by cthorn | Mar 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Martha Stewart’s website promises that its ultimate spring-cleaning checklist will give your home a total refresh. Why not! Martha is having another moment (she made the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue at age 81), and traditional spring cleaning does...
by cthorn | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
“The Japanese have a custom called ōsōji, or ‘big clean.’ It’s similar to spring cleaning in the West, but we do it at the end of the year. They do this with a spirit of gratitude as they prepare to welcome the New Year. In many other parts of the world, too, the end...
by cthorn | Oct 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
This past summer was especially difficult. My Dad suffered a fall and was hospitalized for more than a month before transitioning to a rehab facility in August. Early Septemer saw him home again and requiring a new, heightened level of care. As everyone around me in...
by cthorn | Jul 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Heat waves and clutter are allies when it comes to punishing us with unbearable living conditions in especially hot summers like this one. The news is filled with reports of dangerously high temperatures across the country and beyond, and here in Connecticut we’re...
by cthorn | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Anyone who shops at Target or equivalent Big Box stores is familiar with the sections devoted to plastic storage bins and other vessels of varying types that are presented as storage “solutions.” While these bins, boxes, organizers, baskets, expanding files, and more...
by cthorn | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Can we talk … about our tendencies toward hoarding? The Mayo Clinic describes hoarding disorder as “an ongoing difficulty throwing away or parting with possessions because you believe that you need to save them.” In elaborating, Mayo warns, “You may experience...
by cthorn | Feb 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The headlines seemed shocking. “Marie Kondo’s life is messier now — and she’s fine with it,” The Washington Post declared in a Jan. 26 story. National Public Radio (NPR), picking up the Post’s story, slapped this headline on its account: “Marie Kondo revealed she’s...
by Doug Clement | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Certified Platinum KonMari Consultant Christine Thorn, Connecticut’s Sage of Interiors, will give her informative and entertaining presentation about the lifestyle benefits of the KonMari Method of tidying and decluttering for three public libraries in January. On...
by cthorn | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” —Henry David Thoreau “Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” —Ella Fitzgerald “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you...
by cthorn | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Have you looked at your garage and tool shed lately? Just opening the doors on those things can be a safety hazard,” Popular Mechanics says in a recent story on ways to “organize your gadgets.” If you’ve done yardwork like most of us this autumn, or fixed up things...
