KonMari 2018 - The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

PollyWollyDoodle

That's impressive Luxor! I have sold a few clothes on eBay recently, but frankly the amount I get doesn't make it worth the hassle. However I have to report a small but important win.

I bought a little basket with a handle, from one of the cheap homeware shops. I intended to hold baking stuff like bicarb and baking powder, but when I tried it it didn't quite fit on the shelf. I then had a brainwave, it is now holding all the lids to my plastic boxes. Instead of everything falling out when I open the cupboard, I now find the box I want and then lift down the basket to sort through the lids. (Yes, I still play the game of "which lid fits which box" but it's not quite as awkward!). It's trivial, but I've been looking for a solution to these boxes since I started MK.

luxor4t

Pollypenny, I decided to sell clothing in bundles (eg, 3 blouses in the same size) to save wrapping / postage, and put everything at 'buy it now' so the buyers don't have to wait days for an auction to end. It wasn't all my clothing some of DD's & DGS's, craft stuff, etc. I was very pleased with how much went!

Siebrie

Do you know it's good mse habit to close opened bags of dry food with a clothes peg? Do you know ikea and other stores sell specifically made small pegs to do the same job? I have a few of these (inherited, probably; I definitely wouldn't buy them) which I store with the clothes pegs, because I don't want to store these two types of items - which do the same job and have the same design - in two different places It sparks joy to hang up my laundry with halfsized brightly coloured pegs

Wednesday2000

I have kondoed a lot this week. It's amazing how stuff builds up again unless you keep on top of it.

Siebrie wrote: »

Do you know it's good mse habit to close opened bags of dry food with a clothes peg?

I do that.:) My Mum always did it too.

allybee101

I would swear that it breeds sometimes, Wednesday2000!

Had a bit of a kitchen sort through and bagged up a little stash for the CS. The heavens have opened so I'm not inclined to carry it down to the high street right now.

greent

I've been KM-ing the contents of my Nan's house before it goes on the market (hopefully later this month - fingers crossed) - she's now in a home. Have sold some bits and donated some bits and recycled some bits - and thrown just a handful of things - less than a carrier bag full, I'd guess. Still have some furniture to get rid of - trying to get it collected by a CS is hard - they want to give me a 5 hour window for collection - it's not my house, so I'd have to go there specifically for the collection and wait around - and also have school runs either end of the day. I have suggested to a couple that maybe they could give me a call when they are about to leave to collect it and I could go then (it's a 20 min drive) but to no avail - we're talking as-new condition stuff here (my nan went on a spending spree after my uncle died) Very frustrating!

Aside from that, I've got 2 large bags for life to go to CS this week and a large carrier of items for shoebox appeal. Have a couple of things on flebay and some others to list on there too - really determined to get a handle on 'stuff' Generally we are good at not bringing much in, but I have got a wardrobe/ 2 bedside cod/ a tall narrow cod and a wide cod with mirror above now sat in my garage from my Nan's house - DD is doing post grad study at uni this year and this stuff is relatively new and in good condition and real wood so I've acquired it for her for after-uni - means holding onto it in the meantime, but we do technically have the space.... (I know - totally not in the KM spirit!) - too good an opportunity!

GreyQueen

I think it's wise to hold onto quality furniture for the youngster if you can store it, be a shame to let it go for buttons and then re-buy similar, not at all MSE........


I've been holding on to a balance scale that Mum insisted I take when we cleared Nan's bungalow nearly three years ago. It is quite bulky (not one of those lovely cast iron and brass ones, but metal and quite substantial) and its main part takes up one-sixth of one of my few wall cabinets and the pan has to roost on another shelf and the weights on yet another.


I don't actually use scales as I cook very simply, by eye for quantity and don't bake, so it's a redundant article and I begrudge the space. Asked Mum last weekend if she'd be offended if I donated it to the chazzer (she originally bought it new for my Nan) and she said not. It will go out with the imperial weight set, I know from convos with the chazzer that they often get scales minus weights, so having them both together will be helpful.


If I ever have a personality transplant and decide to take up baking I can always look at getting a compact electonic weigher and I have a Stilson type hanging scale which I use for allotment veg anyway.


I shall get that gone at some point in this coming week.

greent

Sounds a lovely item, GQ I would also begrudge space, however - I use a flat/ slim electronic scale which is kept in a drawer on its edge - minimal space - it also happens to be purple... my favourite colour

GreyQueen

Purple scales, sounds good to me.


Today, mes amies, is a momentous day in the annals of kondo-ing for I have finally got the last of the 9 litres of dreaded Cuprinol Autumn Gold on the allotment shed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The container is resting with the lid off to be completely dry before going to the tip and I shall be soooo glad to see the back of it.:D

grunnie

My husband was going to paint the shed and got loose in bee and queueee he chose autumn gold. Good thing for him i found him before be paid for it.The painting will be on hold till i find a colour i like!