Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying (Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, #2)

by Marie Kondo

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

Spark Joy is an in-depth, line illustrated, room-by-room guide to decluttering and organising your home. It covers every room in the house from bedrooms and kitchens to bathrooms and living rooms as well as a wide range of items in different categories, including clothes, photographs, paperwork, books, cutlery, cosmetics, shoes, bags, wallets and valuables. Charming line drawings explain how to properly organise drawers, wardrobes, cupboards and cabinets. The illustrations also show Ms Kondo's unique folding method, clearly showing how to fold anything from shirts, trousers and jackets to skirts, socks and bras.

The secret to Marie Kondo's unique and simple KonMari tidying method is to focus on what you want to keep, not what you want to get rid of. Ask yourself if something 'sparks joy' and suddenly it becomes so much easier to understand if you really need it in your home and your life. When you surround yourself with things you love you will find that your whole life begins to change.

Marie Kondo's first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying, presents her unique tidying philosophy and introduces readers to the basics of her KonMari method. It has already transformed the homes and lives of millions of people around the world. Spark Joy is Marie Kondo's in-depth tidying masterclass, focusing on the detail of how to declutter and organise your home.

• ISBN10: 1785040480
• ISBN13: 9781785040481
• Publish Date: 7 January 2016 (first published 5 January 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 11 March 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Imprint: Vermilion
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 304
• Language: English

Reviews

[adamfortuna]

I should not have listened to an audiobook that has "illustrated" in the title. Although this did go more into some of the order and systems involved in the konmari method, it wasn't as useful as if I'd given it the time to go through a physical copy (ironically enough).

[wyvernfriend]

Actually I found this more interesting than the original book, she's a lot more tolerant of stuff than you think, her idea is that you should surround yourself with joy instead of stress and that clutter is a cause of stress for a lot of people. I would adapt it for myself with a "stop buying crap" and "stop tolerating crap" but sometimes you have to, still it's an ambition.

She works on how to fold things, how to store things and how to get yourself started and working at this, I think some of it is inspiring but some of it is cranky-making for me.