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The Naked House: Five Principles for a Minimalist Home Kindle Edition

by Mollie Player (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
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The solution is almost always fewer things.

That's the Naked House philosophy in a nutshell, though the importance of top-notch organization (a place for everything and everything in its place), design unity, cleanliness and quality round out this book’s description of the most desirable, peaceful home in which to live.

With a tongue-in-cheek, personal style, The Naked House is an inspiring but not-too-serious primer on cleaning, organizing and reducing clutter—and on changing the way you view the purpose and soul of your home.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087RDX5T5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reality Plus - A Next Chapter Imprint; 1st edition (April 27, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 27, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Mental health counselor and self-help author Mollie Player has one goal: to help people accomplish feats of great strength. These feats include: living simply, parenting peacefully, achieving personal goals, overcoming depression and anxiety, maintaining healthy relationships, increasing self-acceptance and, ultimately, achieving inner peace.

Player earned her Master’s of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Divine Mercy University and practices individual and couple therapy at Steffen Counseling Services in Washington state. Specializing in treating chronic depression and anxiety, she takes a practical, solution-focused, whole-person approach to mental health.

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3.8 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the book to be a great and interesting read with new and concrete ideas. They also say the author is down-to-earth and entertaining. Readers describe the writing style as engaging and without clutter.

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Customers find the book's knowledge interesting, with lots of tips. They appreciate the rich possibilities for real experiences and connections that come from a decluttered space. Readers also mention the book provides new and concrete ideas as well as short antidotes for inspiration.

"...And you feel it in her prose. You feel the rich possibilities for real experience and connection that come from a decluttered home...." Read more

"...No writing clutter with cheap philosophy but short and smart. I dont give it 5 stars because her writing style, in my opinion, is not very accurate." Read more

"What a wonderful book! I had such a lovely time reading it, and learnt so much...." Read more

"New and concrete ideas as well as some short antidotes for inspiration. Different, unique, opinionated but not pushy or arrogant." Read more

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Customers find the writing style engaging and down-to-earth. They also say the book is short and smart.

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Evan Griffith
5.0 out of 5 stars Living simplicity zen in your home
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020
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If you are beguiled by the simplicity movement, as I am, you are going to relish this book. A small caveat: I'm already a Mollie Player fan. This is the third book of hers I've read . . . and I'm a regular follower of her blog.

This only stokes my admiration for what she's able to pull off in these pages -- the ability to quietly and repeatedly surprise. I read books by others whose blogs I follow, and often I find a too familiar feeling in them. Like I've heard it all before. With 'The Naked House' it feels warm and comfortable, like you're chatting with a friend, for sure . . . but a friend who is regaling you with compelling ideas she never expressed before.

'The Naked House' explores what it means to live simplicity zen. Though she doesn't say it quite this way, the author takes seriously the idea that your home is a sanctuary for the soul. And you feel it in her prose. You feel the rich possibilities for real experience and connection that come from a decluttered home.

