Grasp The Home Edit Life: The Complete Guide To Organizing Absolutely Everything At Work, At Home, And On The Go Engineered By Clea Shearer Depicted In Electronic Format

so I watched the series and read the book, I really like their ideas and would love to implement some of them, The big issue I have is at a time when people should be cutting down their plastic use immensely, they are bringing it back in an almost cult following way.
The Container Stores and such are completely sold out of all of these plastic bins that everyone is buying, And what happens when they get sick of this way of organizing All those plastic bins are going to get thrown out.
. . As much as I like that they are trying to help people organize their stuff, I think they missed the mark on helping the environment.
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Try The Home Edit Life, Take on all those small organization projects now that you've got the big things done, Pets. Hobbies. Electronics. Travel. Like a lot of you, I suspect, I enjoy looking at photos of neatly organized items, and thinking to myself, "Someday.
. . " BUT, as much as I love the authors' antisitelinkMarie Kondō sentiment keep as much stuff as you want just keep it organized DANG! I have some issues with this book.


This one was donated for our library's book sale, so I took it home for a gander before returning it.
I have never heard of the authors, seen their previous book, or watched their Netflix show, Having gotten that all out in the open, my first thought was this book is one giant ad for The Container Store.


That's right, Gomer SURPRISE! The authors have their own line of storage products featured at that very store, making this book, which sells for a whopping. essentially an ad for their goodies,

Even if you can put that aside, Clea and Joanna have chirpy personalities that quickly become grating, Their constant namedropping Oooo! They've touched Khloe Kardashian's things!, and ultrablatant product placement all the fancy, schmancy product was turned label out also ruined this one for me.


But the pictures sure are pretty,


So if you're the type of person who likes having your books arranged rainbowly instead of alphabetically, and don't mind paying almost thirty bucks for a page ad, you'll probably like this one WAY more than I.


Who knows it may even spark joy, I was utterly euphoric when I started this book, This was because I was mid Home Edit series on Netflix and anything else Home Edit I could get my hands on Count me in.
So I ordered both books on impulse and finished the show in two days, The euphoria began to fade a few pages in when I realized that this book was not geared toward the common middle class lifestyle nor was it what I expected from a book claiming to help me with organization.


The colourful pictures and pages were brilliant and beautiful, but had those been removed and the text left over, the book would be close to useless I hate to say.
All there was to offer was a few words on the space and a step or two on how to achieve saidspace and I wont be achieving saidspace because I barely have enough space in my dresser drawers.
There were also very little tips and tricks I could take away from the book to implement into my own small living space.


This book dives into the individual projects Clea and Joanna have tackled in their careers mostly celebs homes and spaces.
So while it is interesting to look at, when Im looking at a photo with an entire closet space dedicated tohandbags yes I counted.
The space belonged to Mandy Moore of course, I found it hard not to be disappointed in the excessive consumerism.
Hey, to each is own, but Im impartial to the greed and overconsumption Canada and the US take part in more and more with each passing year.
Not to mention all the plastic promotion in the book, while our world is trying to move away from plastic use.


Unfortunately this book did not do it for me, I absolutely adore Clea and Joanna and they are so lovable on the show, They are experts at what they do, and they work exceptionally hard, The book overall was not meaty enough in terms of applicable content, There was a lot of fluff,

Hopefully the first book will be more in depth, as Im still excited to read it! Still mostly just pictures, but definitely fun to browse.
I started watching The Home Edit on Netflix the other night, When I heard the hosts Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin just released their second book, I was on it,

The Home Edit Life is really similar to the show, Honestly, I dont know that either one is super practical per seunless you have gigantic closets and lots of money for clear plastic containers from The Container Store But the show is still fun to watch, and the book is fun to page through.
Its basically organization porn at its finest: lots of sparsely filled shelves with colorcoded knick knacks they couldnt possibly stay that way if youre actually living in the space.
The fact that there is so much celebrity namedropping in the book is annoying, but it makes sense, Celebrities are the people who most benefit from having a pretty way to display all the stuff they wont ever use.


