The KonMarie method

115K

I rearranged some things again last night.:p I was keeping a plastic clear box in my wardrobe and it was bugging me so I took it out and put it under the second desk in my office and put a fleecy blanket which covers the contents of the box and provides a space for my cats to sleep. They keep trying to get on my lap when I'm sitting at my desk so it's a win win.:)

I then put all my boots on the bottom shelf of the wardrobe and then my sandals and flats on the shelf above. All my clothes fit in very well and it looks organised and coordinated and like a proper woman's wardrobe. I'm not very "girly" so I was impressed that this made me feel happy to look at it.:T I noticed that all my clothes are red, black, dark green, blue and grey so they all match with each other.

I think I have organised everything in the house now!

WeeMidgie

Having Kondo'd the kitchen last week, like 115K I wasn't happy with one aspect of the storage. So, inspired by Grey Queen, I cast a critical eye over a three-drawer wire basket unit on wheels which lived under a kitchen work surface, but not very well, by the back door - it was about 2 inches too deep.

I remembered I had two four-drawer plastic units in my shed, so I've rerieved and cleaned one of them, and it fits the space beautifully, with room to spare at the side for my folding plastic step, and for a small waste bin. It'so much more pleasing to the eye, and I am halfway through deciding what goes into the drawers.

This is giving me so much pleasure! - I hadn't realised what an irritation the sticking-out wire unit was, until I tried moving it out. It goes to show what low-level small irritations we compromise with, at times.

I think the wire unit will be too big for my airing cupboard, but I'll try it in my fitted wardrobe, which is quite capacious. The drawers are very deep and could take bulky jumpers which are taking up a lot of space in my COD.

For me, the best match for this feeling of delight is coherence - it's as if, having got rid of the clutter, and freed up space to take a more considered look, and implemented a solution that works, as if everything comes into a state of coherence and ease.

iQueen

lostinrates wrote: »

I'm even thinking of trying to dig out the sewing machine. Its been a really long time since I tried, but I can never find the clothes I want....so why aren't I clearing the decks and learning to make them ?

If you want to learn how to make really beautiful, hand-made clothes, there is a great book which will teach you everything (Old Style!)

The Butterick Sewing Book (a vintage publication, £2.50 on eBay) shows the proper craftsman's way to do everything.

The easiest item to start with is a simple straight, or A-line skirt. A simple dress may be OK, if you don't wear skirts. Trousers are the most fiddley things, and tailored jackets/coats require rather more care. All covered in the book!

Measure yourself carefully. Buy a pattern (preferably with multi-garments in it) and follow the instructions in the Butterick book, step-by-step. You'll make a perfect, well-fitting skirt, and will have covered all the basic techniques to sew any garment. :j

System

Loving reading everybody's achievements so far in this thread. I haven't had time to do a lot yet, but have so far done a few drawers in the bedroom just to start off and see if it made me feel better doing it.....and it did. Just from hubby's socks/pants, pj's, my pj's and the linen drawer under the bed, I have a big bag ready to recycle to the textiles place in the tip and a couple of bits to charity shop and some that were fit for nothing but rags. But I really enjoyed it and got such a sense of satisfaction from doing it.
Not got the book yet, but hoping Waterstones might stock it as I have a £50 gift card, courtesy of British Gas and can spend it in Waterstones.

Will hopefully do a lot more this week while I am off work.

squeakerton

Have made a strong start on Kondo-ing, thanks to this fabulous thread. I live in jersey/slinky type wrap dresses for work and simply cannot work out how to fold them or deal with them at all. Hoping for inspiration and guidance from you lovely people.:A

iQueen

squeakerton wrote: »

Have made a strong start on Kondo-ing, thanks to this fabulous thread. I live in jersey/slinky type wrap dresses for work and simply cannot work out how to fold them or deal with them at all. Hoping for inspiration and guidance from you lovely people.:A

Dresses: If they are crushable, eg cotton, linen, velvet, etc - hang.

If not, fold as tee-shirts, by folding into a rectangle, and folding top to bottom, as many times as necessary. 'File' in a drawer/container.

I managed to breakthrough my 'clothes brickwall' yesterday! Yay. Kondoed my sparse hanging clothes - 1 bag for recycling. Still most tops and sub-category clothes to do.

GreyQueen

squeakerton wrote: »

Have made a strong start on Kondo-ing, thanks to this fabulous thread. I live in jersey/slinky type wrap dresses for work and simply cannot work out how to fold them or deal with them at all. Hoping for inspiration and guidance from you lovely people.:A

I have two wrap dresses, was wearing one of them today and will wear the other one tomorrow. What I did with them is essentially treat them as if oversized long-sleeved teeshirts, but with an angled fold to accomodate the flare of the dress.

Hmm, I've probably not explained that too well. I laid the dress on the ironing board, front uppermost, then folded each edge towards the middle, with the flared bit of the shirt coming more towards the centre. I folded the sleeves back and down (my dresses had three-quarter length sleeves). Then I folded the rectangle in half and in half again, which made a packet about the size of a hardcover book.

This may not be correct-Kondo, it was just something I worked out for myself, so if anyone has a better solution, I would be pleased to hear it. I'm keeping the wrap dresses beside my tops, they're patterned and not going to be mistaken for anything else. I don't like to hang these heavy jersey dresses as I think they might stretch. HTH.

Going to be pottering about this evening as have been out at work all day and am a bit weary, but may casually Kondo something which is underfoot, I'm sure I can find a placcy bag to samosa.

Sounds like we're all changing our heads and changing our environments, too. What a little wonder MK's book is.

Lavender_Cosmos

What Joy!!!!!
A large carrier bag full of large carrier bags, taking up most of a kitchen cupboard, now neatly folded into triangles and in a small wicker basket, taking up hardly any space:j:j:j:j:j:j


:o

jinny

I don't know if I read this or watched a video
If you have trouble folding you can use a clipboard
As a guide. You lay the clipboard at the top of the tee shirt
From the neckline. Then pull the board out after folding.

jinny

Lavender_Cosmos wrote: »

What Joy!!!!!
A large carrier bag full of large carrier bags, taking up most of a kitchen cupboard, now neatly folded into triangles and in a small wicker basket, taking up hardly any space:j:j:j:j:j:j
:o

Great isnt it?
It's crazy how we all get so exited about folding placky bags