The Home Edit (Get Organized with THE) on Netflix

[Anonymous]

This is the most insane and inefficient panty and fridge I have ever seen. This is not a house where anything gets cooked. I have a pantry that is filled to the brim with several kinds of flour, several kinds of pasta, several kinds of rice and other grains, at least 10 types of lentils and beans. I have around 50 types of spices and spice blends. They all are kept in containers that are pretty big. I have at least 9 types of oils at any given time. I have a small pantry cabinet and it is orderly and neat but by golly it is filled to the brim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It makes my eyes itch to see avocados in a refrigerator. The unopened jarred items, tortillas (and I think I see crackers) are weird too.

Not to derail the thread, but I thought until recently that avocados shouldn’t go in the fridge. I can’t tell you how many avocados I threw away because they would sit on my counter for days, only to become perfectly ripe for a nanosecond before they went bad. But someone told me that you should put them in once they’re ripe, and they’ll be good for a long time. It works. Why didn’t someone tell me this before?

[Anonymous]

So I watched a couple episodes yesterday. I am so completely underwhelmed by what they did at each home. They worked on Khloe Kardashian’s garage, which was already pretty well organized. There was hardly a difference between the before and after pictures. At another home they de-cluttered clothing, hung some hooks in a closet, combined two jewelry boxes into one, and cleaned out a nightstand. Nothing was groundbreaking or transformative. It wasn’t even that interesting of content to put on an Instagram account, nothing to say about a longer Netflix show.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain to me why food needs to be deboxed? Like why can’t cheerios stay in their cardboard box? Why do I need a plastic cereal container for the pantry (which btw eventually becomes just one more thing that needs to be cleaned) instead of finishing the box, and recycling it.

I ask this as someone who is pretty exceptionally organized, and childless on her own, so it’s not a hate statement and more just a 1. Why expand the extra effort on deboxing and cleaning and 2. Why spend the extra money on things that then create extra effort?

(I do otherwise like the show and Joanna and Clea, and have spent the morning on a binge, but had no idea who these people were a week ago).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain to me why food needs to be deboxed? Like why can’t cheerios stay in their cardboard box? Why do I need a plastic cereal container for the pantry (which btw eventually becomes just one more thing that needs to be cleaned) instead of finishing the box, and recycling it.

I ask this as someone who is pretty exceptionally organized, and childless on her own, so it’s not a hate statement and more just a 1. Why expand the extra effort on deboxing and cleaning and 2. Why spend the extra money on things that then create extra effort?

(I do otherwise like the show and Joanna and Clea, and have spent the morning on a binge, but had no idea who these people were a week ago).

It’s all about appearance.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It makes my eyes itch to see avocados in a refrigerator. The unopened jarred items, tortillas (and I think I see crackers) are weird too.

Not to derail the thread, but I thought until recently that avocados shouldn’t go in the fridge. I can’t tell you how many avocados I threw away because they would sit on my counter for days, only to become perfectly ripe for a nanosecond before they went bad. But someone told me that you should put them in once they’re ripe, and they’ll be good for a long time. It works. Why didn’t someone tell me this before?

I would never be able to finish a bag of avocados if I didn't do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It makes my eyes itch to see avocados in a refrigerator. The unopened jarred items, tortillas (and I think I see crackers) are weird too.

Not to derail the thread, but I thought until recently that avocados shouldn’t go in the fridge. I can’t tell you how many avocados I threw away because they would sit on my counter for days, only to become perfectly ripe for a nanosecond before they went bad. But someone told me that you should put them in once they’re ripe, and they’ll be good for a long time. It works. Why didn’t someone tell me this before?

I would never be able to finish a bag of avocados if I didn't do this.

Quality depends on storage temp. Avocado quality is easily compromised (turns brown, flavor muted) below something like 38 degrees. That’s why most people avoid refrigerating them.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve followed Clea on IG for quite a while. She’s pretty neurotic at times, so I’m a little hesitant to watch the show. I would imagine that they edit those parts out.