I'll be gifting this book to friends -- it's that important a read.
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Msignes
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2021
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The Author is very down to earth and I like it. Very entertaining. Interesting opinions. Lots of tips. Well structured to follow up but dinamic. If you like to read books about decluttering and know about the matter, this book is a great reading. No writing clutter with cheap philosophy but short and smart. I dont give it 5 stars because her writing style, in my opinion, is not very accurate.
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shenandoah murray-sullivan
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good tips on organizing.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2021
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Overall the point I got from the book was she REALLY loves the color brown! She did a great job going over individual organizational pieces in her home and why she has those items.
Personally, I don't relate to her style of minimalism. I prefer to have much more color and room separation. I do recommend this book for those who want an easy way to minimize their homes.
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beeeeekeeper
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2020
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Whoa, did I ever need to read this! And at the perfect time. I was told by my realtor I'd have to get rid of 90% of my, er, belongings (crap) to make the house sell. I somewhat reluctantly packed up half my house. Around this time I was referred this amazing book by a friend. It helped me see that my house was not bare and boring. It felt twice the size as before - and clean! And it stayed clean with minimal effort!! With the two bookcases and a corner shelf out of my dining room (yes, I had overcrowded my dining room, of all places, with bookcases - there was no room for them anywhere else! *groan*) my family and our guests were able to move around the room freely for once. My house has now sold and instead of taking the half of the house with me I'm taking the wonderful advice of this book and selling and/or giving away everything I had lived just fine without for two or three months. I plan on reading this book every couple years or so just in case I ever lose sight and the clutter once again starts to creep up...
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Fayre
4.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas, not for everyone
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2021
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The author has a breezy style, which makes the book a quick read. As the title states, this is aimed at readers who have a house, not necessarily an apartment. If you don't have a garage, you won't be able to follow some of her suggestions. (I don't have one, but her garage looks amazing!) Her aesthetic is her own, and definitely not mine; but she often states that readers should do what works best for them. What I liked most was the photos of how she carries out her ideas, and the various points of view presented in the interviews with other minimalists. One small quibble: one interviewee said that although he likes Marie Kondō, bills don't bring him joy. That's a misinterpretation of what Ms. Kondō means; at no time does she advise people to get rid of necessities that don't bring joy. The best advice given by the author was to make the principles your own, and don't do anything just because someone else says so, even her. This style will not be for everyone, but the author has created a home and lifestyle in which she and her family can thrive, and that is a great goal for all of us.
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Kindl Cust
1.0 out of 5 stars Not a book about having a minimalist home
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
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I really disliked this book. While minimalism is definitely an aesthetic as well as a lifestyle, this book is about neither. It tells you how to give the appearance of having an empty home while you're really just storing stuff (in newly purchased, matching bins of course) on your "box wall" in the garage. The advice to purchase duplicates like towels, linens, dishes, lamps, etc to maintain a consistent look over time just feels totally counterproductive.
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Karen
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't like clutter? Just buy a bigger house and put everything in the garage!
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2022
This book is so out of touch. The author talks about not having visible things in your home and the solution is to just chuck it all in the garage. BRB let me just casually put 2500sq ft of stuff out there into the abyss. It is not practical for an average family who maybe wants access to things without having to get them out of storage. The only helpful information was to get curtains that are similar to the wall color as it did make my room look calmer and to buy matching pyrex dishes because they nest and store really easily so I gave it 2 stars.
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MVPDE
5.0 out of 5 stars Top notch writing by Mollie Player, as usual!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020
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What a wonderful book! I had such a lovely time reading it, and learnt so much. I am looking forward to Mollie's future books and will be buying more of these for some close friends.
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Denise Ribeiro
1.0 out of 5 stars Exagero de regras
Reviewed in Brazil on July 17, 2022
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A autora cria dezenas de listas do tipo faça isto, não faça aquilo. Quantas cores deve ter sua casa. Cortinas? Apenas as muito leves. Sem bancadas na cozinha para não acumular coisas - ao invés disso, várias prateleiras. E por aí vai. E as fotos da sua casa, horríveis. É quando você tem certeza que não deve perder tempo com esse livro. Fuja.
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jm
4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2021
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Well rounded ideas giving you space to work it out for yourself. Along the lines 'how I made it work '. Great links and reading recommendations as well. Bit too American for me, as if she forgot to think globally. Otherwise it's a great work!
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EsirenBotdon
3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful for some, maybe- but not for me.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2021
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I found the narration somewhat plodding and it made the book drag more than perhaps it otherwise would have, however I also found the content pretty unhelpful on the whole.
The author seems to have a very narrow and rigid view of what makes a 'home', and it also seems very judgemental. I found her general attitude more indicative of mental illness than a 'lifestyle choice', (hoarding identical storage containers/ tupperware in case they go obsolete) and the whole thing is entirely US-centric, and somehow vaguely depressing.
Talking of removing all furniture (coffee tables are a total no-no!), books, pictures and basically hiding away any signs that you have a life, interests or creativity seems to be what makes this author tick.
Personally, I enjoy seeing people's houses full of life, creativity, artwork, plants and books, and I don't automatically define all these things as 'clutter'. The idea of an empty space with just 'brown carpet' and black leather couches is depressing, dull and clinical.
Sure, it's nice when houses are clean if not tidy, and not overflowing with litter and actual, literal rubbish- but the idea that rooms should be bare, with everything matching at all costs, and one single theme throughout the home is certainly not everyone's cup of tea. I don't like matchy-matchy stuff, and not everyone can afford 'real wood flooring' and 'artisan paint'- even if they DO cut down on other purchases.
I didn't like a lot of the included interviews either;
One guy says 'Make money, invest, and then go travelling'. I hate it when people buy up all the properties as Air B&Bs or investment properties to 'fund their lifestyles'. It kills local areas, and I find it unethical, frankly. Her other friends get similarly judged- one has a multi-million dollar home (seems like wealth-dropping in context) but keeps her old kitchen table because 'it's better to invest in property than things'. One is 'poor', but lives up to the author's expectations anyway by not having anything and being reasonable 'clean'. It seems snobbish, shallow, and somehow soulless.
One thing has come out of this listen, at least. I appreciate my own cluttered, messy, but homely and creative home all the more.
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DrLMW
2.0 out of 5 stars Being minimalist is easy - when you have a garage!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2024
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I cannot take this book seriously. She bangs on about being minimalist, then reveals that she has a guest bathroom, and a whacking great garage in which she keeps everything in storage! I mean, minimalism would be easy if I could stick the stuff in a garage!
As for the airy assertion “Kids don’t need their own rooms”… Tell that to my three tweenage girls who have to share a tiny bedroom in our rental flat because rents are so extortionate in London. This woman doesn’t know she’s born! She’s dispensing advice whilst having one toddler, a massive garage, and a guest suite. I’d love an update when she’s got three kids, lives in a one bed flat (no garage or storage) and is homeschooling.
Her tone is smug and judgey of other people, and the pictures of her house give me the creeps: totally dead and soulless. As for the obsessive need to acquire Pyrex and everything brown, I got slight mental illness vibes.
It’s useful for a bit of inspo, but honestly it actually made me feel glad for my mess and chaos… This book reminds me that minimalism can be taken too far. You do want a home that feels like home, and where guests are accommodated without a preachy lecture on why there’s no chair for their comfort.
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LINDA EVANS
3.0 out of 5 stars If you like minimalism, probably helpful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2021
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I like looking at books on ways of living, and this was certainly different. It's so far from the way I want to live that I found it hard to see the virtues of its minimalism. Her way of living obviously suits the author -- fine. Good. But I would hate to live without curtains, without furniture, without pictures, without books. I'd hate to be putting everything away all the time. And the author never explains why this is good, just assumes minimalism in her style is a satisfying way to go. I'm glad I've seen the book, though it doesn't appeal aesthetically or otherwise. Just confirms me in my love for a richer environment.
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