November 18, 2024 • 31 mins
The holidays are coming fast. Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin of “The Home Edit” share tips for staying organized through the whirlwind that is the holiday season. Plus, they give a sneak peek into ABC’s reboot of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” which will feature Clea and Joanna!
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hello Sunshine, Hey fam Today, on the bright Side, it's
time to get organized so we can all have a
stress free holiday season.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
A girl can dream right.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Joining us are bright Side besties and co founders of
the Home Edit, Clear Sharer and Joanna Tepplin. They're getting
real about how to store, organize, and contain all of
our holiday decorations. It's Monday, November eighteenth. I'm Simone Boyce.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I'm Danielle Robey and this is the bright Side from
Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together to
share women's stories, to laugh, learn and brighten your day.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
On my Mind Monday is brought to you by missus
Meyers Clean Day, inspired by the goodness of the Garden.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
All right, Simone, it's on my mind Monday. So today
I'm thinking about something I read from writer Adam Grant.
He shared his new favorite word, and it is sonder
s O n d er. It's the deep realization that
every person you meet has lived a life full of
hopes and fears and heartbreaks and love that you may
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never know about.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Isn't that a powerful thought?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I love anything Adam Grant has to say for the
most part, and this is no exception. I love that
there's actually a word to describe this indescribable concept.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Well, it blew up online.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
He posted it on Instagram and it has one hundred
and ninety three thousand likes thousands of comments, one from
Kristen Bell that I loved. I just love Kristin Bell
in general, but she wrote, I've been looking for this
word forever. I'm constantly thinking when I pass a stranger,
they have a favorite ice cream, a specific nighttime routine,
and exciting opportunity they're looking forward to, and I'll never.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Know what it is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I feel this all the.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Time in my life, both in a hopeful way and
sometimes in an empathetic way to make my own self
feel better, Like if somebody's being mean, I just think
they must be dealing with stuff I don't know about.
But what I love about Adam Grant's post is that
he invites us to think about sonder not just as
a word, but as a way of living. So it's
the realization that every stranger, every person, has a life
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that's as vivid and complex as our own. And the
concept was actually coined by writer John Koenig in the
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and it's just a basic reminder
of things we know. But I love that he put
a word to it, that we all carry this unique story.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It also makes me think about other things that we
experience in life that we don't have words for, that
we should be looking for words for them.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It's helpful.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, you know, sometimes other languages have words yes that
we don't have, Like I forgot what the actual word is,
But in German there's a word that says I feel
visited enough, meaning like you can leave my home, I
feel visited.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
In us, we don't have that here.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Yes, that's a good one.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
On the same train of thought as Sonder, I've been
thinking about this concept that I experience all the time,
where I'm looking for the word to describe that phenomenon,
where there are all these inexplicable life connections that connect
you to people. I guess it may be the invisible
thread theory that was circulating on TikTok for a while.
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But I'm always astonished by like just the fact that
like one of my best friends that I met this
year happens to be best friends with one of my
husband's friends that he knew since kindergarten, and it was
just like the most inexplicable connection. There was no way
it seemed humanly possible. So that's something I think about
all the time too.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Well, you know, I'm gonna get woo woo on you.
That's that's the universe. There is no coincidence in that.
I agree, I don't think there are coincidences. Well, the
takeaway of sonder for me, besides just like loving that
there's a word, is that I think it's a call
because we can move through life with the concept of sonder,
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which I think is wrapped in curiosity and humility and gratitude,
because it urges you to pause and see other people
with more empathy and remember that we're all out here
doing the best we can with what we know and
what we have. And I think it's a nice reminder
to just approach every interaction without assumptions and to savor
every moment in life knowing that everyone else has their
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own world of experiences too.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's such a beautiful reminder. Thank you so much for that. Danielle. Well,
if you're anything like us, you're probably curious about the
lives of our guests who are coming on the show today.
And there's always more that we can learn from them
through the work that they're doing with their company.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
The Home Edit.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
When Clea and Joanna were here last time, they told
us all about how they started their company and of
course the power of their decade long friendship. And today
they're back to help us stay organized through the holidays.
Plus we get a sneak peek into their new show,
ABC's reboot of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I am so excited for this show.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, I mean, this episode is literally made for me
because between October and January, my home feels extra chaotic
but also extra magical too. There's Thanksgiving, there's Hanukah, Christmas,
even Christmas Day, New Year's I mean, do we even
get all the holidays? I feel like we miss some.
There's so many that happened during this time of year.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
There are so many holidays, and it's really important to
stay organized during all of them because there's always extra
layers of stress and people and things and gifts, and
it can be a struggle to keep up with it all.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Okay, well, it's time to turn on some Christmas carols,
get in the holiday spirit. Whip up that mug of
hot cocoa, y'all, because after the break, Cleia and Joanne
are here stay with us thanks to our partners at
missus Myers. When it comes to cleaning, it's more fun
if it smells like the garden missus Meyer's collection of
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(05:46):
and grime. Visit missus Myers dot com. Clia and Joanna
Welcome back to the bright Side.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Hi guys, Welcome. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to you.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Guys.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
We just saw you in person, which is so fun.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
So, I know, I know, I love seeing people in person,
so much more fun than online. Right.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yes, the last time we saw you was at Shinaway,
and I don't know about you, guys, but I just
loved being at that gathering so much because it felt
like this like space where women were just hyping each
other up.
Speaker 6 (06:26):
There's a lot of female joy that happens around Shinaway,
and it is so palpable. You know, you just can't
help it when you run into people. It's like everyone
is so excited to just be together and it's just
so nice.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
It's just such a joyous occasion.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Yeah, it was incredible, and it's so nice to see
so many women supporting each other, and all there were
different ventures.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
You know, it's not a competitive field. It's just one
big hug.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
You just wrapped filming the entire Extreme Makeover Home edition.
