EXTREME KONMARI METHOD DECLUTTERING | Before & After

I never thought cleaning my room would change my life, but here I am a new person all thanks to a few days of extreme bedroom decluttering inspired by Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and her KonMari Method. Lou and I spent a few days organizing, cleaning and decluttering my childhood bedroom from clothes and closets to books and boxes of sentimental items. I can truly attest to the life-changing magic of the KonMari Method. We purged my closet of over a decade worth of clutter and were able to minimize my possessions to just those that spark joy. A friend of mine joked that we are the only people who live in a van that are also secret hoarders, but after finishing this cleaning process I can proudly say that is no longer true! This process helped us to reach the minimal lifestyle that we aspire to embody and I truly feel a million pounds lighter knowing that I actually have a bedroom and not a storage unit waiting for me at my parents' house. We hope you enjoy this one! Let us know about your own cleaning projects below! Is anyone else newly obsessed with decluttering?

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Here is a blog post I wrote about the whole process!
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[davidarbelaez]

Decluttering is an emotional journey that most people aren’t prepared for.

[tiffanyrose]

Tips: Does it belong in your future?

So watching Marie Kondo's show, I tried to do the home the same way. I got to sentimental and had a ton of crap still lying around in my joy pile. I remember her saying "Does it spark joy?". These things spark some joy, but mostly I wanted to keep it because of the memories. I then went back through the maybe pile and used "Does this belong in your future?" The answer was shocking for many items, even though it had a past- it did not belong in my future. This made it easier to release. Also, a few items that I was unsure of I sat aside and came back to it on a different day. I felt differently as I had not overwhelmed myself with a bombardment of sentimental feelings. I took lots of digital pictures and small videos of things that I wanted to remember, but not stash. I have a flash drive instead of a huge amount of tubs with papers, pictures etc in them. Highly recommend using the "future" method if you are having troubles.

[helenadurst]

Normally these videos tend to be super boring because people just show their stuff and its not made very well. But 2 min I can already tell this is going to be interesting and pleasant to watch

[eddiereece]

Starting at 3:30 I have to give her ABSOLUTE PROPS for that entire next minute, because that emotional arc is pretty much what EACH OF US GO THROUGH WITH EACH PIECE that tugs at our heartstrings. It was SUCH A HUMAN, AUTHENTIC MOMENT. It was so gratifying for her to acknowledge that she didn't even know she had it, hadn't seen it for 10 years, and didn't need to possess it for the rest of her life for the 30 seconds of nostalgia it brought her. Wow, THAT MINUTE is the CRUX OF ALL OF IT. What really touched me was that tender moment where she realized she didn't need it, yet thought to thank it for triggering the memories, and then send it on it's way. Wow. That entire moment resonated with me SO POWERFULLY.
Respect for this video to see how THEORY can be applied to our clutter, our memories, and our LIVES.

[hopelessheathen]

Finally someone who actually has a mesy cluttered room

[mytwosense]

I love the fact that you both are peacefully decluttering together...emphasis on the word peaceful lol...very inspiring

[KatHood]

Honestly the best Konmari video on the internet. Congratulations.

[mariahmedina-taylor]

i feel so safe in this comment section bc it helps us know that so many people have cluttered environments, whether it be your room, your car, your kitchen, bathroom, whatever it may be. it lets us know that we’re not alone and it happens to most people so we don’t always need to be overly embarrassed about it

[GallonMilkProductions]

With sentimental shirts you dont want to get rid of, cut the print from them into squares and make a quilt! This way you can have it all as one item and use it or hang it up

[AbbaJoy]

Step one: put all clothes on bed. Step two: sleep on couch for a month.

[zvyyohu]

i love watching people who actually have messy rooms cleaning their rooms because i also have an actual messy room and it makes it so much comfortable to watch than the people who have like 3 items of clothes on the floor and say “cleaning my room!”

[Mummabear]

I absolutely love de-cluttering, now my bedroom takes less than five minutes to tidy up. It smells so fresh and looks so smart. 😍 I wished I could find people to help do this with them. I love the before and afters. Superb job 👏 👌

[Ms.MD]

The amount of clutter we accumulate 🤢 I was a hoarder myself until I had a mental breakdown and now I can't go back to that, minimalism saved my sanity.

[PGK]

In a world where we've been trained to consume, the best thing one can do is to let go.

[cherylhickmon]

For all of you struggling like I did trying to figure out what to do with those items you want to keep with a huge sentimental value attached to it....I made a quilt out of my Mothers and my Grandmothers clothing, actually I made three...one for me, my sister and my niece...best decision ever!!

[elizabetherickson]

As a hoarder I’m very grateful for how real this video is! I feel like I can get over my materialism.

[floralpatterncouch]

to everyone watching this instead of actually decluttering and cleaning, come on you can do it!!!! i'm like 3/4 done with my room, i just needed to watch this for some extra motivation across the finish line and it feels good being in here now.

[lynnstrickland]

Awww... that's so sweet he so unselfishly said "keep it"... awww...
Good man u got there sis..

[yaeljohnson]

"Does this spark joy?"was too broad a question for me so I came up with my own questions: Why do I have this? How would I feel if I didn't have it? Then I would "shop" as if I had nothing and this was the store. I realized how many things I had only because they were memories sitting in my closet. They weren't things I would buy today.

[matilda]

When you show the before and after picture I noticed you can actually see how much more sun light the room has during the day because there’s not so many things that can create shadows all over the place!!!