Remodelista: The Organized Home: Simple, Stylish Storage Ideas for All Over the House

by Julie Carlson, Margot Guralnick

Overview

Buy fewer (and better) things. Store like with like. Get rid of the plastic. Display—don’t stash—your belongings. Let go of your inner perfectionist and remember that rooms are for living. These are a few of the central principles behind Remodelista: The Organized Home, the new book from the team behind the inspirational design site Remodelista.com.

Whether you’re a minimalist or someone who takes pleasure in her collections, we all yearn for an unencumbered life in a home that makes us happy. This compact tome shows us how, with more than 100 simple and stylish tips, each clearly presented and accompanied by full-color photographs that are sure to inspire. Readers will learn strategies for conquering their homes’ problem zones (from the medicine cabinet to the bedroom closet) and organizing tricks and tools that can be deployed in every room (embrace trays; hunt for unused spaces overhead; decant everything). Interviews with experts, ranging from kindergarten teachers to hoteliers, offer even more ingenious ideas to steal. It all adds up to the ultimate home organizing manual.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579658151
Publisher:	Artisan
Publication date:	11/14/2017
Series:	Remodelista
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	995,527
File size:	25 MB
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About the Author

Julie Carlson is the author of Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home and cofounder of inspirational home site Remodelista.com. Previously, she worked at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York before joining the editorial staff of The New Yorker. A graduate of Brown University, Julie lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Margot Guralnick is the writer/producer of Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home and a member of the Remodelista.com team. She began her career at Sotheby’s auction house and was editor in chief of Travel + Leisure Family. A longstanding collector, she’s happily married to a minimalist.
 

Editorial Reviews

12/01/2017
Carlson and Guralnick of home design blog Remodelista.com begin with a manifesto on the art of order that includes directives such as buy fewer (and better) things; develop habits and routines that simplify your life; and steal ideas from chefs, hoteliers, shopkeepers, and other organizational masters. The book is divided by area of the home, with organizing ideas for the entryway, kitchen, bathroom, clothes closet, workstation, and laundry and utility closet. A large resources section provides information on alternatives to plastic goods; ways to donate, recycle, sell, and swap excess goods; and the authors' favorite sources for a variety of items. The book is filled with stylish photos that clearly illustrate the tips and tricks outlined in the text. VERDICT Will be used and enjoyed by fans of the authors' site as well as anyone with a modern design sensibility who's looking to make their home more organized.—Stephanie Klose, Library Journal

Library Journal

09/18/2017
This practical guide by Carlson, the founder of design website Remodelista, along with Guralnick, the website’s architecture and interiors editor, translates the less-is-more impulse into efficient and aesthetically pleasing organizing suggestions. Room by room, and inch by inch within each room, the authors lay out a practical, two-pronged (and, in some cases, self-evident) approach to purging and reorganizing. The first prong is tossing: in the entryway, for example, the list of “what to toss” includes “orphaned gloves, junk mail, multiples of anything.” The second prong, reordering, includes suggestions such as “pick a place to put the day’s mail” and “keep a recycling bin near your mail pile.” The book provides detailed solutions for every space in the house, with advice from expert designers and everyday people alike. “Clean up like a Kindergarten teacher,” writes Howard Garrett, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, who advocates keeping an uncluttered kitchen by labeling containers and storing them in easily accessible cubbies. The authors also address common blights such as unsightly electrical cords. Some solutions will feel obvious, such as using a hanging canvas shoe organizer, while others, such as the three strategies for pot-lid storage, may revolutionize. Readers prone to clutter won’t find any life-changing magic here, but the book serves as a great resource for anyone moving into a new space. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

The tools and expert advice you need to impose order beautifully.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“Chock-full of . . . straightforward, unfussy solutions for getting your belongings and rooms in order.”
—ArchitecturalDigest.com

“Simple and joyful solutions for dealing with clutter prone spots with style.”
—Washington Post
 
“A decluttering tome that supports the beauty of organization, helping readers to understand that order can be artful. The book goes room by room through every space in the house, breaking down not only what to toss and keep, but also how to make your home efficient without sacrificing style.”
—Apartment Therapy
 
“Here are all the secrets to decluttering your home like a pro. . . . Remodelista: The Organized Home is packed with simple yet unexpected tips for creating a beautiful home. The book breaks it down, room by room, to show you how to display the things you love while achieving the organization you’re after.”
—Brit + Co.
 
“If a one-day spring cleaning doesn’t cut it when it comes to cutting through your clutter, take a look at the new book Remodelista: The Organized Home.”
—Houston Chronicle

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