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The Home Edit: Stay Organized: The Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick
Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin
3.53 AVERAGE
53 reviews for:
The Home Edit: Stay Organized: The Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick
Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin
3.53 AVERAGE
This had helpful hints and tips. Not everything is realistic or applicable to me, but the pictures are so organized and colorful!
Oh how I love this book and have a dream of becoming better organized! The authors take you room by room through your home to help you become organized. I love the color coordinated systems, many, many tips and photographs included, and their sense of humor! I guess you would this gem is dedicated "To the people who think they will never get organized or stay organized. This one is for you."
Now if only I can make my home organization dream come true!
Now if only I can make my home organization dream come true!
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Rainbows should be fine for organizing but somehow after their books, rainbow organizing annoys me greatly. The authors try too hard to be funny & come off nearly condescending at times. Even though I should be basically the target audience, they didn't work for me.
4.5 stars - My first book by this duo & thought it was very helpful. The audio was great- a super quick read.
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
Once the authors said to throw out your children’s belongings if they don’t pick them up I was before. Would you do that to your spouse? Your friends? No. So why would you do that to your children? They also shame people in every section by listing “excuses” rather than seeing that there can be legitimate reasons for disorder. Yes there are lots of pretty pictures and a few helpful tips but nothing groundbreaking. There are so many other organizing books and they’re way better. Skip this one and read those instead.
I wanted to like it, I really did.
But...like most home organization books, and despite repeatedly claiming to try to meet people where they are, a lot of this is unrealistic. For example, they repeatedly recommend the Elfa storage system, saying it's "really affordable" - you don't know your readers' budgets. C'mon. One glance at the website shows me a single sliding basket drawer can cost as much as $30.
They recommend organizing everything - everything! - by ROYGBIV colors. They admit that doesn't work for everyone, but then reinforce it in every chapter and most photos. They even organize SNACKS by color. Unhinged. They note that one of their kids will tell her they're "out of yellow snacks." What. How is that at all helpful???
They SAY you don't have to buy anything to implement new systems, but then they show each project and what they bought to implement it. They SAY it's about functionality, and then organize books by color (one of my biggest pet peeves about the aesthetic organizers - tell me you don't actually read those books without telling me).
It feels less like a book on organizing and more like a guide for getting the Instagram aesthetic.
But...like most home organization books, and despite repeatedly claiming to try to meet people where they are, a lot of this is unrealistic. For example, they repeatedly recommend the Elfa storage system, saying it's "really affordable" - you don't know your readers' budgets. C'mon. One glance at the website shows me a single sliding basket drawer can cost as much as $30.
They recommend organizing everything - everything! - by ROYGBIV colors. They admit that doesn't work for everyone, but then reinforce it in every chapter and most photos. They even organize SNACKS by color. Unhinged. They note that one of their kids will tell her they're "out of yellow snacks." What. How is that at all helpful???
They SAY you don't have to buy anything to implement new systems, but then they show each project and what they bought to implement it. They SAY it's about functionality, and then organize books by color (one of my biggest pet peeves about the aesthetic organizers - tell me you don't actually read those books without telling me).
It feels less like a book on organizing and more like a guide for getting the Instagram aesthetic.
I think I am biased because I do love The Home Edit show, and I was excited to get this book in my hands. I think it is, in a way, a show condensed into a book. I thought the writing was clear, there were many tips and tricks, and I definitely got some inspiration as well as knowledge as to how to approach organization in the different areas of the house. I do wish there was more concrete practical knowledge (like even a list of different possible organization tools), but it did not disappoint.
Yes it’s a beautiful idea, not practical for the average person who doesn’t have a walk-in closet or 100sq foot pantry. The part about sharing her huge closet with her husband? She speaks as if she’s so gracious to give him any room, when reality is she has more space than my entire living room. Still got some good ideas but geez they’re so vapid and shallow.
Maybe I feel this way because I was hoping to learn something new and felt like the content didn’t seem new enough to warrant the same style of book. I still got into it and loved the visuals but if they do another book am hoping they switch up the format from the guided room style and maybe try something new? Like a before/after photo book series of the most challenging orgs with like views into the priorities of their clients they are organizing for would be interesting.