all gone. Yes. The house has been cluttered for a long time and it really needs a good facelift. It needs a bit of a change. Catherine, Evan and I have already chatted about the blinds and I just want to quickly run through with you what we think is going to be the best solution for the blinds in the living dining room. Now, your old curtains that were there before, they weren't letting a lot of light through. They've taken away at the moment. See how much light. Does this room feel different to you? Yes, it looks really big now. This is what we think is going to be the best solution. These are new blinds on the market. They let light in, but they're also a privacy blind from Winston. Here we go. It opens up, lets the light through and then still gives you the privacy when you want it. I would love to speak to you about the dining table. Now, your mum said this has to stay. Why do you think your mum loves this dining table so much? We love to get together for family dinners. And size-wise, has it ever been a problem? It has. The people in the back row there can't get past each other. Alright, so if one person wants to go to the toilet, you've got to all shuffle out on one side of the wall. Yes. That's not ideal. In fact, you just telling me that is now making me completely rethink how I lay out the furniture in that room. To create the perfect layout in that lounge room dining room, I've got to shuffle the dining table to where the TV is and the TV into the middle of the room. That means I've got so much space to manoeuvre around. I think it's going to look so much better. As for the dining table, I've got Catherine painting it white. It'll be more modern and it'll perfectly suit everything else in the room. It's a pretty easy process. Sanding, get it sparkly clean, undercoat, followed by two, three, four coats of paint depending on how dark the furniture is. Well worth the effort. We've spent about $200 on paint. To replace a big extendable dining table like this, it would cost over $2,000. Back at the sorting hall, Peter is tackling the homeowner's biggest issue first, Julie's vast collection of clothes. When we first met, you described your clothes being in my bedroom. Yes. My objective is to make that your bedroom, plural. Sure. Which means we need to cut down the volume of clothes so that you both have the clothes in that one room. My belief is you should only have three kinds of clothes in your closet. Clothes you love, clothes that fit you now and clothes that when you wear them, and people say, like this outfit, wow, you look really great in that outfit. Clothes are really personal and they often are more so for women than they are for men. So I really want Julie to tackle her clothes on her own. Honestly, I'm here to create a wardrobe that when you open that wardrobe, it sinks. And every single piece says, go out into the world and make a statement, I am a strong, beautiful, vibrant woman. Sure. Look here, because that is who you are. There's a real contradiction here for me because on the one hand, I'm sensing a vulnerability in Julie, but this woman has raised five kids. So there's got to be steel here as well. If it doesn't take you there, darl, let it go. Julie's tears just mean that she's going to struggle. Of course she's going to struggle. This is a huge, life-changing exercise she stepped into. It's not surprising that when we're dealing with her clothes, when we're dealing with the way she projects herself to the world, we're dealing with who she is. Why are you upset? I like to have a choice of what to wear. Empty nesters Julie and Pete have enormous amounts of clutter, and the bulk of it is Julie's clothes. Look at this. Yeah, I know. You cannot tell me that everything in here promotes you as the beautiful, vibrant woman that you are. No, no. I really want Julie to find her confidence, but the clutter's in the way, so it's got to go. Let's do it. Okay. Yeah, let's go. Okay? Stay or go? Go. Okay. We're stepping forward. Yeah, I know. I am what? Strong, vibrant and attractive. Yes. Thank you. You sure are. Stay or go? Go. Okay. I'm liking this person who just turned up. Go. You are in the zone. Go. I'm loving this. Yeah, okay. Can I tell you, minute by minute, you are really changing. And I am loving it. Growing and changing. This is fantastic. No. Go. Too big. Keep. Too small. Okay. Too hot. Too cold. No. Go, go. Okay, good. Keep. Keep? Yes. Great. What just happened when you looked at this? Because I set it up the other day as an outfit and I like it. Your whole face is different. Yeah. Tell me why. It feels good on and it makes me confident. And? Beautiful and vibrant. This is exactly the breakthrough I've been waiting for. After raising five kids, that person got lost a little bit in this. Yeah. But our job is to help you and Pete come out of that a bit. Let's keep powering through this. Go. Good. Go. I'm buzzed. Julie is totally in the zone. She can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's happening. At the house, Cherie and Julie's daughter, Catherine, are now painting the old chairs for the dining table. What is going on with these tags? These chairs would be ten years old. Mum believes that if you leave the tags on, it's like they're new. What? Next on their list is the master bedroom. So, Catherine, you can remember your parents' bedroom. What do you think now? It's amazing. It's