Anonymous wrote:I really wish these shows actually provided tips on organization along with equipment. Telling you to dump all your clothes in a pile, toss some, and fold the rest isn't particularly helpful.

I watched the first episode and I wasn't impressed by how the kitchen drawers simply held like sized items in random boxes.

Honestly, the Kardashians have better organized kitchens and pantries.

You’re talking about a personal home organizer. There’s no one-size-fits all solution for organization because what works for your kitchen layout and the stuff you like to use won’t necessarily work for me and my kitchen layout and what I like to use.

As for contrasting this show with the Kardashians, Marie Kondo is trying to make organizing accessible to everyone, and re-using boxes to create organization is accessible to everyone because don’t have to pay anything for it if you’re on a tight-budget. The Kardashians all have staff to keep everything cleaned, organized and maintained for them.

Anonymous wrote:The show is inspiring. Great strategy to start the show in January when most want to add organization & decluttering to their resolution.
After I watched 2 episodes, I cleared my spice cabinet &other kitchen spaces. Didn't even thank the unnecessary spice jars.
Then folded my main dresser for pants and sweaters. Realize I don't really need 20 pairs of pants& sweaters.
Unfortunately, in America, we consume alot. Always buying, looking for a sale when there is a sale everyday! How many shoes do we really need!

That's not following really any of her principals. Maybe it motivated you to organize, but you're not using her methods.

I hope she does another season.

I just watched third episode. I was half paying attention (folding clothes, ha!) but did Marie say her family moved to the US?

The second episode couple seemed so sweet. I liked seeing the husband come out of his shell.

I still need more details on dealing with papers, books, and komono.

I like to hang my clothes and have plenty of closet space, so I probably won’t do the KonMari folding except for underwear and socks. I do like her amiable personality, categorizing and respect for other people’s feelings and preferences. I watched two episodes and was motivated to clear out years of magazines and unfashionable clothes.

Anonymous wrote:I only pajamas and leggings. Everything else gets hung up in closets. I even hang baby onesies. It’s so much easier to wear it all when it’s not folded.

Love this show though! We only have Netflix and I really miss shows like this that were on TLC and HGTV. I love how they’re normal people and not hoarders with mental illness.

I hang just about everything too. Kondo's folding method doesn't connect with me - I can just imagine the wrinkles that result, and the only thing I hate worse than folding laundry is ironing.

Anonymous wrote:Boring show. To summarize, spend couple of days, throw out stuff you have't seen or used in the past 3 month or things you don't even remember you had. That's it.

You're either missing the point or the show isn't applicable to you.

Her method is really great for people who have a hard time letting go of things because they "may need them" someday or if things fit/are brand new, etc but you have no intention of ever wearing again. I was taught that to toss these things would be wasteful. Before you know it you have a home full of stuff you don't need and have trouble letting go of it out of guilt.

So it's not quite as simple as your flippant summary. I haven't watched the show but the books really do help!

I know how to declutter, but I really like how she does it with five large categories. It is genius how she starts with the easiest category to cull and ends with most difficult. By the time you get to sentimental, you’re already in the mindset of getting rid of stuff so it’s easier to get rid of your sentimental items which are the most difficult cull.

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Anonymous wrote:The first couple was painful to watch. Although I did feel like things had changed by the end of the process. I think the tension between the 2 of them is super common for couples where one spouse works and one stays home with the kids. He envisioned in his mind she would be like June Cleaver and well, she was painfully not June. She was uncomfortable to watch as she really had no clue how to take care of a house or organize anything.

I thought she did work?

She said that she works part time but glossed over the details so who knows.

I just found her website because I was curious too. She is just a personal life coach. She will send you daily motivational posts or something like that. I’m assuming she works a lot on social media but doesn’t have a lot of (any?) actual clients. I can’t imagine anyone taking advice from her after seeing her on this show. She has her masters in some kind of communications so I give her props for that.

I agree she was a train wreck.

Boring show. To summarize, spend couple of days, throw out stuff you have't seen or used in the past 3 month or things you don't even remember you had. That's it.

I go by ' is this item of any use to me? Is it functional?' Things can spark Joy but it's no use to keep it, especially multiples of them.

The show is inspiring. Great strategy to start the show in January when most want to add organization & decluttering to their resolution.
After I watched 2 episodes, I cleared my spice cabinet &other kitchen spaces. Didn't even thank the unnecessary spice jars.
Then folded my main dresser for pants and sweaters. Realize I don't really need 20 pairs of pants& sweaters.
Unfortunately, in America, we consume alot. Always buying, looking for a sale when there is a sale everyday! How many shoes do we really need!

Anonymous wrote:All I would like to know is where people are buying these dressers that will hold jeans standing up. Mine are so shallow.

I do mine on a shelf in my closet because my drawers are shallow, too. I can pull one pair out like a book on a bookshelf. HHHHHH

I tried to get behind this show, but I just can’t. Marie is cute but it hasn’t helped me at all. I don’t understand the waking of books or saying thank you to stuff...but I have no guilt about getting rid of it like some people do. I also tried and will never ever do again taking out all clothes. I will stick with breaking it down into manageable sections - a drawer or two per day. Taking out all the clothes takes me a full day when in reality I have naptime to get stuff done. I would have liked to see her implement tips on how to stay on top of it. Like I keep a box for outgrown stuff in the kids closet that is labeled so stuff immediately goes in there.
I watched the first episode and thought the wife was likeable enough, but has no clue. I am shocked to read here she’s a life/relationship coach. I would be so frustrated to live with her if I were the husband.

Anonymous wrote:All I would like to know is where people are buying these dressers that will hold jeans standing up. Mine are so shallow.

Try the Ikea Malm series.