Ultimately, this book is fine for what it is, but I think Im a bigger fan of the more calm and sustainable approach of Marie Kondo.
In contrast, The Home Edit Life and the show feel like one last hurrah of excess and consumption before we all get down to the messy but crucial task of living sustainably and, you know, saving our planet.
I mean the pictures were super nice and satisfying but I found it really lacked a how to and where to get.

I also found it a little irritating that the whole book was celebrity closets and pantries, For those of you interested in reading this book, let me save you some time by summarizing it for you here.
Here is how to organize your home the way these two ladies do it:

, Start with a gigantic, clean, white house with the largest pantry on earth, floortoceiling cabinets throughout every room, an endless budget for supplies, and at leastlarge drawers in both the kitchen and the bathroom.
Even better if you use a celebrity house, You get bonus points for name dropping,
. Take everything out of the space,
. Put everything into clear bins the ones the authors sell through The Container Store of course,
. The only acceptable way to order the items is rainbow color order, Good luck with that.
. Place bins back onto shelves or into drawers,
Voila!

There, I have saved you several hours and about, Are you impressed Neither was I, I think the only people who would be impressed by this are people that have never actually organized anything so much as a junk drawer in their lives.
This is organizing for newbies, for sure,

What I do like about their method which is a generous term for what they do:
, They get a fullpoints on aesthetics, There's no arguing the rooms they make are gorgeous and enviable and would probably impress all your friends, And I love the rainbow order if it works for how you use the space, I have organized my hanging clothes in rainbow order for years because it does work for me, It is very pretty. And I love me some minimalism, So full credit where it is due,
. They are very open to helping you manage your hoarding of candy/makeup/books/crayons/whatever it is you can't stop buying.
So you don't have to feel like you have to go on a "stuff diet" or throw away half of what you own like Marie Kondo makes you feel.
More on Kondo in a minute,
. Clear plastic bins are pretty awesome, I have to admit,
. I liked their idea for how to sort apps on your phone, Rainbow order actually really works for this, This was probably the only really lightbulb moment I had while reading this book, Full disclosure: I did not read every word in this book because it's difficult to read when rolling your eyes.


What drives me bananas and ultimately why this book made me angry:
, They are a one trick pony, They do the SAME THING in every space, This should have been a blog post, not a whole book wait, make thatbooks, a product line, and a Netflix show which is even worse than this book, so don't feel like you're missing anything by not watching it.
These women are really good at duping people, maybe I am a hater Probably, Who knew you could get paid a bajillion bucks for putting things into rainbow order and using nothing other than clear plastic bins.
This is the pet rock of thes,
. Their way of doing things is not very adaptable or customizable, What if plastic bins or peg boards don't work for you What if rainbow order just doesn't work for the way that space functions They seem to provide few options or customization, which makes me feel bad for their clients, who I am sure are paying through the nose for their services.
Where's the tailored, individualized solution What if you want to be different What if rainbow order and clear plastic bins is not your style
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I never really saw them solve any complicated or unusual storage problems, Of course that pantry looks beautiful, You can park ain it, You have plenty of room to do whatever you want in there!
, They are annoyingly selfabsorbed. Why are they including summaries of their personalities Why should I care about how they like to selfcare This is not why I picked up this book.
Stop making it all about you, authors, Otherwise, put the word "autobiography" on the cover and get out of the home organization section, please,
. Ok, I will admit this point is probably only here because I am a librarian, but the way they organized a home library of books was atrocious! As anyone who actually uses books for reading as opposed to using them as decorative objects knows, you cannot organize books by the color of the cover.
That is absurd. Even worse, the books which didn't fall into the rainbow scheme were shudder shelved spinein so you can't even tell what book it is.
Moments like this make it difficult for me to like and appreciate designers which is really what these women are, because there are not really any organizing skillz going on here, let's be honest.

