THE HOME EDIT – A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals
By Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin
Even Professional Organizers need inspiration from time to time. Recently we picked up a copy of THE HOME EDIT as we are always looking for new ideas to stay on top of our game. The authors founded THE HOME EDIT with the goal of merging conventional organization and interior design. Similar to how we declutter at H2H Organizing, the beginning of the book discusses paring down items by taking EVERYTHING OUT of the area you are trying to declutter. You then group the items by category, decide what will be kept, donated or trashed, and then develop the perfect storage systems for the kept items. (of course this all takes time and if you need assistance feel free to contact us at H2H)
This is where the beauty of the book begins! Each area of the a house is beautifully photographed, with exquisite organizational suggestions. For example, Gwyneth Paltrow’s playroom is an inspiration with color coordination throughout, and plastic toy containers for easy in easy out when her children are looking for their Lego, games and puzzles. The pantry has great suggestions using, turntables, tea caddy, and clear plastic kitchen containers so you can see exactly what food you own. Wire and wicker baskets are used for bathroom storage and EVERYTHING is labeled! Labels help maintain your organization making it easy for everyone to know where things are stored.
Of course we all don’t have walk in pantries or walk in closets, and we all live on different budgets. Use the book for inspiration and ideas, take what applies to your home and is realistic for you on your budget.
If you are looking for overall organization and design tips this book is for you. Terrific photography will help you visualize how you can make your living space pretty to look at and easy to maintain, with efficient organization to make your life stress free.
