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chances are you know marry a condo the
world renowned tithing expert
best-selling author and star of the hit
Netflix series tidying up with Mary a
condo but while fans loved watching
condo reorganize other people's clutter
on her show many have wondered what this
organization mavens home is actually
like here's what we know condo made a
name for herself in America as a
decluttering guru turning many home
dwellers under her unique konmari method
the Japanese tidying expert who
developed a love for organizing at the
age of five faces many of her strategies
on Japanese culture where tidiness is a
part of everyday life the expert
explained her minimalistic approach
telling HuffPost properties and homes in
Japan are tiny I grew up in a house
where my family of five would unfold
futons and sleep side by side in a room
of about thirteen meters by thirteen
meters there isn't much space for
storage so small furniture and
appliances are necessary Kondo learned
to keep her living space clutter free
after the birth of her daughter in 2015
as she explained a good housekeeping
spacially it was a big challenge after I
gave birth to my baby a lot of clothes
and diapers and things like that storage
space became a big challenge
while Kondo grew up in Japan the tidying
guru has taken her organizing skills to
California
Kondo who believes that things should be
discarded if they no longer quote spark
joy explained on her blog I usually move
once a year the longest my husband and I
have lived in one house is a year and a
half not long before her Netflix series
premiered in January 2019 Kondo moved
into a home in los angeles with her
husband and two daughters / the LA Times
this is likely because the eight
families featured on the show's first
season all live around California the
point here is that I'm not gonna tell
you for you it's everyone's job to tidy
their own space due to condos minimalist
approach to cleaning as seen on her
series it's easy to assume her own home
is also minimal as
dick but that's not exactly the case she
explained to Elle Decor I don't have a
particular decorating style but one
thing that I like to maintain in my
house is to have a very purified
environment that purified environment
involves allowing fresh air into her
home
placing crystals and different rooms
throughout the house and featuring salt
as part of Japanese tradition condos
daily life consists of setting the mood
restoring balance and being thankful for
what she has one of the places in condos
home where she expresses her gratitude
is at her Japanese style kami Dona a
Shinto household altar every morning
Kondo wakes up around 6:00 a.m. often
without an alarm clock burns some
incense
opens her windows to let in fresh air
and kneels before the altar to pray the
tidying expert explained to the cut I'll
pray for the health of my family and
friends and also for myself to get done
as much as possible what needs to be
done while these small shrines stems
from the Shinto religion Kondo explained
her practices are not a religious one
adding this is not a religious thing
really at all it's just for me to take
this time every morning to feel
gratitude it's a practice I started when
I was still single maybe about seven
years ago since launching her konmari
consulting business at age 19 Kondo has
amassed a large fan following as well as
more than 200 certified konmari
consultants helping to spread her tidy
gospel this is a very deep process no
matter what but surprisingly the
decluttering Queen doesn't have an
office of her own instead Kondo works in
a corner of her house telling the cut I
don't have a separate room that I use as
an office but I do have my corner with
an antique desk and chair that I use for
work the business savvy mother of two
usually works on her laptop and sip some
tea and she has a little Vaz of flowers
or scented spray on her desk she told
the outlet for work I like a scent with
a mint or grapefruit base so I'll spray
some of that and then get started
writing down the day's tasks on a note
had many of condos clients seem to
particularly struggle with the kitchen I
don't know what it is about the kitchen
honestly I feel like I can never keep it
clean it was really after I had kids and
everything just came full front like I
mean I can't do all this but Kondo
herself doesn't need a lot of help
reorganizing her kitchen simply because
she doesn't own a lot of cookware to
begin with
she told bone Appetit the last thing I
called murid from my kitchen was nothing
I have the opposite problem I always
have very few items in the kitchen so
right now I'm actually adding to it
recently I've replaced my cutting boards
with something that truly sparks joy for
me made from gingko trees I'm also in
the market for a big sharp knife in the
coal Marie method kitchen items fall
under the miscellaneous category so the
process for organizing kitchen clutter
isn't as detailed as it is for other
categories however as with the rest of
the areas in the home it's important to
only keep items that spark joy you
probably won't be surprised to find out
that the tidying expert consumes
multiple cups of tea each day as part of
her routine Kondo told the cut I
probably have about 15 different kinds
of tea in my cupboard at any given time
Kondo utilizes her tea time as a needed
break from work and she usually rewards
herself with an additional cup after
completing a task
she told the outlet I drink multiple
cups of tea a day so that will be my
break after I've accomplished a few
things or start to feel tired I'll get
up and make another cup sum of condos go
to tees include green tea white tea and
matcha tea which she drinks at breakfast
per bone Appetit and an herb tea when
she wakes up in the morning and at night
according to condos website her tea
drinking originates from her childhood
where Kondo was introduced to the
