Much like Judson's room, the only real issue with clutter was clothing and shoes in BK's room. Her room also has an attic space in the closet, which makes it extremely convenient to store things. We went through about 20 tubs of childrens clothing while tackling BK's room. I did save some of her things to have a quilt made from, but we got rid of an overwhelming majority. One of my favorite things about BK is her love for treasures. Seashells and rocks, charms and flattened pennies. She doesn't have an abundance of these things, and I know to most it looks like a pile of junk, but she loves them so. My mom bought her this treasure box, and to this day, it is one of her … [Read more...]

I have been working on this post since Friday, there's really nothing special about it that would make it take so long, but clothing was such a hard topic to tackle. I should be all set to finish out this week (tomorrow there will be a sponsored post, so just scroll down for the next post in the series, Jud's room/ clothes will be right below the sponsored post). For us, clothing was the largest purge during the KonMari process. This is a good glimpse of the mess  we had when we emptied our drawers and closets. Oh wait, that actually may just be my things. Yikes. I took each piece, one by one, and either kept or discarded. There were no maybe's, if I didn't absolutely … [Read more...]

  We followed the steps in order to adhere to the KonMari method. I mentioned before that we found ourselves cleaning out our closet and drawers at midnight, the night we finished the book. The biggest takeaway I had from the book, and the thing that helped me let go of so many articles of clothing was changing my mindset. Here's an example, I had a pricey dress hanging in my closet that I only wore once, I bought it on a whim for a wedding, and wore it, but it has hung in my closet ever since. I knew I would probably never wear the dress again, but I felt really guilty and wasteful for getting rid of something I paid too much money for and never used. After reading the book, … [Read more...]