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Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home: How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life (The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up) Hardcover – November 15, 2022

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Transform your home into a haven of calm and achieve your ideal lifestyle with this inspirational visual guide featuring more than 100 photographs, from the Netflix star and #1 bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
 
“Encouraging readers to take an even more holistic and personal approach to curating their environments, [Marie] Kondo shares a visual guide featuring more than 100 photographs to inspire them to envision, and then create, more fulfilling and joyful lives.”—J.P. Morgan’s nextlist 2023

Inspired by the Japanese concept of kurashi, or “way of life,” Kurashi at Home invites you to visualize your best life from the moment you wake up until the end of each day. By applying Marie Kondo's time-tested query—“Does it spark joy?”—to your mindset and behaviors, you are invited to take an even more holistic and personal approach to curating your environment by imagining what your life could look like full of connection and free from any limitations. This ideal vision then becomes a touchpoint that helps you make conscious, mindful choices—from how you use every corner of your living space to how you take advantage of every moment.
 
At its core, the KonMari philosophy focuses not on what to get rid of, but on what sparks joy in your life. In this inspirational visual guide, beautiful photographs and Kondo's unique suggestions empower you to embrace what you love about your life and then reflect it in your home, activities, and relationships, like creating a calm nook for working, scheduling weekly get-togethers with family or friends, or having relaxing nighttime rituals that promote a restful sleep.
 
Your newfound clarity will inspire you to clear out the unneeded clutter so you can appreciate the inviting spaces, treasured belongings, and peaceful moments that remain.
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Find what sparks your joy with the first full-color, photographed guide from Marie Kondo.
Marie Kondo making the bed

Dialogue with yourself, your home, and your possessions

If you could make any dream come true, what would your ideal lifestyle be? If your home had a personality, what kind of person would it be?

A peaceful home entryway

Visualize your ideal home

Make your living room a space that encourages conversation. Your bedroom is a base for recharging your energy for another day. A good kitchen makes cooking fun!

Marie Kondo and her husband go for a walk

Create your joyful morning, daytime, and evening

What kind of morning would boost your joy factor all day long? Treasure the relationships and activities that spark joy in your heart. Look forward to your evening ritual.

Transform your home into a haven of calm and achieve your ideal lifestyle.

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Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, bestselling author, star of Netflix's hit show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc. She has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Times, and Vogue, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Ellen. She was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

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If you could make any dream come true, what would your ideal lifestyle be?

Exploring the answer to this question helps build the foundation for a life that sparks joy.

That’s why I begin with every client by asking them to share their hopes and dreams. Their eyes shine as they describe a palatial house with lovely furniture in natural colors or a big kitchen where they can bake cakes. But before long reality starts to sink in, and the light in their eyes fades. “I live in a tiny apartment,” they’ll say. “How can I make a palace out of a room that’s just 80 square feet? I guess I should be more realistic.”

On the surface, this seems like a perfectly logical conclusion, and to be honest, for a long time I wasn’t quite sure how to respond. How could I ask my clients to compromise on their dreams? How could I tell someone who loves Renoir to decorate their one-room apartment with something “more suitable,” like Japanese woodblock prints, and just focus on keeping the space clean? That would never motivate them to tidy. The very thought would quench the least spark of joy.

When visualizing our ideal lifestyle, should we give our imagination free rein, or stick to what’s possible? This is a tricky question—one I had to mull over for some time.

In Japanese, the word for “lifestyle” is kurashi. As I pondered this word, I realized I didn’t know exactly what it meant. Looking it up in the Daijisen dictionary of Japanese terms, I discovered an interesting fact. 

According to this source, it means “the act of living; spending each day; daily life; making a livelihood.” The verb kurasu means “to pass one’s time until sunset; to spend one’s day.” In other words, the ideal kurashi simply means the ideal way of spending our time, and therefore is separate from the “ideal home.”

This realization reminded me of my university days when I lived in Tokyo with my parents. Even though I had my own little room, which in Japanese cities is a huge luxury, I was always full of ideals and aspirations. I dreamed of having a bigger room, a cuter kitchen, a little garden on the balcony, nicer curtains on the windows, and so on. But the kitchen was my mother’s territory, which I was forbidden to change without permission, and my room didn’t even have a window, let alone a balcony.

But this gap between my dreams and reality didn’t bother me. I used to boast about how much I loved my room. The reason I loved it was because it was my own space, a place where I could enjoy my ideal lifestyle, whether that meant relaxing before bed with aromatherapy, listening to my favorite classical music, or placing a small vase with a single flower on my bedside table.

In other words, the ideal lifestyle refers to what we do, not to where we live.

Once my clients finish tidying up their homes, very few of them consider moving or completely redecorating afterward. Often the biggest change they describe is how they spend their time at home. Through these changes, they come to love the space in which they live, regardless of whether it matches their ideal.

Even if you can’t move to a new house or apartment, you can still change your lifestyle. You just need to live as if your space is your ideal home. That’s really the point of tidying up. So, when imagining your ideal lifestyle, think concretely about what you’d like to do and how you’d like to spend your time at home.

