Jakarta, Jan. 18 -- Last year was perhaps the time when the de-cluttering trend had hit its ultimate peak.

There appears to be no better trigger than the Netflix hit show "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" starring Kondo, a Japanese de-cluttering guru herself.

Before the show aired, Kondo was known among global audiences for her best-selling books, including "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" that has been translated from Japanese to over 40 languages, with more than seven million copies sold worldwide.

Through her books and show, Kondo introduces the KonMari method that encourages tidying by category, starting with clothes and then moving on to books, papers, miscellaneous items or komo...