The KonMarie method

Rainy-Days

I Kondo'ed my tights and knee highs drawer this afternoon. I honestly did not think it would work, but to my surprise it really has. I have also dealt with my socks. I used to fold them over by the top (keep them together) but did the Kondo method and again it has worked a treat and saved much more space. I still have a basket for my socks because I find that works really well for me. My underwear drawer is always - and has always been - kept tidy. I did not need to do anything in there at all.

The T shirt folding method I checked on Youtube for that, then put it into practice. Woo hoo what a flipping difference. Previously they were folded neatly and then placed on top of each other. Since folding them into the roll and sitting them abutted to one another well, you can really see what you have.

Still only a wee way through the book at the moment. I have got to the bit about seasonal clothing. I take her point, but I do rotate my summer clothes well and they are not ramming up or spilling out in the spare bedroom where our summer clothes are. Another point she mentions is about "lounge clothes". As I have said before I specifically have kept older T shirts, fleeces and jeans back for things such as House work, dog walking, horses, gardening and car cleaning. That side of things works and always has worked well. My chill stuff is a nice pair of jeans with a half decent fleece, which I think goes for most of us on here.

Going forward I now have to go into the "Maintenance" phase and keep this method going. No reason why it would fail because I am finding it easier, just the folding method is the change to my structure.

ivyleaf

I've rolled all my teatowels and kitchen towels, and the basket they live in is plenty big enough now!

This morning I was samosa-ing one of the big strong Lakeland bags. OH came in and watched interestedly, then asked "Is it going to be a swan?" :rotfl:

jinny

ivyleaf wrote: »

I've rolled all my teatowels and kitchen towels, and the basket they live in is plenty big enough now!

This morning I was samosa-ing one of the big strong Lakeland bags. OH came in and watched interestedly, then asked "Is it going to be a swan?" :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
:Dthat so made me laugh

GreyQueen

ivyleaf wrote: »

I've rolled all my teatowels and kitchen towels, and the basket they live in is plenty big enough now!

This morning I was samosa-ing one of the big strong Lakeland bags. OH came in and watched interestedly, then asked "Is it going to be a swan?" :rotfl:

That's brilliant!

Yesterday and today, I chose to wear things which I hadn't worn for some months, as the kondoing of the drawers had brough them into plain sight. I was surprised to find that they were ever-so-slightly foisty. And I do mean very slightly, and it wore off, but I have an accursedly acute sense of smell.

Bearing in mind that I never put anything in a drawer which hasn't been washed and aired, and possibly even ironed, I was surprised at this. Makes you realise how stale and unloved unused clothes get. So, I'm bringing my forgotten things out item by item and getting them worn. laundered and replaced and something else can have its turn.

When you think about it, hoarding unworn wearables is crazy. Do we do it because;

1. If we only kept the clothes we actually use, there wouldn't be many in the wardrobe. And they'd get lonely.

2. Insulation for our houses.

3. Enough changes of clothes not to do the laundry for 10 weeks. Because that might happen, yes?

4. Plenty of clothes so we can show to our workmates that we haven't had to wear the same item two days running on account of being a bit of a slapper who didn't make it home to her own bed last night.

5. Investment. OK, intellectually we know that the resale value of the clothing hoard is pennies for the pounds we paid, but hey, all that money tied up, we must be rich.

6. To be attractive to blokes. Y'know, the ones you love who will see you in something you've owned and worn regularly for 5 years and will ask Is that new? whilst completely failing to identify the new garment.

7. To display your social status. So that waitpersons will expect more of a tip, sales assistants will suck up to you for more of a commission, tradesmen will jack up their fee because they think you're loaded, and muggers will gravitate towards you. And so that you can be looked down as a parvenu by serious money and status, which is wearing Grandpa's tweed jacket and has its arris hanging out of cords which are older than some countries.

jinny

GQ
I noticed a bit of a foisty pong when I was clearing the papermountain
Some of the files I had to store the papers have had to be flung
This flat isnt damp either so it had to be the paper.

Pinkdebster

I think I hoard clothes because I'm "saving them for best". I once had a really good job that needed a good wardrobe - then I got sick and had to get rid of them. I am now virtually housebound at what I consider to be still a young age. I'm reliant on a tube to feed me after the removal of my stomach so I've lost a lot of weight and had to rethink my entire wardrobe. As I still love clothes, I still buy them......a lot. But then, because I'm just stuck indoors so much, I don't see the point in 'dressing up' and end up in leggings and a top or something similar. Having kondoed my wardrobe, I'm determined to change this........

rock_queen

Brilliant post greyqueen. I was laughing so much I now have a stitch! All very valid points.

jinny

Pinkdebster wrote: »

I think I hoard clothes because I'm "saving them for best". I once had a really good job that needed a good wardrobe - then I got sick and had to get rid of them. I am now virtually housebound at what I consider to be still a young age. I'm reliant on a tube to feed me after the removal of my stomach so I've lost a lot of weight and had to rethink my entire wardrobe. As I still love clothes, I still buy them......a lot. But then, because I'm just stuck indoors so much, I don't see the point in 'dressing up' and end up in leggings and a top or something similar. Having kondoed my wardrobe, I'm determined to change this........

Good for you your an inspiration decluttering whilst having health problems
you could save your good clothes for the weekends only
Even if you are housebound it will give the day a special feel
I dont think anyone feels like dressing up every day
unless you are kate middleton and have a lady in waiting

GreyQueen

jinny wrote: »

GQ
I noticed a bit of a foisty pong when I was clearing the papermountain
Some of the files I had to store the papers have had to be flung
This flat isnt damp either so it had to be the paper.

Glad it isn't just me. My flat is extremely warm and I'm a demon for ventilation, my bedroom window was open from 05.00 unitl 16.00 today, which is typical.

Things which we're keeping aren't staying static, are they? We remember them how they were when we put them away, but forces are insidiously working away at them.

Books are getting their pages 'suntanned' and 'foxed' and their glued spines are giving up the ghost. Plastic carrier bags are slowly confetti-ising in the placcy bag corner. Shoe polish is drying out, lotions are emulsifying and turning rank, rust and mould are growing on things in neglected corners, foistiness of all kinds is creeping in...........not to mention nasty little things on many legs which are trying to get a living in our homes and eyeing up our woolie-pullies, best rugs etc.

Shoes are cracking, their composite soles are turning into breadcrumbs, their linings are curling up, our vinyl handbag has developed psoriasis (or something similar) and sometimes it seems that entropy is busy dragging everything you own back to its component elements right before your eyes.

jinny

GQ
I think my body is doing someghing similar its called age lol