Member Reviews
Received as a free ARC from NetGalley.
I love the cover of this book. It is very bright colored and great photography as are the rest of the pictures in the book. The book is broken down in to text, tips, and photographs which are appealing vs the all text approach. This is an easy approach to keep yourself, your family, and the most unorganized organized. The end of the book contains worksheets which help tailor goals, thoughts, etc. to you. I enjoyed the book so much I followed the author on social media.
This is a very detailed book with separate sections for everything you can ever imagine wanting to do in a home. The pictures are bright and informative. I did not pick this book up with a specific plan in mind which is not the right way to go about it. It is better to go into this with some questions and wants. I was unable to read the whole thing because of the amount of content and with no clear agenda. I cannot, therefore give a more detailed review but still recommend it for people who want to do something to change the way things are done and stored at home.
Home Sweet Organized Home is an easy way to grab fresh tips on keeping your home organized the way you want it.
Breaking it down by room and person can help you create a space that works for you and your family no matter what that may look like or how many square feet you may have.
Sometimes I do think this content is better digested on social media or in a blog post but it is nice to have a book to refer back to now and again.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. An excellent book with excellent ideas on organizing your home. I am going to try some of the suggestions in my own home.
This is an absolutely amazing book. I mean where has this book been all my life. As many people like me strive to have that show home look house. With this book it might just happen. Well fingers crossed I can do it. This is definitely a life changing book for me. Not only is this book about organising your home. It has amazing advice on parenting aswell. Explaining things like how many toys and expectations on them keeping your house organised. I needed this book 10 years ago. I really think this is the ultimate guide to keeping your house in order and would be brilliant for families or single parents aswell as those who just want that show home organised feel. It has to be the best book I have ever read on the subject. Everything is fully explained and the book is well organised too. I loved how it flowed brilliantly and was so colourful. What I especially loved was the handy worksheets at the back to help determine what is important to you and great check lists. So people who love journaling will love this section too.
Lastly I have to mention how beautiful the pictures were and they really inspired me. I am certainly looking forward to using this fantastic tips to finally organise my own home. I really can't recommend this book enough.
Only the highest of praise goes out to the author and publishers for creating such a magnificent book full of easy to follow tips.
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I want to live inside the house in the pictures of this book. Terrific tips and hints all throughout. I can’t wait to try the different things I learned from this book.
This book really helped with my decluttering problem. I seemed to always have piles of things I was not sure what to do with. My home is much clearer now, as I think about why I am collecting so much stuff.
Lots of hints and tips, and a great book to keep or gift.
I received this ARC for free in exchange for a review.
I loved this book!! Lots of great tips and ideas to organize your home.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book is great. It has a lot of helpful information in it that I am applying to making my life more organized.
I enjoyed this, I thought it was very helpful and had some great tips.
Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.
This was a great read and really helped me look at my house in a different light and organize it better.
This goes beyond physical home organization book. This is a lifestyle book. There so much good advice in this book. The book is color and very pretty to look at as well.
I loved the colors and organization in this book. It was a fun book to look through and had some nice ideas.
What I was looking for: An effortless clean home – that’s the dream. But for now, I would be happy with some practical and doable ideas and shortcuts to a cleaner home, especially for somebody with a chronic illness.
Structure: The first eight chapters lay the groundwork for decluttering followed by six chapters on certain rooms in the house (bedroom, kitchen, shared spaces, office, bathroom, kid’s rooms), four chapters on special items/topics (toys, paper, holiday and cherished items). Finally, there is a chapter on decorating after decluttering and a chapter on future habit building. At the end, there are 21 worksheets which get references throughout the book.
What I liked: Right at the beginning, an important question is tackled: what means “organised” to you. Especially that you also should focus on the areas you define as organised and tidy and not only what is not. This certainly helps really understanding what you want your organised home to look like. And it also asks why you feel the need to be more organised. When you define your motivation, it is much easier to know where to start and what you actually goal is.
I like that the books also tackles the issue of a multi-person household and how this household should be organised to meet the needs of the person who struggles the most with being organised. That way, you reduce stress and disagreement in a home and everybody will be much more relaxed. You are setting the system up for success. And it is important to let go of some things, not being perfect and especially, trying to accept that other household members have a different concept of organised and maybe not as much of a motivation to get everything perfect than you do.
I liked that there are many examples especially on little things that can be changed to make something work – for a specific person and their idea of organised.
Without children of my own, I cannot try out the actual suggestions for children’s rooms and toys. But the fact alone that this is being discussed and discussed in detail seems very good because too often, the organisational and tidying schemes are set up only for adults and only their needs.
Conclusion: As self-help and organisation books go, this one is certainly one of the better ones since it gives realistic advice catered to your individual needs and resources. Sure, you still have to declutter and keep everything organised, it is not a magic solution. But especially this approach to a multi-person household and people with different levels of organisational energy (here focused on children) is also a good way of managing as a chronically ill person or living with a person with a chronic illness who might struggle with some of the high-maintenance organisational methods.
Even though I thought I knew pretty much all the “basic” organisation systems, there were quite a few new ideas or different ways of thinking in this book.
Unfortunately, my home is pretty disorganised, so this book is extremely useful. Jessica Litman covers almost everything in this book, which is especially designed for families. Inspiring pictures and helpful introductions to each chapter make it easy to see what will help you, and what you don't need. Her tips are mostly simple, but make life easier. For example, she advises that you take any mess that you've mad to its rightful place, such as taking the remains of snacks away when going from the dining room to the kitchen, and using a timer to declutter untidy spaces.
Litman also provides chapters dedicated to each room. She doesn't cover books very much, however, but apart from that, it's a great book which is full of ways to help readers get organised!
I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Fantastic book on how to organise your life. I really liked the section on the bedroom on how being clutter free can help you sleep better
Amazing ideas, great graphics, and beautifully done. It is a great organization tool, not just for the home but for mentally as well. We all know it is a mental game to organize and declutter. This book flawlessly guides you through the bumps of getting where you want to be.
Home Sweet Organized Home
3 Stars
I found this book too overwhelming. So many words with perfect pictures that are completely unrealistic to maintain in the long term. I feel woefully inadequate after this reading and it isn't a good feeling. This book failed to breakdown organization into bite-size, manageable steps. I'd have loved bullet points, colorful post-notes with important information.
One of my favorite chapters is chapter one. What does being organized mean to you? As for me, I want less clutter and better function in my household. The pro- tips and worksheets were helpful. I primarily focused on bedrooms. There are good suggestions for the kids' room or nurseries. Honestly, nothing new, though. This book seems geared to micro-managing your household & children, which isn't my goal.
Thanks, NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group,for a digital ARC of this book, for an honest review.
I really liked this book, even if there were things in there that weren’t feasible for my wee house. I particularly liked the pro tips that were dotted about the pages.
I also liked the fact that it acknowledges that being organised means different things to different people, and what works for one person won’t work for everyone, even if it seems like a great way of doing things.
I think I will definitely learn a thing or two that will help me to be more organised .
My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book. There is a ton of organizational and decorating advice for every room in the house. I thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.