The KonMarie method

iQueen

GreyQueen wrote: »

Up early today (5 am) as couldn't sleep because of the cold.

Many years ago, a friend bought me an electric underblanket! :eek: I hummed and haa-ed for ages, over higher electricity bills before giving in.

They actually use VERY little electricity! And I bought one each for my 3 remaining children, too.

I wouldn't part with mine for the world. On cold nights, it's great to get into a warm bed, or if woken by cold, to switch it on Low.

Check out the electricity usage online and compare it with the TV, computer, etc. Mine uses only 55w on Low - not Kw - less than an old lightbulb! :j

jinny

I will take a look at the blog from the Poster as well.
As recommended on here

maman

iQueen wrote: »

Thinking back to my childhood home, a 2 bed semi in the 50s, we had no clutter.

A chest of drawers, wardrobe, and bed/s in each bedroom. A cardboard box was my sister's and my 'toybox' and housed all our toys.

A table and chairs, a sideboard, an easy chair, and a treadle sewing machine in the living room, and built-in cupboards and drawers, in the alcoves. One cupboard held crockery, but I've no idea what was in the other or the drawers. There was a walk-in pantry, under the stairs.

The front room had a 3-piece suite, an upright piano, a coffee table and a wrought iron standard lamp. There was a cupboard under the stairs, The Glory-Hole, which held coats, (and Mother's komono!)

The kitchen was built onto the back of the house - a glass 'conservatory' affair, only used for cooking and laundry, but had a bookcase in it.

We had everything we needed, and it never crossed our minds to want more.

That's my vision for my home.

That sounds remarkably like my grandparents' home especially the front room. While the furniture sounds much the same there were loads of ornaments. Above the fitted cupboards (one holding gas meter) in the chimney alcoves my nana had displayed a 12 setting dinner service complete with tureens and serving plates. It was never used. In fact the room was rarely used. I recently kondoed the half of the dinner service I'd inherited. It was difficult but I've just kept the huge serving plate that holds my turkey at Christmas.


I do believe I'm getting there with MK. I did a mental check through the house yesterday and except for needing to re-do winter clothes and the winter jobs I've lined up (categorised and homed but not completed) like photos and some crafting I've been through most places once. I had a bit of a panic as we're planning a sunshine holiday for February/March time and I began to wonder if I've got enough sunshine clothes left.:eek:


Unfortunately, that doesn't count a lot of stuff belonging to DH. But I'm working on him. He's aware and comments favourably on the shared areas like stationery and household stuff. He's a work in progress:).


Off for a short break from tomorrow.

iQueen

Hmmm, yes, ornaments, maman.

My mother was into brass and copper... which I cleaned on Sunday mornings... and have now inherited. Horse brasses, candle sticks, dishes, her beloved copper kettle, knick-knacks, are buried somewhere in my home and will be moving to the scrap-metal merchant and/or an antique dealer! :j

Rather like the kettle, so might keep that for a while, post-kondo, to see if regular cleaning is a joy or a chore! :rotfl:

mavvymoo

iTwin I am glad you are knitting with only one needle in more ways than 1 as I wouldnt have expected anything less;)

Our front room when I was a kid sounds very much like yours except instead of a piano we had a Grandfather Clock (oddly)

I remember always opening it and fiddling with the brass weights inside Always getting told off for doing it but I always kept doing it anyway
The Clock went like a lot of stuff in our house 'Given away by my Dad as it got on his nerves for some strange reason' Including Mums Spin drier which was so exciting to us kids.Dad didnt like the noise so when Mum was out he gave it away.Mum was NOT pleased when she got home :mad:

We also always had a 'Good' Royal Dulton Dinner service and Teaset displayed in a glass fronted unit. It only saw the light of day at Christmas and the Tea service was used if we had important vistors :rotfl:Like the Insurance man or the Vicar (which was most odd as we never went to Church ever) Maybe he was round to try and convert us. But I wouldnt know as they all sat in the Posh 'Red Room' Which as kids we wernt allowed in very much

Dad still has the Royal Dulton and now uses the cups and tea plates for any old waif and stray including me :eek: So he has also moved with the times(ish) :rotfl:


Mav x

Blue_Doggy

I didn't manage to post my Min's Game score for yesterday, so here's two days' worth at once!

Day 6:
1 handful of rusty paperclips (bin)
1 bag of books returned to Reading Group
4 more magazines (recycling)

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Day 7:
4 rubber gloves - kept for gardening after they were no longer usable for housework, but died in storage (bin)
1 appointment card for last year (bin)
2 lengths of log roll garden edging - removed from original position around a flower bed a couple of years ago and kept as "not too bad, could re-use"; when moved, they had been converted into a snail hotel (to wood skip at HWRC)

Looking forward to seeing what presents itself for eviction tomorrow!

Now time to Kondo some lunch - HM marrow soup and bread, yum!

mavvymoo

iQueen wrote: »

Hmmm, yes, ornaments, maman.

