Minimalistic interiors require visual purity. It is clear that white walls and light floors, tactile upholstery, and textures need order. However, cleaning the house is not a pleasant feeling for anyone. How to turn cleaning into an experience of self-discovery and a source of joy? Advice is given by Marie Kondo, bestselling author of Magic Cleaning. The Japanese art of putting things in order at home and in life.
1. Before you start cleaning, take a look at the lifestyle you are aiming for and ask yourself, “Why do I need to clean? Before throwing away, ask one more question: what do we want to keep and why … The best criterion for choosing what to keep and what to throw away is to answer the question, does the object make you happier, does it give you joy?
2. How to speed up the cleaning process? Dealing with just one category within one period of time.
3. If there is not enough space (and there should always be enough), try putting things upright. You will find that this solves most problems.
4. You can solve your storage problems with the things you already have in the house. You can store one in the other.
5. The correct order is to place clothes of lighter colors in the front of the drawer and gradually move to darker colors in the back of it.
6. Storage should reduce the amount of effort required to put an item in its place, not the amount of effort required to get it.
7. By eliminating redundant visual information that does not cause joy, you can make your space much more calm and comfortable.
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