The cleaning guru has given up on her teachings since becoming a mother. It’s time we bring back display cabinets filled with treasures
When Marie Kondo revealed she had 'kind of given up' on cleaning, the world had two reactions. Photograph: Penske Media via Getty Images
Except, Kondo jazzed up the old “throw out old stuff and tidy your drawers” message by playing with our emotions. When doing a clearout, most of us usually fling things into a third pile of purgatory that isn’t quite “throw out” or “keep”, then it sits in the spare room, attic or car boot for six to 30 months before being brought back in again to the house.
And we bought it, quite literally because the Japanese organisation expert has sold millions of copies of her four best-selling books, starred in her own Netflix series, has a range of homewares and trademarked the KonMari method of cleaning. You can take classes in the Fundamentals of Tidying Up and even apply to become a KonMari-certified consultant. Kondo built her business empire on our collective dreams of decluttered spare rooms and wide, beige open-plan Japandi-inspired interiors.
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