No one ever warned me that my shopping habits would totally change once I decluttered.  They never explained I’d spend £100 on a lamp, or like today over £115 on a jacket.  With the exception of a few extravagant suits from L K Bennett for very special occasions I’m the kind of girl that always shopped at cheap shops like Primark. Next if I was feeling rich.  It’s not that I don’t have expensive taste, it’s just that my bank account was never able to supply what I needed!  I’

Last Thursday I was called in short notice to Radio Sheffield to discuss the phenomenon of KonMari as their resident decluttering expert. When I got the studio the editor and presenter had come up with the idea of me decluttering the newsroom on air. Now I never feel out of my depth or panicked when decluttering with clients mainly because I know my stuff and I love a challenge – but I’m not ashamed to say at this point I got nervous! You’d think I would be nervous because o

Let me start by saying I’m a total KonMari convert. For the past 4 years I have worshipped Marie Kondo’s method of decluttering after I totally transformed my home and life by following her method. With the launch of 'Tidying up with Marie Kondo' at the beginning of January on Netflix, it seems the world is finally realising the positives of a declutter. Even after decluttering my books, her two are still proudly displayed on my shelves and I still flick through them frequ

One of the big worries a lot of clients have is that they worry I’m going to hire a massive skip and put all their lovely possessions into it.  They think my idea of the perfect home is stark white, accent cushions and minimalism.  They worry that the items they’ve collected and have a passion for will be discarded like they’re rubbish. This really is not the case.  Well, unless you want to do that? If your vision is for that kind of home then of course I will help you work t

One of the biggest achievements as a professional declutterer is helping someone drastically change their mindset.  This takes time, patience and trust but once that change switch is ‘flicked’ there’s no going back!  Once clients see another way of doing things they feel free from their old ways of thinking that have kept them stuck and unable to properly declutter or let go. One big obstacle of thinking to overcome is the ‘I might need it some day’ issue. We keep endless amo

So today I was going to do a blog to let you know a bit more about me, and how my journey into the world of decluttering came about. Unfortunately I have had another topic to discuss instead which presented itself today. Last night my daughter kept me up all night with a sick bug (she’s fine now). This meant me having to do an 11 hour shift in my other business on zero hours sleep…. Interesting to say the least! However it got me thinking as to just how much decluttering