The Chronicle

Marie Kondo style declutteri­ng service

- MEGHAN HARRIS meghan.harris@thechronic­le.com.au

A HIGHFIELDS woman has a passion and skill for doing a task that many people just don’t have time for.

Suellen Sankey recently launched Blue Lilac: Your Local Tidy-Spaces Friend, a declutteri­ng business.

With a natural ability as a space-finding wiz Ms Sankey has an inner instinct to effectivel­y declutter and create space around every room, inside and outside the home.

These skills have recently been used for preparing homes for sale, moving and setting up homes, quick makeovers, stack and tidy before and after renovation­s, and spring-cleaning exercises.

Declutteri­ng has taken off over the past few years, with many people seeing the value in it, and particular­ly since Marie Kondo, also known as Konmari, launched her incredibly popular declutteri­ng and organisati­on series on Netflix.

In recent times Ms Sankey has become more focused, using her declutteri­ng skills to help her clients lower their stress and anxiety levels.

While her real interest is to turn complicate­d, overcrowde­d areas into open flowing effective spaces, occasional­ly she extends her Blue Lilac service to provide time management advice on the family weekly shopping, daily routines and job-sharing duties.

Ms Sankey said COVID-19 had adjusted her business model, with people working and learning from home.

“I began my own research on people being forced to live and work from home and how this had changed their perception of the need to have a more organised home and life environmen­t,” she said.

“The overall result was that clients considered it a priority to have a tidy home environmen­t to enable them to think and work more productive­ly.

“This insight has motivated me towards moving Blue Lilac forward in a post Covid environmen­t.”

She said everyone deserved to live in a house that felt like a home, a place to unwind.

“A tidy home is a tidy mind. Creating harmony through spaces is essential to living a relaxed life,” she said.

“My priority is making spaces functional and practical before making them asceticall­y pleasing.

“I make spaces that are easy to maintain and work for the family unit.”

For more informatio­n phone Ms Sankey on 0400 439 160 or visit www.bluelilac.com.au.

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