much bigger than I thought it was. I know. It's actually like a really decent-sized room without everything in here. So, this is a really important room for me because, you know, your parents spend so much time here, so I really want to create this in a beautiful space. I'm installing vertical timber panelling. It's on-trend, affordable and super easy to install. When it comes to the furniture, Cherie's got some more paintwork for Catherine. We're going to have fun repurposing those. This is going to go back in the bedroom, and this is where Pete is going to store his undies. No more underpants in the living room. Great. The last six months have been difficult for Mum because it's been the last of the children have left home. And are you all close? We are. We get together every couple of weeks, and I think it's really important to Mum, being that all of the siblings have kind of moved away. How do you think she's feeling? I think she'll be quite stressed at the moment. I think the change is going to be hard for Mum, but I think she's going to realise at the end of it just how beneficial it is for them moving forward. Back at the sorting hall, it's time to see if Julie's efforts have paid off. We started with nine racks. You now have one, two, three, four, five, six empty racks, and you got them down to less than three racks. Incredible. High five. Yes, incredible job. All of these are going to donation. Gotcha. These are the clothes that you are keeping. All of them are clothes that you will look incredible in, that fit you now, and that when you step out in the world, you're making an incredible statement. Yeah. How are you feeling? Yeah, happy. Yeah. Happy. So you should. Julie now getting rid of some of the dresses that she's loved and adored over the years. Just seeing her do that is amazing. I'm proud of Julie. I'm looking at all the other boxes now to see what lies ahead, but, yes, I have a new set of eyes to look at things with. Out of here, please. Thank you. Excellent job. All good. Next to sort is a mountain of shoes. But first, Lucas needs to chat about the broken pianola. Having gone over it, there are a few issues and problems with it, and the cost for repairing the keys and the bellows really, really kind of adds up. And to be honest, you guys don't want it in your house, do you? It's so big and it needs so much work. So if we could donate it to somebody, would you guys be OK with that? Yeah, for sure. Terrific, guys. Thank you very much. That's going to be great. Thank you. I've played it all my life, so it's been around for a long time in our family. But now that we're not playing it so much and don't have much room in the house, it seems an obvious choice to pass it on to somebody that will use it. It gives you guys a little bit more space. Well, it gives us a satisfaction. We know it's going to go to a home that will get pleasure out of it like ours. This doesn't mean that Julie and Peter should get rid of everything they've held on to. There's another item I'd like to talk to them about. This gorgeous Singer sewing machine from the 1920s. Tell me about it. That was my grandmother's. Wow. Yeah. It's got a personal history to it and those items are the things that actually contains true value. My family, we had one, right? And I'm drawn to these things because they're stunning. The detail on it, you know, how they put all their logos and information on the top and it was like their branding, it was like advertising. I spent most of my childhood sitting under my grandmother's sewing machine watching her make clothes. This one was the first one with an electric motor and it had a light so you could work at night time. It's awesome. And my philosophy in life is to try and infect others with the same passion I have for vintage objects. I would like to just give it a quick polish to show what it could look like. Yeah, thank you. It's an heirloom that's been passed down from, you know, grandmother to granddaughter. That really hit a spot with me because that's family, that's love. You happy with that? Yes. Alright, great. Thank you. Oh, good. Back inside, there's plenty more to get rid of. I have a question for you, Miss Julie. Explain to me how come some of these still have the labels... They were $10 specials that were my size but they were very tight. Let me tell you something. Here is one of the most important rules of life. You ready? Yes. If price is the best thing about something, you should not buy it. Okay. With that under your belt, let's play Shoe Hockey. Any pair of shoes that you no longer need or love or that fit you, I need you to flick off the table. Ready? Yep. Okay. My process is to get the homeowner to move quickly in making decisions. Stay. Great. And the reason for that is the instinctive first reaction in whether to hold on to something or let it go, in my experience, is usually the best reaction. Thank you. But they always have an opportunity to say, hold on, I need a bit of time. You're not sure? I just don't wear joggers very much but I spend a lot to be healthy so I better keep those in case I decide to walk. You bought these as an encouragement to start walking? No, I was told to buy them. Okay, and have you ever worn them? Yes, and I've cried the whole time. Tell me why you cried. Because they didn't look very nice. So you're never going to wear these, are you? I probably couldn't