It still allows me that you can build a home
in a week.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Oh well, we are still wild ninety six hours and
we will still never believe it. I mean, it is
the only reason if you had told me that, I say,
I don't believe you. The only reason I believe it
is because I literally saw it with my own two eyes.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
The first day when we like Joanna and I kind
of ceremoniously helped put up the first wall kind of thing,
or like lay the first brick. From that moment, by
the time we show back up to set the next morning,
we actually can't even figure out which is the build
site because the house is so far along.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
There's dry wall, the roofs and windows. I mean, it's
like crazy, it's a full house.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Yeah, I'm such a sucker for a happy story. And
there is no shortage of happy tears on Extreme Makeover
Home Edition. You guys stopped in five cities, did seven builds,
five houses built, from the ground up. Cleia. On your Instagram,
you wrote, I've never witnessed anything like this. I'm wondering
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if there's a family's story that sticks out to you
from the season, something that you can make my eyes
well up with today.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Well, I'll say this number one. It truly has been
the experience of a lifetime. So much of it, like
even though it's before our very eyes, is hard to believe,
Like the housebuild process. You know, the families that we
have worked with on this show, Every single family holds
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such a specific spot in my heart that I don't
think one could ever overlap on the other. But you know,
the amount of children that we have helped serve on
this show, kids who've never had bedrooms of their own,
have lived on the streets even at times, kids that
have had cancer and life threatening diseases, siblings who are
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trying to support their other siblings through disease, and they're
really young, and and you know, it's hard for everyone
to wrap their heads around some of the stories that
are shown this show, but it is such a heartwarming,
earth shattering experience to watch someone's life actually transform before
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your eyes like that is something I will never take
for granted it is I've never.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Had that happen before to me.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
Like to be able to do something for someone and
over the course of five days witness their life changing
for the better. I mean that is everything. And so
I mean all the families are more impactful than the next.
They all ladder up to just the most heartwarming stories.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
But everyone can rest assured it is not only a
bunch of tears.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Joanna and I are are traditional insane selves, so there
are plenty of other things that will make you laugh.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Along the way.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
We are not pretending to be builders. We are known
along with everybody else.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Yes, did I accidentally take a sledgehammer to my foot?
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I did? Like there are plenty well, there are plenty
of moments, plenty of moments.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
That are just joyful, you know not It's not just sad,
and it's not even just happy tears. It's like there's
a lot of moments of real joy being with these families,
and it's they're just like lights in this universe.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Okay, but I want to know who cried the most.
I want to I just have to ask the hard
hitting journalism questions.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
I don't think we ever cried during reveal because it
was too happy.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
It was too happy. We cried a lot at meeting
the families, no, you know what, when they moved the bus.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I think I did cry one of the times because
I was so overjoyed for the family, But not during
the reveal.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Race screams move that bus. Both we all do very
very loudly, really loud with a megaphone in case it
wasn't loud enough. Yeah, but I will say.
Speaker 6 (10:52):
Simone, the the part that Joy and I cry the hardest.
Traditionally throughout the episodes, there's a new respect of the
show where we introduce something called the edit Zone.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
And the edit Zone is where all of the family's
belongings go.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
We take them all out of their house and then
set them up in like a large location, room by room,
so they can actually walk through the rooms of their home,
and we make decisions about what we're going to keep
and what we're maybe ready to move on with. And
there are a lot of emotional landmines in doing that,
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and you know, you turn into like a partial therapist
that you're not licensed for, and like, you know, walking
through the families and going through these really difficult moments,
you know, for instance, a calendar that was stuck at
the exact moment that their daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
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And it's like the calendar never moved from that, and
like being able to move past some of those things
and eliminate some of those roadblocks, I mean, join and
I just cried the entire soh Yeah, there were days
where I was like, I'm dried up, I have nothing left.
I'm like, Clay, don't say anything funny that's gonna make
me laugh, cry because there won't be tears that come out,
and don't definitely don't say anything sad because I have
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nothing left for you.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
This is such a master of a team working together.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
I mean everyone is at the top of their game
as far as the producers and the people in the field.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
And it's just that I've never witness say anything like
the crew. The crew on this show. They I was
gonna say they're the unsung heroes, but I'm gonna sing them.
They create an entire city. First of all, where we're
building this house right with volunteers, with workers. Everyone is
pouring everything every second of their energy.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
So hot this is it's always a thousand degrees more
than a thousand.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
It's so hot. We're like in Houston and August, you know,
outside it was just this crew.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
I don't even have enough words, Like they are the
lifeblood of the show, and they make it look easy
for Joanna and myself to you know, come into a scene, yeah,
when they've been working tirelessly through the night. What we're
trying to say is it's an incredible wild ride that
you have to see for yourself.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Well, I think it's really cool that you both have
led us into the insider you know, look at the
process and the fact that you're shouting out all the
all the workers and artisans who aren't shown on camera,
because that's something that if you're just a consumer of
TV at home, you don't necessarily think about. Okay, these
are the people I'm seeing on camera, but there's an
entire you know, army army, Yeah, of un people who
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are making open It's not even a small village, it's
a town.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Well, in addition to your television careers, you also recently
dropped two new books, Yes, entitled Let's Put That Away
and The Home Edit for Teens.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Yes, this is so interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Like I never even thought that teens were capable of
understanding organizing.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I know, that's so terrible to say.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
No, it's like how they're capable of understanding makeup and skincare.
It's crazy the way that they consume organizing content the team.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
I know, kids are lying to you. You guys, kids
are lying. They know how to do it, they can
do it. They know how to do it.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
They're just lazy.
Speaker 6 (14:10):
And they need to be They need all of these
systems and ideas reinforced. Because here's what happens. Kids actually
learn how to organize when they're in preschool. In kindergarten teachers,
you know, you put out a certain box of toys.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
When you're done with that, you have to put it
away before you.
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Guys on their guests, they're not just sitting out there
for every day when they walk in.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
No, they're right away and they go somewhere, and the
teachers are not doing it.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
They are like, you know, time to clean up, and
if you want a new thing, you have to put
that thing away. So kids actually understand organizing from a
really young age, which is actually one of the reasons
why we also have.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
A board book for very young.
Speaker 6 (14:46):
Potential organizers and the home Edit for teens is there
to reinforce what they already know, what they already learned,
but have fallen off the wagon, and we are there
to make sure that they have systems that are smart
and easy and sustainable and that they can keep up
with and motivating. Most of all, we want to motivate
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them and empower them that they can do this and
that why not make the most of their space, their room,
their locker, you know, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Okay, So the holidays are right around the corner, and
we hear that both of you get into the holiday spirit, one.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
More than the other, I will say, slightly more than
the other.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Why is that?
Speaker 6 (15:26):
Well, Okay, Joanna and I are both Jewish full stop.
But I have always celebrated Christmas. Like in our house,
we always had a tree. My dad wore a Santa
hat Christmas Morning to give out. Like I just this
is just the way we've always done it, and I
have carried that tradition on for me and my kids
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added to that. That's right, I just slightly throwing up.
We only had one tree and now I have four
at four four. But I just love it. To me,
Christmas is just it's a season. It's the happiest possible
time in the world, and for me, it starts November
first and usually goes through February first. Sometimes I'm the
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thieve of which is otherwise called Halloween. Sometimes it begins
to start.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
No, I start.