At the start of the pandemic the two of them were traveling a lot (probably finishing up filming the series) but were extremely frightened of catching covid on a plane. They caused a scene during boarding on one flight and were asked to deboard.

Between that and the constant marketing of “stuff” on IG, I’m kind of turned off but did enjoy the Marie Kondo series, so might end up watching at some point.

I did pick up on her personality. I'm off to google her plane freakout.

I couldn’t find any stories on this!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve followed Clea on IG for quite a while. She’s pretty neurotic at times, so I’m a little hesitant to watch the show. I would imagine that they edit those parts out.

At the start of the pandemic the two of them were traveling a lot (probably finishing up filming the series) but were extremely frightened of catching covid on a plane. They caused a scene during boarding on one flight and were asked to deboard.

Between that and the constant marketing of “stuff” on IG, I’m kind of turned off but did enjoy the Marie Kondo series, so might end up watching at some point.

I did pick up on her personality. I'm off to google her plane freakout.

I couldn’t find any stories on this!

Clea detailed it in her IG stories when it happened. Apparently Joanna has flight anxiety in the best of times, and they were both a mess once covid was circulating. Clea detailed all their drama with each flight- they tried to hand disinfecting wipes to everyone who got on the plane and were mystified and disgusted when people refused them. They did their usual “we’re insanely stressed out, take a wipe” schtick on a flight and some sort of drama ensued. Joanna and possibly Clea too got really upset and were crying, and the flight attendant intervened and told them to rebook on another flight. They immediately posted an IG story, trying to spin the whole thing in a sympathetic (to them) light, but the facts are what they are.

[Anonymous]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/health/coronavirus-vaccines.html

My avocado consumption went way up when I discovered you can buy little containers of mashed avocado and freeze them. I‘m normally very averse to anything with individual packaging but I have such difficulty timing my avocado consumption with the precise ripeness that I make an exception!

On topic, my pantry was inspired by THE but I don’t have space between my boxes. It looks more cluttered but everything is well organized. I could never have a functional fridge that looks like theirs.

[Anonymous]

I didn’t copy the correct quote, obviously!^^

I would never be able to finish a bag of avocados if I didn't do this

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve followed Clea on IG for quite a while. She’s pretty neurotic at times, so I’m a little hesitant to watch the show. I would imagine that they edit those parts out.

At the start of the pandemic the two of them were traveling a lot (probably finishing up filming the series) but were extremely frightened of catching covid on a plane. They caused a scene during boarding on one flight and were asked to deboard.

Between that and the constant marketing of “stuff” on IG, I’m kind of turned off but did enjoy the Marie Kondo series, so might end up watching at some point.

I did pick up on her personality. I'm off to google her plane freakout.

I couldn’t find any stories on this!

Clea detailed it in her IG stories when it happened. Apparently Joanna has flight anxiety in the best of times, and they were both a mess once covid was circulating. Clea detailed all their drama with each flight- they tried to hand disinfecting wipes to everyone who got on the plane and were mystified and disgusted when people refused them. They did their usual “we’re insanely stressed out, take a wipe” schtick on a flight and some sort of drama ensued. Joanna and possibly Clea too got really upset and were crying, and the flight attendant intervened and told them to rebook on another flight. They immediately posted an IG story, trying to spin the whole thing in a sympathetic (to them) light, but the facts are what they are.

One of them, I believe it is Clea, has made similar scenes trying to get backstage at concerts in Nashville. And pitched an absolute drunken fit when she didn’t get her way.

[Anonymous]

They have their own product line at the Container Store, their Insta is super aspirational, but not particularly functional.

[Anonymous]

I currently have a paint roller residing in my refrigerator until I finish painting my bedroom ceiling. Wonder where the Home Edit ladies would put that? 😁

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Anonymous wrote:I currently have a paint roller residing in my refrigerator until I finish painting my bedroom ceiling. Wonder where the Home Edit ladies would put that? 😁

It would depend on the color of the paint!