even get them on my feet. No, besides that, you wasted $200 on shoes that you will never wear because every time you look at them you think, I'm going to look ugly in them, don't you? Probably. And what does that make you think about yourself? Yeah, not good. Not positive, okay. So no, clutter is anything that gets between you and the life you should be living. Julie has these orthopaedic runners that someone else has told her should encourage her to be healthier, should encourage her to work, should, should, should. When she looks at them, they do exactly the opposite. Instead of going for the person who someone else tells you you should be, go for the style that suits you. Because look at this. It's a waste, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I understand. Coming up, the house renovation races forward. But Julie struggles to move on. I want you to realise you can let go of your children without fear. Thank you. Cherie only has one day left to freshen up from Empty Nestor's Julian Peet's family home. To get it all done in time, there's a whole team of tradies in full swing. There's new cabinetry going into the living dining room and a fan to replace the dated light fitting in the master bedroom. The spare room, which was full of clutter, needs special attention. Julian Peet want their granddaughter Anastasia to stay here and her mum Catherine's ready to help out. How often does Anastasia come and stay with your mum and Peet? She comes about once a month. She loves coming here. Does she? Yeah. What does she do when she stays here? She loves to do painting and crafty stuff with mum. Alright. Julie and Peet are all about family and I love renovating children's room because you can get really creative with colour and Julian Peet's kids have left home. So my goal now is to make sure their granddaughter loves the place so much that she always wants to stay. Are you sick of painting yet, Catherine? Back at the sorting hall, Lucas is doing his best to bring the 1920 sewing machine back to life and Peet has moved on to other sentimental items Julie and Peet should consider parting with. Oh, that's a family photo. That's my grandmother's grandfather's family. Do you know who it is really or are you just guessing? Yeah, no, it is. I'm asking because we have photos like this in my family and we have no idea who it is. Julie feels like she's been entrusted with a lot of family things and so feels a sense of guilt if she wants to let go of them. There are a couple of other family things I wanted to talk to you about. In almost every house I come across a wedding dress. Whose wedding dress is this? Catherine's. So let me take care of this and I promise it will still be safe and we'll let Catherine know what's happened to this. Okay, great. The problem is that these things just make up so much clutter that the things that really matter, like the table that their daughters Holly and Catherine brought back from their first trip overseas, just get completely lost in it. There's a circular piece of glass. I didn't bring it because I was worried it would break but this guy is kind of all of the emotion. Here we go again. You all right, darling? Yeah. On the one hand, this is such a silly, ridiculous ornament and on the other hand, it's absolutely everything, isn't it? Yeah. What is it that this table represents for you? Memories. It was Holly's trip away without us and Catherine was good enough to take her to Fiji. She had a ball and the girls were so excited when they brought this home. The turtle table is a treasure and it's not the table, it's what it represents. It's the first time two daughters went overseas and so every time Julie looks at it, she doesn't see a turtle table. She sees a beautiful gift that two independent women, her daughters, decided to bring home to their mother. It represents the next stage of development for those girls but I need Julie to come to terms with what it represents for her. In the same way that you have let all this clutter go, I want you to come out of this realising that you can also let go of your children without fear. It's OK to let them go and you don't have to be worried about them. It's time to step into the next phase of your life. Yeah. Coming up, Lucas discovers some hidden treasures. And the house comes together for the big reveal. The once cluttered home of Julie and Pete is getting a good clean to make way for new and repurposed furniture. Meanwhile at the sorting hall, the last bits of their clutter is now proving easier. This mannequin is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in my entire life. Going. Thank God. Be it ornaments. What about moo and oink oink? They can go. Jewellery. That's going. Or old makeup. That cream is about 40 years old. It's all carefully checked by Lucas, who is sorting the trash from the treasure. I carry a magnet. If you wave the magnet above the gold, all of the other metals will go to the magnet. Gold and silver won't. They'll stay in your hand. I have to tell you both, I am super excited. Remember when we brought everything into the hall, how it was absolutely stacked with stuff? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Holy moly. You started with 110 boxes, bins or totes, and now down to 11, which is down by 90%. Excellent. 