Speaker 5 (16:16):
I'm in November first, girly, Okay, I let Halloween happen barely,
like barely streaks midnight.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
It's curly, like the trash cans show up and all
the pumpkins go away.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Well, Joanna told People magazine that she got into your
car clear in October and you were playing Christmas music.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
So can you if you if you're.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Saying November, I don't know. I kind of need to
hear about this moment.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And let me tell you. It's not just jingle bell rock.
It's like Hark the hit Heaven Angels sing, Hark the
Harold Drum. Okay, no, it's aish so forgive me. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
No, it's not just Mariah Carey. It's like straight up
like silent Night. Okay, like I am, like God, rest
you merry, gentleman.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
So I think Christmas music, in my view, you know,
you start it whenever you want. I think Christmas music
is legitimately it's a personal choice.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
And but for Christmas decorations. I feel like I have
to see Halloween through, even though I don't like to
decorate for Halloween. I think it's a passover. I mean,
that's actually a Jewish holiday, but it's like a holidays.
I alsost have to stop over to think, like, I
think Thanksgiving is a Christmas holiday.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Proved me wrong. I just think that this is this
is what You're gonna get some backlash on that one. Fine.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Okay, Wait, while we're on the topic of holidays.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
I think we have to talk about decor organization. Okay,
I'm also Jewish, so I don't have personal experience with this,
but a lot of my friends say that they have
a hard time organizing all of their decor and keeping
the Christmas decorations intact because a lot of the ornaments
are really fragile. How do you recommend organizing and keeping
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everything nice?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Okay, so, first of all, a couple things.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Going back to the conversation we would have with our children,
we have to have the conversation with ourselves as well.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
We can only have as many.
Speaker 6 (18:07):
Christmas decorations as reasonably fit in the bins and space allotted.
So if you have an area in your garage or
an area in your attic or whatever it is, and
it can fit whatever it is, three big tubs. That's it.
That's all you get. If you can't live within the
confines of that space, you need to edit out your items.
Like that's just the number one we see people who
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hold on to way too many decor items. Holidays can
get out of control for people, and you really have
to think, like even when I'm buying a handbag, we're
buying like something from my closet, I think about, like
do I have space for this?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Where is this going to go?
Speaker 6 (18:43):
And if the answer is kind of maxed out, well,
then I can't get that. And people somehow think holiday
is like plays by different roles that they can just
go keep frazy and keep buying.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
And it's like, no, I understand.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
It's fun to go buy holiday stuff and like go
to target it, you know, right when Christmas comes out
and like buy all that fun stuff.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
That's great.
Speaker 6 (19:04):
If that's what you want to do, make a plan
to do that once a year and like have that moment,
but then recycle out the things that you are no
longer going to use. You can't just keep accumulating forever. Right,
so that order everyone. I mean, she's exactly right. You
need to make sure that everything's properly stored. You know,
an ornament organizer is so important to have. Ornament organizers
are key if you have breakable ornaments things that you
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care about. Again, we always go back to an item
discarded on the floor, or if an item.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Is just thrown haphazardly in a bin. How much do
you respect that item? Is that ornament actually special to
you if you're just.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
Throwing it in with all the other breakable ornaments and
seeing what lasts for the next year when you take
it out, Like, get an ornament organizer, have your lights
all like put together nicely and not a tangled ball.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Put your items away. You know, you can do it
whenever you want.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
It's not like one day all of a sudden, the
Christmas Police come for you and say take it down.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I would know because I keep it up until February.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
And you know, it's just like, treat your stuff with respect,
give yourself a proper amount of space and proper bins
storage bins for the items that you have, and it's simple,
you know, and make.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
A note of what you don't use.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
Because people always keep buying and buying and buying because
they're not properly storing their stuff, and so they're wasting
money essentially rebuying the same things.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
So we see that a lot.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Yeah, people waste their money on holiday decor because they
only see it once a year.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So they're like, do I have stocking holders? Like do I?
What about you know, this a centerpiece for the table
or whatever.
Speaker 6 (20:32):
I think you should either take a photo of the
bin that you pack up, you know, and look refer
to it next holiday season before you start unpacking everything.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Take a photo, or you know, have the.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
Bins labeled Christmas wreaths, Christmas ornaments, you know whatever, so
you know the contents taking it.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
If you can take a photo of it and just
put it in a little digital album and have that
before you go buy the next thing, then you really
know what you have.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
So in terms of those irregular or hard to store objects,
let's say a wreath, for example, is your advice in
general to invest in like specific organizational storage pieces for
those hard to store items.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Yes, I think that if you have items that you
know are going to be tricky to store, find a
storage bin, find a storage container. They even make wreath holders,
you know, I mean there are all sorts of different
things that exist.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Holiday storage is a very wide category.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
So find the thing that fits that item, and just know, again,
this is my space. So I could have three wreaths
in here but not a fourth or you know, whatever
it may be. And I think it's just you know,
really holding yourself accountable. And the holidays can be a
hard time to do that because it's just fun and
we get excited and we want to go crazy and
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you know, make our house look like a Hallmark movie.
But you know, there there have to be parameters and
boundaries for everything, and holiday is no exception.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
And it gets you know, there's a lot happening. People
have parties, they're traveling a lot. There's just so many
other things that I think it's distracting and hard to
keep up with. So the more organized you can be
on the front end and the back end, the better
your holiday is going to be.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
What about string lights? What do you guys do to
avoid having that, you know, massive knotted, massive lights?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Simon, not guys, This is just one of us that
has these string lights.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I keep forgetting Joanna does not
have string lights.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
You love string lights?
Speaker 6 (22:21):
I have, yes, I mean you just have to really
take your time to roll them correctly. You know, you
can use your elbow, you can get a spool, you
can do a figure eight. But whatever you do, do
not just throw it into the bin like that.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
That is almost to even open that. That just gives
me such heart palpitations thinking about opening that. Yeah, that
is a good way to start a season.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
It's not.
Speaker 6 (22:44):
And there's nothing more frustrating than untangling a whole thing
of lights. So again, they don't get up and move
in the year. You know, it's like they don't cause
it's not toy story. No one's like coming alive. So
whatever you put in that bin in there should be
what you're taking out.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
So you just have to be really cognizant of how
you store things and how you put them away.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
And again, don't be rushed, like take the time.
Speaker 6 (23:08):
You need to just make sure that, like if it's
gonna be overwhelming to like take down the lights, the
ornaments and the tree all in one day. Take the
ornaments down and then you know what, leave your tree
with just twinkle lights on it, and then take the
lights down and you know It's like you don't whatever
you need to do to make sure that things are
put away properly and not if that if it's stressful
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to you, then remove that stress. But you know it's
just going to start the holiday season off on a
bad foot if you throw things in the bin without
proper organization.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I feel like we can't talk about the holidays without
talking about party planning and hosting. Are you guys mostly
party hosts or party goers?
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I would say I'm a hoster? Would you say that?
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Join it?
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Oh? You were definitely hoster. I mean I hosted a
lot of people last year. Yeah, after I moved into
house this year less less. So I'm going to be
a goer this year.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You're not even gonna be a goer. Yeah, I'm going
to my parents' house.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
But you both have host experience, so I'm gonna call
you both veteran hosts. Do you have three tips to
remain organized ahead of guests coming for a big event?
Speaker 4 (24:20):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (24:21):
All right, So for like a dinner party, for instance,
I like to have all of my paper goods and
tablescape like already thought out in advance, So before I
even invite people, I need to have a plan like
I like to go to Hester and cook or you
know a store like that, and get really cute place
mats for the occasion.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
You know, I have napkins printed.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
My mom actually just gave me some beautiful linen napkins
that look so much like my wallpaper in my dining room.
I'm very excited about it. But I like to think
of the table first. I start by thinking about a vibe,
honestly before I even invite people to come over. So
I just have a lot of kind of pre planning
in my head. And I also don't know how to
do anything small. So it's like if I have a
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dinner party, like it's going to be like a full
scale event.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
And I learned that from my mom. My mom joy
and I would laugh.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
We would go to my parents' house for like a
Fourth of July barbecue and in LA and we would
get there and my dad is just like stomping around
mad because my mom doesn't know how to do anything
just small. Like it can't just be hot dogs.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
There's like goat cheese, Christine's with like balsamac glaze, like
walking around with like a waiter, like no one and.
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Like I love your mind that's how that's how I
was raised.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So I can't do something and not cross the bridge
all the way.
Speaker 5 (25:50):
Yeah, yeah, I would say, I just like to make
sure that there's always fun treats involved, because it just
they're always pretty, they're always happy, and there's so many
cute ways to display them that I think it's a
missed opportunity not to have a lot of colorful candy
and cake options.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Right, Joan and I really differ in that regard.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
I am not a candy and cake person, so I
like to think about the meal, the drinks, the table,
the guests, my outfit.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
But yeah, dessert does not cross my mind.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
My favorite thing about hanging out with you guys whenever
we get invited to a home edit event is I
know there's going to be candy and cake ban Joanna,
I guess I have you to thank for that.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (26:32):
You're welcome, You welcome, So I will always come when
there will always be drinks and there will always be
cake and candy. Oh my god, that is or like
an ice cream bar or like something crazy, and.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
It's going to be a colorful display.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
That's right, It'll always be rainbow. Yeah, it's the way I.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Mean you got around the one life, like, let's make
it happy wherever we can.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
It's hard enough. Okay.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Well, in our holiday themed episode today, we would be
remiss if we didn't bring up the Home Edit Gift Guide,
which I cannot wait to see this year. You put
it out every year, and we know that you have
a very rigorous approval process for the brands products that
make it out of the list.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
How do you go about selecting who makes a cut?
Speaker 6 (27:13):
Yes, it is a democracy, so we definitely everyone puts
in their ideas and we think about different categories that
might be fun. Like this year we have like a
Taylor Swift gift guide, you know, like different kind of
things that are just outside the normal clias Picks, Joanna's Picks,
Gifts for a hostess. Like we we try and kind
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of do some some outside of the box gift guide
thinking yeah, and for fun.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
It's really fun. I mean, gift guides are just really fun.
And it's an opportunity.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
Also to you know, highlight female founded businesses, to highlight
you know, businesses with women of color, to give them
might you know, help.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
The LGBTQ plus community.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
Like it's just it's really nice to kind of dig
deep in the arsenal and get creative with what we're
putting on.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Highlights of new brands exactly.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Well, thank you so much. You guys are always so
much fun. We so appreciate your time with you.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Being on the first time. We were excited to be
asked back.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Clia Shearer and Joanna Teplin are the founders of The
Home Edit and the hosts of ABC's Extreme Home Makeover
Home Edition.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
We need to take a quick break, but we'll be
right back. Stay with us and we're back, Okay. I
know this time of year, it's pretty easy to get
caught up in the frantic pace of the holidays. There's
shopping for gifts, all the get togethers, all the outfits.
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There's so much to think about and everything that goes
into bringing the holidays to life. So often we can
overlook the simple moments that every day parts of our
routine that we need to do to keep ourselves happy
and most importantly healthy.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Will our friends at Hello want to sprinkle a little
magic on those everyday moments and make a little every
day yay. And it's got me thinking about being present
and taking a moment to have a little fun with
the mundane moments in our lives. Having two boys, I'm
constantly trying to bring a little magic to our routine,
be it making the beds, brushing our teeth, or putting
away the toys.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
You know, sometimes we miss the magic when we miss
those small moments. I actually started putting up post it
notes in my mirror so that when I'm getting ready,
I can really actively try to be more mindful.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yes, and once we start doing that, it's so easy
just to notice how sweet life really is. And the
holidays are the creme de la creme of sweet moments.
When I think about sweet moments around the holidays, I
think of decorating the tree with my kids. What about you, Danielle.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Okay, When I think about the holidays, I think about
the first snowfall. I grew up in Chicago, and so
I had such a quintessential holiday upbringing. We were building
snowmen and sledding and having snowball fights. And I just
think of the snow before it's flushy and ruined by
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all the animals.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
That sounds so picturesque. Oh my gosh, I'm Midwestern. First snowfall.
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Speaker 3 (30:30):
That's it for today's show. Tomorrow, we're talking networking during
the holidays with confidence coach Susie Moore.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
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Speaker 1 (30:57):
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Hello Sunshine, Hey fam Today, on the bright Side, it's
time to get organized so we can all have a
stress free holiday season.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
A girl can dream right.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Joining us are bright Side besties and co founders of
the Home Edit, Clear Sharer and Joanna Tepplin. They're getting
real about how to store, organize, and contain all of
our holiday decorations. It's Monday, November eighteenth. I'm Simone Boyce.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I'm Danielle Robey and this is the bright Side from
Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together to
share women's stories, to laugh, learn and brighten your day.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
On my Mind Monday is brought to you by missus
Meyers Clean Day, inspired by the goodness of the Garden.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
All right, Simone, it's on my mind Monday. So today
I'm thinking about something I read from writer Adam Grant.
