Simply Spaced

RIVALS KONDO
Love, love, love this fab book that rivals any by Marie Kondo for organizing your home and life. Brilliant in the way it breaks down the decluttering process through a Year of Clear, with projects by room that include checklists, tear-out worksheets, and lovely photos showing handsome end results.

FROM FILM TO YOUR SET
Written by Monica Leed, owner of the L.A.-based Simply Spaced firm, who started in film and transitioned her organizational genius to private clients. Features a 3-step method that counters your I’m-a-mess mindset, combats clutter culprits, advises on 15 things to let go of now, and offers amazing style tips for every room. SIMPLY SPACED wins 5/5 points for content, design and execution!

Pub Date 08 Oct 2019.

Thanks to Monica Leed, Quarto Publishing Group - Rock Point, and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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I LOVED this - so many ideas to declutter

Everyone should have this in their life - Love the layout, info and the pictures

there are so many ideas - simple but effective

Highly recommend

The perfect guide Simply Spaced takes you step by step room by room to simplifying your home.All the tools idea you’ll need to achieve the lovely home you will enjoy coming home to.Raves for this helpful lovely instructive book. #netgalley #quartobooks

I loved this book. It’s so clear with great worksheets to use for ever room of the house. If you want to declutter or tidy, this is the book for you.

I like the idea in the book to cut clutter.I was especially glad when the book inluded worksheets so you work on your projects easily. While teh pictures of specific spaces seemed clean and organized, some of teh featured rooms seemed lifeless without a perosnal touch. The section on storing memotoes was most botehrsome; what's the point of mometoes if you can't see them?
Overall, this book was helpful, especially for mu closests and drawers.

This is a beautiful book for anyone wanting to de-clutter and get organised. It is so visually appealing and perfectly structured that just looking through it will get you motivated. It can be read all the way through, dipped into by room, or just browsed through for inspiration. I loved the pictures it just felt so crisp and clean. A perfect companion for anyone wanting to clear the clutter and get organised.

Wonderful book full of declutter tips. The design of the book is very pretty and I liked the worksheets for each room. It's definitely a book I am going to use while cleaning & decluttering my home.

Simply Spaced: Clear the Clutter and Style Your Life is one of the most practical, well-written, beautifully illustrated books I've read on this topic.

I love everything about this book! It:
- has easy to follow, step by step instructions
- offers PRACTICAL advice
- makes allowances for personal style/personality types
- has one chapter per type room or category
- gives common categories of items in each type room and how to deal with them
- offers pro tips
- helps with the "Let Go of Now" and "How do I decide?" sections
- the wonderful photography
- the extremely helpful worksheets
- the resource guide

Everything about this book is well thought out and well presented. It's also motivating and inspirational. A wonderful gift idea for anyone who has a living space!!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this book in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions are my own.

This stylish book is perfect for anyone who wants to declutter and organise their home and life. Most of us have too many possessions but find it hard to decide what to let go off. This book deals with decluttering in a step by step clear way. It breaks down tasks room by room so the overall task doesn’t feel so overwhelming.

The book is so beautifully photographed it will get you motivated and I loved looking at the pictures for storage inspiration. As a self confessed I might need this one day person I now feel motivated to start my journey of decluttering .

Thank you to the publishers and netgalley for my chance to read this inspirational book.

Monica Leed is a professional organiser and CEO of Simply Spaced in Los Angeles. The book provides inspiration and practical worksheets for each room in the house. She provides tips for tackling each room and some may recognise some of the tried and tested tips. The author suggests using post-its to mark those possessions to be donated, recycled or binned and as this is reiterated in each section it can feel a bit repetitious. Also includes a handy resource section though mainly useful to those in the US. Nicely photographed.

A lovely and stylish book about decluttering,organising and curating your spaces.Beautiful pictures and detailed descriptions.