My mother was into brass and copper... which I cleaned on Sunday mornings... and have now inherited. Horse brasses, candle sticks, dishes, her beloved copper kettle, knick-knacks, are buried somewhere in my home and will be moving to the scrap-metal merchant and/or an antique dealer! :j

Rather like the kettle, so might keep that for a while, post-kondo, to see if regular cleaning is a joy or a chore! :rotfl:

Oh iTwin another memory for me here Back in the Early 80s My fake beams in my Kitchen was full of hanging horse brasses :rotfl:I must have collected them and Plates which the walls were full of

When I first moved to the village I live in now it took a while for the locals to except (incomers) After I had been here about 4 years I was asked to run a stall at the fete I was so pleased to have been asked and was really excited.When I got there I got given the 'Brass' stall :rotfl:I was gutted there was so much stuff there you wouldnt believe it The only thing I remember selling was one of the Brass Donkeys with the paniers on its back :rotfl:and was the same as one we had in our house when I was a kid Bet you have one of them lurking iTwin as everyone seemed to have one of them.
I think ours was by the fire and matches were stored in the paniers for lighting the fire.

But I must have been good on the Brass stall as the following year I was promoted to Bric a Brac and the year after that I was asked to run it :rotfl:So moved up the ladder pretty quickly.

I love this thread

Mav x

iQueen

mavvymoo wrote: »

Oh iTwin another memory for me here Back in the Early 80s My fake beams in my Kitchen was full of hanging horse brasses :rotfl:I must have collected them and Plates which the walls were full of

When I first moved to the village I live in now it took a while for the locals to except (incomers) After I had been here about 4 years I was asked to run a stall at the fete I was so pleased to have been asked and was really excited.When I got there I got given the 'Brass' stall :rotfl:I was gutted there was so much stuff there you wouldnt believe it The only thing I remember selling was one of the Brass Donkeys with the paniers on its back :rotfl:and was the same as one we had in our house when I was a kid Bet you have one of them lurking iTwin as everyone seemed to have one of them.
I think ours was by the fire and matches were stored in the paniers for lighting the fire.

But I must have been good on the Brass stall as the following year I was promoted to Bric a Brac and the year after that I was asked to run it :rotfl:So moved up the ladder pretty quickly.

I love this thread

Mav x

Now that's what I would call a 'career path', iTwin! Well done! You'll make mayor, if you're not careful!:rotfl:

Sorry, no brass donkey, but a cow-bell - just a decorated piece - no cow! All the horse brasses are pretty and not mounted on leather straps! (No, I'm not tempted at all.) (White walls, clear space... White walls, clear space... :j)

Ditto, the 12 setting Royal Doulton china! My grandparents knew their ceramics. I didn't inherit any of the dinner and tea service, but I do have a Charlotte Rhead vase and a Moorcroft one, which are staying.

I did have 3 matching large meat platters, (large to massive,) inherited from my mother and stepfather, but I kondoed them years ago - too hard to store, and a dwindling number of children at home! Now, I use a dinner plate for my Christmas chicken! :rotfl:

I also have my grandparents' Grandfather clock, in The Room of Doom. Not a highly valuable one: an austere turn-of-century one - nice leaded glass front, though. Hmm. Might well get rid of that, too. Being retired, I no longer need clocks everywhere, reminding me of how time is running out! :rotfl:

Off to ruthlessly garner a load of [STRIKE]junk[/STRIKE] useful things to re-home. I'm even tempted to gather Stuff that I still think I need - how daring is that? I might end up nicholas in a charity shop, looking for s/h bloomers, but the sky ain't gonna fall in! :dance:

maman

I'm sure this is something many of you old hands have experienced before but a first for me:


I've just packed my case ready for my holiday. 6 days worth in the smallest carry on case allowed with easy jet. It all fits perfectly just removed from drawer to case all neatly folded. It's incredible!! As we don't know exactly what the weather will be there's a range of stuff from cotton skirts to cardigans. I'm even a bit sorry that I don't have to put toiletries in there. DH insisted that we have a hold bag as well so instead of having to decant things and limit myself he'll take that. But I've loads of room and could easily have packed 10 x 100 ml of potions, a travel hairdryer and room for my handbag on top if they're being fussy. Thank you MK!!:T

GreyQueen

iQueen wrote: »

Many years ago, a friend bought me an electric underblanket! :eek: I hummed and haa-ed for ages, over higher electricity bills before giving in.

They actually use VERY little electricity! And I bought one each for my 3 remaining children, too.

I wouldn't part with mine for the world. On cold nights, it's great to get into a warm bed, or if woken by cold, to switch it on Low.

Check out the electricity usage online and compare it with the TV, computer, etc. Mine uses only 55w on Low - not Kw - less than an old lightbulb! :j

:DWe're at cross-purposes, I meant my cold as in upper respitory tract infection cold, not as in being cold. My flat is incredibly warm and snug, for which I am truly grateful. Just couldn't breathe properly overnight for snuffling and sneezing.:rotfl:

Been talking to a charity shop manager today, a very affable chap, and the amount of stuff they get given which is made to be collectables and you can hardly give it away secondhand, is astonishing. Such a shame that people are shelling out good money on stuff in the belief that it is destined to appreciate substantially in value, only to find out that they've been had. Buy stuff if having it makes you really happy, but be very cynical about stuff which is marketed through colour supplements as a sure-fire winning collectable.

Oh, I remember cleaning the brasses, Mum had a bit of a thing for them in the seventies. Most of them were cheapy indian pieces which seemed to tarnish incredibly quickly. In an early bout of pre-kondo-mania a good 30 years ago, I persuaded her to donate them. Never been missed, either.

I still clean brass and the copper kettle occaionally at my Nan's, they're important to her and she likes 'em shiny, but it's not something I'd have in my own home, it'd cut into my reading and knitting time, for goodness sake.:rotfl: