SEPTEMBER 2019 58 SHAPE.COM
IT’S FINE IF
EVERYTHING
DOESN’T
GET ITS OWN
NICHE
“You’ll make
your life
easier if you
organize things
in general
categories—
don’t go nuts
getting too
specific. Toss
the catcher’s
mitt into a big
sports bin.”
YOUR KIDS
NEED A
HOME BASE
“You know the
whole ‘I can’t
find’ or ‘I forgot’
conversation?
Avoid that by
designating
a command
center near the
entryway where
kids can drop
their stuff or
grab it and go.
A simple bench,
floor bins, or
hooks will do.”
mom life
enough with all
the FUSS
Moms Joanna Teplin and Clea Shearer created the
Home Edit organizing service, so they have a real handle
on things. Here, their best tips. By Mary Anderson
REMIND
YOURSELF
THAT IT’S
GOOD
ENOUGH
“Kids don’t care
if their sheets
have a high
thread count
or if their rug
was imported
from Morocco.
Nice things
can wait.”
SO YOU
ORDER
TAKEOUT
“With kids, we
quickly learned
that perfec-
tion is unrealis-
tic. Our credo
is the ‘low-
bar lifestyle’:
barely making
it through the
day yet feeling
we achieved
something. The
kids are fed, life
is good, and
we laugh at the
mess-ups.”
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RUN THE
WORLD
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Mother-of-three
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“My daughter
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