Miss Minimalist 10 Items Wardrobe

Meet Miss Minimalist.
The Minimalist Wardrobe (aka The 10-Item Wardrobe)

WOW! 10 items.

She has owned the above LBD since 1998!!!!! What a legend.

5 More Minimalist Blogs to Help Simplify Your Life

After a brief Google search, I came across this article. Currently I am reading through Miss Minimalist. She is very articulate and intelligent, and her writing is a pleasure to read.

5 More Minimalist Blogs to Help Simplify Your Life

OneBag.com

This is one of all-time my favourite sites.

Since uni days I have pored over the pages, memorising the packing list, and drawing up a "wish list". I've always wanted a silk inner liner sheet!

It advocates Light Travel - which means travelling with one bag; one carry-on bag.

I love this idea. I've done it ONCE. When I travelled to Korea by myself back in 2004. It was a pretty good feeling. So light and free. While everybody is queuing up to pick up their luggage, you are on your way, hopping into a taxi, with just one small backpack on your back.

The list is pretty minimal. The best tip is minimising clothing. What is the saying? "Lay out everything you are going to take on your trip. Then half the clothing. Double the Money".

For me, three outfits is plenty. Plus you can wash as you go. Coordinating colours is the key, so everything goes with everything. I've pretty much stuck to black, grey and dark green.

Here is the list: One bag packing list

Minimalist Living Room

My living room is the most minimal room in the house. The kids' bedrooms and the play room are a different matter. But for now, I will enjoy my living room!

It gives me great satisfaction that the room only takes 2 seconds to tidy, and that I don't feel like I need to add anything else to it. I don't need a TV. I don't need 6 more cushions. I don't need 16 more photo frames.

I have Enough Stuff.

Items:

1 modular corner lounge
2 cushions
1 rug
2 small side tables
1 sideboard
1 floor lamp
1 Marantz sound system
1 photo frame
1 antique camera
1 Union Jack teatowel

And that's all folks!

Minimising Rubbish

I have recently bought two bins - a bokashi bin and a compost bin. I need to get one more - a benchtop compost bin - this will complete my bin collection.

A boskashi bin is good for dealing with ALL kitchen waste, including meat and bones. You just need to sprinkle with the magic sawdust (bokashi additives) and bury the waste in your garden once it has been 'pickled'.


My compost bin is a massive 190L black one on wheels. I can turn it to air it and move it around the garden to chase the sun. I will be putting all my fruit and veg waste here, plus newspaper and grass cuttings.

I am very excited about minimising rubbish. Now I just gotta watch plastic packaging I bring home. I'm aiming for one small bag of rubbish per week.

Decluttering my Wallet

It all started with a nice wallet I got for a present for my birthday. My 30th.

I started cleaning out my old wallet...getting rid of old receipts, expired cards, train tickets etc. Then I went onto cleaning out my handbag. There were about six pens in there, old lolly wrappers, and numerous coffee cards. It felt very good chucking out bits and pieces, tidying up and just holding onto the essentials.

This is the Handbag Items List:

1 Wallet
1 Phone
1 set of Keys
1 Lip balm
1 Handkerchief
1 Pen
1 Moleskin

This is how my minimalist and decluttering journey begin. With a humble wallet!

The Zero Waste Home

I've stumbled across this blog a couple of years ago. She is an inspiration!
Bea lives with her husband and two boys...and produces NO RUBBISH.

Besides being Zero Waste, she is also quite Minimalist. Her house is vision of white with only the essentials and absolutely no clutter. Her wardrobe, of course, is also minimal and not wasteful.

Bea's wardrobe:

9 tops
5 sweaters (3)/cardigans (2)
5 bottoms
3 dresses
5 intimates types
6 shoes
3 bags
5 jackets
9 accessories

Visit zerowastehome.blogspot.com