A very occasional poster on these threads, but I've read them as often as I can from the first thread, so have been kondoing for a while now.
Girlybags - I agree with the practicality of having things where they are used, so it's a case of find somewhere that pleases you. Even before kondo, our wii controllers/nunchucks etc were on a tray that happens to slide neatly underneath the cupboard our TV is on. The wii itself is inside the cupboard. This works, because it's easy for the boys to pile the wii bits onto the tray and push it back underneath, but nothing gets shoved so far under the cupboard that it gets lost. Wii games fit in the cupboard, too. I'm considering taking them out of the boxes and into one of the flip folders (have done that with our CDs), but have been very much working on the principle of not doing things that belong to other members of the family, so haven't broached it with them yet. Since kondoing the DVDs as a family, there really is plenty of room for the wii games at the moment.
What I came on to say, is how the process is really making life more pleasurable, as well as easier. As other people have found, kondoed areas do genuinely stay kondoed, and the house is easier to keep tidy. Last week, I realised that a skirt I'd kept was bugging me for some reason, and also I'd not worn it since kondoing my wardrobe in November. Out it came, into the charity bag, and suddenly the shelf where it had been folded looked so much more restful to my eyes! It was a bit of a revelation, and made me wonder how much mental energy has been taken up over the years by being surrounded by things I actually don't like.
And, the enormous pleasure to be found in actually looking after the things you do like! It will probably sound barmy to people who haven't long started the journey, but washing and folding clothes is now less of a chore, because I actively want to look after them, and put them back in their homes with their other friends!
The other benefit I've found, is that a spare few minutes is now enough time for a quick clean or sort, if I'm in the mood. And it's easier to sell to the boys as a quick job. Previously, we'd have had to move so much to even think about hoovering the crumbs off the floor or whatever, it just wouldn't have been done. And, similarly to the clothes-washing, I'm somehow much more motivated to keep up with the housework, rather than feeling weighed down by 'chores'. It feels like looking after the house, rather than a great long list of 'shoulds'. And, it's easier for all of us to see that something has been left out, so it just gets picked up and put away. Of course the boys still need a bit of asking, but it just feels so much easier to all of us.
Those who are a bit stuck, do keep going. It really is life-changing!