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The KonMarie method

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  • Kiwisaver_2
    Kiwisaver_2 Posts: 1,169 Forumite
    I made a Pro-MK vigilante attack on my OHs underwear drawers today. :D There's three drawers rammed full to the top with socks, pants and belts all mixed up together. I know he only opens the top drawer and takes the nearest - I see only the same few pairs of pants go through the washing, so every now and again I am prone to scoop it all up and turn the pile so that he sees that there are actually other things in there.

    Today, I have turned out all three drawers, colour coded and balled up all the socks, one drawer with black and grey and heavy winter walking socks, another with all the whites and belts and the other just pants. I wasn't about to go full kondo and fold 'that many' pairs of pants, so I have filtered out the few favourite ones of his and literally rammed the rest back into one drawer, to see if he notices and actually does anything about it. All the horrible old, baggy ones that he doesn't wear are now on the top and all the regular ones just out of the wash are 'hidden' away in the bottom drawer.

    Plan being I will gradually filter out any of said old baggy, thin, bobbly, rubbishy ones when I see them come through the washing. :rotfl:
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  • Kiwisaver_2
    Kiwisaver_2 Posts: 1,169 Forumite
    edited 16 January 2015 at 11:51PM
    Here's quite a good folding 1.01 for tops and pants:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJAYRXjZoMY

    How to 'samosa' your carrier bags:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidF66-LXng
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  • jinny
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    Wow all these lovely new people posting now
    Welcome to all come on in
    There's plenty room now we are Origaming our homes
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • jinny
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    edited 17 January 2015 at 7:40AM
    My advice to everyone starting this
    Is to get it done as soon as possible
    If you just do a drawer here and there you will get fed up
    Then give up. I know cos I've been there bought the tee shirts
    Read the book- got rid of most of them and now folded the rest!
    Sure we all lead busy busy lives but getting rid of the c***
    ASAP frees up your time big style
    I've only being Kondoing for a week and it's changed my life
    That's a big claim but true. I've tried every method and bought every book on organising this is the only thing that has worked
    I'm eating and sleeping so much better
    So my mood has lightened up tremendously

    I said in earlier post I didn't want anyone to
    have to sort out my things someday like we had to with Mams

    The weather isn't nice out there anyway so let's get cracking in here
    Spring is on it's way we don't want to still be dealing with stuff then
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • jinny
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    Justamum wrote: »
    I'm going to have to do that with mine. At the moment I've got one of those large plastic chests (I think it's a 45 litre one) full of plastic bags. I'm sure I can condense them all down to fit into a much smaller box, then get rid of the big one. It's a bit late to start tonight, so I'll do it tomorrow.

    I used to keep huge amounts of placky bags
    But you don't need as many as you think
    I restrict myself to around 20 now
    Will take a look at the 'samosa' style of folding them
    Thanks
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
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    and pull yourself together”
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  • jinny
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    edited 17 January 2015 at 8:08AM
    http://youtu.be/wu6xSxTLAcw
    Link to knicker folding video
    Oh dear I'm one of those large of knicker
    that need to fold the sides in twice :rotfl:
    It's a sales pitch for the authors book
    but it' shows the rectangle shape we are looking for

    There are lots of other people folding stuff on the side videos
    As well or just type in how to fold in the search lots come up
    ”Pour yourself a drink, (tea for me now)
    Put on some lipstick
    and pull yourself together”
    - Elizabeth Taylor
  • Thanks jinny you have posted loads of useful information.

    I'm busy working my way round the house - I can't do it all in one go as I've got 2 young children (4&6) and I'm at work when they are at school. In fact I would like to Kondo their toy boxes but I think they will have other ideas ....
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Well, I started reading the book while waiting at the train station for DH last night.

    This woman is single is she?


    How can we make decisions about our homes alone when we share them with other people? There is stuff in my house that doesn't bring me joy but that belongs to one of the others I live with, and who am I to decide that this no longer suits me ?

    I know that this stuff gets me down, its no great revelation! But its life, its sharing, its cooperation, and its not having everything my own way.
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    10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped!
    [QUOTE=jinny;67406588 There's not many waterfalls in the North east of England.
    Not in these temperatures anyway.

    [/QUOTE]

    High Force would be refreshing I think.
    Once saw it frozen years ago and it was amazing :):):)
  • GreyQueen
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    edited 17 January 2015 at 9:35AM
    Kiwisaver wrote: »
    Here's quite a good folding 1.01 for tops and pants:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJAYRXjZoMY

    How to 'samosa' your carrier bags:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cidF66-LXng
    :D Thank you for that, I've just spent a happy few mins Kondo-ing some plastic bags, so much better than just rolling them up, this way the 'samosa' shapes stay together. I think I'm a Konvert........:rotfl:

    ETA; I hear what you say, LiR, but one in four people do live alone, and even when you share your life and your home, there are areas where you are in exclusive command of the physical space. I don't know any couples who share clothing drawers, f'rinstance.
    Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
    John Ruskin
    Veni, vidi, eradici
    (I came, I saw, I kondo'd)
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