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A review by kbrsuperstar
New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living by Cary Telander Fortin, Kyle Louise Quilici
1.0
If you ever wondered what would happen if the worst of Pinterest achieved sentience, this is the book for you.
✅ "Store, eat, and drink everything in mason jars!"
✅ Regurgitated Marie Kondo ideas without actually absorbing any of the salient concepts behind it!
✅ Extremely questionable composting advice!
✅ "Storing things under your bed is like super bad Feng Shui!"
✅ "You should clean your whole house with just baking soda and vinegar!"
✅ Glamour shots of expensive closet systems that no renter would ever install!
✅ "Just bide your time and keep looking (and looking and looking) until you finally find the exactly right secondhand items for your home!"
Seriously, about a third of the way into this book it became a hate read — I kept reading only to see how many more times I could say "oof yikes" out loud, so one star for the entertainment value in that.
✅ "Store, eat, and drink everything in mason jars!"
✅ Regurgitated Marie Kondo ideas without actually absorbing any of the salient concepts behind it!
✅ Extremely questionable composting advice!
✅ "Storing things under your bed is like super bad Feng Shui!"
✅ "You should clean your whole house with just baking soda and vinegar!"
✅ Glamour shots of expensive closet systems that no renter would ever install!
✅ "Just bide your time and keep looking (and looking and looking) until you finally find the exactly right secondhand items for your home!"
Seriously, about a third of the way into this book it became a hate read — I kept reading only to see how many more times I could say "oof yikes" out loud, so one star for the entertainment value in that.