KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

mrs-moneypenny

Karma lesson learned have a listen to positive songs for negative people by Frank turner in YouTube the songs have a very kondoing feel to them. Think next storm is my fave.

Currently trying to knit my first pair of socks on dpns sonething I've never tried before.

Charis

lessonlearned wrote: »

Yes I have found this thread inspirational, it's kept me focussed. I love the chat and the stories. There were times when I found Kondoing quite overwhelming and TBH a tad emotional. I wasn't able to just plough on - I did have to take a few breaks along the way. I'm sure MK will forgive me.

However I definitely feel that I'm "on the final furlong" now.

I love this thread and enjoyed the 2015 thread too, although I joined it very late. I have felt the same emotional overspill, have had other challenges going on in the background at the same time, which are gradually being resolved, and the cold damp of winter didn't spur me on to do anything outside in the shed or the garage. I did hardly any kondoing in February. Also I've been waiting for an appointment to see a rheumatologist, since a diagnosis given six months ago while having an ultrasound for something completely different. At last I have an appointment at the end of this month with a professor who has a special interest in the condition, so it was well worth the wait. It's not life threatening but it is energy draining and needs to be managed. I've been going to various GPs at our surgery for years now with a different indications that something was amiss and getting nowhere really. Sometimes there is no joined up thinking in health care.

mrs-moneypenny

Charis I do hope that sometime so you get the answer, proper diagnosis and care that you need to resolve your health issues. It must be very frustrating to constantly seem to be going round in circles.

Just kondoed what was left of a box of Christmas matchmakers (mint flavour)

MMF007

Re-visited my COD in bedroom. It is not that big but has to hold a lot (very small house and we [STRIKE]have[/STRIKE] had 25 years' worth of stuff! Although not all of it is in my COD, you will have guessed! :rotfl:
The top drawer is designated for many things, costume jewellery, make up, spare deo, manicure set, minor medications, spare razors, etc etc (no storage in bathroom and I don't want any in there, it's small enough as it is!) and, I realised, far too many bits of komono.

It did a good tidy up/ out and some stuff was re-homed several months ago but it was bugging me again.

i had used storage that came to hand, as instructed! But this time I bought some inexpensive baskets, got everything out, removed some stuff to a more appropriate location and 'filed' the necessary items in their new baskets. The Stuff seems to like the new arrangement :eek: It is more accessible - I found shallow baskets that I could stack. The drawers don't fully pull out, which was part of the problem. Now I can just lift tray 1 out entirely, revealing uncluttered tray 2 underneath. JOY :j

It feels so much better. I think KM is something you get better at with practice :T

while I was busy DH wandered in so I mentioned that he is developing a floordrobe again and it is effecting my access to wardrobe :mad: He said he has lots of work clothes but you can take that to mean 'too many', and is finding it difficult to put them away properly. Yes, back to lack of space. Anyway, we agreed that in April we will take a look and see where reductions can be made!using!the KM method :j :j :j

I am also going to investigate whether a different wardrobe and some underbed storage would help. DH is, by nature, quite tidy BUT he verges on hoarding at the lower end of the scale. He has some very old clothes that he never wears, either because they are not suitable for his new work (radically different to his office job he left 5 years ago!), or because they really are past best. Hopefully we will see some being released before too long - keep your fingers crossed!

BTW, if anyone has one of those beds with hydraulic-type hinges so the whole top lifts up to reveal storage what do you think of it? I see there is plenty of room but is it really too much faff to open it up like that? Or do the hinges give out after a while? (I said hinges, not springs, thank you,
). We are due to get a new mattress, current one is at least 17 y.o, so am considering whether to go the whole hog and replace bed base too.

Right, must get things ready for work tomorrow, will be finished at the office by the end of the week
M

tibawo

Posted earlier that had been in eldests room. Never seen her move so fast when my sis came back with them and asked what I'd done. She gave me a big hug saying 'and you've even been behind my bed!' It is lovely to see her sat at her desk doing homework with uniform ready as with the nice weather today is all washed and ironed. Must add she did the two boxes quite fast and I did have to rescue a few things off landing that she thought I was throwing and had put back but I'd actually put there as they needed cleaning!

Off to try and finish up the house before my to time!

