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Clutter-Free Christmas, Scandi-Style
Clutter-Free Christmas Stage 1 Light the Candles and Declutter before the Big Day We Danes light candles from breakfast through to bed time. They are on the shopping list between bread and milk - usually un-scented and usually white. We are crazy about candles but...
Wardrobe Edit in 4 Steps – The way to save time and money.
Wardrobe Edit Tip 1: Gather all your Clothes – The Power of the Pile When did you last do a wardrobe edit? The Konmari way is to tidy by category not location, starting with clothes. Clothes are the ideal category to practise with, rather than photos or sentimental...
MYTH: Storage crates will solve clutter problems
If only that was true. In fact, it seems that the more clutter a person has, the more storage crates they own. I bring a selection of clear plastic crates, partly to be used during the sorting process and sometimes to leave with a client when we need a particular size...
Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle
Most of us love a bargain, me included. And when I can add my own personal touch to it with an upcycle, I love it at least twice as much, if not more! The downside of getting so much pleasure from a good deal is buying things you don’t really need and adding to the...
Petersham Nurseries – Shopping for Inspiration
I’ve always been a shopper - other people had hobbies but I loved to shop! Not anymore. Since completing my ‘once-and-for-all’ house-tidy inspired by the Konmarie Method™, I’m a changed woman. I still love visiting shops but not willy-nilly up and down the high street...
IKEA The Motherland – how much is enough?
Although IKEA is Swedish and I’m Danish, I do feel very much at home there. I think it’s the tasty meatballs with cranberry sauce or it might be the abundance of candles! Now that my house and cupboards are sorted, I’m constantly on guard to the temptation of bringing...
Candles – light up every day with radiance
‘All good things start with ‘C’, Candles, Coffee, Chocolate and more Candles!’ In my opinion, candles are one of the most inexpensive and under-rated pleasures of life. It might have something to do with being Danish and the concept of Hygge {hue-gah}, the Danish art...