What Is the KonMari Method? How to Declutter and Tidy Your Home with This Simple Technique

Did you know that the average American home has over 300,000 items in it? Between our need to shop and our tendency to let household chores slide, it’s not hard to understand where all this stuff comes from!

The real question is how to declutter these thousands and thousands of items to leave yourself with things that actually are needed and that matter to you.

Think about it: you could finally see that beautiful porcelain tile that you picked out for your kitchen flooring instead of random trash, papers, clothes, and who knows what else!

The method that many people find works for them is the KonMari Method. You might’ve heard of the professional tidier and organizer Marie Kondo from her Netflix show. In that show, Marie uses her method (the KonMari Method ) to help people declutter, tidy, and let the features of the home shine.

What is the KonMari Method, though? And how can you implement it into your own space?

Despite being used to clean up homes to get ready for deeper cleaning for your flooring, hardwood floors , carpets, shelves, etc, the KonMari Method is more about decluttering than actual cleaning.

Inspired by minimalism, this cleaning & decluttering method involves going through each and every item that you own by category, getting rid of items that don’t “spark joy” in your life along with ones that have no true purpose or need in your home. 

There are five distinct categories of items along with 6 rules to follow. Item categories are:  clothes, books, papers, komono (miscellaneous items), and sentimental items.

The first rule is committing to the process. How many times have you said you were going to switch up your natural stone tiles or devote yourself to cleaning white grout or committing to sorting through your books and then give up a couple of days later? 

That doesn’t fly with the KonMari Method.

The second rule that goes along with the first is to constantly visualize the home, room, or life that you want. This helps you stay dedicated and on track with your plan.

Third, get to discarding . Discarding items that don’t bring joy or purpose to your life anymore is perhaps the most well-known part of this method.

Marie believes that ridding yourself of these items first will open up space and leave you only with the things you truly want, making cleaning and decluttering easier.

But, don’t forget to sincerely thank each item before you give it away! Acknowledging material items like this helps strengthen your connection with your items . This makes each one you take on in the future more special making it easier to maintain your minimal and decluttered home.

Rules four and five are to tidy by category, not location , and to tidy in order . That means clothing first, then books, then papers, etc. 

Lastly, with each and every item, ask yourself if it sparks joy . This should be a gut feeling! If you feel it, keep it. If not and it holds no purpose in your life, then toss. Simple and effective!

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What is the KonMari Method? Many people want it to be a fast and simple solution to clean their entire home.

That’s not quite what it is though. You still need to put in work and effort to make it work for you. Learning how to declutter with Marie Kondo’s popular method is easy to follow and can completely transform your home.

This also makes it easier to clean your floors, tiles, and more. Learn our other cleaning and decluttering tips on our blog here.

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