The Home Edit (Get Organized with THE) on Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:Who is going to give their family a lesson about putting away the cereal according to color?

My kids are five and they know what a rainbow looks like, so it's not hard. They also often mix cereals, so they're taking out more than one box at a time. But again, not hard.

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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.

All of that. A full jar of unopened Rao's? The unopened dressing on the right fridge door, the glass jars of....flour? on the top shelf. The cracker and snacky looking carbs in the door shelf? Why? Why would you keep any of that in the fridge? The herbs just randomly shoved on a shelf instead of in a crisper drawer irks me as well.

I think the herbs may be in water?

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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).

My kids destroy cereal boxes and the bags they come in and they never close them up properly. Putting the cereal in an airtight container helps it keep for longer. That said, I don't use them, but I can appreciate why people do since I seem to come across a lot of stale cereal...

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Anonymous wrote:I spent three hours sorting my kids' lego by color after watching this show. It looks nice, but it won't last and I'm not doing it again.

Next time make your kids do it! Seriously - the rainbow system is easy for kids to understand. If your kids are old enough for Legos, they are old enough to sort them in color order.

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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).

My kids destroy cereal boxes and the bags they come in and they never close them up properly. Putting the cereal in an airtight container helps it keep for longer. That said, I don't use them, but I can appreciate why people do since I seem to come across a lot of stale cereal...

I typically buy 2 boxes of cereal and put them together in our containers. I also like how it closes up the bag. I recently had a weevil infestation (they come in bags of rice) and was glad the cereal was airtight.

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This morning dd was scrolling through my IG feed, and I asked her if she was watching a trailer for Ratched, because they keep popping up, and it sounded like a scene that might take place in a mental institution. It was actually the Home Edit page, and Clea finding out that her book was #1 on the NYT bestseller list. No chill.

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Anonymous wrote:I just started watching this show and I've only seen two episodes, but I've enjoyed watching it so far. I like their personalities and the way they respect people's stuff and genuinely try to make workable solutions for them. I think they are a little OOT with the rainbow/color coding but dividing things into zones makes sense to me so I've incorporated some of their ideas into my house. Is it just me or is the container store really expensive? $20 for a container to hold your cereal seems like a lot to me although I love so many of the things in that store.

I follow them on Insta too but didn't pay much attention to them because I was turned off by all of the packaging and waste. I try to reduce waste, limited paper towels, buy in bulk and that's why it makes sense to me to store bulk items in more useable day to day containers so I get turned off when they line up about 50 bags of pirate's booty, just for asthetic purposes. I wish they were a little more environmentally conscious with some of their choices. I guess they are only arranging other people's stuff, but I feel like it encourages other people to buy individually wrapped stuff just because it "looks good."

After learning how truly bad our city's recycling program is (i.e. they hardly take anything), I am with you on the reducing and reusing over recycling, however, having kids who are constantly on the go means that individually sized bags of certain items really makes the most sense. I am not always feeding my kids at home, where I could pour some Pirate's Booty into a cup or a bowl. Instead, I try to use reusable produce bags rather than plastic, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent three hours sorting my kids' lego by color after watching this show. It looks nice, but it won't last and I'm not doing it again.

Next time make your kids do it! Seriously - the rainbow system is easy for kids to understand. If your kids are old enough for Legos, they are old enough to sort them in color order.

I am genuinely confused. Why would anyone do this (or make/suggest kids do it?). It's not like the shape of Legos are dictated by their color. How would it help anyone in any way, other than being visually appealing?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spent three hours sorting my kids' lego by color after watching this show. It looks nice, but it won't last and I'm not doing it again.

Next time make your kids do it! Seriously - the rainbow system is easy for kids to understand. If your kids are old enough for Legos, they are old enough to sort them in color order.

I am genuinely confused. Why would anyone do this (or make/suggest kids do it?). It's not like the shape of Legos are dictated by their color. How would it help anyone in any way, other than being visually appealing?

My kids did help (some). I saw the sorting by color on the show and felt inspired to try it. My kids hadn't been playing with the legos as much but, since they've been sorted by color, they are playing with them a lot. They're building all sorts of cool things. My younger son made a dragon and my older one made a town. They have a sh1t ton of legos.. When they are done playing, they take their creations apart and put the pieces in the correct color bin. Theywerevpreviously organized by shape and were collecting dust.

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Anonymous wrote:I spent three hours sorting my kids' lego by color after watching this show. It looks nice, but it won't last and I'm not doing it again.

Sigh, I made this mistake once too.

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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).

I had an organizer do my pantry and for the most part I love it, but I ditched some of the deboxing because you can lose track of expiration dates for things like oatmeal packets, etc.

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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).

I had an organizer do my pantry and for the most part I love it, but I ditched some of the deboxing because you can lose track of expiration dates for things like oatmeal packets, etc.

It’s the stiletto heel of organization. Looks awesome, attracts the eye, but is in no way practical for daily family life.

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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).

I had an organizer do my pantry and for the most part I love it, but I ditched some of the deboxing because you can lose track of expiration dates for things like oatmeal packets, etc.

I think this is the biggest draw back to de-boxing stuff. You lose track of expiration dates and cooking times unless you have another system to keep track of it. I remember second guessing how long I should cook the rotini, penne or rice?

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Anonymous wrote:Who is going to give their family a lesson about putting away the cereal according to color?

My kids are five and they know what a rainbow looks like, so it's not hard. They also often mix cereals, so they're taking out more than one box at a time. But again, not hard.

Not hard but what are we teaching them? That Mommy is anal retentive? How about having a cereal section for some structure and call it good enough.

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One thing that kept bugging me while I was watching the show is they were constantly shopping and over buying organizing supplies, sometimes they would buy the wrong supplies and they would be drama about that. However do they ever keep "back stock" of unused bins and some other organizing materials? or is that just another way they make more money off the client is that they can bill them for all the stuff they buy whether they use it or not