The KonMarie method

GreyQueen

Blimey, there's some hardcore kondo-ing going on here, I feel so inadequate by comparison. Mind you, am so stiff from gardening that I'm hobbling rather than moving smoothly, but hey-ho.

One of the reasons I can barely move was getting the compost Dalek to give up its nutritious goodliness. Whatever the ingredients once were, they are all now lovely compost, with the exception of eggshells, which seem indestructible. I now rinse, oven-bake (when the oven is on for other things) and crush the beggars. Have deeply-composted a bed and planted the courgette plants into it, with a wrapper of fleece to make up for not having the time to harden them off.

I just about refrained from reading them a bedside story.

I also found a spatula which I lost last week and two teaspoons in the compost bin. Nothing appears to have taken any harm, they were thoroughly washed, soaked in bleach for a couple of hours, washed again and are now back in service. I can only think that they'd accidentally been included in newspaper bundles of veg trimmings which had been taken up to the allotment. Must be more careful as I sometimes put such bundles in the communal food waste bin, and that's a one way ticket.

Discovered a 3rd pair of unmentionables is on its way out. Those 7 or 8 pairs which were getting a bit knackered and were put in a particular place to have concentrated usage, are starting to give up the ghost. Excellent; I have too many and need to run the inventory down.

Nothing's come into the flat bar fruit and veg and a 50p paperback, one I've been after for months, and which will be donated once read.

Righty, onwards and upwards, my lovelies.

tooties

Good Afternoon Konverts,

I have spend the day kondoing the thread it moves on so quickly, my menfolk are busy kondoing the garden so i am enjoying some much needed peace and quiet.

Well done everyone on your efforts.
Please don't get dishertened on your journey as it took most of us years to acquire all of our stuff, so we cant hope to be rid of it overnight.

I have to admit to something................... i wanted a new sewing box to take to my crafty class i recently bought two different boxes. Neither of them were just right so i made TWO it will do buys!!!!! I am quite annoyed at myself for this it wasnt the cost about £8.00 in total its the two useless items i now have in my home. I eventuallyl bought the correct box for me at a cost of £12.00 and i am delighted with it. Anyone need 2 random plastic storage boxes????
Since being on this journey i am no longer supposed to be making random that will do purchases.
Will give them to the DGD's for their crayons or to OH for storage in his shed.

Onwards and upwards everyone

regards

Shereen

I've been following and enjoying this thread as it landed on page one around the same time my own spring cleaning was getting underway.

A couple of weekends ago we had a bird stuck in the eaves of the roof. It spent the day running from our end to the neighbours' and back again. I thought it was in the chalet part of the roof, so went into it through the wee hatch in the bedroom.

The chalet attic was full of old carpet, books, paperwork, old lampshades and more. So I cleared it out, cleaned it up and went bird hunting. There was no sign of our feathered intruder, but thanks to my decluttering state of mind I didn't resent the afternoon's hard work and dust. I was just pleased to have a clean and tidy chalet attic.

We eventually released the bird by taking the end piece off the neighbours' roof and it seemed none the worse for its stay

mavvymoo

Hi All
Bedroom decorated and finished :eek::eek::eek: 2 whole days at it but done and looks lovely really happy now its done as painting walls etc boring boring boring would have much rather been out enjoying the sun

Well done on all the hardcore Kondoing going on really impressed with you all

The best news is even though I have been decorating the house still looks tidy and clean and I have been putting things away as I go so nothing had a chance to look out of place :rotfl:

Havent had a chance to read all the thread so will catch up with you all tomorrow
Have a great evening

Mav x

Rainy-Days

GreyQueen wrote: »

Blimey, there's some hardcore kondo-ing going on here, I feel so inadequate by comparison. Mind you, am so stiff from gardening that I'm hobbling rather than moving smoothly, but hey-ho.
.

Well, do I know how you feel! I had a morning out in the garden trimming up the conifers and weeding the borders all out as well as digging them over. Then mowed the lawns. I feel jiggered to be honest! Garden looks nice though.

Did the CS drop off yesterday and I felt pretty pleased with it. Still have some way to go though - but Rome wasn't built in a day and as Tooties said, it has taken years of hard work to acquire so much much stuff :rotfl:

Next job is to go through the garden pots and decide what I will keep and what i can get rid of. Noticed today that there are two strimmers in the shed one from my old home and one from mum's! Shed is reasonably tidy but it could still do with an additional look through!

GreyQueen

:)Well done with the decorating, mav, what colour is it now?

I've just decluttered several of those oblong takeaway type containers into the recycling, they were going a bit funny and had white marks like little scars developing in the clear plastic. Also chucked out my weekly carrier bag of non-recyclables.

