Home Style Essex

Wishing you all a happy, peaceful, healthy and organised New Year! 🤍🍃

Merry Christmas from Home Style Essex! 🤍🍃 Thanks to all our amazing friends, family and clients for another year of your support! Wishing you all the best few days filled with good food and lots of rest! Thoughts are with anyone that finds Christmas difficult or it’s looking a little bit different for you this year. See you in the new year ❤️

Could you have a go at some of these jobs this week!? They only need to take 10 minutes!

🍃🤍 We loved helping this family transform their living spaces this weekend. Not only did we help organise the home but we got involved with picking items for them from Ikea that would make things feel calmer, brighter and more practical going forward. 🤍🍃

We’ve had a few new followers this week, and we’ve been a bit quiet on the social media front recently so we wanted to check in and say hello 👋🏼 💕
We’re Carly & Emma, and we’re Home Style Essex! 🤍🍃 We love all things organising, styling and decluttering! It’s been a busy year for us spending time with lots of lovely clients, old and new, and bringing elements of calm and structure to their homes. Keep an eye out on our socials where we’re going to dive more into how living an organised and more minimalised life can benefit you! 🤍🍃

We loved working with the fabulous Georgia from Made by Mammas yesterday. She now has a loft which is completely labelled and organised into categories, which will hopefully make her life so much easier. Just look at all that space now! 🥰 We can’t recommend using clear storage boxes with lids in your lofts enough! Not only can you see what is in them, they are stackable, space saving and protect your items from getting dusty or damaged! 🤍🍃

🤍🍃 Happy International Women’s Day 🍃🤍

“If you’re one of those people who has that little voice in the back of her mind saying, Maybe I could do.. (fill in the blank) ,don't tell it to be quiet. Give it a little room to grow, and try to find an environment it can grow in.”

If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed around the home, try this trick. Set yourself a timer and see how much you can achieve in that time. This is one of our favourite things to do when we’ve hit a mental block with the house, and we always surprise ourselves with how much we get achieved in that time! Try blasting out your favourite music at the same time and have fun with it! 🤍🍃

Feeling like the house keeps getting on top of you? Follow these six easy daily steps to help achieve a calmer and clutter free home 🍃🤍

We love Sundays for having a little bit of a reset around the house. Rather than feeling overwhelmed, why not tackle one room at a time each week? What could you declutter out of your bedroom today? 🤍🍃

We don’t know about you, but after the chaos of Christmas, today feels like the perfect day to start getting back to normal! We’re starting with all of the toys our little ones were bought for Christmas. Follow our tips below to help regain some order and calm to those Toy Rooms! 🤍🍃

Wishing all of our friends, family and followers a very Happy & Healthy New Year. Thank you for all of your support this last year, we’re ready and looking forward to a busy 2023 ☺️ # # #

Merry Christmas to all of our followers, friends and family. We hope that you all have a fantastic Christmas. Thank you again for your continued support and kindness.

Lots of love,
Emma and Carly xx🎄❤️🥂

Next week is APDO’s National Organising Week, and this year the theme is all about saving money. With so much going on in the news about the ever growing cost of living, it’s easy to see how this can contribute towards you feeling overwhelmed and like things are slipping out of your control. So join us next week to see how living a more organised life can actually save you some money! 🤍🍃

Sunday is always a great day for a bit of a reset for the week ahead! Could your bathroom benefit from a quick little declutter this morning? 🤍🍃


 

When having a declutter, ask yourself…
🍃 Would I miss it?
🤍 Would I replace it?
🍃 When was the last time I used it?

If you can’t answer these, then maybe it’s time to let go/sell/donate!?

The theme of 2022's World Mental Health Day, set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is 'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'.
How do you make your mental health a priority?

Carly uses her love of running 🏃🏽‍♀️ to put her mental health first, and Emma enjoys time with friends and family (usually involving food 🙊)….We’d love to know what you do in the comments below. ⬇️

The one thing we love about the job that we do is how we see it improve our clients lifestyles and peace around their homes. Our job can be so rewarding and it’s honestly an honour to play a small part in improving people’s lives whether they be struggling with hoarding/selling/organising or just general life admin. We’ve seen how the benefits of having an organised home can start the ball rolling for our clients to reach out and start achieving other goals on their list.

World Mental Health Day is also a chance to talk about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, and how important it is to talk about things and get help if you or somebody you know may be struggling.

Check out our stories today for links to charities that you can reach out to 🤍🍃 xx

We’re going to be playing our Big October Organise again as so many of you loved it last year! Keep an eye on our stories eacg day! This is the perfect opportunity to tackle a little area a day in your home to get you feeling less cluttered and more prepared as we edge closer to the madness of Xmas! Please let us know how you’re getting along! We love it when you message us your photos! 🤍🍃


 

What a difference a few drawer dividers can make! 🤩 Swipe ⬅️ to see after! 🤍🍃

We love helping people move into their new homes and figure out where everything is going to live! We always work with the client to make sure that everything that we put away works for them and their lifestyle as efficiently as possible. It was a pleasure to help our latest client settle into his new apartment 🤍🍃

What works for one person might not work for another. This is something we see a lot in our job. Every home, personality and circumstance is different. So don’t feel disheartened if something you’ve read or seen isn’t quite working for you, there will always be a different method of bringing more calm to your situation! 🤍🍃

Whilst our client was on holiday last week Carly & Mr Home Style Essex aka Matt the Jack of all trades 😂🔨 snuck into her house and gave her daughter’s bedroom a cheeky little makeover for her birthday! So happy that she loves it! 🥰 And what a difference! Lots of shelving space now to keep her makeup all organised! Who else would have killed for something like this in their bedroom when they were 12!? 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️ We definitely would have! Xx 🤍🍃

Who else organises their books in rainbow order!? 🌈 This is something we’re working on next week for a client so we will remember to take before and afters 🤍🍃

It’s set to be a really hot couple of days now, here’s a few things that you can do to get yourself feeling organised for the heatwave! 🤍🍃


   

If you’re feeling like the house is getting on top of you like it is for some of our clients, then we really encourage writing yourself out a cleaning schedule. Chipping away at bits consistently throughout the week means that you avoid all the jobs building up and completely overwhelming you 🤍🍃 xx

We’ve been doing a lot of cupboards under the stairs recently! Or as we like to call them, your ‘Monica Cupboards!’ The cupboard under the stairs is one of those places where things get put, and it gets a bit out of sight out of mind. But before you know it, things start getting a little overwhelming and crazy!
We start by pulling everything out, having a look to see if there is anything that can be decluttered and only then do we start putting items back inside in categories. We suggest sourcing boxes or baskets that you can keep things contained in (by category) to make your life easier to locate what you are looking for. Also, the more shelving and wall hooks the better as this prevents too much clutter accumulating on the floor restricting your access.🤍🍃

More great reviews from some of our lovely clients that we’ve been selling their pre-loved clothes for! 🤍🍃

Never underestimate the power of colour blocking and categorising in your wardrobe. It’s more aesthetically pleasing and easier to find what you’re looking for 🤍🍃

🤍🍃 Happy Monday 🍃🤍

On a consultation this morning I was asked by my client’s little girl, “is your house tidy right now?”

My reply? “No, it’s half term! My house is definitely not tidy right now!” 😂 But that’s ok, I know I have the right systems in place, so I can enjoy the moments, embrace the chaos and I don’t need to get overwhelmed. Because it won’t take me long to get everything back to normal and organised at the end of the day or week. So with good organisational systems in place, I won’t be too busy taking care of my stuff instead of taking care of myself and having fun with the kids! 🤍🍃