A reader recently expressed a desire to start the KonMari process, but was concerned about the practicalities of getting it done with small children in the house and a backlog of other work. It made me think back to when I began, and I realised that I had also had many concerns about beginning. Now Read More…
Category: KonMari Method
Konmari: Decor
My next category to tidy up was decor, which included both everyday items in our house and seasonal decorations which are packed away. For everyday decor, I went around the house grabbing everything that seemed to fit the category. This included candles, vases and figurines, magnets on the fridge, clocks, house plants, and pictures on Read More…
Konmari: Medicines and Vitamins, and Puzzles and Games
Boom! I cleared two small categories in one day: our medicines and vitamins, and our collection of games and puzzles. Medicines and vitamins suffered, like a few other categories, from being kept in four different locations: the master bathroom, second bathroom, the fridge, and a high cabinet in the kitchen. So I gathered them all Read More…
Konmari: Baby Clothes and Diapers
The time is here. I finally tidied the baby clothes, and included cloth diapers as well. Once upon a time, I was pregnant and we moved across the Atlantic. In a largely empty apartment, while we waited for our things to ship, I exercised my desire to organise and decorate in the baby’s bedroom closet. I Read More…
Konmari: Travel Supplies
So, I meant to report on my cleaning up of baby clothes. I did actually do the baby clothes – but I don’t have a good photo and the baby herself is sleeping in the room I need to photograph. So instead you get an account of how I tidied up our travel supplies. First, Read More…
Konmari: Cleaning and Laundry Supplies
Time to clean out the cleaning supplies! First I got out my cleaning supplies from the five different locations where they are stored… This was an interesting exercise because it revealed to me that I’m actually very happy with my cleaning products. Weird, huh? In the last few years, and particularly since moving when I Read More…
Konmari: Tools and Stationery
These two KonMari categories, hardware/tools and stationery, seem similar to me because they are both equipment. They probably seem more akin because we have always stored them in the same cupboard: come to think of it, both in our previous flat and here. Let’s start with tools. For me this includes actual tools, like hammers, screwdrivers, Read More…
Konmari: Recipes
Monday morning, as usual, I was stressed about planning the menu and making a shopping list. Maybe the problem was my messy recipe collection, in binders so thickly crammed that I couldn’t wrench them out of the cupboard without pulling everything else out with them. I decided it was time to tidy my recipes! I’ve designated recipes Read More…
Konmari: Linens and Gift Wrap
Here we have two miscellaneous household categories: linens and gift wrapping supplies. I decluttered them on the same day, and gift wrap seemed too minor to give a post of its own, so I’m grouping them together. Gift wrap: not a lot to say. I culled a lot of secondhand tissue paper and ribbon scraps. Everything Read More…
Konmari: Art Supplies
Time to go through the art supplies. My art supplies have weighed on my mind for a while now. Although English is where most of my studies have been focused, I actually double-majored in English and Art as an undergrad. So I had a huge collection of oil paints, acrylic paints, watercolours, drawing supplies and pads Read More…