What happens after you have tidied your kitchen using the KonMari method? Often my clients are excited to make a home-cooked meal inspired by their newly organized space. Many of them have revived their love for baking or started to put more effort into healthy eating. These examples just show that your surroundings can affect … Continue reading Tidy Up Your Diet: Family Edition
People say don't mix business with pleasure. This can also apply to how you organize your closet! If you are someone with a job that requires you to dress in a more formal attire, it may save you time getting ready in the morning by keeping your business outfits separate from your leisure ones. In … Continue reading Before & After: Weekday/Weekend Wardrobes
How long does it take you to pack? If you have thoroughly tidied your closet and folded everything the KonMari way, then you can probably get it done in less than 10 minutes. Not only you'll be able to quickly identify the clothes you love and want to pack, they are already folded just right … Continue reading Tidy Up Your Suitcase
We all have a cabinet or two with stuff we don't want to deal with. These are the "homeless" items, usually shoved away in a space that rarely see the light of day. It's especially hard when your storage space is limited and the miscellaneous items all end up in there together. Things that may have … Continue reading Before & After: Miscellaneous Cabinet
In many of the older homes I've visited, most of them have deep closets with shelves that are difficult to keep organized. Anything placed in the back of the shelf is often forgotten because it's hard to see or reach, and taking anything out usually ends up in a mess. This was the problem for … Continue reading Before & After: Closet with Deep Shelves
"The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life." - Marie Kondo. Home, it’s the one place that accepts you for who you are. You can kick off your shoes, walk around in your underwear, and show your every emotion without holding back. Your … Continue reading Start Your Dream Life in 2018
How I came across Marie Kondo's book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up was finding it on someone's stoop, left for the passerby to pick up. Now I know whoever left that book (for me) has realized that the book has fulfilled its purpose in their home. I imagine they had followed the KonMari method and … Continue reading Before & After: Bookshelf
Most of us don’t realize the volume of how much clothes we own. One of the key step when tidying using the KonMari Method is to take everything out of the drawers and closet and create a mountain. And very often my clients will find many items they’ve forgotten they had, many still with the … Continue reading Before & After: Clothes Drawer and Closet
When you feel ready to start tidying, do you roll up your sleeves and get right to it? Not so fast. To successfully achieve the organized space you want using the KonMari method, you first need to envision your goal. Picture your ideal lifestyle. What can you make more room for in your life? How … Continue reading Make Room for Joy
Everyone has their own preference when it comes to how they’d like to store clothes. Some people love to hang everything. Others such as this client, only fold them. According to the KonMari method, folding clothes into neat little rectangles offers many benefits: It saves you space when the clothes are folded then stored vertically … Continue reading Before & After: Clothing Closet (No Hangers)