He shared his new favorite word, and it is sonder
s O n d er. It's the deep realization that
every person you meet has lived a life full of
hopes and fears and heartbreaks and love that you may
(01:05):
never know about.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Isn't that a powerful thought?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
I love anything Adam Grant has to say for the
most part, and this is no exception. I love that
there's actually a word to describe this indescribable concept.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Well, it blew up online.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
He posted it on Instagram and it has one hundred
and ninety three thousand likes thousands of comments, one from
Kristen Bell that I loved. I just love Kristin Bell
in general, but she wrote, I've been looking for this
word forever. I'm constantly thinking when I pass a stranger,
they have a favorite ice cream, a specific nighttime routine,
and exciting opportunity they're looking forward to, and I'll never.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Know what it is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I feel this all the.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
Time in my life, both in a hopeful way and
sometimes in an empathetic way to make my own self
feel better, Like if somebody's being mean, I just think
they must be dealing with stuff I don't know about.
But what I love about Adam Grant's post is that
he invites us to think about sonder not just as
a word, but as a way of living. So it's
the realization that every stranger, every person, has a life
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that's as vivid and complex as our own. And the
concept was actually coined by writer John Koenig in the
Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and it's just a basic reminder
of things we know. But I love that he put
a word to it, that we all carry this unique story.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It also makes me think about other things that we
experience in life that we don't have words for, that
we should be looking for words for them.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
It's helpful.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
Yeah, you know, sometimes other languages have words yes that
we don't have, Like I forgot what the actual word is,
But in German there's a word that says I feel
visited enough, meaning like you can leave my home, I
feel visited.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
In us, we don't have that here.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
Yes, that's a good one.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
On the same train of thought as Sonder, I've been
thinking about this concept that I experience all the time,
where I'm looking for the word to describe that phenomenon,
where there are all these inexplicable life connections that connect
you to people. I guess it may be the invisible
thread theory that was circulating on TikTok for a while.
(03:13):
But I'm always astonished by like just the fact that
like one of my best friends that I met this
year happens to be best friends with one of my
husband's friends that he knew since kindergarten, and it was
just like the most inexplicable connection. There was no way
it seemed humanly possible. So that's something I think about
all the time too.
Speaker 3 (03:30):
Well, you know, I'm gonna get woo woo on you.
That's that's the universe. There is no coincidence in that.
I agree, I don't think there are coincidences. Well, the
takeaway of sonder for me, besides just like loving that
there's a word, is that I think it's a call
because we can move through life with the concept of sonder,
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which I think is wrapped in curiosity and humility and gratitude,
because it urges you to pause and see other people
with more empathy and remember that we're all out here
doing the best we can with what we know and
what we have. And I think it's a nice reminder
to just approach every interaction without assumptions and to savor
every moment in life knowing that everyone else has their
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own world of experiences too.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
It's such a beautiful reminder. Thank you so much for that. Danielle. Well,
if you're anything like us, you're probably curious about the
lives of our guests who are coming on the show today.
And there's always more that we can learn from them
through the work that they're doing with their company.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
The Home Edit.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
When Clea and Joanna were here last time, they told
us all about how they started their company and of
course the power of their decade long friendship. And today
they're back to help us stay organized through the holidays.
Plus we get a sneak peek into their new show,
ABC's reboot of Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I am so excited for this show.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, I mean, this episode is literally made for me
because between October and January, my home feels extra chaotic
but also extra magical too. There's Thanksgiving, there's Hanukah, Christmas,
even Christmas Day, New Year's I mean, do we even
get all the holidays? I feel like we miss some.
There's so many that happened during this time of year.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
There are so many holidays, and it's really important to
stay organized during all of them because there's always extra
layers of stress and people and things and gifts, and
it can be a struggle to keep up with it all.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
Okay, well, it's time to turn on some Christmas carols,
get in the holiday spirit. Whip up that mug of
hot cocoa, y'all, because after the break, Cleia and Joanne
are here stay with us thanks to our partners at
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Welcome back to the bright Side.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Hi guys, Welcome. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to you.
Speaker 5 (06:05):
Guys.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
We just saw you in person, which is so fun.
Speaker 5 (06:07):
So, I know, I know, I love seeing people in person,
so much more fun than online. Right.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yes, the last time we saw you was at Shinaway,
and I don't know about you, guys, but I just
loved being at that gathering so much because it felt
like this like space where women were just hyping each
other up.
Speaker 6 (06:26):
There's a lot of female joy that happens around Shinaway,
and it is so palpable. You know, you just can't
help it when you run into people. It's like everyone
is so excited to just be together and it's just
so nice.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
It's just such a joyous occasion.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Yeah, it was incredible, and it's so nice to see
so many women supporting each other, and all there were
different ventures.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
You know, it's not a competitive field. It's just one
big hug.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
You just wrapped filming the entire Extreme Makeover Home edition.
It still allows me that you can build a home
in a week.
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Oh well, we are still wild ninety six hours and
we will still never believe it. I mean, it is
the only reason if you had told me that, I say,
I don't believe you. The only reason I believe it
is because I literally saw it with my own two eyes.
Speaker 6 (07:11):
The first day when we like Joanna and I kind
of ceremoniously helped put up the first wall kind of thing,
or like lay the first brick. From that moment, by
the time we show back up to set the next morning,
we actually can't even figure out which is the build
site because the house is so far along.
Speaker 5 (07:30):
There's dry wall, the roofs and windows. I mean, it's
like crazy, it's a full house.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
It's unbelievable.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Yeah, I'm such a sucker for a happy story. And
there is no shortage of happy tears on Extreme Makeover
Home Edition. You guys stopped in five cities, did seven builds,
five houses built, from the ground up. Cleia. On your Instagram,
you wrote, I've never witnessed anything like this. I'm wondering
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if there's a family's story that sticks out to you
from the season, something that you can make my eyes
well up with today.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Well, I'll say this number one. It truly has been
the experience of a lifetime. So much of it, like
even though it's before our very eyes, is hard to believe,
Like the housebuild process. You know, the families that we
have worked with on this show, Every single family holds
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such a specific spot in my heart that I don't
think one could ever overlap on the other. But you know,
the amount of children that we have helped serve on
this show, kids who've never had bedrooms of their own,
have lived on the streets even at times, kids that
have had cancer and life threatening diseases, siblings who are
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trying to support their other siblings through disease, and they're
really young, and and you know, it's hard for everyone
to wrap their heads around some of the stories that
are shown this show, but it is such a heartwarming,
earth shattering experience to watch someone's life actually transform before
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your eyes like that is something I will never take
for granted it is I've never.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
Had that happen before to me.
