KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Decided that I wouldn't bother with the film in the camera in the end. I know we got somebody to take a photo of us standing where OH had proposed, which sounds romantic, but TBH I was so sick of waiting for the proposal the moment didn't really spark the joy it should have done if I hadn't had to wait so long. And no, I wasn't going to propose to him, he knew it would be his choice of when and where. I've got lots of lovely photos of our wedding, I don't need the one from the camera. I have thanked the camera and will also be letting that go either to CS or recycling as it hasn't been used for 11 years. I asked OH about the camera case I found it in, whether we could get rid of that. Oh, keep it for now. I said if he hasn't used it in the next 12 months it's going, since I know it's not been used for the last 11 years.....

This morning I'm kondoing dirt out of the cat bed. She's a bit confused about where it's gone, currently on the table outside drying off in the sun.

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

I'm wincing in sympathy at the rug story! I have a large antique carpet - it's been patched in a couple of places and is wearing out but I love it, it was in my bedroom when I was a child. I had it professionally cleaned about 17 years ago so it's probably filthy again by now and my elderly cat has added to the pattern but it still sparks joy. However it's the only thing in the house that I can't move by myself. I've shifted sofas, wardrobes, desks and beds over the years using sliders or partially dismantling them, but the rug is too heavy and unwieldy to move without help.

Good luck with it Greenbee, I bet it will look lovely once it's all in place.

Builder has got the rug in place, stretched it and trimmed it to fit. We're a tiny bit short so there will be one space with bare boards. It will need adjusting slightly when it's completely dry, but I'm happy with how it looks. It's nice to have decent underlay as well!

We've just spend an hour and a half moving furniture so we could empty the room he's starting on today (his assistant has the day off, and TBH it was easier for me to move the furniture with him anyway). The bedroom is now a tip as stuff has just been stuck in there any way it can go.

The ancient beds (originally from my great grandmother have been taken apart. I need to polish the head and footboards before we put them back together, and the wooden supports are going to be bolted to the metal ones this time instead of held on with duct tape! It's a lovely room, but WAY too full of furniture, so a lot less will be going back in there. After all, visitors need a bed, bedside table, a couple of hooks and coathangers, and maybe a dressing table and mirror. I don't think a chest of drawers is really essential for them. Or a bookcase.

So its all about timing or maybe synchronicity;).

If you'd have told me three weeks ago I'd be clearing out my house, emergency moving my daughter in, emergency moving her stuff from her flat and her ex boyfriends house and then moving her into a new place today I think I may have laid down in a dark corner and not emerged for some time!

However, we've just about done it, still lots to move from her flat. But we are packed, kondoed and pretty much ready to go for her move later today.

I can calmly lay my hand on spare towels, curtains, washing powder, bathroom accessories, kitchen accessories, bedding etc.
Most of her clothing has been washed and dried and smells new and fresh.

She is excited and in a great mood and her friend will help her set up home in her new place after we've unloaded.

I've kondoed the bedding cupboard and got a pile for car boot of old excess bedding and curtains and cushion covers.

Found two or three tents?:eek: I'll sort when I have more time.

Moved cooker and cleaned underneath it and 'found' an oven tray that was long lost.

Dismantled and took three wardrobes to the dump yesterday and a huge mattress which half killed me lugging up to the skip. More rubbish discarded from her flat and only keeping essentials and personal possessions.

I've realised that stuff doesn't matter and as I go through and review, relocate or discard I have a strange sense of freedom, for the first time in many decades.

I'm itching to get on with my business stuff, and will and should be able to get on with this, finally after my daughter moves out.

Have a great day everyone.

Rug inspiration hit here also and i've washed one from the kitchen that fitted in the washing machine

I took one of my rugs to the local car valet place, he has a carpet cleaner thingy, he did it for me for next to nothing, and let in dry in his large workshop, I would have struggled for ages, but it makes me happy it is now clean, fresh, and smell nice back in its place.

Greenbee, see if the valet guy will come to your house, some of them are mobile, it may be cheaper in the end compared to hiring or borrowing a van.

Just decluttered some more 'stuff' as a door sale........love it, stuff out that I no longer need / money in for my hol kitty.