. I have a very difficult time relating to any organizing book that goes into detail about how they organized a napkin closet for a client.
Yes, you read that correctly, A NAPKIN CLOSET. Just a whole closet. For napkins. Floor to ceiling. Thanks for helping me out, girls, I have been struggling with my napkin closet for years, Now I know what to do, Full disclosure: I stopped reading after the napkin closet, That was the last straw,

I will be looking elsewhere to figure out how to organize my beauty products in a way that doesn't slowly accumulate dust, maximize the space in my teeny tiny triangular yes, triangular pantry, tame my exploding bookshelves, clean out my husband's floortoceilingclosetobaseballcards oh how I wish I were exaggerating, and figure out my kitchen which has aboutfewer drawers andfewer cabinets than I really would like.
Because these are the kinds of organizing problems you have if you are not a celebrity and live in the real world.
Paging Marie Kondo!

Marie Kondo is an amazing, wonderful, and talented genius, Her KonMari methods are empowering, based in reality, and encourage you to be honest with yourself, They also do not require you to purchase special containers in order to create order in your home unless you want to.
Plus, she is a super sweet and humble lady, Every KonMari thing I have done to my house, I have

kept up for years now because it works and it's easy.
If you haven't discovered her yet, you are missing out, And her show and books will actually help you feel more joy in your own surroundings, not leave you more envious of celebrity walkin closets than you already are.
I put this book on hold because I love organizing books, I didn't know about the author's previous book or the Netflix show until the book came in, I didn't feel like there was much organizing info or help at all in the book just a lot of beautiful, perfect, rainbow colorcoordinated pictures.
And most of the pictures were of HUGE spaces that the average person is not going to have in their house.
I would LOVE to have a huge closet for all my stockpiled lotion, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc, but I don't so I have to work with what I have this book didn't help in that way at all.
While it's pretty to look at it wasn't very helpful in any reallife way, A lot of the reviews talked about how they liked the book better after watching the show, so I may check the show out just to see.
Even if it is huge celebrity houses, I love a good "before and after" show, Fun to flip through but I didnt gain a whole lot from it, If you want to organize your life into an Instagram worthy post, prepare to spend money! Another pretty disappointing Home Edit book with all the same problems as the first no before and after shots, unrealistic spaces and belongings.
Somehow I found it even less applicable to my own life than the first How, oh how, will I organize my tour bus/ giant shoe warehouse! because there were fewer weird little nooks like the ones in my weird little house.
But as an example of "celebrities own some really beautiful objects" this could be fun to flip through, It's just not what I was looking for atm, Ideas I want to remember

You get the item or you get the space

Fill your home only with things you like, need, or find sentimental

The/philosophy
Keep your home no more thanfull, and reserve at leastfor breathing room.


Using all the available space in your home is kind of like eating until you are overly full.


Never buy more hangers, If you buy something new, give something away,

Give every item you own an “official” place,

If you love it, need it, or are sentimental about it, store it appropriately,

Hold your family accountable for simple tasks like putting things back where they belong, This is also why every single thing needs a “place” to belong! If they absolutely refuse to do a system then tweak the system so it works for them, and thus for you.
Example they throw their backpacks and jackets in floor instead of hang on a walk hook, Give them a floor basket instead,

Practice organization until it becomes second nature,

If you can maintain a drawer, you can maintain much more!

Organize for how you and your family really live

Life is made up of many things.
We all contend with things where to put them, what to do with them, and how to contain them,

Start with smart, Then make it pretty.

To organize any space, first make it as functional as possible, then make the space look good,

Think in terms of zones,
Put things of one category together in one place,

Fridge zones juice, dairy, prepped foods, spreads and sauces, meats and cheese, fresh produce
Label the fridge zones

Im a typeindividualist organizer personality type I enjoy sitting on the floor carefully sorting the smallest bits and pieces LEGOs! I enjoy sorting and detailed work like folding clothes in a precise manner.


Organizing bath and beauty stock Move the matching multiples to the front of the clear bin to add to the aesthetic.


Supplements keep all in one place
Store most used on turntables
Place in order of your daily routine
Give prime real estate space to oft used things.

High shelfs to least used items,

Electronic cords in a divided drawer use a sock divider in a drawer

Crafts separate intogroups decide if better in a canister or better in a drawer

School age kids
Piles of school papers
Sort into schoolwork, artwork, art projects, and memories getseparate boxes to fit these
Keep the treasures and toss the rest.
Scan what you can.

Sports gear store all sports gear in one spot, Label each bin for the sport,

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