Tidying and housekeeping

I was never a neat and tidy kid.

I know I was good at hiding things,

such as dump everything into the drawer

and pretend all is neat and tidy,

concept of out of sight, out of mind!

Apart from my mum's OCD influence,

I think my sister is also quite a neat freak.

As we shared a wardrobe for a big part of our lives,

i remembered that her part will be so neat

and mine is in a big mess

and how she would constantly tell me how to fold the tshirt,

that the logo are all in the side side and direction, haha.

Crazy enough, as i grew older, 

i became kind of a neat freak,

I think it started when i started working,

i love to keep my working desk free of clutter

and everything in order.

I think is due to the work stress,

having uncluttered workdesk always feels good?

At home, I still do have the 'dump everything into drawer" mind,

and once in a blue moon i will pack them well

for the process to be repeated, neat-messy-net-messy...

Since i have moved quite often in my last few years in SIngapore,

I think i picked up skills to organize my stuff in limited storage,

to dump things easily and know how to recognize my esstentials.

Our new home has more storage places than before,

at times i still have my "dump everything into xyz"

but overall, on the surface it looks well organised,

please dont open my drawers! Haha..

i still tried my best to fully use my packing and throwing abilities,

but it doesnt help when i can define husband as a hoarder, haha.

It can be so hard to convince him to donate an old tourist tshirt,

that he cant fit in now, was a gift from somebody,

and looks really ugly - i dont appreciate touristy tshirt style, opps!

When we shifted, we cleared quite a lot of husband's style,

or i try to contain them eg plan to make tshirt quilt,

but having extra storage space and a basement storeroom,

seems to give us both more excuses to hoard stuff!

1 of the way i  tried to maximise storage space,

is to turn roll up the tshirts into the drawer in our entrance.

Husband was amazed and proud

that i recalled him showing people the tshirt drawer,

yes, quite a strange thing to show to visitors...

Although i dont think is the best way to keep tshirts wrinkle-free,

it takes much less space than normal folding method.

Few days ago, husband and his colleagues went talking about the Konmari,

her famous ways of organising home and how she even wrote books on it!

After looking at some photos,

husband told them that our tshirts and rolled 

and is similar to konmari's method!

All the colleagues were impressed that i was following konmari,

but truth is what i did was not konmari's style,

She folds the tshirts instead of rolling them etcs.

and lot more about gratitude towards your stuffs... 

More about konmari:

http://www.marthastewart.com/1106009/konmari-trendy-new-organizing-method

Anyway, husband came home and asked me whether i was following konmari.

I was sure that i dont know who she is,

after googling, i realised i read about her in a blog that i followed!

But i didnt really check out what she was doing...

I started trying to google for more information of her methods,

but it seems what i can find online for free is the standard minimum stuff,

So i got inspired,

I tried to clear my very full wardrobe,

which became fuller because im starting to try get more working clothes,

and was proud to manage to get rid of some clothes

that i was always thinking "Someday I will wear it"...

Then i went crazy and decided to pack the overflowing socks drawer

that were full of socks rolled up in pairs

and always threatening to overflood when i open/close te drawer.

I tried my best to follow konmari's method for socks,

and to my suprise, we dont have so much socks as i imagined!

It was so full just because everything is messed up...

I did managed to threw away some socks 

that dont bring me joy

because they were uncomfortable, very old

or constantly giving me problems when i wore them.

Woohoo!

I was telling husband that i should really do more konmari's style at home,

I think i should buy the book!

Husband thinks that he should never told me about konmari

because i started this "I want declutter mission"

and he will definitely be involved in time to come.

He tried hard today, 

i was allowed to remove 3 tshirts from the drawer

to the box of tshirt for quilt,

well, a tiny good try ya?

I guess if i buy the book and start full force on implementing it at home,

husband will start a forum on how much he hate konmari, haha...

Side note:

At covert garden london,

we visited a nice old toy shop

and bought a vintage looking paper theatre at 20pounds?

We finally set ourselves to complete it today,

and i think it looks really great!

Okay, OCD me put a piece of cling wrap around the threatre,

in hope that less dust will accumulate...