What Marie Kondo's Home Really Looks Like

[@TheList]

Have you ever used Marie Kondo's method, and did it work for you?

[@rolo4945]

I really like order but believe that this method is ocd. I’ve listened to dr Ramani on her opinion of this method, I concur, speaking to inanimate objects and expecting material objects to bring you joy is exactly the same emotion out of control in hoarders. Our joy comes from good memories and a state of emotional happiness. My opinion.

[@mywhimsylifed.3055]

I’ve never held on to extras, I just backed for travels the Kondo Way🌿

[@Susanlilhood]

Yes, it works. I had never been a good organizer for 25 years!!! Now, I am . My room has never been better. I’ve got lots of good complements when I have visitors coming in . Before I never let anyone came to my room because of the mess I made. For anyone who wants to try this method, please read her book. Thank you so much Marie Kondo if u read this! U have changed my life!

[@ozlemaksitiyiyasam]

I follow kondo rules for 3,5 years .My husband and children also know and we all are minimalists anymore

[@Ssiiong]

Yes it has worked!

[@kmadrig123]

When I first saw her Netflix series, I thought she was little too sweet, but I love her concepts and she illuminates happiest, and positive energy. Think of how our world would be if everyone shined positivity like her.

[@aad7451]

@Clau Almeida thank you! I'm from japan!

[@456inthemix]

A famous psychologist labeled Kondo's Tidyness as "Perfectionism". However, I see a totally relaxed person and much less stressed than less organized people. After all she isn't obsessed, it's a way of life. I managed to excel it to some degree and already I was called a perfectionist. Grrr.

[@cbcluckyii4042]

I bet she gets stressed if she visits anyone untidy home. I have a habit of fixing people toilet paper if they have it in the incorrect position. It should be over not under

[@chidiokoro934]

@@cbcluckyii4042 do you have ocd (not an insult just asking because it sounds like a symptom of ocd)

[@cbcluckyii4042]

@@chidiokoro934 I don't believe so. Only the toilet paper thing bothers me for some odd reason

[@GiGi-fy6rg]

@@cbcluckyii4042 It “should be” the way the owner of that house thinks is right for them! 🤦🏻‍♀️ OCD is treatable but rude behavior don’t !

[@nohomo4774]

@@cbcluckyii4042 untrue if there are pets in the home that like destroying stuff

[@lindamclennan8645]

Marie is very intelligent,knows what she's doing, gets order & simplifying in order to reduce stress,know where things are,efficient with time & energy.I follow her because of all the above ❤

[@NotCrazyLimitedEdition]

Her very existence is calming

[@jenniferblanchette873]

Her method is unique. You are not doing room by room but rather category by category. Example clothes. So every stitch of clothing including jackets winter jackets summer clothes rain boots anything that you wear on your body including scarves hats whatever else falls into that category. Make one big pile and start sorting. It's very exhausting but it works.

[@LanNguyen-oo7rs]

It works for me too

[@cdesign4700]

I folded my underwear drawer using the kon mari method about 2yrs ago. It is the only clothing drawer which has stayed tidy, it never got messy agin. I keep meaning to try her methods on the rest of my home!

[@cut--]

"things should be discarded if they no longer bring joy" , LIKE my X ! =) =)

[@patriciagonzalez6903]

What a great inspiration is Marie Kondo! Ever since I started watching her shows, I found the courage to start declutting my home, thanks Marie! Blessings!

[@itsmeayana3220]

What a graceful lady.. Her every move seems poised and calculated

[@teresatsai8753]

Thank her for sharing Japanese old wisdoms - keep tidy and being a minimalist! Great joys!

[@מורלוי-ח7כ]

She is so cutee!!!!!that happy smile omg.. she looks like a nice person🥰

[@klaire74]

The title should be How we think that her house looks.

[@tomorrowisanotherday2853]

😁😁 yes lol

[@homemakingmomma1878]

To each his own. This method semi works for me. It's all in what works for each household. I did get rid of a ton of stuff!! I bought baskets and containers from dollar tree to seperate and label. Make it easy to keep up with. And! I know it feels weird to say "thank you" to objects....but it really did make it easier to part with!

[@minhangnguyen9409]

Kinda late but it is what the Japanese belief. Objects have souls. And they also have the purpose of serving us. When they served the purpose. We thank them and let them go to another journey.

