Anyone else bouncing and crashing in these strange days like Skippy on rollerskates? Tell me that’s normal.

They’re still a fairly new phenomenon on the interiors scene, but the growing popularity of listening to podcasts has provided us with an easy-to-access source of ideas and advice, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

OUR fascination with interiors inspiration (in print, online and of course in the likes of social media sites like Pinterest and Instagram) is not going anywhere any time soon.

On a recent visit to Cork, Michael Landy told Ellie O’Byrne about his dramatic decluttering project and how the Young British Artists movement he was a part of have inevitably become assimilated.

Carol O’Callaghan explores the approach of Marie Kondo to sorting out our homes after living outdoors for summer and before the season of hibernation and cosiness sets in.

There are some key rules to obey when it comes to your refrigerator. But you don’t have to turn into Marie Kondo, writes Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

An overstuffed linen cupboard is not only a waste of space but a difficult spot to negotiate around when matching bedlinen and guest towels are needed in a hurry, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Jess McCarthy is originally from the southwest of England and owns and runs Midleton Books and Fermoy Books in Co Cork with her husband Ronan.

It is no surprise that the contemporary beauty industry often follows whatever Korea is doing, and the concept of “skip-care” will not be an exception to this rule.

There’s no better time to step out and sell out at your first boot sale, says Kya deLongchamps

I mentioned Netflix last week but I promise I lead a real life as well, one in which I get out and talk to human beings and have White Russians in Cask (and those are nice).

Sorting out Cork people for ages.

So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Whether it was Marie Kondo’s influence or an early start on an annual spring clean, you now have a heap of stuff that needs to go. The question is, how can you turn this heap into hard cash?

GWYNETH PALTROW eats burgers and drinks whiskey. Or so we are led to believe by the inclusion of such an admission in a recent interview, writes Lindsay Woods.

From the magic of tidying to classic English styling and the Guinness family’s great mansion, Carol O’Callaghan looks at some of the best recent publications.

Busting dust and taming that pile of ironing are tasks that can mount, but Kya deLongchamps is on hand with a list of top tips to help you take control of that clutter and reduce that workload.

Salone del Moblile in Milan is the world’s interior forum and it’s emphasis on texture this year has placed fabrics to the fore in any new decorative scheme, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Joy points upward, according to Marie Kondo, whose name is now a verb and whose nickname is being trademarked and whose life has become a philosophy.

It is heartening to see the spirit of that ‘Don’t Turf it Out’ campaign still endures. At least some of the 100-year-old papers, photographs and documents that might have ended up in skips have been preserved, writes Clodagh Finn.

We’re gearing up to adopt a philosophy that has the potential to incite us to stock up on stuff all over again. But, in theory at least, the recent linguistic import from Denmark won’t cost us a thing because it’s about ‘being, not having’, writes Clodagh Finn.

Kya deLongchamps is moved to change her home environment and potentially her whole life, by the concise wisdom of Marie Kondo who is famous for, of all things, tidying.

A COLD wind is sweeping through the house. But it doesn’t originate from any point on the map, unless there is a cardinal direction on the compass called ‘CHANGE’. Yes, a howling Change-rly gale is whirling, leaving a trail of neatness in its wake.