There was a moment – and I swear this is true – when my entire life could be summed up by the state of my knicker drawer.
A tangled mess of the everyday, the “one day” items, the slightly sad elastic, the things I kept for reasons I couldn’t quite explain. And somewhere, somewhere at the very back, was someone I used to be.
When life feels overwhelming, it shows up in the smallest, most unglamorous corners of our homes.
The places we shut quickly, avoid opening, or pretend are “fine.”
For me, the chaos in my home wasn’t about laziness or mess.
It was… life.Too much of it. Too fast. Too stressful. Too heavy.
Not enough space to breathe.
At some point, everything had to be stripped back.
And when I didn’t know where to start, I started with a drawer.
The smallest task I could cope with and, unknowingly, the beginning of Feng Shui decluttering.
Why Feng Shui Suddenly Made Sense
I always thought Feng Shui was about moving sofas and placing a lucky bamboo by the door. But when I was standing in my own home feeling like a snow globe that had just been shaken, I realised something much simpler:
Your home holds energy.
And energy flows… or it doesn’t.
The piles, the drawers, the cupboards we avoid - they’re not just clutter.
They’re decisions postponed.
They’re feelings we haven’t caught up with yet.
When I started shifting small things in my home, I swear it shifted something in me.
Not in a dramatic, “I have achieved enlightenment” way but in a “I can breathe again, and I know where my favourite bra actually is” way!
The Feng Shui Ideas That Actually Helped.
These are the things that genuinely made a difference:
1. Start with the place that feels the most emotionally loaded.
The drawer you avoid because everything falls out.
The bathroom cupboard where the contents launch themselves at you.
The dreaded Tupperware avalanche.
Pick one, and just start there.
2. Clear the pathways.
Energy needs the same space you do.
If you’re weaving around piles, your home is interrupting you.
3. Let scent shift the mood.
This is why our Geranium All Purpose Cleaner is the one I reach for first - it’s like opening the window on the calmest of days.
4. Release the things that carry old versions of you.
Clothes that don’t feel like you anymore.
Pieces that belonged to an older chapter.
Let them go so you have room to come back to yourself.
5. Add one thing that feels lovely.
A flower next to your bed. A candle you actually adore. A fresh tea towel.
Tiny glimmers shift everything.
If you’re in your own drawer-clearing era…
Start small — no need to overwhelm yourself.
Choose one space.
Let some air in.
Let the energy move again.
If you’d like your home to smell like it can finally exhale too —
Geranium and Rhubarb are my go-tos for wiping away the decluttering aftermath.
And if, like me, your knicker drawer and your mind go hand in hand — tell me.
I’d love to know I’m not the only one.
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