[@janaeallen7618]

She is literally so cute

[@SC-101]

Waste of time! basically they not showing her home

[@lilalakritze]

Thx!

[@domsabode3044]

Same here. I was looking forward to seeing how she organized her home.

[@inmemoryofCarla]

I was a minimalist before my daughter passed. Now I cannot let go of anything. I am not a materialist just sorrowing so I feel all right about it.

[@wintercame]

I do understand.

[@kkiser7984]

I can’t throw out my last cell phone because my deceased brothers voice memo is saved to it along with text messages from him. I’ll never part with it. I miss him so much😢

[@yesiownfrodo]

Marie has said OVER AND OVER that she is NOT a MINIMALIST. The other things in this piece are accurate, but she is adamant that she's not a minimalist, not at all. The focus on KonMari is on what you KEEP, where as minimalism is focused on what getting rid of as much as possible.

[@sarahnashara7277]

that's not true lol. it's about only having things that serve you

[@mtm00]

I L❤ve her. (How can you not?) And her kids are the most adorable. Oh, and Konmari is BRILLIANT!

[@Eatsleeprun_rescuecats]

This video does not show her home. False advertising

[@elyse443]

She’s NOT A MINIMALIST! Not a single concept in her book is about minimalism! ONLY keeping items that “spark joy”. If it doesn’t spark joy to throw anything out then don’t. That’s not minimalism.

[@Alicenguyen1096]

that sounds minimalism for me. Minimalism is not a strict concept when people only have only a few things in their home/lives but only the things that they really need, and in Marie's term - "spark joy". While minimalism is quite a new concept people use on social media now, "tidiness" exists for a long time ago

[@gmail7894]

I have a concern. Sometimes when I visit a website, the whole website sparks joy for me. SHould I buy everything?

[@RainyDayWolf]

Minimalists have different guidelines for the stuff they keep, like "only stuff that is either beautiful or useful" or "only what spark joy"... Some extreme ones have an specific amount of stuff or what fits in a backpack. But the point is to find what is essential to you as a person, it's a journey you have to take and each book has its own approach to figure that out... The outcome is unique as everyone is unique.

[@vaderladyl]

@@Alicenguyen1096 No it is not a new concept..sorry.

[@elyse443]

Gmail Gmail obviously you should. Apparently there are some minimalists who’s personal criteria include that. 😂 The root word is MINIMAL. If one’s criteria don’t include minimizing they are NOT a minimalist.

[@CLM1988]

Marie is quite clearly a witch lol love her

[@pammpam564]

Her house looks so nice and simple! I love what she did on the little box and the window. I love the lighting in the bedroom!

[@sudeshnam1672]

I love this lady, she is really real. Thanks for doing this, we can understand how as humans she and us have some limitations... Any extremism takes out the essence of this act..

[@doogleticker5183]

Fool

[@phailyn2652]

11:56 when she saw her Johnny Cash t-shirt, lol.

[@Momma_AL]

Phai Lyn lol

[@downbntout]

Her style of folding stuff to put in drawers really works better than stacking

[@ealasaidnicdhomhnaill530]

I appreciate this lady's advice and personal rituals but I wish people would stop advocating the use of this many crystals. Mining this stuff is taking a toll on our planet- please stop tearing crystals out of the earth to cleanse or purify your space. Open a frigging window.

[@i.e.presents638]

Ealasaid Nic Dhòmhnaill I have never heard this, but I believe you. Is there a book, website, or other resource you could refer people to?

[@MOMOHEARTS]

There's nothing wrong with having crystals people have been using them for many years even before the modern times.

[@LindseyDara]

Ealasaid Nic Dhòmhnaill that was a pic they just took off the Internet, it’s not really from her house, we just have to use our imagination

[@evelynmurray4573]

Drink some "Spring Water," bottled at the source?

[@dcgallin]

THANK YOU

[@solfam8826]

This kills me. My mom use to fold our clothes like this. She would also categorize things to through our things. Only difference was that there was no such thing as “spark joy” She would just say you don’t need that or you haven’t used that etc. lol

[@cjhoward409]

My mom also ! And if I saved my clothes that sparked joy, I’d be walking around naked. Lol. Clothes don’t spark joy to me. People do

[@kausamsalam8543]

Such a beautiful, blessed person:))❤

[@vashti2389]

A room that's 13 meters by 13 meters is huge!!

