I can’t help that I have a big capacity for joy!
It’s no secret to those that know me (soon to be you) that I have a lot of stuff. And it comes as a little bit of a surprise to many that I’m a MariKondo convert. I even wrote about her book when it first came out. Before reading, I always thought I was just a little bit maximalist, a little bit messy. But no! I was just in need of a tidying spirit guide in the form of Tidying Thumbelina, Marie Kondo!
So yeah. People are still surprised when they hear that I have “KonMari’d the S**T out of my room” … Well, I still have about 40 sweaters. And a bullet journal full of book titles that I haven’t read to match the shelf in my room filled with mostly unread books.
But! Everything has a home. And every glance in each direction sparks joy.
In this post we’re going to learn about the # categories in a KonMari method and how you can apply them to a small space with lots of “joy” (aka things!)
When you live in a pre-war Brooklyn apartment with roommates, closet space is sparse. In the apartment and especially in the rooms. (back in the day, people used giant wooden “dressers” … closets weren’t really a thing)
My room has ZERO closets.
And I only have 1 chest of drawers, a file cabinet and a 2 drawer vainty for put-it-inside-something storage.
Learn to love your power drill and L brackets.
In my experience, everyone home with roommates circulating in and out will have L brackets and shelving sitting around. And they’re suuuper easy to buy at the hardware store, with a bonus