The KonMarie method

rosie383

Jinny all the best for your eye procedure and legal matter. I think you have a good point. Even a little bit of KM makes yoh feel a bit more in control of life because it's something tangible that you can see and that gives a positive aspect to your environment.
And I love your posts. You have a way of painting a picture with words. A lovely talent to have and your posts almost seem poetic at times and make me smile.

Mojisola

Justamum wrote: »

In the porch we have a shoe rack, and I've been asking family to sort out which shoes they really need to be downstairs. Unfortunately it's my DH and DD1 who are the main culprits. Both have about 8 pairs each on it. My pleas have fallen on deaf ears, so today I'll be taking them upstairs for them to sort out up there.

If someone else's stuff is piling up, move it somewhere out of sight. If the owners don't say "where's my XXX gone?" within a reasonable amount of time, they don't need the things.

soon2bjobless

Well I have very nearly Kondo'd my whole house! The only thing left to do is photos and all the family tree stuff I have (small mountain!) I was amazed at how much stuff I let go of and havnt missed at all.
I have been careful not to Kondo anyone elses stuff - oh and dd have been doing sorting out in small amounts of their own. It has been noticed how much easier it is to find things and now things have designated spots (becasue I Kondo'd and there is now space!) they go back in them so its quite a bit tidyer and feels calmer.
I really need to get into the sheds but will need oh for that as lots of stuff in there (apart from the camping stuff) needs his input.
I suggested to dd that I would help her Kondo her clothes - all her decisions but just would help with the physcial dumping it all on the bed bit! She has MOUNTAINS and yet never anything to wear...
And - miracle - I took stuff to the charity shop and only bought a pair of jeans for oh (his zip had broke that morning) - nothing for me!
I am doing to stop the serious Kondo'ing after the photos and family tree stuff and will see how tidy and sorted the house is - then I might have another purge in July (so a 6 monthly basis). Now I have the correct idea regarding possessions (only keep the ones that spark joy) its so much easier to get rid of other stuff.

DawnW

GreyQueen wrote: »

LiR, I have a small rectangular table such as you speak of. It's pine but was pine stained dark, as was the fashion. My Nan bought it secondhand in her village during WW2. Cost £7 and 6 shillings. It has been in her home, at Mum's and now at mine. You can buy these little plank-top tables with turned legs for about £30 from time to time.

And I so agree with you about the large furniture. When browsing a secondhand dealer's warehouse out in the country, I was astonished at how cheap huge pieces, esp wardrobes and cabinets, were. He explained to us that this was supply-and-demand; they were coming out of big old houses but so many modern people only had small houses. There was a ferocious demand for smallish, useful bits of old furniture but he could barely give the huge pieces away.

Hmm, really good quality large pieces sell well round here (especially if pre-Victorian), as there are many large old houses which well off people from the city are tending to move into as the old inhabitants die off, and the new owners want furniture with the right look (think Country Living magazine etc). Depends where you are I suppose. I spend lots of time at auctions and such places due to my line of business, and the prices have definitely gone up. Mid 20th century Scandinavian design has become very popular too, and fits into modern homes. You can often get antiques (or almost-antiques) for less than the price of new flat pack furniture and as GQ mentions, it will last generations. It also has a resale value if you get fed up with it, and will not add to landfill. Sorry, not an Ikea / Argos fan here When I was young and skint and would probably have liked it, I couldn't afford it and had to resort to junk shops and hand me downs. I still have much of the junk I acquired 30 or 40 years ago, or have sold it and bought different junk :rotfl:

And to be honest, I find that the odd bump and dink doesn't make a lot of difference to old furniture - most don't notice, and if you do bash it so badly that it does really show, you can buy this amazing stuff called scratch cover polish that does what is says on the tin. Don't be put off buying a solid piece of furniture for a good price by a few scratches and bashes. If the surface is really bad (and the price is accordingly really cheap) but it is solid and you like the shape, you can always paint it

lessonlearned

Yes I have been awol as well, too busying Kondoing to post.....

Anyway clothes done for now, kitchen almost complete, need to get a couple of those carousel thingies for the the corner units. Back bedroom cleared and on its way to becoming a proper study.

I will have another purge of my clothes about May time when I sort out the summer stuff. Hopefully I will be about a stone lighter by then.;).

Jinny - good luck today.....

bunbun2

Jinny good luck today with your procedure

We have a variety of furniture inn our house, none of it matching:) some was my grandparents (but not very old), some was my parent's (actually older than my grandparents'), some we bought new, some we bought second hand and some was bought for us. My parents bought us a c o d with removable changing table when ds1 was born. The changing table bit has lonf since gone but the c o d has been in every room in the house:rotfl:

do most people take their summer clothes out of the wardrobe, c o d, etc in winter and vice versa in summer? Mine are all in together at the moment and I although I have kondoed alot and condensed the space it's still not working!

For anyone who has lost weight and is kondoing their clothes don't go by size alone. I have lost 2 stone so have been sorting out all my old clothes. I have recently bought a size 6 Next jeans and have realised they have the same size waist as a size 12 Next skirt I bought about 16 years ago. I can't believe how much bigger clothes are now compared with years ago (all this to make women feel better about themselves)

Justamum

Mojisola wrote: »

If someone else's stuff is piling up, move it somewhere out of sight. If the owners don't say "where's my XXX gone?" within a reasonable amount of time, they don't need the things.

There isn't anywhere I can hide it. If I put DD's shoes on her bedroom floor then she'll have to do something about them if she doesn't want to keep tripping up over them :rotfl:

VfM4meplse

Good luck today jinny, hope all goes well.

bunbun2 wrote: »

For anyone who has lost weight and is kondoing their clothes don't go by size alone. I have lost 2 stone so have been sorting out all my old clothes. I have recently bought a size 6 Next jeans and have realised they have the same size waist as a size 12 Next skirt I bought about 16 years ago. I can't believe how much bigger clothes are now compared with years ago (all this to make women feel better about themselves)

OMG that would make me a size 18 in old money! :eek:

Maybe it's just a Next thing? I have plenty of stuff from my late teens and I agree sizes have changed (M&S seems far more generous, for example) but to that extent...?

115K

I started her book and I'm just up to the bit when she said that the only types of people are those who can't throw it away or those who can't put it back or a combination of both. It seems so obvious really.:)

greenbee

bunbun2 wrote: »

For anyone who has lost weight and is kondoing their clothes don't go by size alone. I have lost 2 stone so have been sorting out all my old clothes. I have recently bought a size 6 Next jeans and have realised they have the same size waist as a size 12 Next skirt I bought about 16 years ago. I can't believe how much bigger clothes are now compared with years ago (all this to make women feel better about themselves)

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Good luck today jinny, hope all goes well.OMG that would make me a size 18 in old money! :eek:

Maybe it's just a Next thing? I have plenty of stuff from my late teens and I agree sizes have changed (M&S seems far more generous, for example) but to that extent...?

Bear in mind that body shapes have changed (larger waists, smaller hips) so clothes reflect that. Also that skirt waists will be on the narrowest part of the waist, but jeans are often lower-waisted (I guess this depends on your body length, but I'm long-bodied and jeans always sit a good couple of inches below my waist... and that adds a certain amount to the 'waistband').