Speaker 6 (09:19):
Like to be able to do something for someone and
over the course of five days witness their life changing
for the better. I mean that is everything. And so
I mean all the families are more impactful than the next.
They all ladder up to just the most heartwarming stories.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
But everyone can rest assured it is not only a
bunch of tears.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Joanna and I are are traditional insane selves, so there
are plenty of other things that will make you laugh.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
Along the way.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
We are not pretending to be builders. We are known
along with everybody else.
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Yes, did I accidentally take a sledgehammer to my foot?
Speaker 2 (09:57):
I did? Like there are plenty well, there are plenty
of moments, plenty of moments.
Speaker 6 (10:03):
That are just joyful, you know not It's not just sad,
and it's not even just happy tears. It's like there's
a lot of moments of real joy being with these families,
and it's they're just like lights in this universe.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Okay, but I want to know who cried the most.
I want to I just have to ask the hard
hitting journalism questions.
Speaker 6 (10:23):
I don't think we ever cried during reveal because it
was too happy.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
It was too happy. We cried a lot at meeting
the families, no, you know what, when they moved the bus.
Speaker 5 (10:35):
I think I did cry one of the times because
I was so overjoyed for the family, But not during
the reveal.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Race screams move that bus. Both we all do very
very loudly, really loud with a megaphone in case it
wasn't loud enough. Yeah, but I will say.
Speaker 6 (10:52):
Simone, the the part that Joy and I cry the hardest.
Traditionally throughout the episodes, there's a new respect of the
show where we introduce something called the edit Zone.
Speaker 2 (11:03):
And the edit Zone is where all of the family's
belongings go.
Speaker 5 (11:07):
We take them all out of their house and then
set them up in like a large location, room by room,
so they can actually walk through the rooms of their home,
and we make decisions about what we're going to keep
and what we're maybe ready to move on with. And
there are a lot of emotional landmines in doing that,
(11:28):
and you know, you turn into like a partial therapist
that you're not licensed for, and like, you know, walking
through the families and going through these really difficult moments,
you know, for instance, a calendar that was stuck at
the exact moment that their daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
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And it's like the calendar never moved from that, and
like being able to move past some of those things
and eliminate some of those roadblocks, I mean, join and
I just cried the entire soh Yeah, there were days
where I was like, I'm dried up, I have nothing left.
I'm like, Clay, don't say anything funny that's gonna make
me laugh, cry because there won't be tears that come out,
and don't definitely don't say anything sad because I have
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nothing left for you.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
This is such a master of a team working together.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
I mean everyone is at the top of their game
as far as the producers and the people in the field.
Speaker 6 (12:18):
And it's just that I've never witness say anything like
the crew. The crew on this show. They I was
gonna say they're the unsung heroes, but I'm gonna sing them.
They create an entire city. First of all, where we're
building this house right with volunteers, with workers. Everyone is
pouring everything every second of their energy.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
So hot this is it's always a thousand degrees more
than a thousand.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
It's so hot. We're like in Houston and August, you know,
outside it was just this crew.
Speaker 5 (12:51):
I don't even have enough words, Like they are the
lifeblood of the show, and they make it look easy
for Joanna and myself to you know, come into a scene, yeah,
when they've been working tirelessly through the night. What we're
trying to say is it's an incredible wild ride that
you have to see for yourself.
Speaker 1 (13:08):
Well, I think it's really cool that you both have
led us into the insider you know, look at the
process and the fact that you're shouting out all the
all the workers and artisans who aren't shown on camera,
because that's something that if you're just a consumer of
TV at home, you don't necessarily think about. Okay, these
are the people I'm seeing on camera, but there's an
entire you know, army army, Yeah, of un people who
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are making open It's not even a small village, it's
a town.
Speaker 5 (13:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
Well, in addition to your television careers, you also recently
dropped two new books, Yes, entitled Let's Put That Away
and The Home Edit for Teens.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Yes, this is so interesting.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Like I never even thought that teens were capable of
understanding organizing.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
I know, that's so terrible to say.
Speaker 5 (13:54):
No, it's like how they're capable of understanding makeup and skincare.
It's crazy the way that they consume organizing content the team.
Speaker 6 (14:01):
I know, kids are lying to you. You guys, kids
are lying. They know how to do it, they can
do it. They know how to do it.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
They're just lazy.
Speaker 6 (14:10):
And they need to be They need all of these
systems and ideas reinforced. Because here's what happens. Kids actually
learn how to organize when they're in preschool. In kindergarten teachers,
you know, you put out a certain box of toys.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
When you're done with that, you have to put it
away before you.
Speaker 5 (14:25):
Guys on their guests, they're not just sitting out there
for every day when they walk in.
Speaker 2 (14:29):
No, they're right away and they go somewhere, and the
teachers are not doing it.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
They are like, you know, time to clean up, and
if you want a new thing, you have to put
that thing away. So kids actually understand organizing from a
really young age, which is actually one of the reasons
why we also have.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
A board book for very young.
Speaker 6 (14:46):
Potential organizers and the home Edit for teens is there
to reinforce what they already know, what they already learned,
but have fallen off the wagon, and we are there
to make sure that they have systems that are smart
and easy and sustainable and that they can keep up
with and motivating. Most of all, we want to motivate
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them and empower them that they can do this and
that why not make the most of their space, their room,
their locker, you know, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Okay, So the holidays are right around the corner, and
we hear that both of you get into the holiday spirit, one.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
More than the other, I will say, slightly more than
the other.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
Why is that?
Speaker 6 (15:26):
Well, Okay, Joanna and I are both Jewish full stop.
But I have always celebrated Christmas. Like in our house,
we always had a tree. My dad wore a Santa
hat Christmas Morning to give out. Like I just this
is just the way we've always done it, and I
have carried that tradition on for me and my kids
(15:49):
added to that. That's right, I just slightly throwing up.
We only had one tree and now I have four
at four four. But I just love it. To me,
Christmas is just it's a season. It's the happiest possible
time in the world, and for me, it starts November
first and usually goes through February first. Sometimes I'm the
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thieve of which is otherwise called Halloween. Sometimes it begins
to start.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
No, I start.
Speaker 5 (16:16):
I'm in November first, girly, Okay, I let Halloween happen barely,
like barely streaks midnight.
Speaker 6 (16:22):
It's curly, like the trash cans show up and all
the pumpkins go away.
Speaker 3 (16:27):
Well, Joanna told People magazine that she got into your
car clear in October and you were playing Christmas music.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
So can you if you if you're.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Saying November, I don't know. I kind of need to
hear about this moment.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
And let me tell you. It's not just jingle bell rock.
