DE-CLUTTERING
ROSIE BARRON IS THE TIDY COO An award winning Professional Organiser, who works with clients to help them Declutter and Organise their homes and live a more relaxed life. A Master KonMari Consultant and member of APDO (the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers), Rosie lives in Aberdeenshire with her husband, four Home Educated children, eight ponies, five dogs, three cats, two bunnies, chickens, ducks and fish which all Spark Joy.
Images: Laura Walter Photography
decorations together to check that we still love them. Most of our ornaments and decorations are old favourites, bought over the years on our travels, and many have specific memories associated with them, so I don’t have a beautifully put together tree and house, but
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s we come to the end of the year, our thoughts swing to Christmas. I love Christmas! I love spending time with my family. I love roaring fires, hot chocolate and mulled wine, and the excitement of the children as we build up to that day.
Decorations We decorate our tree and house on the first weekend of December and the first thing that we do is to get all our ornaments and 42
somehow it all works together. When the festive season is over, and I’m packing the decorations away, I’ll check them over again at that point to see if there are any that are broken, because there is no point in me storing something for the entire year, only to get it out next Christmas and discard it! As you are putting your decorations up this year, bring them all out, have a good look through them and release any that are broken. Any that you are not sure about putting up, ask yourself why, and if it is because you no longer love them, then let them go.
