Real Simple - Real Simple Organizing Room by Room

ORGANIZING

ROOM BY ROOM

CONTENTS

ORGANIZING ROOM BY ROOM

REAL SIMPLE BRAND

Editor in Chief LIZ VACCARIELLO

Creative Director EMILY KEHE

Executive Editor RORY EVANS

Executive Managing Editor LAVINEL SAVU

Photo Director MUZAM AGHA

Home Director STEPHANIE SISCO

SPECIAL EDITION TEAM

Writers LESLIE GOLDMAN, PETRA GUGLIELMETTI, STEPHANIE SISCO, JULIE VADNAL

Senior Editor BETTY WONG

Editorial Assistant LAUREN MORIARTY

Project Editors MELISSA BROWN, DIANE ROSE KEENER,LACIE PINYAN

Design Director MELISSA CLARK

Photo Director PADEN REICH

Senior Designer alana hogg

Copy Editor adrienne davis

REPRINT TEAM

Editor BRIAN KRAMER

Designer MICK SCHNEPF

Contributing Editor RENEE FREEMON MULVIHILL

Copy Editor MARTHA COLOFF LONG

HOME & GARDEN

Executive Editor SAMANTHA HART

Senior Editors BRIAN KRAMER, SALLY FINDER WEEPIE, KRISSA ROSSBUND, NICOLE DEAN TEUT

Senior Associate Editor NATALIE DAYTON

Design Directors KIMBERLY MORGAN METZ, MICK SCHNEPF

Associate Art Director JESSICA ENO

Assistant Art Director EMILY BUTTERWORTH

Senior Graphic Designer BRITTANY MUELLER

Administrative Assistants RENAE MABIE, KATIE MORT, KIM OBRIEN-WOLETT

Photography Coordinator ALYSSA RICHARDSON BETTER HOMES & GARDENS TEST GARDEN MANAGER SANDRA GERDES

FOOD

Executive Editor JAN MILLER

Senior Content Manager JESSICA SAARI CHRISTENSEN SENIOR EDITOR CARRIE BOYD

Style & Design Director STEPHANIE HUNTER

Associate Art Director RAE DANNEMAN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT COURTNEY BUSH

Culinary Specialists SARAH BREKKE, JULI HALE, COLLEEN WEEDEN

Food Styling Director Greg Luna

Food Stylists LAUREN MCANELLY, SAMMY MILA, KELSEY MOYLAN

EDITORIAL ADMINISTRATION

Editorial Directors JENNIFER DORLAND DARLING, JILL WAAGE

Executive Creative Director MICHAEL D. BELKNAP

Assistant Managing Editor JENNIFER SPEER RAMUNDT

Copy Chief MARIA DURYEE

Senior Copy Editors ERIKA BJORKLUND, MARTHA COLOFF LONG, ANGELA RENKOSKI

Business Manager, Editorial CINDY SLOBASZEWSKI

Lead Business Office Assistant GABRIELLE RENSLOW

Director, Premedia Services AMY TINCHER-DURIK

Director, Quality JOSEPH KOHLER

Director, Meredith Food Studios ALLISON LOWERY

Director, Meredith Test Kitchen LYNN BLANCHARD

Director, Meredith Photo Studio REESE STRICKLAND

Photo Studio Set Construction Manager DAVE DECARLO

Studios Coordinator TERRI CHARTER

Premedia Trafficking Supervisor PATRICIA J. SAVAGE

Color Quality Analyst JILL M. HUNDAHL

CONTRIBUTING FIELD EDITORS

Atlanta Lisa Mowry Baltimore Eileen Deymier Birmingham, AL Cathy Still McGowin Charleston, SC/Savannah Sandra L. Mohlmann Charlotte/San Diego Andrea Caughey Chatham, MA Karin Lidbeck-Brent Chicago Elaine Markoutsas Denver Mindy Pantiel, Elaine St. Louis Detroit/Toronto Khristi S. Zimmeth Danbury, CT Stacy Kunstel Los Angeles Darra Baker, Laura Hull, Robin Tucker Minneapolis/St. Paul Bonnie Broten, Heidi Pearson Nashville Anna Forkum New Orleans Kimberly Clarke, Margaret Zainey Roux New Paltz, NY Anna Molvik Newport, RI Lynda Sutton Portland, ME Susan Salomon Richmond, VA Paige Porter Fischer San Diego Karen Reinecke San Francisco Sarah Alba Seagrove, FL Eleanor Lynn Nesmith Seattle Linda Humphrey St. Louis Jessica Brinkert Holtam Washington, D.C. Jeanne Blackburn

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Vice President & Group Publisher SCOTT MORTIMER

Vice President, Group Editorial Director STEPHEN ORR

Vice President, Marketing JEREMY BILOON

Director, Brand Marketing JEAN KENNEDY Brand Manager KATE RONCINSKE

Associate Director, Brand Marketing BRYAN CHRISTIAN

Senior Brand Manager KATHERINE BARNET Associate Brand Manager SAMANTHA LEBOFSKY

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

Associate Business Director JENNA BATES

Business Manager LISA CARLSON

CIRCULATION

Consumer Marketing Managers LAURA KROGH, ED LICHINSKY

ADVERTISING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Do It Yourself

Project Supervisor BETHANY PETERSON

Account Executive BRIAN KOSSACK

Sales Assistant ASHLEY JACOBS

Home

Senior Vice President & Group Publisher STEPHEN BOHLINGER

Brand Homes Director NICOLE HENDRICK

Eastern Advertising Director BROOKE VLADYKA

Advertising Sales Assistant CHERYL CORBIN

Food & Holiday

Senior Vice President & Group Publisher MARK JOSEPHSON

A ccount Director mICHELLE BUTLER-MINGEY

ADVERTISING OPERATIONS

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Associate Production Director PATRICK MCGOWAN

Production Managers KYLE DIRKS, ASHLEY SCHAUBROECK, ANGELA SCHOPP

DIRECT MEDIA

Sales Director TYLER HUB

MEREDITH NATIONAL MEDIA GROUP

President, Meredith Magazines DOUG OLSON President, Consumer Products TOM WITSCHI President, Chief Digital Officer CATHERINE LEVENE Chief Business & Data Officer ALYSIA BORSA Chief Revenue Officer MICHAEL BROWNSTEIN Marketing & Integrated Communications NANCY WEBER

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS

Consumer Revenue ANDY WILSON Corporate Sales BRIAN KIGHTLINGER Research Solutions BRITTA CLEVELAND Strategic Sourcing, Newsstand, Production CHUCK HOWELL Digital Sales MARLA NEWMAN The Foundry MATT PETERSEN Product & Tec hn ology JUSTIN LAW

VICE PRESIDENTS

Finance CHRIS SUSIL Business Planning & Analysis ROB SILVERSTONE Consumer Marketing STEVE CROWE Brand Licensing TOYE CODY, SONDRA NEWKIRK Corporate Communications JILL DAVISON

Vice President, Group Editorial Director STEPHEN ORR Director, Editorial Operations & Finance GREG KAYKO

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You probably have a space in your home where you put the things you dont know what to do with. We all have these orphan items that find a temporary home in a drawer, a nook, a shelf, or perhaps a whole closet or basement walland sometimes that space becomes a permanent home. Which is fine, except for the niggling, nagging knowledge in the back of your brain that if you dont assign things a proper place, you wont be able to find them when you need them.

By using Organizing Room by Room, you can give happy homes to all those orphan items, so you can spend less time hunting for that stray receipt or cord or scarf and more time doing the things you truly enjoy.