KonMari 2016 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

mumps

Had a clearout of the bathroom. My kids leave stuff here for when they visit so although only two of us live here I end up with bathroom stuff for 9! My kids, some partners and the grandchildren. Just went through it all and some empty bottles, some dried up stuff so binned the lot. Nice bagful for the binmen today.

They will probably all be screaming when they visit but I have good shampoo and conditioner so don't know why they all need their own.

I am painting the bathroom later, it is tiled so I have washed the walls down and will emulsion the ceiling and do the woodwork just to brighten it up. I have enough gloss and emulsion left from when I did the bedrooms so a cheap project today. Next week it is a lick of paint for the kitchen and I am all ready for summer.

silvasava

Large button box donated to Hospice craft shop this morning. I'm going to kondo 3 lemons this afternoon into a drizzle cake & maybe have a bash at the RoD & the paperwork. Turned chilly with sleety rain so a warm kitchen beckons
Have a good day all x

dragonette

Grrrr, can't get quotes to work on my phone. Ooh well

The organised lady seems a little crazy to me - how much has she spent on storage and organising items! It seems hugely wasteful to have so many things just to organise an unnecessary volume of stuff, and yet it seems somewhat sterile in feel - no plants, organic lines or joy. I hope she and her husband have joy in it though

I'm using up yarn and have 3 bags of a friend's stuff to get organised and to the CS or textile recycling. I'm enjoying being a good influence for a change

hebwood

Hi


After looking at the 'organising expert lady' I realise how much KM has changed me. As everyone says what a complete waste of STUFF and time.


Take care everyone.
H.

greent

Two bags of clothing taken to H&M yesterday and swapped for 2 £5 off vouchers - 1 then spent by me (on the boys), 1 spent by DD


Random things gone today - couple of fleabay parcels posted (2 more with bids ending tonight), bag of rags dropped to CS along with a box of random items (kitchen stuff and things from children's rooms), 2 lovely side tables taken to my sister's cottage (sadly don't suit my house ), and some old schoolwork recycled from DS2's room. Looking to recycle some more this afternoon, along with (hopefully) some of my paperwork too


Gloomy day here, with cold, fine rain on and off


x

Igamogam

The scary organised lady..............now I am like that at work:o Some of my younger colleagues think I am mad but when they say 'where are the XYZs' and I opena cupboard and lo and behold............... It suits my line of work and keeps me sane but I cant transfer it to home. Have to admit I would love to be that organised in some areas of the house but agree FAR TOO MUCH STUFF:eek: Get a life. She must spend all her time sorting batteries and pills:rotfl:

Right, a trip to CS with a large bag of miscellaneous bits. I have been keeping a tally of things going out and have now topped 200 items since January - I just count anything bigger than a paperback so the reality is much more:D:eek:

lessonlearned

It really is amazing just how the Kondo Magic changes you.

The "organised lady" just struck me as so sad, what a waste of a life.

And .......she must spend a fortune on storage solutions. Does anyone really need all that. And what a waste of a consvertory. The money they have spent on "stuff" would have kitted it out as a lovely comfortable relaxation space.

Anyway..........i know this may go against the MK ethos but I had to share.......

After watching me clear stuff out over a period of a few weeks my son decided he would tackle his bedroom. He removed what seems like tons of stuff, bags of clothes, suits he wore in the sixth form, (not worn them in over 12 years).

But......the real biggie......he said I think it's time for some new bedlinen......Result. (I have been suggesting this for at least 3 years)

He now has some nice new bed linen at last. He has insisted on keeping the old ones for Justin Case but hey it's major step forward, and they don't take up much space.

His room looks so nice now.

greenbee

Builders have just given me a room back It's lovely (it still needs blinds altered/made, doorknobs put on and a hook on the back of the door, but I can move stuff in there). I'm going to have to move myself in there temporarily (apparently you should always sleep in your spare room and try out your spare bed anyway to see what it's like for visitors) but am selecting what goes in there carefully. The rest will be put in the kids room (should be done tomorrow) while my room and the ensuite are done.

I need to find a VERY small wardrobe to go in there, but although I'm getting annoyed with all my work clothes crammed into my wardrobe alongside my normal clothes, it's better than having the old ikea wardrobe in there that was too big for the room and the wrong style for the house as well.

I'm looking round the house to see which things would look best in there. So far I've selected three pictures and a couple of lamps. One of the lamps needs a new lampshade as the one on it is the wrong size.

I've put an old pine bedside table one side of the bed, and the smallest table from a nest of tables the other.

I'm going to pack the bedding into one of the underbed drawers, and try not to bring in to much of my stuff (I should only be in there for about 3 weeks) to clutter it up.

GreyQueen

Congratulations on getting one of your rooms back, greenbee.

Seems like the organisation queen has given many of us the heebie-jeebies. I'm not anti-organisation. I keep my cutlery in a drawer and my utensils in a jar by the stove. I certainly don't want to look for my ladle in the airing cupboard or my tea-towels in my sock drawer.

I keep things in places which make sense to me. It's a small flat and I only have myself to amuse. I can lay hands on just about anything you'd care to name in under 10 seconds, possibly under 5 seconds. Occasionally, I have a moment and lose something, like the toothbrush charger I forgot to bring back from the parental home, but not often.

Been busy at w*rk and have finished reading a sequence of 14 large fantasy novels which I started just before Christmas last year. The volumes were a mixture of library books with secondhand volumes plugging the gaps. I have returned them whence they came as I finished them.

This week, I have been chucking out some date-expired OTC medicine (grrr at the waste) and picking on some volumes which will go into the next donation bag. I'll probably hang fire until the end of the month, so I can see from my paylip if I'm still a tax payer. Think I may be out of tax but paying more NI. My tax status is relevent for the gift-aiding (or not).

Apart from the books I bought and decided I don't really want to read, there are some up there which I do want to read, inc a borrowed from kid bruv one, which I shall get back to him in a few weeks. Plan to make a major push on the books, as it's a real area of weakness of mine.

I was in a chazzer a few days ago which had a 3 for £1 deal. I could have got some but I thought I wouldn't want to have them sitting around waiting to be read, and those titles are in the library anyway.

mumps

Bathroom all done. First coat this morning and just finished the second. The ceiling was looking a bit worse for wear with some cracks so all filled in. The room is looking bright, very clean (all scrubbed) and much smarter. Cost - zero. Can't be bad. Grandchildren arriving tomorrow for a week so no more painting for now. The kitchen is getting done but might have to wait till the little ones go home.