The KonMarie method

GreyQueen

:T Ooh, kondo'd clothes, plus quilts and cats. Lovely, all of them. Who knew that people would be sharing the pix of the inside of their clothing drawers with complete strangers on the web.

I came home from w*rk and ironed the few things on the rack which were washed yestereve and put everything away neatly. I didn't used to iron jammies but they fold so much more neatly for a quick kiss with hot steel.

I still can't get over how incredibly satisfying it is to put things away neatly and be able to choose from them in a neat and rational way. Who knew?

This evening after work, I changed down from my work duds and into a long-sleeved tee shirt, which I bought for 50p late last year. I love the colour but have realised that the neckline is tormenting me. Its a tall crew neck, sort of a stand-up collar, and it's crazing me. I have a twice-busted and once self-set collarbone on that side which is wonky and get very squirmy if things rest on that shoulder, even lightly. It's not pain, not even discomfort, just a fidgetty squirminess which I can't control - ughh!

This isn't joyful. I am now going to change into to something else and this can be laundered and donated. Life's too short, etc etc. Aaah, that's better. So now I know to watch the necklines on these kind of tops, and make sure they're not too high.

Re changing out clothes between the seasons, MK covers that in her book, as it is very much a Japanese custom, circa June and October. She's not a fan of this and thinks that apart from very specific seasonal things (heavy coats/ hats/ gloves or swim cossies and sunhats) you should have all your clothes available and visible. Her reasoning being that with heated and cooled homes, we are less dependant on seasonal attire, and that it is waste of time to put things away for half the year.

Plus, she says, clothes shut up for half the year look 'wilted' and 'stifled' - you can tell she feels sorry for them. I now have a vague feeling of guilt that I may have been less kind to some clothes over the years than I should have been; I hope they can forgive me.:rotfl:

Igamogam

PixieDust wrote: »

I am still havering about buying the book.....our library doesn't have it and it goes against the MSE grain somewhat......

I am not buying it for that reason.......I am finding enough info on the wibbly web. ... and on here:D

somerandom

Thanks for link maryb - yes can definitely see why it's known as samosa-ing :-). They are so cute.

Thanks also to everyone for the glossary.


Welcome to the (even newer than me) new people :-).

grunnie

I have KMed my lounge and felt something just wasn't right. I hated the curtains - goodness knows why I bought them but they are off to the charity shop and the old ones stored in the loft are now rehung at the window. :TLove to sit and relax in this room now.

pondskater_2

Still waiting on book from library so have been googling and have done undies, towels, tops and bedding......three lots of bedding off to CS! Have so much more space and I realise a fair bit of my untidyness has been down to not having enough room for all the stuff, so stuff just used to end up on spare bed Tomorrow I am Kondoing my medicine box and then straight round to the chemist with the cast offs.

Justamum

In a box under my bed I had a throw and a wallhanging I'd brought back from Cyprus 15 years ago, and a batik wallhanging I got from Swaziland when I lived there, and a couple of silk paintings of Indian elephants I bought yonks ago. They've been carted around, never seeing the light of day, so I've put them out for the charity shop. I've gone off them since I got them, but they might bring joy to someone else.

jinny

Justamum wrote: »

In a box under my bed I had a throw and a wallhanging I'd brought back from Cyprus 15 years ago, and a batik wallhanging I got from Swaziland when I lived there, and a couple of silk paintings of Indian elephants I bought yonks ago. They've been carted around, never seeing the light of day, so I've put them out for the charity shop. I've gone off them since I got them, but they might bring joy to someone else.

Maybe some ethnic groups may take them
Or restaurants they sound too special to go to regular CS

Rainy-Days

I have just been reading the reviews for this book on Amazon and there is loads of them, mainly 98% all positive.

I have finished on the study this evening. Had quite a lot of fire fodder to go in the basket, but the filing cabinet is down to it's bare minimum now. Gosh what a difference. Bank statements and things like that I am sure you need to keep for two years, so they will move to the fire after then The study for me is the worst place ever because I am useless when it comes to filing, I just put it in the tray and then let it build up and then 'move' it to the relevant file without disposing of the old stuff. That has been busted tonight! Free extra heat - in time for the snow - on the log burner this week for us :T

msgnomey

I read this book a while ago and then 'found' a place for my gloves and scarves, now when I come in at night I put them straight away and lo and behold I can always find them when I want the (amazing revelation to me)

Now I just need to transfer this to the rest of my belongings!!

Seriously: at the weekend I helped my dad to move house (he is downsizing from a large sprawling bungalow to a nice 2 bed flat) and OMG!!!!!!! So much stuff, I came home and threw things away
The problem was he had to see everything and decide whether to keep or throw it!! And I mean everything. Hey ho it's nearly done now

emg

Hooray for all the new Konverts!

You will be pleased to know that my orphaned knickers have been thanked and sent on their way and I am well on my way to finishing 'tops'. I put 10 bags in the clothing bank today (although they were little carrier bags, otherwise they dont fit in the chute). Two bin bags for the chazza too.

Btw - I love how there are lots of Archers fans on this thread. Whenever Jill asks David to look through his things from the loft it reminds me of this thread