[@macolga100]

She's totally a fairy ;)) tiny and that musical langue!

[@UsernamesForDummies]

13m x 13m is 169m/2 (1819 square feet. That’s actually really big, at least for European standards. We live in a condo exactly that size and it has 6 large rooms plus a kitchen and 2 bathrooms. Doesn’t sound tight to me. There has to be something wrong. Maybe 3m x 3m?

[@milkyway4231]

I think it's 13 square metres. Japanese apartments are really tiny.

[@diamondfire8479]

I really liked the part where they showed us what her home looks like 😐

[@ninglight4433]

Wait "tiny" 13mx13m house for 5? These are 169 sqm. This is a house were every person can have his or her own room, what is here tiny?

[@Spurioushamster]

A room measuring 13x13m is massive, I think they might mean feet. That's bigger than my entire house.

[@Gilgame6]

my first ever disliked video, totally misleading!

[@pageturner1401]

I Need to declutter this Spring, I am going to Try My best to get it done, But Not because of Marie advised.

[@bealea_lea_]

I'm pretty sure her family room wasn't 13m x 13m. That would be 169 m2 = 1819 sqft. 13m2 (=139 sqft.) seem realistic to me.

[@snowhopper1048]

Thanks someone else noticed. We're a family of four living on 60sqm which is about 645 sqft (ok, plus the attic, that holds a bed and our suitcases and the basement which is about 320sqft). Our living room is around 215 sqft. That might sound tiny (with the average US-American family home being around 2500sqft) , but if you keep decluttering it's feasible.

[@rainbowpierrot1951]

Whoever narrated this sounds like they're mocking Marie the whole time, the voice is grating to me

[@kitapsever5995]

Exactly 👍 i thought the same

[@hakiktastead7642]

Yes mocking... rude. Degrading.

[@michelleabrams4472]

ugh! and it drives me crazy how she mispronounces her last name! its pronounced "CONE DOH (as in play doh) not CONDO

[@ellegroover]

The part I have trouble with is getting larger items out of house/garage/shed etc. like an organ, old washer, stove etc. I’m older and cannot move thee things. I’ve taken many bags of clothes to donation places though. There is still a house full of stuff I’d like to clear out and garage sale but again I cannot manage it myself. I’d surely love some ideas!!

[@foxfur8327]

Many construction workers will do this for about $20 or $30 Cdn, or call a donation place such as used stoves, donation places for clothes, or garbage haulers, used furniture places etc.

[@sousahari5948]

I had to close my shop in lockdown. A local charity warehouse collected the furniture I didn’t manage to sell. Small donation for their trouble.

[@sharanyachaitanya3103]

The key is in the visualisation and writing process done in the beginning. If you spell out how your garage needs to look like and then sort and examine each object, it works out!

[@Miri87]

False title!!! Doesn’t show her house

[@kirthianand6929]

Yeah .. this video is so misleading! No visuals of her house

[@patsyw4141]

Her name is not Maria its Marie. Why do people change the pronunciation of peoples names?

[@theotherway1639]

The "Throw It Away" guided journal by Guru Notebooks is helpful for getting rid of stuff. It's on Amazon.

[@ziziqar]

"A room of 13mx13m" Are you sure? That sounds like a HUGE room even for 5 people, bigger than many houses.

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

Please dont watch this vid. It does NOT show her home !!!

[@happyfamily6727]

I did not know that there is somthing kondo Marie. But in INDIA we always declutter old things at the DIWALI occasion.we make free our house from non usable thing every year and feel happy since my childhood and welcome our goddess maa Lakshmi.

[@LaBella1987]

A room of 13mx13m? That's 169 square meters! That's a big house! I think you guys are getting you're numbers mixed up... Even 169 square foot is big for a room...

[@meli9138]

Yeah i thought so too. I think they meant to say 13 square meters...

[@liliribeiroalex]

Marie kondo pessoa muito especial!

[@temirtaragay8932]

4.4 thousand untidy people with bad energy disliked her way of tidiness

[@mindimoom9142]

When she was growing up her family slept in a room that was 13 x 13 meters? That's huge (13 meters = 42.6 feet). Perhaps they meant to say 3 x 3 meters?

[@fennilyn.87]

or 13 ft.

