My blog is going to change for a little while. I’m going to be using it to document and keep me accountable in doing the Konmari method on my whole house. My house, on the whole, is pretty organized, but after reading this book I realize that it could be much better. If you decide to go on this journey with me, I won’t bore you with the concept because it is seriously all over the internet right now. I haven’t watched it yet, but Marie Kondo now has a show on Netflix which I think is called Tidying Up.

Instead of organizing room by room, you declutter by category. The first one, and the one I started with is clothes. Like every method, you might need to modify it a bit to fit what works for you. I keep my clothes to a minimum. I also clean my closet out regularly. I didn’t take before pics because it really wasn’t all that different if you are just looking at it. Anyway, this is the after.

I kept only what I absolutely loved, things that “sparked joy”.

The top shelf holds my sweatshirts, sweaters and purses. I have 2 more sweatshirts that were in the laundry. Other than that, that’s it. I’m not super happy with the way my purses are placed. I think I need a rack for them. I also will eventually get matching velvet hangers for my hanging clothes. They are better for you clothes and are more pleasing to the eyes.

I keep my pants and jeans folded on a shelf. The top shelf, that isn’t in this picture holds my capri pants and slacks. The middle shelf holds my skinny jeans on the left and regular jeans on the right. The left bottom basket holds my leggings and sweat pants and the right one has my running shorts. I love the Konmari folding method. You can always see everything all at once so nothing gets lost on the bottom of a pile.

The top plastic storage drawers holds my denim shorts.

The middle drawer holds my non denim shorts.

The bottom drawer holds my caps, extra wallet and handbag accessories.

I have the two bottom drawers. One holds my casual t-shirts, tanks and camis. The other one holds my bras, socks and undies.

If you don’t use this folding method, you really should. It takes no more time than regular folding and I can look in my drawer and see everything at a glance.

Regular bras and sports bras on the left. Socks folded in the middle two rows and underwear the last two rows.

I have the bottom drawer of this chest. I keep my lounge wear in here.

So this is my day 1. I donated 16 pieces and threw away 6. I’m very happy with the way it all turned out. I kept only the pieces I really love and fit well. I didn’t save anything “for one day”. I feel as though getting dressed is going to be so much easier.

I hope that this has inspired you to start your journey in decluttering your home.

Tomorrow is Day 2. That is going to be books and magazines.

Happy decluttering,

Stacy