I have the same problem with my husband! Not really with the kitchen stuff, he couldn’t care less about that, but when I did our closet he wanted me to stay completely away from his stuff! He’s really bad about keeping things for sentimental reasons, like his friend gave him that shirt. He had over 60 shirts on his side! I give him a hard time about it too. What I did was when he was in bed I started pulling out his shirts from the closet one at a time and asking him if he really needed that item. After he actually looked at what was in his closet, he was able to part with 20 shirts! Then a couple of days ago, when he was gone, I went through his clothes again and took out the stuff that I haven’t seen him wear in a long time. I didn’t get rid of them, but I packed them up in a box and put them in our storage shed. If he asks for one of those shirts I will get it for him, but I’m betting he won’t even notice that they are gone! And, maybe after a while I can show him what was missing and prove to him that he doesn’t need them anymore. So, that’s my plan. So far, so good!

I would love to hear suggestions for ways to encourage husbands to get on board with minimizing. My husband has a really hard time letting go of perfectly good things/clothes, even if he hasn’t used/worn them in years (and admittedly, so have I for many years – so we have a lot of stuff!). I don’t want to just go and get rid of things behind his back. Anyone have any suggestions or things that have worked for them in this area?

btw, not to add to your cleared out kitchen, but if you want to make your own yogurt, I have heard many who use a fishtank heater to do the job. Much cheaper and takes up less space. Just google how to do it and you might be surprised.