[@ThaliaCharlesTCJ]

Spark of joy

[@lindamusser7370]

She is so cute! I did my clothes differently now.

[@jakyungrhee2180]

Where are all her outfits ? She changed her outfits on Every photo of her

[@mariannejassar894]

I never thought being tidy could make one famous....I guess it's because most ppl are messy!

[@Jacaranda25]

Idem... maybe she smarter! 😉

[@nataliekochubey7315]

Marianne Jassar 😂😂😂😂

[@paisatravelers4626]

So sad they don’t show Marie Kondo’s houe.

[@ataattosbt]

Original -No. Minimalist - No. Owns stuff & organizes it. That simple. If find there are more than enough fellow Americans to support me if necessary but having attended Catholic school & having Virgo as my astrological South Mode, I have innately a strong sense for the practical & the organized. So I don’t feel inspired by this woman. As for books I’d love to the innate ability to place my hand on a nob-fiction book & Know the gist of the book. And I have been thanking my possessions for having served before passing them forward or if need be recycling or adding to the trash pile. So look how much $ & time I have saved by not needing Marie K :) I acknowledge & appreciate my own talents & yes I can do this!

[@cherryboo65b56]

This was my mom. 😊

[@amyx231]

I’ve learned to fold undies and fold then roll sports bras. It saves space and looks tidier. But dang doesn’t it take much longer to fold all those scraps of fabric, lol. Maybe an extra hour every other week to fold underthings? Calming though, worth it-for now.

[@lawrencelow949]

I thought I would be visiting Marie's condo!

[@carlomortensen485]

13x13 makes 169 m2, that's a big house, even more impressive for a room, what a humble brag

[@screeningmimi]

I was hoping to see her on an episode of "Hoarders" this is a huge disappointment.

[@sandraross4770]

Yeaaahhh ❤️❤️❤️

[@lailaelaminisworld1934]

Watching this in 2021

[@karimsonsafehold9233]

This is a starseed, someone with a pivotal soul mission

[@sweetbrown89]

Would’ve been a funny exposé where she lives in a trash home and just has an obsession with organizing everyone else’s

[@jessicapearson9479]

I wish I could sleep til 6am. My toddler is bright eyed and bushy tailed at 5am sharp EVERY morning!!

[@elinorivera4512]

Where is the house?

[@shiny_wb]

Where is her house part? Click bait!!!!

[@Mel-qr5ob]

"Mariyay" Kondo sounds like a cool lady. Any chance she's related to that Marie Kondo who has a Netflix show? or....

[@cesarhernandez3407]

A room 13m x 13m, that's the size of a house. Maybe it's in feet.

[@karlchenmuller4059]

13m x 13m = 169 m2 Das ist in der Tat eine respektable Größe 😂

[@sylvialehman]

Probably feet LOL

[@gulmerton2394]

And where is her home? The woman is a celebrity and a best seller because she folds t-shirts? What world is this? And who cares?

[@kerynl.sanchez9891]

It’s much more than folding T-shirts it’s about gratitude and finding joy and being thankful instead of accumulating stuff and feeling overwhelmed and buried in the piles! Less things= more happiness. Have a blessed day 🙏

[@timorcohen4641]

Still trying to figure what her method? People are cleaning and organizing their homes for centuries this way

[@blackdragon9001]

Im asian and im agree with u. I bet non Japanese also use this method bfore knowing her.

[@xing349]

Dont she look like Zhang Ziyi when she ties or bun up her hair? =D

[@lastblow4563]

Was already saying thank you and good-bye while donating, no need to be told by someone!

[@donitaforrest9064]

Perhaps, in a previous life, you were privileged to be the handmaiden of an illustrious, wise & kind geisha.....i think so, it seems like, and then perhaps you became one. Perhaps there were geisha in your family for generations...a sister, an aunt, a grandmother.....you are very charming & graceful, an expert. Thank you for freely sharing your techniques. What would you do 'right now' i wonder, if you had the opportunity to tidy up this sickened, over worked, beaten up, yanked around, fought over, filthfied & polluted, very untidy world. Do you have a list? Could i see it please?? ♥️

[@sasasasi7627]

Click bait !

