ORGANISE & CONQUER

Professional declutterers Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin have rifled through many an A-lister’s drawers to do a ‘home edit’. In an extract from their new book, they reveal secrets that will help you say goodbye to mess and hello to order

When we first launched The Home Edit, our professional decluttering service and consultancy (or THE, as we are often called), we had a very clear objective: to transform the way people think about organisation. When spaces are efficient, user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing all at once, people are inspired to maintain them. One of our signatures is our affinity for the rainbow. It creates a visual flow that naturally clicks with the brain and makes tidying fun and easy. Another is labelling, which we believe is the secret to long-term maintenance. Labels are a simple road map for anyone using your space. Clients all over the US, including Gwyneth Paltrow, the celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe and Mandy Moore, were requesting our services. Often people say to us: “Surely whipping my house…

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