To think Marie Kondo's clothes storage method is bat shit??

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Not actually sure why but I'm watching Tidying Up on Netflix.

I was a bit when she started talking about holding each item & it sparking joy then saying thank you to the items they were throwing away but I've preserved to them reorganising the clothes they're keeping.

A T-shirt is folded down to the size of a purse then they're all stored upwards facing in a drawer. I do actually think it would be good to be able to see them all at a glance but surely everything would come out like a dish cloth it's got that many fold lines in.

Then the jeans.... 6 folds!!

I think it's such bullshit. How do you know what black top it is? Are you really going to spend ages trying to fold it such that the print shows. And you cant stack them without it tumbling down.

I find it hilarious how much vitriol a decluttering system brings out in people. Away and have a pop at the flylady, or those how clean is your house people.
If you don’t like it, don’t do it. It’s not the law.

The folding only works for drawers, not shelves.
And it's easy to spot which t-shirt it is because the front middle of the t-shirt faces you.
I separate short sleeved and long sleeved shirts on different sides of the drawer or different drawers.
You could also sort them (e.g. in shoe boxes) by neckline shape.

This is how the folding works. The clothes stay upright and the front center is on show.

The logic of putting all the same items together in one place, like pens is crap, Each room in this house has pens and scissors because who wants to go traipsing down 3 floors to find a pen when you need one? I don't rate it at all. Use your common sense people, don't waste money on a book.

Well, if you used your common sense, you'd realise that you have one place in each room to keep your pens and scissors! Going by your logic, the Kondo way would also mean keeping all the family's trousers in one place, all the underwear, etc, etc, but we don't, we each have a space for them in our own rooms.

You missed the point, but never mind.

I am wearing something different today that looks rather nice (in my opinion obv) because I was finally able to see to the bottom of my drawer as everything is now folded. It’s like having new clothes, when I actually have fewer clothes

I read the book about 3 years ago and it literally changed my life:

1. We had so many belongings which we didn't need but felt guilty about getting rid of because they had been given to us by well-meaning family members. Getting rid of all that was so cathartic and made it so much easier to organise the rest of our belongings.

1. We could never find anything and often ending up buying duplicates and then opening a cupboard to find it. Random things like Sellotape, batteries, lightbulbs...Now everything has a place and we can see when we need to buy replacements in advance. And the days of spending hours looking for keys are long gone because they get hung up on a special hook in the coat cupboard when we come in.

1. Likewise with clothes, I had a terrible habit of buying the same items time and time again but having folded all my grey sweatshirts so I could see them all at a glance I realised I didn't need any more! I could also see how many clothes DD had so wouldn't be tempted to pick up a few more tops because she didn't have many when actually she had more than me! My neatly folded underwear drawer sparks joy for me every morning and I can't believe I used to waste time making socks into balls.

1. Packing suitcases to go on holiday is so much easier, we fold all the items vertically, they don't get creased and you can see at a glance how many items/outfits you have.

I have taught DD how to fold her clothes and organise her belongings, I see it as an important life skill and wish someone had
given me a few pointers at her age. And DH, one of life's greatest hoarders, has been inspired to follow suit too. We did get rid of a lot of books, the ones we would never re-read or want to lend to anyone, but we still have far more than 30 but that's ok because they spark joy!

I roll t-shirts and put them in deep Kallax boxes for the kids as a slightly lazier compromise. Means you don't get things descending into unworn oblivion at the bottom of the box.

DH and I had a right giggle the other night, folding up the laundry and saying thank you to each item. Yes, we are weird and sad...

DH and I had a right giggle the other night, folding up the laundry and saying thank you to each item. Yes, we are weird and sad

Actually, that’s really funny and kinda sweet. My youngest just tells me I need to get a life.

I've just looked into the sock folding and it's a no from me.
I prefer to fold in two, then get one leg over both. This way they keep together no matter what, and I get them to vertically stand in the drawer, while saving space.
The way Kondo shows it, my drawer would end up a big mess (as would by suitcases) or with loads of wasted space.

It's made things so much easier, especially when going away. It takes me hardly any time to pack, I only pack what I need. It really has changed things for me.

Toys though, I’m really struggling with the toys. Should really be the dc doing it but they will want to keep absolutely everything I show them - or to get rid of something they are likely to want again in a week or two!

I've got a better translation for 'does it spark joy?'

'Does it make you feel like shit in a sack when you wear it?'

What does that even mean? I think most of us have one outfit/certain fabrics/colours that we feel better wearing. They are the ones to keep - and the stuff that you need for certain things so, ugly boots but great for walking in. I’ve been able to let go of a lot of stuff that was a decent brand (so I felt I had to keep it due to cost) but just never made me feel good about myself when wearing them.

I was very joyful when I had a clear out and rediscovered a lovely pair of tailored trousers that I’d not seen for ages. They were lovely and looked really nice on.

Sadly the last time I had worn them was about 3 years ago and I’ve put on shit loads of weight - so I wasn’t very joyful as I squeezed my fat backside onto them.

Iggi I did this with my kids and their toys last year. I expected similar to you - mine usually keep everything and suddenly ~love~ things they haven't played with in ages -- but it worked really well and I got six large boxes out of the house.

We pulled everything into one room which I think helped them see how much they really had, then we divided into categories. We went through them category by category - look how many [whatever] we have, which ones are broken - throw away, anything left we'd discussed which ones, if any, did they enjoy and want to keep. They really got into it.

With the giant mountain of stuffed animals which we were all a little overwhelmed by and ended up being the last category we did, I had a safe box (things their grandmother made, special gifts, sentimental) and then I had them find one of theirs that they enjoyed and one of theirs they no longer did which worked really well until the last ten or so when it became a struggle and I let them keep all of those.

We did their clothes a few weeks later and it really helped my 9-year-old who gets her sister's and a few other people's hand-me-downs to get her clothes back into a useable number. I put all the still good and fits her clothes into a box under her bed so the next time we sort through clothes, she can choose to use some or pass them on if she outgrows them. I haven't done my own clothes yet as I'm pretty low on clothes and trying to find a way to figure out what I like on me and what I just like cause of comfort/ease that I've kinda fallen into.