[@trinahickman8124]

Marie Kondo is a very smart businesswoman because she has sold the ideal of staying clean and organized by not having to many things to organize. Marie Kondo Image is the whole selling package she's short, thin, soft spoken and her clothes and home are the same light airy colors. And can I say boring because who doesn't love a little black dress or a dark piece of furniture come on even the kids 2 toys and the 1 book was the colored of cream. (lol) and I don't even want to talk about her office where her work station was on top of her thighs or should I say her lap that was at the end of her sofa couch with no armrest. And I can't forget her 1 tiny flower plant that was put on a desk that she doesn't even own. So having office supplies like a printer, pens and paper doesn't exist in her business world. Then I guess we are to believe that Marie Kondo isn't attached to anything or have any Interest or hobbies in anything like cooking, crafting, gardening or painting etc. But why would she if she only have 1 picture of each child that she and not her husband loves printed because it's all about Marie Kondo fake world that isn't full of love, laughter and life.

[@nubialmartin606]

Thank you

[@tootsiechoopsietoot]

Points for saying the e sound in her name.

[@mirazet5642]

Im here bcs of happy old year

[@soklinchhorn1074]

I come here for her home 🤣

[@integreetkonstruksi4628]

13x13 is huge for general Indonesian

[@alaiaadam5767]

💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@redicedtea8729]

What a life

[@trobertson3951]

Okay I will use this but (speaking from experience) moving frequently as an infant is legit childhood trauma (thanks therapy) But anyway

[@hawasignature4581]

In my religion, which is Islam, we are obliged to pray the dawn prayer at around 04.30. After that, our religion recommends not sleeping afterward and filling it with dhikr (praying) to Allah and after that, whatever activities are important are good activities. this if done sincerely it will make whoever does it will feel happy, his soul is filled with optimism and his physique will be excellent

[@Momo5Mon]

13m x 13m is huge ! 1800 sqft. What a luxury 😂

[@kathrinopheiden7682]

13 m by 13 m? Thats 169 sqm (1819 sqft) making it bigger than the average floorplan of a whole home in Germany. If they slept in such a big room (!) how huge was their house then? Or did you maybe missread your sources or didn't double check them?

[@umadevik4819]

May I know how to keep it upright as once items taken out till it is out back there is a space created n then all goes tumbling down

[@alinapaul1468]

With consistency

[@minhangnguyen9409]

Some westerners may think Marie has some mental issues when she tries to "talk" to inanimate objects. But in reality, this is what the easterners and especially Japan' cultural and religious belief (Buddhism + Shintoism). Every objects have a soul. And Japanese (and to a further extent East Asians) need to thank them for serving them and then send them to the other side.

[@lindamclennan8645]

Having studied KonMari books,videos,etc.I've seen nothing that even remotely suggests hoarder/ocd/overt or dysfunctional perfectionism.Dr.Ramani knows not of which she speaks but is actually very ignorant about M.Kondo's method - in other words she doesn't get it or is just voicing an opinion not knowledge.I don't see minimalism in KonMari just keeping what one wants/needs which is common sense. How anyone could apply the word hoard to KonMari is incomprehensible.Having a place for everything/everything in its place is not ocd-it's common sense to know where everything is.The KonMari naysayers don't have to like or agree with her method,they can just go somewhere else they like & agree with.KonMari isn't a one size fits all,its just for those that like to live that way-it's that simple.KonMari has brought peace/harmony/order to my home & lifestyle so I can get more done & live as stress-free as possible.M.Kondo makes perfect sense to me as I had a Japanese friend for 40 years who exemplified the KonMari method & had a successful life to prove it

[@kafiyo7928]

Yeah, moving regularly is a boon, gives you a reason to get rid of stuff. But if you've been in the same place like, forever... it's going to be a huge job getting out te cutter!

[@ravendude0507]

She's a japanese wiccan using japanese spells. Joke hahaha Its good teaching people to be thankful for everything that happened to them.

[@EvaRadio]

Haha i noticed the crystals and salts lol

[@natalieallan2984]

Doesnt show her home at all. What a waste of time

[@jcastro91235]

I have to get rid of every thing to have a spark of joy 😂

[@dexterbernard2701]

More space means more stuff! Paraphrasing George Carlin

[@elemuri]

13 meters x 13 meters is not a small room, it's 42'8" x 42'8"

[@dcgallin]

For a whole family to live and sleep in...

[@lolasvow3732]

Omgggg i move every year also lmbooo I thought It was just me