It's like Hark the hit Heaven Angels sing, Hark the
Harold Drum. Okay, no, it's aish so forgive me. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
No, it's not just Mariah Carey. It's like straight up
like silent Night. Okay, like I am, like God, rest
you merry, gentleman.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
So I think Christmas music, in my view, you know,
you start it whenever you want. I think Christmas music
is legitimately it's a personal choice.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
And but for Christmas decorations. I feel like I have
to see Halloween through, even though I don't like to
decorate for Halloween. I think it's a passover. I mean,
that's actually a Jewish holiday, but it's like a holidays.
I alsost have to stop over to think, like, I
think Thanksgiving is a Christmas holiday.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Proved me wrong. I just think that this is this
is what You're gonna get some backlash on that one. Fine.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Okay, Wait, while we're on the topic of holidays.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
I think we have to talk about decor organization. Okay,
I'm also Jewish, so I don't have personal experience with this,
but a lot of my friends say that they have
a hard time organizing all of their decor and keeping
the Christmas decorations intact because a lot of the ornaments
are really fragile. How do you recommend organizing and keeping
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everything nice?
Speaker 2 (17:57):
Okay, so, first of all, a couple things.
Speaker 6 (17:59):
Going back to the conversation we would have with our children,
we have to have the conversation with ourselves as well.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
We can only have as many.
Speaker 6 (18:07):
Christmas decorations as reasonably fit in the bins and space allotted.
So if you have an area in your garage or
an area in your attic or whatever it is, and
it can fit whatever it is, three big tubs. That's it.
That's all you get. If you can't live within the
confines of that space, you need to edit out your items.
Like that's just the number one we see people who
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hold on to way too many decor items. Holidays can
get out of control for people, and you really have
to think, like even when I'm buying a handbag, we're
buying like something from my closet, I think about, like
do I have space for this?
Speaker 2 (18:41):
Where is this going to go?
Speaker 6 (18:43):
And if the answer is kind of maxed out, well,
then I can't get that. And people somehow think holiday
is like plays by different roles that they can just
go keep frazy and keep buying.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
And it's like, no, I understand.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
It's fun to go buy holiday stuff and like go
to target it, you know, right when Christmas comes out
and like buy all that fun stuff.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
That's great.
Speaker 6 (19:04):
If that's what you want to do, make a plan
to do that once a year and like have that moment,
but then recycle out the things that you are no
longer going to use. You can't just keep accumulating forever. Right,
so that order everyone. I mean, she's exactly right. You
need to make sure that everything's properly stored. You know,
an ornament organizer is so important to have. Ornament organizers
are key if you have breakable ornaments things that you
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care about. Again, we always go back to an item
discarded on the floor, or if an item.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Is just thrown haphazardly in a bin. How much do
you respect that item? Is that ornament actually special to
you if you're just.
Speaker 6 (19:36):
Throwing it in with all the other breakable ornaments and
seeing what lasts for the next year when you take
it out, Like, get an ornament organizer, have your lights
all like put together nicely and not a tangled ball.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Put your items away. You know, you can do it
whenever you want.
Speaker 6 (19:51):
It's not like one day all of a sudden, the
Christmas Police come for you and say take it down.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
I would know because I keep it up until February.
Speaker 5 (19:58):
And you know, it's just like, treat your stuff with respect,
give yourself a proper amount of space and proper bins
storage bins for the items that you have, and it's simple,
you know, and make.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
A note of what you don't use.
Speaker 5 (20:10):
Because people always keep buying and buying and buying because
they're not properly storing their stuff, and so they're wasting
money essentially rebuying the same things.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
So we see that a lot.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Yeah, people waste their money on holiday decor because they
only see it once a year.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
So they're like, do I have stocking holders? Like do I?
What about you know, this a centerpiece for the table
or whatever.
Speaker 6 (20:32):
I think you should either take a photo of the
bin that you pack up, you know, and look refer
to it next holiday season before you start unpacking everything.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
Take a photo, or you know, have the.
Speaker 6 (20:44):
Bins labeled Christmas wreaths, Christmas ornaments, you know whatever, so
you know the contents taking it.
Speaker 5 (20:49):
If you can take a photo of it and just
put it in a little digital album and have that
before you go buy the next thing, then you really
know what you have.
Speaker 1 (20:55):
So in terms of those irregular or hard to store objects,
let's say a wreath, for example, is your advice in
general to invest in like specific organizational storage pieces for
those hard to store items.
Speaker 6 (21:09):
Yes, I think that if you have items that you
know are going to be tricky to store, find a
storage bin, find a storage container. They even make wreath holders,
you know, I mean there are all sorts of different
things that exist.
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Holiday storage is a very wide category.
Speaker 6 (21:24):
So find the thing that fits that item, and just know, again,
this is my space. So I could have three wreaths
in here but not a fourth or you know, whatever
it may be. And I think it's just you know,
really holding yourself accountable. And the holidays can be a
hard time to do that because it's just fun and
we get excited and we want to go crazy and
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you know, make our house look like a Hallmark movie.
But you know, there there have to be parameters and
boundaries for everything, and holiday is no exception.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
And it gets you know, there's a lot happening. People
have parties, they're traveling a lot. There's just so many
other things that I think it's distracting and hard to
keep up with. So the more organized you can be
on the front end and the back end, the better
your holiday is going to be.
Speaker 1 (22:04):
What about string lights? What do you guys do to
avoid having that, you know, massive knotted, massive lights?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
Simon, not guys, This is just one of us that
has these string lights.
Speaker 1 (22:15):
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I keep forgetting Joanna does not
have string lights.
Speaker 2 (22:20):
You love string lights?
Speaker 6 (22:21):
I have, yes, I mean you just have to really
take your time to roll them correctly. You know, you
can use your elbow, you can get a spool, you
can do a figure eight. But whatever you do, do
not just throw it into the bin like that.
Speaker 5 (22:36):
That is almost to even open that. That just gives
me such heart palpitations thinking about opening that. Yeah, that
is a good way to start a season.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
It's not.
Speaker 6 (22:44):
And there's nothing more frustrating than untangling a whole thing
of lights. So again, they don't get up and move
in the year. You know, it's like they don't cause
it's not toy story. No one's like coming alive. So
whatever you put in that bin in there should be
what you're taking out.
Speaker 5 (23:01):
So you just have to be really cognizant of how
you store things and how you put them away.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
And again, don't be rushed, like take the time.
