The KonMarie method

cheerfulness4

tooties wrote: »

Gosh you are all doing so very well.

i have only just started chapter two of the book.

I haven't really done any proper Kondoing yet but i am ranger rolling cloths, towels etc as they come through the laundry, and my DS samosa'd one carrier bag lol he is 26.

I cant wait to start though.

regards

My 21 year old DS samosa'd two carriers last night and then was asking his dad if he'd done one yet tonight.

I can't ranger roll tidily to save my life. My tea towels look like little fat torpedoes.

peaceandfreedom

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

I can't ranger roll tidily to save my life. My tea towels look like little fat torpedoes.

I changed my mind about ranger-rolling my tea-towels - I iron some of them (:o) and I didn't really want them all squashed up like that. So I changed them to be folded nicely instead and have them stored them upright in a drawer inside some plastic containers for support. They seem happy that way .

I think ranger rolling is fantastic if you want to store things really small and don't care how creased or squashed they get but I've decided my tea-towels deserve better.

Floss

I Kondoed my jeans last night, ditched 2 pairs & relegated 1 pair to allotment wear (chucking the raggy pair I used to wear) and found a second pair of navy cord jeggings identical to the ones I bought and wore last weekend

Plan to do my knickers, today, realised that I already Kondo my bras. I also did my paperback-in-waiting, ditching a big pile to the CS. Again I found books I had forgotten about.

jinny

Just popping in to thank all of you who have joined the thread.
Some lovely funny and sometimes poignant, moving posts.
I especially resonate with the posters who are battling with other people's resistance to discard stuff not loved. When I was young.
My own dear mam used to get my own stuff out of the bin area and bring it back in the house. When she passed away going through her stuff was awful. I've also helped a friend go through her late sons stuff he was a collector of many collections. Most things weren't even displayed.
They were packed away in boxes all jumbled up.
Remember 'things' aren't memories. They are just 'things'
I've bought and read many books on decluttering but this has had the most impact on me.
So well done everyone.
it's good to read the support for some who are finally wanting to be free at last of clutter.
Thank you VFMMEPLSE the OP who started this thread.
Blimey this sounds like an oscar speech!!!!

I'm just thinking the charity shop warehouses will be wondering what on earth is going on with all the stuff being donated! Lol

GreyQueen

:j:j:j:j Oooooo, just opened up my email and I had a reservation notice from the library. Since I ordered 4 books on the same day, I was expecting it to be one of the three novels, imagine my excitement that it is - ta dah! - the MK book.

Will collect that after work. As luck would have it, tonight is a night I do my archery class (and no, you can't Kondo a longbow, they live under beds ) but I should be able to read some of it before bedtime.

Yestereve, I tried and failed to ranger-roll handtowels, although I'm a dab hand with thinner things like microfibre cloths and napkins. But I had the urge to roll them anyway so they are now stacked at the back of the shelf, upright, coded by colour. And most fetching they look, too.

I have brought the ones I use in the kitchen (the darker coloured older towels) all together at one side, so I can grab them in a hurry. I also found one towel which I don't like, I think it isn't pure cotton and it just doesn't feel right. I'm not short of towels so this one keeps getting passed over, so I shall add it to the c.s. bag.

You'll laugh, but I was describing the ranger rolling technique to a pal as we were driving in her car through the countryside on Sunday to another pal's house. She gets it and thinks she'll give it a go. She also took note of MK and started looking her up on her smartphone once we'd arrived. The Kult is spreading (well, perhaps not, it's more folding than spreading, IYKWIM). :rotfl:

jinny

http://youtu.be/BuqUlpDI5-4
I think this is interesting
We could all use these tips
http://youtu.be/2-nMDzccJwc
I had this book
This video is really good

lostinrates

My small pile of discard in cludes a few ribbons that realistically I'm not going to use.


I was awoken this morning by my dogs, who were doing that thing gymnasts do with ribbons. Around and around my room. They were whipped up into quite a frenzied state. But it was quite funny. The little one was running underneath the tall one and it looked like a rather complicated routine.

The cats however ( in bed with me) were not impressed and looked at me as if we should kondo the dogs if they are going to start getting up early to do ribbon gymnastics.

jinny

lostinrates wrote: »

My small pile of discard in cludes a few ribbons that realistically I'm not going to use.


I was awoken this morning by my dogs, who were doing that thing gymnasts do with ribbons. Around and around my room. They were whipped up into quite a frenzied state. But it was quite funny. The little one was running underneath the tall one and it looked like a rather complicated routine.

The cats however ( in bed with me) were not impressed and looked at me as if we should kondo the dogs if they are going to start getting up early to do ribbon gymnastics.

Oh that's so funny:rotfl:
Book them in Britains got talent now

115K

It's amazing how my airing cupboard looks so much less empty now as before it looked stuffed to the gills.

I did the under sink cupoboard too. It's weird how I thought I was really organised before but her tips have taken it to a whole new level.:rotfl:

cazmanian_minx

I did the two wicker baskets on top of my chest of drawers last night - I'd managed to accumulate an impressive number of pairs of tights for someone who only wears them about once a year, if that! The contents have been Kondensed down into one basket which is now living on one of the newly-empty wardrobe shelves. Just need to get Mr Minx to go through his two baskets when he's home and see if he can get down to one basket as well for the remaining wardrobe shelf, then we'll have our two chests of drawers with just a candlestick on top of each of them.