The KonMarie method

VJsmum

GreyQueen wrote: »

There are keys to unknown locks in just about every home.

1. Key to the front door we replaced in this home.
2. Key to the back door we replaced in the house we sold in the 1980s.
3. Key matching the lock we had to have changed because we lost a key to it when our handbag was stolen.
4. Keys (several) to defunct padlocks and bicycle locks.
5. Keys to the Tower of London, Fort Knox, our dungeon, the wine cellar, the stable-block and the long-case clock in the baronial hall.*


* Errrr, we don't actually have keys to any of these places but, golly, those keys look so important, they must be valuable, we better hang onto them.:rotfl:

:rotfl:

I now have an envelope of keys tucked in the filing cabinet labelled "keys that don't seem to fit anything in this house".

GreyQueen

VJsmum wrote: »

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I now have an envelope of keys tucked in the filing cabinet labelled "keys that don't seem to fit anything in this house".

That's almost as good as that person who reportedly had a box of "bits of string too short to be any use".

At least your children won't be running around your house in a few decades' time trying to find things to fit them into. Perhaps you could date the envelope and leave it a few years before chucking the keys into metal recycling?

mummyroysof3

We got rid of all keys that didn't fit anything...got front and back door keys some for Windows and all 3 sheds so rest went

VJsmum

GreyQueen wrote: »

Perhaps you could date the envelope and leave it a few years before chucking the keys into metal recycling?

That's the plan - but i daren't do it yet - just in case

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pennystretcher

Phew. Clothes done. (tops, bottoms, dresses etc) Socks and shoes can wait. Took me all day - last night brought most of stuff in the living room ready for sorting - wasn't too bad initially as they were sort of in tidy piles, but halfway through sorting :eek:...had to take couple of breaks as I was so tempted to put some of the "like" ones back in cupboard just to reduce the "stuff", but I persisted

Four bags ready to go to CS, one wardrobe neat and tidy, another one to clean tomorrow - did the clothes from there, but got blankets etc there, so need to kondo those tomorrow before I put rest of the stuff back in. (Needless to say closed the door into that room for now....)

Now all the clothes I own I can wear outside the house too :rotfl:

pennystretcher

mavvymoo wrote: »

Morning all
On my kitchen worktops lurks only a kettle,microwave, DAB radio and a joy bringing fruit bowl and thats it everything else is in the cupboards.
I love it its so easy to clean and if anything else gets shoved on there its easy to spot the outsider and do something about it Toaster was on there as well but as you know that has been kondoed along with the mouse that somehow got in there and wont be replaced we do have a grill after all

:j I'd love to have worktops like that in my kitchen. (less the mouse ) Have already kondoed kitchen before, maybe need to do that again... I have less cupboard space than in my previous place, so struggling a bit..

Ellidee

Some more Kondo Keywords or ' Kwips' for unworn and/or unloved clothes

Wardrobe Wasters and Closet Cloggers.

Pinched from the book of faces

gallygirl

MMF007 wrote: »

Jinny and gallygirl, I haven't had many broken items that were Justin Case's but I did give some to his dynamic friend, Hugh Gott A-go. He cleared them away in no time!

Have not met Hugh, I usually speak to his American cousin Chuck Itoutnow.

mothershipton

Well drum roll everyone. OH has finally after 10 years in this house put all the books in the study on the shelves. Hoorah. He has got rid of a few, some of them were mine and I really cant refuse as most of the time I didnt even know they were there. I have been really mean and asked him not to buy anymore as he really does have so many and said that if he did that I would get people to get him useful presents and not the book tokens that he likes!
I had to go and buy new knickers yesterday as chucked loads of them out last week and I am now running out!
I may be giving kondoing up till after christmas as have kind of run out of enthusiasm as still having our ensuite refitted. It seems to be never ending and has put me off having any further work done.

peaceandfreedom

Hi everyone,

I read this thread often and contribute every now and again .

I have spent the last day or so doing the dining-room. It is not really a dining-room most of the time, more of a general dumping-ground. I've made a massive difference - there was stuff in piles and boxes everywhere, some of it dumped there from when I cleared out a shed.

Marie Kondo is absolutely right when she says that the house already has enough storage boxes and space. I got rid of quite a lot of things but sorted out and stored lots of others, and I still ended up with a lot of spare boxes and space. It's amazing.

I'm wondering something though - does anyone else find themselves getting very introspective and nostalgic while doing this kind of clearing out? I was putting away some board games and it reminded me of lots of things.

I've been tormenting myself a lot lately, reminding myself of everything I've done wrong, any time I've been not-very-nice (there are a gazillion of those) and generally finding it hard to forgive myself for past behaviour. I don't think this is to do with decluttering, more to do with the menopause / hormones / that time of my life.

While we are all busy decluttering and clearing out our lives - any advice on decluttering the past and just concentrating on a better future? I seem to be carrying the past wrapped around me like a heavy shawl .