Speaker 6 (23:08):
You need to just make sure that, like if it's
gonna be overwhelming to like take down the lights, the
ornaments and the tree all in one day. Take the
ornaments down and then you know what, leave your tree
with just twinkle lights on it, and then take the
lights down and you know It's like you don't whatever
you need to do to make sure that things are
put away properly and not if that if it's stressful
(23:30):
to you, then remove that stress. But you know it's
just going to start the holiday season off on a
bad foot if you throw things in the bin without
proper organization.
Speaker 3 (23:41):
I feel like we can't talk about the holidays without
talking about party planning and hosting. Are you guys mostly
party hosts or party goers?
Speaker 2 (23:50):
I would say I'm a hoster? Would you say that?
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Join it?
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Oh? You were definitely hoster. I mean I hosted a
lot of people last year. Yeah, after I moved into
house this year less less. So I'm going to be
a goer this year.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
You're not even gonna be a goer. Yeah, I'm going
to my parents' house.
Speaker 3 (24:10):
But you both have host experience, so I'm gonna call
you both veteran hosts. Do you have three tips to
remain organized ahead of guests coming for a big event?
Speaker 4 (24:20):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (24:21):
All right, So for like a dinner party, for instance,
I like to have all of my paper goods and
tablescape like already thought out in advance, So before I
even invite people, I need to have a plan like
I like to go to Hester and cook or you
know a store like that, and get really cute place
mats for the occasion.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
You know, I have napkins printed.
Speaker 6 (24:47):
My mom actually just gave me some beautiful linen napkins
that look so much like my wallpaper in my dining room.
I'm very excited about it. But I like to think
of the table first. I start by thinking about a vibe,
honestly before I even invite people to come over. So
I just have a lot of kind of pre planning
in my head. And I also don't know how to
do anything small. So it's like if I have a
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dinner party, like it's going to be like a full
scale event.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
And I learned that from my mom. My mom joy
and I would laugh.
Speaker 6 (25:19):
We would go to my parents' house for like a
Fourth of July barbecue and in LA and we would
get there and my dad is just like stomping around
mad because my mom doesn't know how to do anything
just small. Like it can't just be hot dogs.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
There's like goat cheese, Christine's with like balsamac glaze, like
walking around with like a waiter, like no one and.
Speaker 6 (25:41):
Like I love your mind that's how that's how I
was raised.
Speaker 2 (25:45):
So I can't do something and not cross the bridge
all the way.
Speaker 5 (25:50):
Yeah, yeah, I would say, I just like to make
sure that there's always fun treats involved, because it just
they're always pretty, they're always happy, and there's so many
cute ways to display them that I think it's a
missed opportunity not to have a lot of colorful candy
and cake options.
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Right, Joan and I really differ in that regard.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
I am not a candy and cake person, so I
like to think about the meal, the drinks, the table,
the guests, my outfit.
Speaker 2 (26:19):
But yeah, dessert does not cross my mind.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
My favorite thing about hanging out with you guys whenever
we get invited to a home edit event is I
know there's going to be candy and cake ban Joanna,
I guess I have you to thank for that.
Speaker 2 (26:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (26:32):
You're welcome, You welcome, So I will always come when
there will always be drinks and there will always be
cake and candy. Oh my god, that is or like
an ice cream bar or like something crazy, and.
Speaker 4 (26:42):
It's going to be a colorful display.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
That's right, It'll always be rainbow. Yeah, it's the way I.
Speaker 5 (26:48):
Mean you got around the one life, like, let's make
it happy wherever we can.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
It's hard enough. Okay.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Well, in our holiday themed episode today, we would be
remiss if we didn't bring up the Home Edit Gift Guide,
which I cannot wait to see this year. You put
it out every year, and we know that you have
a very rigorous approval process for the brands products that
make it out of the list.
Speaker 2 (27:11):
How do you go about selecting who makes a cut?
Speaker 6 (27:13):
Yes, it is a democracy, so we definitely everyone puts
in their ideas and we think about different categories that
might be fun. Like this year we have like a
Taylor Swift gift guide, you know, like different kind of
things that are just outside the normal clias Picks, Joanna's Picks,
Gifts for a hostess. Like we we try and kind
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of do some some outside of the box gift guide
thinking yeah, and for fun.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
It's really fun. I mean, gift guides are just really fun.
And it's an opportunity.
Speaker 6 (27:44):
Also to you know, highlight female founded businesses, to highlight
you know, businesses with women of color, to give them
might you know, help.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
The LGBTQ plus community.
Speaker 6 (27:55):
Like it's just it's really nice to kind of dig
deep in the arsenal and get creative with what we're
putting on.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Highlights of new brands exactly.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
Well, thank you so much. You guys are always so
much fun. We so appreciate your time with you.
Speaker 2 (28:13):
Being on the first time. We were excited to be
asked back.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Happy Holidays, Happy Holidays.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Clia Shearer and Joanna Teplin are the founders of The
Home Edit and the hosts of ABC's Extreme Home Makeover
Home Edition.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
We need to take a quick break, but we'll be
right back. Stay with us and we're back, Okay. I
know this time of year, it's pretty easy to get
caught up in the frantic pace of the holidays. There's
shopping for gifts, all the get togethers, all the outfits.
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There's so much to think about and everything that goes
into bringing the holidays to life. So often we can
overlook the simple moments that every day parts of our
routine that we need to do to keep ourselves happy
and most importantly healthy.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
Will our friends at Hello want to sprinkle a little
magic on those everyday moments and make a little every
day yay. And it's got me thinking about being present
and taking a moment to have a little fun with
the mundane moments in our lives. Having two boys, I'm
constantly trying to bring a little magic to our routine,
be it making the beds, brushing our teeth, or putting
away the toys.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
You know, sometimes we miss the magic when we miss
those small moments. I actually started putting up post it
notes in my mirror so that when I'm getting ready,
I can really actively try to be more mindful.
Speaker 1 (29:37):
Yes, and once we start doing that, it's so easy
just to notice how sweet life really is. And the
holidays are the creme de la creme of sweet moments.
When I think about sweet moments around the holidays, I
think of decorating the tree with my kids. What about you, Danielle.
Speaker 3 (29:52):
Okay, When I think about the holidays, I think about
the first snowfall. I grew up in Chicago, and so
I had such a quintessential holiday upbringing. We were building
snowmen and sledding and having snowball fights. And I just
think of the snow before it's flushy and ruined by
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all the animals.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
That sounds so picturesque. Oh my gosh, I'm Midwestern. First snowfall.
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Speaker 3 (30:30):
That's it for today's show. Tomorrow, we're talking networking during
the holidays with confidence coach Susie Moore.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
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Speaker 3 (30:51):
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Speaker 1 (30:57):
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