The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying
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  • Published: 15 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780091955106
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever

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15 Apr 2014
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2 Nov 2015
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3 Apr 2014
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22 Sep 2016
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Live in a clean and clutter-free home forever with the life-changing KonMari Method - now a multi-million copy international bestseller


Marie Kondo will help you declutter your life with her new major Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.

Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method.

The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once – and quickly. After that for the rest of your life you only need to choose what to keep and what to discard.

The KonMari Method will not just transform your space. Once you have your house in order you will find that your whole life will change. You can feel more confident, you can become more successful, and you can have the energy and motivation to create the life you want. You will also have the courage to move on from the negative aspects of your life: you can recognise and finish a bad relationship; you can stop feeling anxious; you can finally lose weight.

Marie Kondo's method is based on a 'once-cleaned, never-messy-again' approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible then you should definitely read this compelling book.
  • Published: 15 April 2014
  • ISBN: 9780091955106
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Marie Kondo

MARIE KONDO started reading housewives’ magazines from the age of five and loved the order and beauty of the well-organised spaces she saw in them. Then, from the age of 15 she started studying tidying seriously. She started with her own bedroom and then moved onto her siblings’. Today she runs a highly successful business in Tokyo helping clients transform their cluttered homes into spaces of beauty, peace and inspiration.

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Praise for The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

Its strength is its simplicity.

Richard Lloyd Parry, The Times

All hail the new decluttering queen Marie Kondo, whose mess-busting bestseller has prompted a craze for tidying in homes across the world ... one proper clear out is all you need for the rest of your life.

Good Housekeeping

Do I love it? If not, chuck it. Marie Kondo promises that by following her KonMari Method I will be a neatnik, forever ... I decide The Life-changing Magic of Tidying will become my bible.

Brigid Moss, Red magazine

[It is] enough to salute Kondo for her recognition of something quietly profound: that mess is often about unhappiness, and that the right kind of tidying can be a kind of psychotherapy for the home as well as for the people in it.

The Times

The tidiness regimen prescribed by Japanese author Marie Kondo is a great idea. It’s so great that maybe we need to expand its reach

Guardian

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Marie Kondo: Basic Folding Method

The basic method of folding as detailed in Marie Kondo's bestselling books - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying and Spark Joy. Spark Joy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spark-Joy-Illustrated-Japanese-Tidying/dp/1785041029 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective-clutter/dp/0091955106/