Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Muir

Marie Kondo says there is an ‘impossible standard’ of having a tidy home

Marie Kondo, the decluttering expert famed for helping people clean up their living spaces, has admitted that there is an “impossible standard” of maintaining a tidy home.

Kondo, 40, who is from Osaka, Japan, rose to fame through her 2010 best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up and on the hit 2019 Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, in which she coached people to organise their homes using her unique tidying technique, the KonMari Method.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.