Oddly enough, once they’ve finished tidying and have realized their ideal lifestyle, many of my clients actually end up with the house—and even the furnishings—of their dreams. I can’t count the times I’ve heard my clients say things like, “Two years after tidying we moved into a house exactly like the one I imagined.” Or “Someone gave me the kind of furniture I’d always wanted.” This is one of the many strange and wonderful effects of tidying that I’ve witnessed through my work.

Whether you believe it or not is up to you. But if you’re going to imagine your ideal lifestyle, why not go all out?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press (November 15, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 198486078X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1984860781
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.06 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.29 x 0.87 x 9.32 inches
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Marie Kondo is a tidying expert, bestselling author, star of Netflix's hit show, "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo," and founder of KonMari Media, Inc.

Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her tidying consultant business as a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration.

In her #1 New York Times bestselling book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up," Marie took tidying to a whole new level, teaching that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again.

Marie has been featured on more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs as well as in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, Vogue Magazine, the Ellen Show, the Rachael Ray Show and many more. She has also been listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people.

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Clear east to read font. Excellent quality paper. A book to read, savor, and sit with. This book will inspire, and challenge, and may even provoke deep Thought, and personal discernment. This isn’t a book about cleaning. It’s more than that. It’s Healing, and spiritually Transformative. Some books Choose us! This is one such book. Five stars!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Full color photos, Inspirational!
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Clear east to read font. Excellent quality paper. A book to read, savor, and sit with. This book will inspire, and challenge, and may even provoke deep Thought, and personal discernment. This isn’t a book about cleaning. It’s more than that. It’s Healing, and spiritually Transformative. Some books Choose us! This is one such book. Five stars!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Full color photos, Inspirational!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2023
Clear east to read font. Excellent quality paper. A book to read, savor, and sit with. This book will inspire, and challenge, and may even provoke deep Thought, and personal discernment. This isn’t a book about cleaning. It’s more than that. It’s Healing, and spiritually Transformative. Some books Choose us! This is one such book. Five stars!
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Aisling D.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book with inspiring photos and extra insights for organizing
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2022
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As a long-time fan of Marie Kondo, I wasn't sure how much more she could share. After all, there are the books, the TV shows, and so on.

Well, apparently there's more, and much of this book is about her personal sense of style and her own process of staying organized.

I was astonished to read the additional traditions she includes in her daily routines. They're nice, simple, and add just a little more depth to creating a welcoming, comfortable home.

For me, this book is that extra little nudge to keep improving our home, and not only organize but also maintain the home more thoughtfully and intentionally.
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Chris Johnson
4.0 out of 5 stars It a good book, but you still need to read her first book for
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2022
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I really like her book! I enjoy her pictures and everything she wrote in this book. However I feel like you still need to read her first book in order for this book to make sense. There is plenty of things I learned in this book. And it just tied all of her books together. For me after her first book I tried tidying and it didn't always make a lot of sense but now I feel confident I can finally get my house in order.
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Ash
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommend
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A few pages in my fiance was already inspired and started cleaning the house. A great companion to her other books, this one focuses on designing your home to fit you. She made many good points I hadn't thought of and I'm excited to put this book into practice and reclaim my space as something special to me and my family. We have been going over the book together which opened discussion about how we wanted to spend our time at home, what wasn't working with our current setup, and what we could do to improve it and design the space for us. The book is both aesthetically beautiful and genuinely helpful and thought provoking. I recommend it to anyone wishing to improve their use of space or time at home.
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Vera K
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
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I don't know what I was expecting but this book seemed less inspiring than some of the other volumes on this topic. It's fairly superficial and simplistic, covering topics of common sense and common knowledge. Can't recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and helpful
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I read this book along with “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning” by Margareta Magnusson. They are complementary, written in a gentle manner with some overlapping messages. I enjoyed both tremendously.
I have started getting rid of excess, something I need to do while I still can so my children will not have to deal with too much mess when my husband and I are gone.
Both books have been tabbed with Post Its so I can revisit and be reinvigorated if I get stuck somewhere along this journey.
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carrie
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite books of the year
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
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I bought this for myself and use it as a coffee table book. I’ve read her other books and loved this one just as much. The combination of photos and layout of the book is wonderful. I downsized and moved into a 500 square foot apartment and this helped me immensely. I also bought it for a friend as a house warming gift, who loved it.
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Maria Alvarez
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2023
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Marie Kondo does it again! This is an absolutely beautiful coffee table book.

It was a quick read; pretty much a compilation of her previous books. The photos were beautiful as well!
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5.0 out of 5 stars in good shape
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hermoso
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Un libro hermoso con imágenes muy lindas. Libro para leerse y para usarse decorativamente.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kuroshio at Home
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I loved this book that I read on Kindle, it’s inspiring and very relaxing to read. I will read it through again to implement the ideas.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Invitation à la détente
Reviewed in France on January 9, 2024
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J'ai apprécié la lecture du livre qui est bien illustré. En plus des conseils, les photos donnent envie de faire le désencombrement de sa maison. Une petite parenthèse de détente.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Ayuda a encontrar un hábito de vida positivo
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Ayuda a como hacer de tu día mucho más positivo
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