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>>> MARIE
>>> MARIE CONDO IS CLEANING UP IN DROVES ARE DOING THE SAME
AND ONE IS A CONVERT TO OPEN
HER OWN CLUTTER BUSTING
BUSINESS TO HELP PEOPLE.
MICHELE VEGAS HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANY?
>> NEAT LITTLE NEST.
A LOT OF FOLKS IS COLD OUTSIDE
AND YOU ARE IN THE HOUSE AND
YOU GET THINGS DONE BEFORE IT
SPRING WHEN WE CAN HEAD OUTSIDE
THIS LATITUDE WITH OUR CLIMATE
IS A GREAT THING TO THINK A
GREAT TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT YOUR
HOUSE BECAUSE YOU ARE INSIDE.
>> YOU CAN FIND THINGS AND YOU
PUT AWAY THE CHRISTMAS STUFF
AND YOU CAN'T FIND THINGS.
PART OF IT IS PULLING
EVERYTHING OUT.
EVERYTHING OUT. WHAT SHE SAYS PULL YOUR CLOSE
OUT AND PUT THEM IN THE BED YOU
ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT YOU WANT
TO KEEP IN FOCUSING ON WHAT ARE
THE THINGS THAT BRING ME JOY IN
THE SECOND THING IS WE GO
CATEGORY BY CATEGORY INSTEAD OF
ROOM BY ROOM AND WHEN YOU PULL
ALL YOUR CLOSEOUT YOU CAN
REALLY SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AND
DETERMINE WHAT DO I LOVE OF ALL
THESE THINGS.
THESE THINGS. AND THE REASON WE DO THE
CLOTHING CATEGORY FIRST, ONE OF
THE MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL
THINGS AND YOU CAN SEE THIS
HERE IN THE SPIN IS THE WAY
PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO FOLD.
IT'S NOT THE USUAL WAY YOU WILL
LEARN FROM YOUR MOM AND WHEN
YOU LEARN IT THIS WAY YOU CAN
SEE EVERYTHING AND IT MAXIMIZES
THE SPACE IN BANKS GETTING
READY A LOT EASIER.
>> THIS ONE WE HAVE TOWELS.
>> I WATCHED TIDYING IT UP BUT
I HAVE NOT DONE IT MYSELF.
SHOW ME HOW TO DO THIS.
>> YOU ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET
TO A RECTANGLE.
WE FOLD THIS ONE THIRD AND I
WILL LET YOU DO IT AND YOU WILL
FOLD IT IN THIRDS AND FOLDED
OVER.
OVER.
OVER. ONE
OVER. ONE MORE TIME.
AND THAT IS AS SIMPLE AS IT IS.
>> IT REALLY IS EASY.
>> YOU ARE JUST TRYING TO GET
TO THE LITTLE TINY.
>> T-SHIRTS WORK REALLY GREAT
FOR MEN'S T-SHIRTS AND BOYS T-
SHIRTS AND GRAPHIC TEES AND YOU
CAN SEE THE FACES INSIDE.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE MALL.
>> WHEN YOU STACK T-SHIRTS YOU
PULL THE MIDDLE ONE OUT AND
THEY ALL GET MESSY AND IT
FRUSTRATES PEOPLE RESPECT YOU
NEVER WEAR THE ONES AT THE
BOTTOM EVER.
BOTTOM EVER. >> YOU NEVER DO.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SAY
HELPS KEEP IT TOGETHER.
WHEN JUDY CLUTTER HOW DO YOU
KEEP IT THIS WAY?
>> THE SECOND PART OF THE
PROCESS OF ORGANIZING IS
CREATING A SYSTEM AND IT IS
IMPERATIVE.
IMPERATIVE. PART OF THE SYSTEM IS FOR
EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY TO KNOW
WHERE THINGS GO.
WHEN YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THIS IS
THE LINEN CLOSET, THIS IS MY
LINEN CLOSET TO BE HONEST.
IT SHOWCASES WHERE THINGS GO.
NOT ONLY DO I KNOW WHERE THEY
GO, MY HUSBAND AND KIDS NO.
ANYTIME YOU ARE IN A TIGHT
SPACE ALLOWS YOU TO PULL IT
OUT, GET WHAT YOU NEED AND PUT
IT BACK.
IT BACK.
IT BACK. >> WE WERE SHOWING BEFORE AND
AFTER AND SHOWING THOSE CRATES
SHIFT.
SHIFT.
SHIFT. SOCK DRAWERS, MY GOODNESS.
THEN THESE CLEAR ONES ARE
REALLY NICE TOO BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH AND
YOU ARE LOOKING AROUND AND
TRYING TO FIND THE AD BILL.
>> ESPECIALLY IN THE LINEN
CLOSET IN THE KITCHEN.
ANYTHING CLEAR HELPS YOU
VISUALIZE WHAT DO I HAVE AND
WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET.
>> AND THE LABELS ARE GOOD
BECAUSE TELL THEM TO DO THAT.
>> WITHOUT LABELS IT'S LIKE
THERE IS NOT A LANGUAGE IN YOUR
HOUSE FOR YOU TO KNOW.
AND IF YOU ARE A PARENT TRYING
TO TEACH YOUR KIDS IS VERY
EASY.
EASY.
EASY. IF
EASY. IF ANYONE WHO HAS HAD A KID
UNDER SEVEN YEARS OLD WILL SAY
I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT GOES.
AS SOON AS YOU TEACH THEM WHERE
IT GOES AND THERE'S A CLEAR
SPOT AND THAT LIVES IN THAT
SPACE IN THE HOME, IT'S MORE
ABOUT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE
WHICH IS A HARD PART OF THE
BATTLE.
BATTLE.
BATTLE. >> IF YOU HAVE TODAY AND YOU
WANT TO DO THIS WOULD YOU
SUGGEST SOMEONE START IN THE
CLOSED KITCHEN OR BACK IN THE
CLOSED BEDROOM.
CLOSED BEDROOM. >> USING THAT METHOD YOU START
WITH CLOSE.
WITH CLOSE. YOU PULL IT ALL OUT AND LOOKED
AT EACH ITEM AND HOLD THE ITEM
IN YOUR HAND AND SAY DOES IT
BRING ME JOY.
AND THE THINGS THAT DO YOU
KEEP.
KEEP.
KEEP. IT
KEEP. IT ISN'T AN EXERCISE IN GETTING
RID OF EVERYTHING.
YOU END UP GETTING RID OF
THINGS BUT IT LEAVES YOU WITH A
CLOSET OF ITEMS THAT YOU LOVE
AND I'VE WATCHED TRANSFORMATION
AFTER TRANSFORMATION WITH MY
CLIENTS WHO GO IN THEIR CLOT
CLOSET TO GET READY AND THEY
FEEL LIGHTER AND HAPPIER.
>> THAT WHOLE DAY CUDDLING
MAKES THINGS HAPPIER.
BUT I DO IS I DON'T THINK ABOUT
JOY. I
JOY. I
JOY. I THINK HAVE I WORN IT?
OBVIOUSLY IT DOES NOT BRING ME
JOY AND GET