Here's What Happens When You "Kondo" a Kid's Room

If you love a good home reno show, then you're really going to be pleased when you see what magic Theresa Edwards worked on her 9-year-old daughter's bedroom.

After deciding that enough junk was, well, enough, Theresa tried out the KonMari method of tidying up — a cleaning and de-cluttering philosophy created by best-selling author and organizing guru Mari Kondo. There are many components to KonMari, but the overarching concept is to purge your home of all things that don't "spark joy" in your life. So, that's exactly what she told her daughter to do with everything in her room ... that is, after putting 25 bucks on the table.

Theresa Edwards/SheKnows
Theresa Edwards/SheKnows
Theresa's initial goal was to get her daughter to sort through her clothing and books while keeping the "spark joy" idea in mind. Much to her surprise, Theresa says her little girl picked up on it right away and had no problem tossing her old shirts, jeans, Garfieldcomics, and even her beloved Goosebumps series. And the results, as you can see, were totally worth the few seconds of heartbreak.

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Next, it was time to organize the toys. As per the KonMari method, Theresa and her daughter went through her stuffed animals and arranged them in a neat "like with like" fashion so they could both see what she had the most of. She then had to get rid of any similar toys and keep only the ultimate "joy sparkers."

Theresa says this was the hardest part of the process for her.

"Even when she didn't know I was listening, she would pick up a stuffed animal, hug it before saying something like, 'Thank you for making me feel better when I cried,'" Theresa wrote on her SheKnows blog post.

Theresa Edwards/SheKnows
Theresa Edwards/SheKnows
Tough? Definitely, but the KonMari method continued to work wonders.

Theresa Edwards/SheKnows
As it turns out, tossing four bags of garbage, two bags of clothing, a few stacks of books, and a mountain of stuffed animals all paid off in the end. Theresa didn't have to go through "an armageddon" anymore when she walked into the room, and her daughter ended up nearly $$$ richer after finding a ton of crumpled ones and loose coins scattered all over the room (not a bad deal for a third grader).

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Now, how's that for a little spring cleaning motivation?

This story was inspired by a piece from SheKnows.

From: Redbook


By Kayla Keegan

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