We try the Ski Slope home organisation method for size

We discover if Californian interior designer Anita Yokota's tidying and decluttering techniques are a fit for Irish living spaces

The Ski Slope method focuses on location rather than category, working on small areas, crisscrossing the room (Billy storage shelves, €45 at Ikea).

All the joy sparked by orderly drawers and zen corners has been expunged by news that tidying sensation Marie Kondo no longer lives a domestic life of exquisite neatness now that child number three has arrived.

Can we expect doom piles to appear in the Kondo household now? Probably not, as I reckon what she considers messiness is a perfectly respectable clean-up for most of us, given her exacting standards.