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CURATORS THESE PROFESSIONAL ORGANISERS TRANSFORM THE A-LIST’S STORAGE SPACES INTO WORKS OF ART. CAN THEY COME TO OURS, PLEASE?
For most of us, spring is the time to clean the kitchen cupboards and bang out the rugs. For others, however, decluttering is an elevated art form, one that requires the services of a professional. Meet the deco curators – experts whose job it is to create bespoke Instagram-worthy spaces, in which immaculate fridges are filled with labelled Tupperware, book jackets are given an arty makeover and wardrobes look like a designer boutique.
Thatcher Wine (yes, his actual name) is a book curator and founder of custom book jacket design company Juniper Books, who has spent years working in the homes of the Hollywood elite, including Gwyneth Paltrow. His job: to replace original book jackets with a painting, turning shelves into a bespoke work of art. Wine’s philosophy is that books should not only look good on the shelf, but reflect who you are. Meanwhile, ‘polished and functional’ is the design aesthetic shared by Joanna Teplin and Clea Shearer, founders of organising company, The Home Edit. This Nashville-based duo, who have worked with Reese Witherspoon and Mandy Moore, are the pioneers of #pantryporn on Instagram. Whether it’s shoes or cereal packets, everything has its dedicated, colour-coded place. ‘We want to showcase the magical sweet spot that exists when spaces are efficient, user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing,’ they say. Then there’s ‘functional space designer’ Melanie Charlton, whose company Clos-ette creates wardrobes for Beyoncé and Liv Tyler. Charlton suggests organising your wardrobe by folding, rather than rolling, clothes (sorry, Marie Kondo) and organising them by type (so all jumpers are together) and then by shade, with the lightest colours on the left and darkest on the right. We know what we’ll be doing this weekend.
”WE WANT TO SHOWCASE THE sweet spot that exists WHEN SPACES ARE EFFICIENT AND AESTHETICALLY PLEASING“