How to declutter your life in 2017

New year, new you, the saying goes. So as 2017 approaches, Esther N McCarthy embarks on a massive clear out of her home – and puts the Marie Kondo method to the test

At the start of 2016, I got the help of decluttering professionals to help me clear out my front room and an old bedroom.

Mary and Frances of MandF Decluttering whizzed in with their impartial eyes and took no nonsense from me at all as I tried to cling to baby clothes and notepaper and swathes of clothes that were quite superfluous to my needs - and my current body shape.