Sparking joy: Marie Kondo is back to help clean out your rooms

The pandemic-induced sorting out of our homes gets a boost and new inspiration to make it an annual activity thanks to a new Netflix programme

In the opening sequences of Sparking Joy, Marie Kondo and husband Takumi invite us into their home to see how they live and tidy up.

I’ve been waiting for the simple pleasure of tidying-up guru Marie Kondo’s new series, Sparking Joy, to drop on Netflix after their teasing “coming soon” press release landed in my inbox back in March.

Now it’s finally here, I’ve made an event of it; simple pleasures in complicated times, you might say; comfy on the sofa with a cup of tea and trotters up for a mini-binge watching of other people playing house. Already I’m sparking joy and I haven’t yet opened a messy drawer.