It is easy to follow and very clear: what I appreciated it’s the fact that the books is divided by areas of your home.There is even a special mention for the office!
Very useful worksheets are at the back of the book and they really help to organise your time and the workload.

Really useful and easy step-by-step instructions for creating a perfect and tidy space!

Simply Spaced is less than 200 pages but it is packed with ideas to help streamline, simplify, and lend style to your space.

Visually, this book is very pleasing and it even seemed to offer a calming effect, as I moved from one section to the next (i.e. from room to room or collection). Each room or collection is evaluated, there is a list of “things to let go of now” (very useful) and a series of questions that can be used in order to evaluate your space. In addition, there are suggestions for maximizing spaces, as well as how to streamline the entire process.

The accompanying photos are gorgeous and inspiring, there are tear-out (work) sheets for each room or collection you are evaluating, and the author gently guides you through the process.

I found this book to be inspiring and useful. It offers a lot of things to consider as you simplify your space, without making the process feel overwhelming or hopeless. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to simplify and streamline, and is looking for guidance as well as a starting point.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy of this book for review.

In this era of decluttering frenzy I have to admit that the worksheets at the end of this book are the best way I read so far to get rid of chaos at home as well as in the office. I just doubt that somebody who needs this worksheets because has problem with organisation, will be so organised to declutter following a worksheet ;)

In questa epoca di frenetico riordino, devo ammettere che le tabelle per organizzare ogni stanza della casa (e l'ufficio), sono alcune sulle cose migliori che mi sia capitato di leggere sull'argomento. Mi viene comunque il dubbio che qualcuno che abbia bisogno che gli si spieghi passo passo come riorganizzare e mettere in ordine ogni spazio abitativo, sia in grado di seguire una tabella a riguardo ;)

THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

Now whilst I don't follow her on Instagram, I feel cheated as soon as I started reading this book as she says the pictures she shows on there are 'styled by a team over a couple of days. She states during the Introduction it is not fake but real though not real life. Surely what you show should be what you actually do yourself in real life, not have a team do it for you otherwise it's not obtainable and it is fake. I'm not naïve enough to think they weren't as most of Instagram is fake lives but it doesn't sit right with me reading that - I expect better.

This book is split into eleven chapters by individual rooms, paperwork or memories and each chapter has a corresponding worksheet at the rear of the book rather than at the start of each chapter.

There is also a list of Resources near the end of the book, but they are American based. In relation to the kids and play rooms chapter, it might be nice to include an extra chapter on teenagers as they are very different to kids with masses of toys, and not quite at the adult stage of a bedroom.

Overall her methods seem very similar to Maria Kondo who I watched on Netflix, with the room at a time, how you feel about an object, everything has it's place, dealing with paperwork and clothes folding.

I received this book from Netgalley in return for a honest review.

Simply Spaced is a beautifully presented book on how to organize and declutter your home. I love how it breaks it down into sections and a Year of Clear. I like the worksheets and the room by room guide, so that it is not too overwhelming. Seeing the pictures of what it could look like motivated me to tackle my kitchen, office and photos as soon as possible. The style of the book is very user friendly and approachable. I loved the "things to let go of now" list as well as the pro tips (def getting some photo boxes!)

I would recommend this to anyone wanting to clear up their clutter and make their home more livable. I will be following Monica Leeds IG for more ideas.

Thank you to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing group for providing this ARC in return for an honest review.

Has some great ideas on how to declutter your house. I know from experience just organizing blankets helps a lot with closet space.

I am absolutely loving this book. The tips are great like "simplify, streamline and style". The information is very practical and something everyone can do to transform their space. I love when she says "let's get real". The meditate on this blurb was great and unexpected. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This was a cute little helper for everyone of us who wan ts to live more sustainable and minimalist. I loved the layout of the book and the overall look. The cute little boxes everywhere helped me to read focused and get all the tips with one look when opening the book again. The pictures were beautifully crafted and the organization of the chapters was great.
One could just take the book and go from room to room, to declutter and organize the hell of products we have collected in a life. There was a chapter for every room in the house, Marie Kondo like, but also little chapters for personal things, paper works etc. I think it will really help to minimize what we have and to categorize what we want to keep.
The pictures made me want to start immediately and I will absolutely open the book from time to time and read some chapters again to remind myself to declutter regularly!

