The KonMarie method

MoonJelly

I am rearranging the furniture in my bedroom andturning an open shelving unit into an airing cupboard. I wonder if I should make a cover for the shelving unit -or is that too old-fashioned?
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bossymoo

Thanks for the tip about boxes. I'm not starting yet, but just getting a feel for how I could make things work. So I've had a folding practice - DD had some fleeces stacked in a box in the bottom of her wardrobe, so I've refolded and stacked vertically. I can see what she's got now. I didn't get rid of any - I need to dedicate a batch of time to that!

But I'm considering finally buying some bedside drawers for myself - only 3yrs after decorating my bedroom!

tibawo

I have to share but you have to keep it a secret from my girls!

If you notice my wish in my signature bit at the bottom of each of my post is to one day take the girls to the splash landing hotel at alton towers, they have asked every time we go for the the last three years and the response has always been one day as it was way out of my price league. Just realised I had taken it off because I thought it would never happen and so unrealistic!!

Well... I got my tax back and with a code I have booked. As date was in sept before they go back to school, the hotel had dropped in price too. I have kondoed money but the look of the girls faces will bring more joy than our great leader could imagine!

in_need_of_direction

There's no joy in forgoing things when you can afford to do them. You'll make memories that you'll never want to kondo. Today I took three bags to the charity shop. Gone once and for all.

silvasava

Igamogam - I was told to put soaps in with undies to scent them and so the soap hardened and lasted longer. TBH I think it's because there was only block soap available & perfumed ones were expensive years ago. Makes me think of my Grandad who always used a brand called Breeze & having my hair washed with coal tar soap when I was a child.

tooties

Sorry Iqueen i couldn't resist it,
i really do have a terrible sense of humour

regards

greent

'Traditional' soaps (ie not the mass produced stuff) made with fats/ oils and lye (think farmers market type ones nowadays) often benefit from being in a drawer etc for some time to lose some of the moisture in them, therefore hardening them and making them last longer when using them.


tibawo - what a lovely way to kondo money and reap the benefit of many joyful memories in return - starting with the initial joy of their reaction when telling them x

kboss2010

PollyWollyDoodle wrote: »

Re drawer lining, that brought me up short for a moment - why do I line them? Then I realised - a lot of you probably have modern furniture with smooth insides, and no I wouldn't line those either. I am still using (with GREAT joy!) the dressing-table and chest of drawers that were my mums 21st birthday present - in 1937*. I wouldn't want to put things straight on to the wood in case of splinters or snags.

*there was also a matching single wardrobe which was discarded years ago. That tells you something about how many clothes people owned in those days, compared to now!

Exactly this!

I had drawer liners gifted to me once as a teen (in the 2000's so not long ago) - they were lovely & had cats on but I never used them. I think my Gran used them in the end. She always lines her bedside tables & dresser drawers. It's only recently since we inherited some beautiful antique furniture that I started to understand why older people line drawers!

I'm in the process of buying my first flat so I'm clearing out 8 years of accumulated junk I've collected post-uni. I've already got rid of a bag of handbags, a bag of shoes, 2 ikea bags of clothes, half of my costume jewellery and a bag of jumpers & jackets.

Still on my list is my kitchen junk (I'm dreading that one!) and my bedding & towels.

mrssnowy_2

Evening all
Today I took 1 big bag of stuff to CS,it kondoed one drawer,and I was able to see the drawer liner between the shoe boxes of folded socks.I had sorted that particular drawer several years ago,way way before kondoing!
The chest of drawers are very big and solid, an ex-army purchase from about 40 years ago,they are a bit picky inside so really benefit from being lined.
My Mum has always put soap in underwear drawers,also in amongst the bed linen,so yes I do it to.

I have also parted company with an iron,it has been donated to our craft group, after being PAT tested.
Very funny that I had 2 irons.
For years when DH was so ill I stopped doing the ironing myself, and paid a neighbour to do it,since he died I am doing it myself, but of course there is hardly any now!

In 2 weeks I will be 65,and I am having a coffee morning for a few friends-so the garden has been given a tidy and a few replacement plants. Going out later to kondo slugs.

Good news Mum has improved sufficiently to be transferred nearer home. Hopefully she will then get fit enough to go home.
She fell at home 6 weeks ago and broke her hip,but had a heart attack when she got to the hospital,but it was not discovered till next day as it was a silent one,but then her blood pressure was so low that she was not fit for surgery. Mum is now managing to walk with a frame.
At the moment I have a lovely lady kondoing all the fluff balls from behind Mums furniture,and I will do the garden tomorrow.

mrss

iQueen

I definitely advise any newbies/lurkers to to read the 'Konvert Bible'!

Behind the quirky message, there is a lot of well-hidden psychology, that sneaks through unnoticed. Things begin to fall into place (quite literally!) as we follow the MK method and start getting LBMs. This is what motivates us and makes it 'a once in a lifetime project'. It is not a typical de-clutter, 'self-help' book - it's a whole new way of of looking at the life.

bossymoo wrote: »

Thanks for the tip about boxes. I'm not starting yet, but just getting a feel for how I could make things work. So I've had a folding practice - DD had some fleeces stacked in a box in the bottom of her wardrobe, so I've refolded and stacked vertically. I can see what she's got now. I didn't get rid of any - I need to dedicate a batch of time to that!

But I'm considering finally buying some bedside drawers for myself - only 3yrs after decorating my bedroom!

MK says don't even think about buying 'storage solutions', until you've finished kondoing all your excess possessions. Save any containers that might be useful for storage as you progress. Many of us have found that the right solution is already in our homes, as she says.

tooties wrote: »

Sorry Iqueen i couldn't resist it,
i really do have a terrible sense of humour

regards

Not a terrible sense of humour, rather, a clever, witty one, which seems have by-passed most others! :rotfl:

greent wrote: »

'Traditional' soaps (ie not the mass produced stuff) made with fats/ oils and lye (think farmers market type ones nowadays) often benefit from being in a drawer etc for some time to lose some of the moisture in them, therefore hardening them and making them last longer when using them.

Beware the oils marking clothes. Maybe an open ziplock bag, would provide some protection?

I've got over nearly 50 bars of glycerine and lavender (Original Source) soap. I stockpiled it 9 years ago, because it is the only soap I've ever found that suits my skin, and the manufacturers stopped making it! Each tablet is sealed in heavy gauge plastic and I love opening a new one, the lavender oil is as powerful as the day it was made. On the other hand, ithe packaging is an obstacle to perfuming drawers! :rotfl: