The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

By Marie Kondo
ISBN: 978-0-09-195510-6 • Vermilion • £10.99

Fed up with clutter or having too many belongings and not enough space? Japan’s expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo shows how we can transform our homes into permanently tidy, clutter-free spaces – using her simple KonMari Method. According to Kondo, the key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once – and quickly. After that for the rest of your life you only need to choose what to keep and what to discard. This simple, smart and effective way to banish clutter forever starts with the all-important discarding.
All items are categorised and sorted one by one, usually starting with clothes followed by books, papers, miscellaneous items and finally sentimental items and keepsakes. Items are piled on the floor and then held up one by one. Only those that ‘spark joy’ should be kept. The effects of having a truly ordered house can be life changing and the magic of tidying is that you will never be messy again.