90. So it is absolutely astounding. Are you as amazed as I am? Yeah. I can't believe it. I couldn't even tell you what was missing. Sorry, hang on, what did you just say? I couldn't even tell you what was missing. Wow. We've had a big week. We feel like we've climbed a mountain, but it's liberating to be able to move forward, but not as much. Without Peter, no way in the world. Yeah. Couldn't have done anything, and I still can't believe we did it. So we have rubbish. We have stuff that's going back into the house. There's also a third category. Let's go check that out, because there's some great surprises for us. Let's have a look. Hey, Lucas, we're here. Hey. How good's this? It's fantastic. So this is everything, guys, that is going to donation. Wow. We know we've got a lot of things that people will appreciate, and Julie and I, I think it just helps the release of them, knowing that they're just not going to be trash. It's an amazing collection. Everything is in really good condition, and that's the way you should do it. If you're going to donate, it's like as if you were giving it to a family member or a friend. And if you consider that there's 20 items per box and they're $10 each, that's $200 a box. 20 boxes, that's $4,000 that goes to an op shop and it helps a whole lot of other families. That's great. So this is clothing, right? This is just the clothing. Once we move over to the homeware section and the kids' toys and the puzzles, the bags, the books, in the whole lot, and I'm being pretty light on it, it's about an $11,000 donation on your behalf to people of need. You're paying it forward to people that don't have this sort of stuff. That's great. We're happy about that. If they'd had the time, the inclination and the patience, they could have sold all that stuff, but they were happy to receive the blessing of paying it forward, helping another fellow human being, which is the most generous thing you can do. You guys are so generous, I love it. And on that note, I've got a little bit of a gift. Whilst trawling through some of your old jewellery here, I found a bag of English pound notes. So there's $30. Wow. Also in that jewellery... My bracelet. See that? Yeah, that's my bracelet. That's a 24-carat solid gold bracelet. Yeah, thank you. And sitting around in the bottom of the boxes... Sterling silver. That's amazing. So you've got just in this hand here about $500. Yeah. In that gold there, you'd probably get another $300 to $500 just in lost money. The things Julie and Pete have decided to keep are packed up to go back to the house, where Cherie is getting on with the finishing touches. It's been a massive couple of days. We've accomplished so much. Cleaners have just been in. Property is sparkling clean, which it has to be if you're going to bring in beautiful styling. So it's time to transform that bedroom, that living room and Anna's room into a really beautiful space. I definitely feel there's something really special about this renovation. Normally I'm renovating for profit, but this one really is about renovating to change people's lives. I love it. I hope Julie and Pete do too. For Julie and Pete, there's one more stop to make. Throughout this process, we've come across a lot of items that were not for Julie and Peter to sort simply because they didn't belong to them. Whose wedding dress is this? Catherine's. Let me take care of this. I want to show you something. You head down, straight to the end. For empty nesters like Julie and Peter, with five children who've all left, this is all too common. So here's the deal. Our friends at Storage King have given us this unit. We now have one box for each of the kids' stuff. The deal is they have three months in which to decide whether the stuff that was in your home is worth coming and getting and taking to their own homes or not. At the end of three months, either they have to continue to pay for the storage or the stuff will be donated. You are no longer a storage facility. It gives the kids a three-month buffer, and it's a great solution for empty nesters or anyone who is holding onto other people's stuff that they won't come and collect. No, it's great. Good idea. Coming up, Julie and Pete's new home is revealed. Oh, wow! Beautiful. And their lives are transformed forever. That's magic. Goodness gracious. Oh, wow. Like a new home. It's been a massive week for empty nesters Julie and Pete who are about to see their transformed home for the first time. I'm feeling a little bit nervous, but excited as well. We can't wait to see the house. We're hopeful. Only days ago, it was completely taken over by clutter. The living and dining room had stuff everywhere. There's a lot going on in this room. And it was nearly impossible to move around the dining table where it was. Oh, my goodness! Poor Pete was desperate to get his undies out of the dining room drawers. Are these your Saturday undies, Pete? Yeah, that's right. So while Cherie attacked the house... Is that glued on? Sure is. ..Peter attacked their stuff. If it doesn't take you there, let it go. An emotional but necessary process... That can go. ..that reduced their clutter by an astonishing 90%. Fantastic job. LAUGHTER Oh, wow! The combined living-dining room is not only clutter-free. By moving the table to the bigger side, Cherie's put an end to cramped family dinners. It's beautiful. And that's magic, where the dining room is. Next family dinner now, we won't have to play deck chairs every