The KonMarie method

VJsmum

VJsmum wrote: »

What a lovely idea - i have contacted them to see if they would like my wedding dress.

it has sat in the loft for 24 years so i hope it hasn't died in storage.

i can't think of a better use for it - sad to have to do it, but i would be honoured if they would take it.

i always rather wished i had hired my dress, for all it's done since.

i have contacted them, and it looks like they will take it and that there is a local rep. :T I am so happy to be able to do this - albeit that they are needed for a sad reason. I have really regretted buying a dress rather than hiring it. i love the dress but you only wear them once, my DD wouldn't fit it and wouldn't want it. it is beautiful dress but "one of its time" and to be able to give it to such a worthwhile cause rather than it continue to fester - and eventually i guess just get trashed - brings me complete joy. Additionally as a miscarriage sufferer, it feels so right to do it. So thank you for the link.

GreyQueen wrote: »

One woman I know inherited a household of boys and youths when she re-married and kept control of the crockery issue by only having one plate, bowl, mug and glass per person out. The rest were under lock and key.

It meant that if you left your stuff festering upstairs, you didn't get to eat. Worked well. I have also heard of parents rounding up belongings which have been repeatedly strewn about and throwing them away (hiding them in the loft, in binbags, mostly) to focus thoughts on tidiness. HTH.

i find putting stuff in beds focusses the mind too :rotfl:

snoozer

I've finally done the books, so I've got lots of bags for the chazzer. I have tons of unread books, so I looked at every one, reading the first few pages of ones I wasn't sure of and managed to get rid of quite a few. I still have several shelves waiting to be read though. I'm only going to buy ones from my very favourite authors until I've read those.

Susan1962

Just Kondoed old DVDs and CDs into vouchers worth £38! Saving up for a new to me phone as my old one isn't great.
On a purer note - three jackets into the donation bags and I found a £5 note in one I had no idea was there!! Straight into the piggy bank!

Mrs_Cheshire

Hi all, just found the KonMari method, been watching some youtube videos and will get started with the clothes tomorrow as I've got loads to put away.

iQueen

Welcome, Mrs Cheshire! :coffee: Good luck with your clothes! You'll be sold on MK, once you see your socks, undies and tops neatly filed! :rotfl:

No kondoing for me today. Went to an appointment in town and then did a small shop at the only supermarket, for things that aren't available, or are cheaper, than my local mini-market.

Treated myself to a Barbie Pink geranium, which will bring me immense joy for years indoors.

Will start books properly tomorrow - at least, the ones that I can access round the house. Still have boxes of them buried in the Room of Doom from when I moved here 26 years ago! :eek:

Apart from several weedings for a local cafe that sells books to holiday-makers, for the RNLI, I haven't tried to kondo them - I'm really excited! :j

I might try to sell some via Amazon, but then again, I may just want them out of the house as soon as! Money doesn't motivate me at all.

springdreams

Icey77 wrote: »

Hurrah, I've moved from #39 to #24 in the library list for The Bible

I'm reluctant to try and get the book via you tube etc as I learn best with a book and quiet, both of which are in short supply in my house with 2 small children.

In the meantime, I'm sure I've seen an excellent instruction on how to load photos to the post, could someone remind me please? Thanks x

happychappy’s guide to uploading photos to the thread. Also includes instructions for ipad and iphone.
http://www.bearsland.co.uk/happychappy/

mrssnowy_2

[QUOTE=VJsmum;68524349

i find putting stuff in beds focusses the mind too :rotfl:[/QUOTE]

That made me giggle-I got fed up with DS leaving wet bath towels on the floor-I only had to put them in his bed twice.
DD1 and DD2 therefore never did it!

mrss

MMF007

DH and i have been away for a few days so nothing Kondo'd at home but am planning what to do when i get back - i am looking forward to it (athough i think work will get in the way until weekend!).

However, there has been some secret appreciation of the KM magic...... I had to buy some frozen food for a nearly-empty freezer so that was my chance to store the items on their side rather than stacking them. I proudly showed the neat, easily viewable contents to DH, pointing out that it was so obvious and yet it took KM to point it out! DH replied that he thought the same about the corner unit in the kitchen that i have Kondo'd - ' it's so neat and easy to find stuff in there now', he said. I did this a couple of weeks ago so i asked him how come he hadn't said so sooner. He said, well I THOUGHT it, I just didn't say!?!? :rotfl: :mad: :rotfl:

It really does alter your mind, doesn't it? I have been wandering round our temp home just itching to ditch the dusty silk flowers, the overly-loud-ticking clock and the chipped pudding basin. They just do not bring me joy! However, the views from the cottage are beautiful and that brings me great joy.

Have a restful night everyone, there's more to do tomorrow.
M:D

mavvymoo

Morning Kondoites

Had a lovely day yesterday with the lady from MSE She was so lovely and and we really did both enjoy our meeting and afternoon :)No ronaldos as we didnt get time due to chatting and the time just flew by
Stunning day here today looks like summer is really here

Well my sports 'stuff' has arrived and it is not very kondo as there is so much of it but what a fantastic bargain. I have a few ideas as how to pass some on as I would need a month of Sundays to wear even half of it So will try it all on and take it from there.

Still havent got back to clothes real Kondo style and really need to.Have got more to go just to make way for the new stuff.

Good luck with whatever you are doing today

Mav x

GreyQueen

Morning all.

Grinning at how quietly contagious kondo-ing is turning out to be. For those who share their home with others, this is the critical thing, isn't it?

Yesterday I skipped in from work, dropped my workbag off and picked up my chazzer donation bag; two tops, two books and two CDs. Sounds like a recipe, doesn't it, but that was just how it worked out. Finished another novel last night (bought 2 weekends ago at a bootsale, part of a 6 for £1 deal) so that can now be the kernel of the next bag.

The pal who kindly gave me the yarn (which I am knitting with like crazy, btw) was chatting about having turned out her food cupboards, found many storecupboard items nearly or OOD and started to sling them, then thought better of it. They are now sitting in plain view and she is making June a use-up month. We've decided to have a little private GC of our own, and I will do the same. I have spent £1.46 thus far this month, on fabby YS bakery deals. I mean, loaves of wholemeal for 6p......? It'd be rude not to, and they're freezable.

The towel called GARY is presently in the washing machine, waiting for some company to go swimming with. The towel-du-jour is called TROPICAL, which is a large terrycloth beachtowel, which I got from a bootsale. I reckon it was rejected as being too heavy to holiday with, given modern baggage weight restrictions.

I was quite old before I bumped into the idea of towels being meant to co-ordinate with bathroom colour schemes. Although my own bathroom is white, with white accessories, so any towel in there is usually the only colour item. It explained why I'm able to buy barely-worn towels 2nd hand so cheaply - I guess they've been turfed out as not matching the owner's bathroom.