I really liked this book as it was structured in a nice way and easy to read and follow. I also liked the worksheets a lot.

Exactly what it says on the tin. A simple, well organised-guide on clearing the clutter and styling your life. It's got a lot of helpful advice and gives you some good ideas for organisation.

I received an advanced reading copy of “Simply Spaced” in exchange for an honest review. I believe the author has written a thorough breakdown of how to organize your home in a chapter by chapter format that covers each room/area individually. I especially appreciated the section on photos as I am of the age that still has boxes of printed photos from developing rolls of film in my youth. I liked her thoughts on displaying framed photos as well. Some may find this book overly repetitive on the decluttering topic. If you have taken the time to read any of the multiple books on the subject, you have already been exposed to most of the information provided. If you haven’t given decluttering and storage organizing a go yet though, this book is for you! Many thanks to Quarto Group, Rock Point and Netgalley for the opportunity to review this book.

This is different from most decluttering books, because the author gives advice on style as well as tidying up. It's very useful, and the worksheets are especially helpful, but I found it difficult to read as an ebook. I may have to actually buy it!



I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

A very good book for decluttering. I’ve been working on downsizing for the last 10+ years and I’m in a little bit of a slump right now. I plan to use the worksheets provided by the author to jumpstart my cleaning. I could probably do a little more labeling to make life easier for my family. I wish I had had the author’s advice when I was filling my closet with clothes. Thank you for allowing me to review an advanced copy.

Simply Spaced is a practical book on decluttering every aspect of your house. It's well organized by room and also pinpoints things like a currated wardrobe, paper files, and photos. Even though it sometimes feels repetitive; every room, every subject need the same steps, and the author chose to mention those steps in each chapter, in this case, the repetition is functional.
I loved the layout, the bright and airy pictures of storage examples. The worksheets come in handy as well as the list of suppliers in the back of the book. As a Home Staging teacher, I will add this book to the recommended reading list for my students. I will certainly help them help their clients organize their properties.

"Your home is an ever-evolving ecosystem." I couldn't agree more. Over the years, our house has completely transformed from a cluttered space into a tranquil home and as more time passes, our needs keep changing. This book gives an excellent overview of how to tackle the decluttering and organizing process, step-by-step and room by room. I found this book to be more practical than Marie Kondo and think lots of people will benefit from it. The systems and tips Simply Spaced gives you are easy to follow, make sense and will give you great results. Plus, the book is beautifully illustrated and the lay-out of the pages is truly pleasing to the eye. Highly recommended.

A handy little guidebook on how to de clutter your space. I especially like the worksheets provided at the end, although I had to tweak them a bit to fit my space, that is fine. I also like the idea of having zones, and putting like with like. Easy enough to say, but hard to do. I tend to have similar stuff spread throughout the house. I also have the bad habit of holding on to things, since I know what I paid for them, or they have sentimental value. She gives tips and ideas about this too, and basically helps with ways to deal with these issues. I do not have children in the home, but do have an office. And yes, as she mentions my desk is a dumping ground, and also a combination of my hobby interest too. Need to separate this and stay more organized. Have found multiple of the same item, as couldn't find it the first time, and had to repurchase. Would love to end the mess and disorganization. This book, unlike others I've read, helps to give a good foundation of how to start and what to do. I like the pro tips, and advice she gives, and also, as I mentioned earlier, the worksheets were a big help. Highly recommend this book, now to actually do more of the advice in my own home.

I aspire to have a clutter-free, serene household. I'm sure I will never get completely there, but this book has great advice on where I can start and how to go about getting as close as I can to the ideal. The pictures are beautiful and inspiring!