time we want to move. Yeah, it's lovely. It's good. Goodness. It's a little different. A little different? Very different. It's just so open. We kept the sewing machine. Yes. It's such an important piece from your family, and it's there, restored, fully shiny. It's beautiful. Lovely. I love the cupboards at the end. Well, now you've got room to put your glasses, your plates, your crockery, anything. Just no undies, Pete. Yeah. Oh, look. Oh, yeah, the turtle table. That's lovely. The turtles represent our family in a way. Two of our girls. Holly and Catherine. It's lovely to see it in the lounge room, isn't it, sweetie? Yeah. How about we check out the rest? Yeah, wow. Let's go to Anna's room. Yeah, let's go. Oh, okay. Wow. The guest room was a shrine to the things Julie and Pete's kids had left behind. Try it, darl. And the thought of letting go was too much for Julie. I missed you. Step around to the right. Enjoy. Isn't it beautiful? Enjoy, enjoy. Step to the right. Oh, wow. The old clutter may be gone, but that doesn't mean the memories aren't. And the new room is all about making new memories with their granddaughter, Anastasia. That's gorgeous. Beautiful. I'm wrapped, absolutely wrapped. A little girl's room. Yeah. Not only is this Anna's room, this is also a room for Anna and grandma to share as well. This room is now a haven for Julie and Pete to spend quality time with their granddaughter, Asia. I think it's great, even if she doesn't stay, you know, just to sit on the bed and read a book and things like that. This is lovely. It's spotless. Now the clutter's gone, we won't have to worry about having kids here, children, grandkids. No, it'll be a new world. Yeah. We've seen a couple of spaces. I'm even more excited about one more space. What do you say? Save me the best for last. Yep. Let's do it. Come on. The master bedroom was crammed full of Julie's clothes and the dresser was overflowing with makeup. It's hard to be relaxed when there's so much stuff in here. The stuff was clogging up the room and it was hard to get into bed. OK, your master bedroom. This is your new bedroom. Oh, wow. Oh, my goodness. Without the clutter, this is now a spacious room and with the bed easily accessible, there's every chance to relax. Goodness gracious. Oh, wow, beautiful. I don't believe that. That is like a holiday house, it really is. I love that. Do you think that? Yeah, it's calming, relaxing, like a new home. Do you recognise something? Yeah, the dressing table. Can't do your makeup in here anymore. No. But you've got all that storage there for your underwear, socks, and you too, Pete. So instead of the dining room, you have six drawers. Julie, you have another six as well. Lovely. Now let me show you the blinds. With these blinds, they let the daylight in, you can see out, but at night... Clothes as well. How cool are they? Yeah. OK, time for your big wardrobe reveal. Yes. We've got a wardrobe. Gee whiz. Pete, you've got your own side. Oh, yeah. So two-thirds of the wardrobe, Julie, is yours and one-third is yours, Pete. Wow. Lovely. You know, last week, walking into this room might have been a bit depressing. We needed change. We needed a bit of a prod. And we've got a really, really happy, vibrant future ahead of us. Exactly. Honestly. I'm just delighted. Delighted with what we've achieved and delighted with the house and everything they've achieved. Are you now, do you think, closer to that sense of happiness with Pete and your new life? Yeah, we've been given a gift to help us step into the next stage and you've made this ours just for the two of us and the others will be visitors and we've come to terms with that. That's massive. Yeah. Without you lot, we'd still be walking near the piano, falling over chairs. Yeah, no, we're so grateful to the three of you. I just feel much more capable in a space like this, not depressed. Freedom. Freedom from the clutter. Yeah. I did love my things, but to get rid of the conglomeration of things around the house has been a relief. Hey, look at this. Look who dropped by to say hello. Hi. Hey Holly, how you doing? I thought it was only right to invite Peter and Julie's kids and grandkids, especially Anna, because now she has her own room. Look at the budgies up on the wall, aren't they beautiful? It's what I wanted for them, being empty nesters. It's kind of hitting the reset button, ready for them to move forward in a more positive way without all of those burdens. Good girl. I think this will definitely change our life. It's put a line in the sand going forward for us. It's given us a new start to a new chapter in our life. We're confident we can do it and continue to do it. Yeah. Enjoy this. Enjoy family. It's been an awesome time. Here we go. It's so beautiful. You now are ready to step into the next stage of your life. Yes. Julie and Peter have turned a once cluttered home into a haven that will not only enrich their relationship, but build this family into a closer unit. Thank you. And propel them into a future that I don't think even they could have imagined. Next Saturday, the Space Invaders take on the kids' room of doom. I step into Fletcher's room. I'm in shock. Can they clear the clutter? 58 boxes from Fletcher's room. And bring a mother and son. He sees this as his fault. I've enabled it. Yeah. Back together. What? Oh, my God. New Space Invaders, next Saturday, 7.30.