Had a natter with Mum this aft after she'd visited Nan. Of the yarn I took from Nan's last weekend, I kept the odds & s0ds and the pulled out stuff, but the good stuff went to Mum to be incorporated into jumpers. There's 300g of matching yarn and a newly-discovered need for it; a small person in the extended family can benefit from it. I've just mailed a pattern to Mum, using a saved envelope from my folder of such. Mum's such a fast (and superb) knitter that the small person will have their pullie in a couple or so weeks.

I nearly bought a couple of tops from the Everything 50p Chazzer then put them back on the rack; they were OK but not totally unmissable, and I have enough tops that I can wait and only own stuff which really floats my boat.

Did buy a book not in the library system which I've been searching for since last summer for 50p, which I will read shortly. Am busy reading a book I got a few months ago, which is great, and can be donated.

By this rate, I should have another donation bag ready next weekend with at least 2 books and 2 tops. Will have to see what else I can find.

ETA Well done, Rainy-Days, I'm hicking around like an 80 y.o this weekend but will have tomorrow morning off, and do a little in the afternoon. I have 300 sq m of allotment growing weeds faster than I can pull them out, but it's a case of just holding the line. I'm concentrating on stuff setting seed (shepherd's purse is trying it on now) and anything over 6 inches tall.

I planted out the courgettes and washed up the dozen pots, culling out the one which was breaking up and that's now in the recycling. You can put flowerpots in the recycling here, but it's not promoted as they're pretty low grade plastics. Howsomever, I'd rather it was there than kicking around plot or shed, or in landfill.

springdreams

iQueen wrote: »

springdreams

OMG! I thought it was your paperwork, when I saw it! :rotfl:

Mind you, my paperwork is hiding all over the house, in bags and boxes - 26+ years' worth! :eek:

Must get back to my komono!

I originally posted the picture without clarifying that it was not mine, but thought I better mention that it is not just in case some of you thought it was

In truth though, if I put all the paperwork I have gathered over the past 15 years all in one place I would not be surprised if my own mountain came close to the one in the picture :eek:

iQueen

tooties wrote: »

Good Afternoon Konverts,

I have spend the day kondoing the thread it moves on so quickly, my menfolk are busy kondoing the garden so i am enjoying some much needed peace and quiet.

Well done everyone on your efforts.
Please don't get dishertened on your journey as it took most of us years to acquire all of our stuff, so we cant hope to be rid of it overnight.

I have to admit to something................... i wanted a new sewing box to take to my crafty class i recently bought two different boxes. Neither of them were just right so i made TWO it will do buys!!!!! I am quite annoyed at myself for this it wasnt the cost about £8.00 in total its the two useless items i now have in my home. I eventuallyl bought the correct box for me at a cost of £12.00 and i am delighted with it. Anyone need 2 random plastic storage boxes????
Since being on this journey i am no longer supposed to be making random that will do purchases.
Will give them to the DGD's for their crayons or to OH for storage in his shed.

Onwards and upwards everyone

regards

You're right about slowly accumulating stuff over years! I must have been mad - so much stuff that I bought, to make something or to DIY and never got round to! Not surprising, to quote GQ, that 'my reach exceeded my grasp', with five children to care for and university studies/work! Still, I will have time for the DIY, when I finish kondoing, as long as the house doesn't collapse from neglect before then!

I've realised that stashing yarn and fabric is a complete waste usually - by the time I get round to using it, I've changed my mind about what I planned to make!

I've got 4 of those shallow compartmentalised boxes, full of my neatly arranged embroidery threads. If yours are the same type, you could use them for storing jewellery, or small stationery items - drawing pins, paper-clips, stamps, rubber bands,etc, perhaps? Or, if you remove the lids, maybe they would work for make-up, keeping it neat in a drawer?.

GreyQueen

It was PollyWollyDoodle who mentioned reach exceeding grasp, not me.

I'm falling-on-face tired and being annoyed by rave music from the student house (how old-fashioned is that?!). I dunno, young people today are just so retro...this party started before 5 pm and gawd knows when it'll end.

G'night, konverts, I'm off to my bed. GQ xx

ali-t

I've got 4 of those shallow compartmentalised boxes, full of my neatly arranged embroidery threads. If yours are the same type, you could use them for storing jewellery, or small stationery items - drawing pins, paper-clips, stamps, rubber bands,etc, perhaps? Or, if you remove the lids, maybe they would work for make-up, keeping it neat in a drawer?.

I have them in my desk drawers for make up and they are fab. Also in my kitchen drawer for pens beside the cutlery as I have never found a cutlery holder that fills a drawer. My lighters and matches for candles are there too as I live in a rural area and we get lots of powercuts so its great to have everything at hand.