Chieveley

Hi MMF ref, ottoman storage bed - love mine - can see at a glance what is stored under it -but don't get a foam tempur type mattress as it's very heavy to heft up
"waves hello" to the Kon Mari ladies (don't think I've recognised any gents) lurker from the "elite" thread -think you were mentioned by mrs mp - have read the 1st book & wtg 2nd book to return to the library - your tales of "woo" and kipple (had to google that one) are helping me to focus -am trying to do the 2016 items from the house challenge

shanks77

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BTW, if anyone has one of those beds with hydraulic-type hinges so the whole top lifts up to reveal storage what do you think of it? I see there is plenty of room but is it really too much faff to open it up like that? Or do the hinges give out after a while? (I said hinges, not springs, thank you,
). We are due to get a new mattress, current one is at least 17 y.o, so am considering whether to go the whole hog and replace bed base too
M[/QUOTE]

Me again
I have had two of these beds 1 as a child and the second as an adult. Both have been single beds mind you. There are pros and cons to them. I find them quite heavy to lift up so, if you had some issues in that area you could have problems. My one lifts up from the side and I find you need to have room to open it fully ie the hinged end can't be hard up to a wall for example. It has loads of space but I do find it a bit of a faff and for that reason I keep my wrapping paper, cards, envelopes and other less used things in there as opposed to things I need to hand on a regular basis like bedding. You might prefer a bed with drawers underneath instead if you felt you might need to access it frequently.
HTH xx

Igamogam

Took advantage of the first proper spring day of the year and kondoed some metaphoric cobwebs - spent a couple of hours in the garden tidying up and weeding - big brown wheelie bin full for collection Tuesday. Also kondoed some paperwork for work . Still not doing much in house though

MMF007

Chieveley and Shanks, thank you very much for the useful comments. Hmmm, hadn't thought of needing more space at the hinge end - how would that work if the hinge end is the headboard....?

if it hinged from the side that would be perfect, not bothered about it being a bit heavy, but I know what you mean about tempur, couldn't mange that!

Yes, maybe drawers underneath, but my experience is that you cannot fit much in the drawers and they are much harder to access (well they were on my cheap bed!).

will take a look around when time permits, no need to rush

M

GreyQueen

kboss2010 wrote: »

My OH wants our living room pale yellow and I want it pale grey or green. I'm a little concerned that a warmer colour will shrink the room as part of the reason I think it looks so big is that it's currently white and we have high ceilings. He's concerned that grey will make the room feel cold.

It's a Georgian flat but the living room just comfortably fits a corner sofa, a two-seater sofa and a coffee table.

Do you think yellow shrinks your rooms to make them cosy or not?

I've got quite strong opinions about colour (was in art school for 6 years and can see any colour and mix it from primary colours, had to learn this as a design student).

I chose soft warm yellow for a previous flat as well, and for the same reasons; small rooms with low light levels, and what light there was being a northerly (cool) light. My previous flat was a semi-basement with a northerly aspect, this flat has windows north and south, but the southerly light has to come across the roofs of other buildings, and is muted for a lot of the time.

My largest room in just over 9 ' 7'' x 12 ft 9' so I wouldn't have chosen a colour-shrinking hue, but there is only so much you can achieve with any optical illusion of space when you can stretch out your arms and virtually touch the walls.:p

I very much agree with whomever noted not the citric, acid-y yellows, the ones which trend towards the green end of the spectrum. The key is the warmth, and softness, of this yellow. I also once painted the very small back bedroom at my parents a colour called 'morning light' which was a barely-there yellow, almost a cream, and it was extremely restful.

I do think you need to live with a room for a while, and to think about the time of day you spend the majority of your time in there, and what kind of effect you want to experience; a lively social space, a retreat from the world to sleep, study, read, converse quietly.

With decor, there aren't any right or wrong answers. There is what appeals to you, as it's you whose going to be living with it.

Have posted the container of the other items which are themselves being freegled, onto freegle. Double bonus. I am progressively downsizing and when each container comes empty, I will consider whether it needs to live here, or can be released to live somewhere else.

Had a bit of a LBM when I realised that I already own the perfect basket for my needs, the one I was chazzer-hunting for. Only it's in the bike shed holding something which needs to be used up, then the basket can come back indoors. How had this thing slipped into invisibility? It was on a shelf at eye-level all the time.

I guess I'd become rigid in thinking that's the basket of XXXXXX which I keep in the shed and not considered whether XXXXXX were something I needed to be holding onto at all.

I reckon there's a lot of that in this world, whole bits of furniture whose sole purpose is to contain things we're not using.