Spring has sprung! Spring cleaning is needed to keep life in control and for it to run smoothly! The fact really is - we have too much stuff! The best time to start fresh with a simplified life that inspires calmness and peace is when you are designing and customizing your new Fairway Homes West plan! Sounds to good to be true? Well the best selling book by Marie Kondo titled "The life-changing magic of tidying up" promises to do just that! She by the way was on the list of Time magazines top 100 most influential people for 2015!
With the simple rule of just keeping what she calls the KonMari method. Keep in your life only the things that you love, and that bring joy! That goes for your clothes, books, decor and even those pictures that you once printed but you never look at! She gives you the permission to not feel guilty about it and throw them out! By doing this she says you will have the life style you dream of!
A few of her helpful tips-
Tackle categories not rooms!
By doing all your clothes or all your books at one time you are able to rein in the clutter!
And when building a new home consider customizing to add closets or cabinets for the things you keep.
Respect your belongings!
If everything is messy...your clothes are not happy! Would you be happy if you were squished in a corner shelf or crowded on to hangers! Are your socks refreshed by being wadded up in potato balls? By folding in her recommended methods you get that sense of calmness you want!
No need for expensive equipment!
You don't need to go to expensive stores to by all the latest organizational products! She uses the simple shoe boxes and other items that we already have!
By customizing your Fairway Homes West Plan and by surrounding your life with items that you love and speak to your heart there is no other way to contentment! Be sure and pick up her book and get more tips, it's a fun read.
May your dreams be a Reality home!!