Japanese tea ceremony from her paternal
grandmother as part of condos popular
decluttering methods she urges people to
express gratitude for the beauty and the
world around them Leyla and I thought I
thought Jimmy crazy the middle
kondou can often be seen expressing her
gratitude toward nature and plant life
on instagram because it's one of the
things that brings her great joy one can
only assume then that the tiding expert
loves flowers because they're all over
her house Kondo explained to the cut
before I go to bed I'll go around to the
house and change the water in the flower
vases I have flowers all over the place
along with filling her home with
colorful blooms that bring inspiration
Kondo likes to fill any hotel rooms she
checks into with beautiful arrangements
in order to spark joy while traveling
the mom also includes her family on her
flower excursions too according to her
Instagram and she fills her yard with
plants for real her home must smell
amazing
after condos series premiered on Netflix
viewers around the globe were hooked on
the experts decluttering tactics but
some took issue with her rule that
advised getting rid of too many books on
her show and in her book the
life-changing magic of tidying up the
Japanese art of decluttering and
organizing Kondo advocates for tossing
things that don't bring joy to a
person's life and for Kondo having 30
books in her home was just too much
while her comments were met with
criticism Kondo explained to the Los
Angeles Times that there may have been a
misunderstanding regarding the concept
saying I do think there are
misconceptions I think this occurred
because in one of my books I said that
when I was tidying and going through my
books I had about 30 books left maybe
miss reading there earlier that month
Kondo shared with indieWIRE so it's not
so much what I personally think about
books the question you should be asking
is what do you think about books
everyone has a habit they can't break
even marry a condo while most of her
philosophy revolves around finding a
home for every item you own
sometimes these soft-spoken organizer
can't follow her own rules in an
interview with The Guardian in 2018
Kondo said I love wearing slippers but I
take them off and random places around
the house
I can't keep them on for long so they're
scattered and condos perfect world she
makes sure to wipe off her shoes as soon
as she enters her home before slipping
on her comfy slippers she explained to
People magazine when I come home at the
end of the day I wiped the soles of
shoes with gratitude before storing them
in the closet near the entryway of my
home I then change into my house
slippers in between running a
decluttering Empire raising two small
children and starring in her own Netflix
series it's understandable that Kondo
may leave her slippers lying around on
occasion still we doubt her home ever
gets too messy ithi a home tidy sorting
through sentimental items can be the
hardest part of condos konmari method
which is why she recommends saving that
part of the decluttering process for
last
in the episode sparking joy after a loss
Kondo guided a widow through the tidying
process a journey which included sorting
through her late husband's belongings I
don't want to just you know dump it I
want to be thoughtful about it along
every step of the way Kondo explained
the importance of offering a heartfelt
thank-you to the personal items before
discarding them it's just kind of a real
jolt to see all this life you know that
we've lived and the dreams that he had
and you know there are now in a pile on
the floor while condo is a pro when it
comes to helping others say goodbye to
sentimental items she reluctantly
admitted to her inability to get rid of
one particular personal item telling
Good Housekeeping so I have this stuffed
seal it's very small it was a gift for
my father and even though I'm an adult I
still keep it on my shelf it's something
I can't part with so you'll find at
least one stuffed animal and Mario
condos home displayed properly of course
condo is a successful mother of two
lively little girls and she's doing her
best to maintain her tidying business
while raising them to be tidy as well
Ganpati Daruma many austere Anoka so I
got off on a sketchy d'Agata graphite
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oh yeah Pescadero Yosemite mother
Nicodemus often traveling for interviews
and public appearances Kondo can look
back on happy memories of her girls on
her phone when she needs to the condo
also likes to have physical photos
around her as well specifically around
her writing space at her home because as
she told variety it quote replenishes
her energy she described the two
pictures that quote give her a little
bit of a squeeze in the heart they are
of her younger daughter smiling from ear
to ear for the first time and a
self-portrait of her oldest daughter as
Kondo wrote in an Instagram post my
children show me how joy manifests
itself in the body
condos home features many items that
spark joy for her after all it's
important for her to create a serene
space where she can unleash her
creativity but in order for Kondo to get
any work done she likes to have a
purified space to crystals it's a
portable tourniquet a difficult yes my
mother gave him to me for good luck you
have a collection too one of the things
she surrounds herself with at home are
crystals as she told a variety she likes
to place a small crystal close to her
laptop while she places larger crystals
around the room she uses the crystals to
cleanse the air around her a practice
she picked up before publishing her hit
book she explained a variety I am
usually writing about how to spark more
joy in our lives and how to let the
atmosphere around us spark more joy so
it's very important that the spaces in
which I create also spark joy for me
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