The KonMarie method

YORKSHIRELASS

Hi all

I am struggling on, almost finished the paperwork. Have to say that despite empty spaces appearing in shelves and cupboards I am not enjoying doing it at all and I keep coming across things that I just dont know what to do with!

Maybe the fact that I dont know what to do with an item actually means that it should go?

Anyhow, Greyqueen I swapped my cheap little food processor for my Mums lovely 1970s Kenwood Chef some time ago. It suited us both but I do feel that I got the better deal.

Siebrie

I dye clothes in the machine. The instructions are on the packet of powder, and you will need a lot of salt. Ordinary salt without iodine will do, no need to buy the D.y.l.o.n. salt. The packet will say that it can dye 250g of clothes pitch black, but that is only if you start with white clothes. If it's just for re-blackening faded clothes, you can put quite a lot of clothes in the machine. I do run an empty machine afterwards, and my first wash will be a dark one. I have never had any problems with dye on the next loads in the washing machine. IF you're not sure, maybe you can wipe all the places the dye could have got stuck, like inside the rubber ring.

iQueen

mavvymoo wrote: »

iTwin wooo Snap !!!!I've achieved a major ambition... I live in a beautiful, slow, safe place, so I don't need to escape on holiday, ever. Only this morning, I was mentally thanking fate for dumping me here, as I drove through summer lanes to the PO - pure Joy! :dance:

I havent been on holiday for 9 years :eek: But the world and his wife come on holiday to where I live :rotfl:

WOOOOOOO on The Princess Diana newspapers etc.I was looking at these today :eek: Not mine you understand as I dont keep stuff like that :rotfl:But Dads he said Mum must have saved them. He then said that my uncle had them and about 3 others that had saved these so with you I know 5 people that have these so think they would be pretty common for people to have kept So not as strange as I thought my iTwin

Forgot to add the chooks also drink my cup of tea if I leave it on the garden table for 10 seconds.They have their beady eye on everything and never miss a trick

Mav x

I think I bought my newspapers with a view to selling them, or leaving them to someone else to sell! In the end, I realised that there was no real point. Back in the days of the Abdication etc, few people were able to conserve ephemeral items properly, but today, modern homes make successful preservation more likely. Still, with the rush to digitise everything, maybe original documents will again become valuable, sometime in the future? :rotfl:

In the 1980s, I was living the 'Good life' on an acre of land, doing the Earth Mother thing, churning out babies, and keeping chooks and goats!

I sometimes think about getting 4 ex-batts, but, although I love new-laid eggs, I've heard that it's an expensive hobby, and I'm not sure I could face finding my girls slaughtered by foxes. One of my sons keeps hens, in and urban area, but he has lost his several times, despite expensive 'fox-proof' housing! I could definitely keep them well-fed in my 'slug heaven' garden!

iQueen

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hi all

I am struggling on, almost finished the paperwork. Have to say that despite empty spaces appearing in shelves and cupboards I am not enjoying doing it at all and I keep coming across things that I just dont know what to do with!

Maybe the fact that I dont know what to do with an item actually means that it should go?

Anyhow, Greyqueen I swapped my cheap little food processor for my Mums lovely 1970s Kenwood Chef some time ago. It suited us both but I do feel that I got the better deal.

You could try corraling similar oddments in separate boxes, while you work through categories? Then, you may find that homes for these sub-cats of komono magically occur, or you decide that they are not needed at all.

I bet your Mum feels exactly the same about her 'new' processor! :rotfl:

iQueen

mav, check this out - I'm sure you could make something out of your new past-time! :rotfl:

PollyWollyDoodle

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hi all

I am struggling on, almost finished the paperwork. Have to say that despite empty spaces appearing in shelves and cupboards I am not enjoying doing it at all and I keep coming across things that I just dont know what to do with!

Maybe the fact that I dont know what to do with an item actually means that it should go?

One of the things which has surprised me as I've gone through this process is that these days, when I see something out of place I think 'oh, I know where that goes'. That saying 'a place for everything, and everything in its place' has suddenly made sense to me! It's so easy to file, tidy and put stuff away when you know where it belongs.

I think the first thing is to put the thing - whatever it is - with its fellow things. Then do the 'does it spark joy' question with each of them. Once you've done that, I've found it fairly easy to work out where the 'things' should live.

oceanspirit

My new address book has arrived and I love it so look forward to transferring joyful addresses into it soon and letting the old book go.

Two more pairs of undies into the bin this morning and a fruit punnet filled with folded undies to match the sock one.

A few more pieces of paper left my home and hopped into the recycling bin today. Hope a lot more will leave tomorrow. This paperwork section has taken weeks and I'm starting to become impatient about starting the next category.

mrs-moneypenny

Morning all
Can't believe how brilliantly everyone is doing. Well done all of us.
I hope everyone is as well as can be and finding their kondoing journey is going well. To those who find area that they have got stuck in I'd say stick with it Mavvy is a brilliant example of how much better we will feel about things once we have come through the tunnel. Items that at the moment leave you stumped can be set aside and returned to.
My landing is piled full of bags and boxes now so I desperately want to do a CS run, hoping to get down there next week, there is a rather unjoyfull suitcase in the attic, DH has suggested storing stuff in it but I think I may get it down and fill with CS items to make it easier to transport and say the Cs can keep it. It is a serviceable case but excess to our needs.
Today's plan is to clear all the excess newspapers and mags from the loung and revisit the current paperwork file.
Cookbooks may get another visit as well.

Have a good day all

System

An empty chest of drawers will be leaving my house today. So pleased because it will give my bedroom even more room. The biggest air con unit will be going in its place instead of sticking out like a sore thumb. Its going to an animal charity and will be sold, proceeds going to feed/treat strays. I'm pleased about that.

Its only took me weeks to get hubby to agree to it.

Ive finally got rid of the last of the stuff that was down to be taken to my local refuse centre.

I'm picking up bits here and there but i feel that i am as close to my goal as i can be.... for now at least.

GreyQueen

:T Well done, Judi!

It's a fabulous landmark when you're able to jettison a piece of storage furniture because it's no longer needed.

I'm going to wait until the chazzer opens (9.30, plan to be outside the door), drop my donation bags and do a little shopping for fruit and veg, then home, bake off the bread rolls I have proving, and then go to the allotment with a picnic for the remainder of the day.

Will have to have a small tour of the premises to see if there's anything else which can leave at this time. Keep up the good work, everyone, it's great to think of us having futures which won't involve hoiking this Stuff in and out of removal vans or around in our homes like hamsters fussing with their nests. Onwards!!!!!!!!!!!!!