What We Read The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals by Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin
SYNOPSIS
In their book focused on decluttering and organizing, Shearer and Teplin, both professional organizers with a Nashvillebased business called — what else — The Home Edit, take a down-to-earth approach to incredible organization. With gorgeous, colorful photography, room-by-room to-do lists, and celebrity inspiration stories, The Home Edit is one book that any homeowner should have on the shelf. WHY READ IT
We all have spaces that can get cluttered, messy, or out of date, and that can have an impression on how we interact with those spaces in our own homes. But what if every space in your home not only looked great, but had function, as well?
THE FINAL WORD
That is the goal of The Home Edit — to balance form and
If you’re wanting some
function in your favorite spaces in your home.
practical tips to renovating and updating your home
A S P E C I A L TA K E AWAY
— or even if you just want
Even though The Home Edit is about completely transforming
to know how a certain
spaces, the authors know that not everyone can jump in with
celebrity organizes their
two feet. That’s why each section is intentionally designed for
kitchen pantry — The
different levels of “edit ready” and inspiration. Take your tips
Home Edit is for you.
for a mudroom in easy format or medium, based on your time
Chock-full of great ideas,
commitment, and get inspiration from detailed lists of how-
gorgeous photography, and
tos, or a celebrity example (“Christina Applegate’s mudroom
realistic ideas on how to
looks like that?”)
implement design into your home, this book is a great
No matter where you’re starting from, how much time you
resource for everyone from
want to commit to, or where you get inspiration from, you’re
the new homeowner to the
sure to find something that sticks with you in this book.
seasoned decorator.
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