An attractive and well-organized book that may provide inspiration to those wanting to declutter and thus love their home. Nothing much new here and much of it is common sense. I don't suppose anyone would want to put photos of the usual more mundane homes that much of America lives in so I'd say this is aimed to the upper middle class folks. But I guess that is the genre!

With LOVE YOUR HOME AGAIN, Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski offer clear, straightforward, and motivating guidance for living well in the home you have. Just when I thought I'd done a terrific joy of ferreting out the clutter and organizing my house, this book demonstrates a logical way of thinking about how my family and I live and what we truly need. Abashed, I realized quickly that I have a long way to go until I can entertain without panicking and use an office that serves me as well as enjoy the ease, the flow, and the grace of a home that functions with beauty. Smart, timely, and beautifully illustrated, this book is a tremendous asset and resource for anyone living in a house, apartment, anywhere they call home. I received an early copy of this book and these opinions are my own, unbiased thoughts.

Thank you to Netgalley and publishers for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book had a lot of great ideas to utilize to get organized into make your space in your home or your apartment beautiful. I was actually thinking about doing that again in my apartment to try to make things nice again. And make the area feel good about myself. It's a good book to do it. It's not outstanding but it does the job.

Pretty pictures will feast your eyes in this organization book that tells it straight without being bossy. Biggest takeaway that had me thinking deeply: buying quality pieces that will last. I’d forgotten this is how it used to be. Let’s bring back quality!!

This book gives a room-by-room plan for decluttering and organizing your home. If you have read many other simplifying or organizing books, you may not learn a lot from this book. Love Your Home Again does have great photos, though.. These would be useful for storage decorating ideas. I recommend this book.
I received a complementary advanced copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

Great tips for de-cluttering your home and making it a place you love and can enjoy. I love that it is broken down into manageable sections to not overwhelm the reader. The pictures included also inspire one to really focus on the points the authors made!

Very thorough. I appreciate the pictures throughout for inspiration. The organization techniques are explained from multiple angles and the narrative is very clearly centered on having less. Great approach!

I was hoping for more from this book. I definitely want to love my home again (although I already do love it) and get more organized, but I don't relate at all to this aesthetic. It's very "subdivision Costco generic home." There are lots of stock photographs of new houses with really organized bins of things and velvet covered hangers 1/2 inch from each other. There's also the standard advice about purging things ruthlessly. Shrug. I already declutter regularly and don't need to be told to give away half of my sweaters. I also try to be frugal in my homemaking and this involved a lot of buying organizers, bins, special hangers, etc. I'm sure it will be a great book for some but I actually prefer my messy house with all of its character to these photos. Everything looks like it's out of an ad for a big box store, not a home, and there's nothing really new in the ideas.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This isn't the type of book I normally go for but with a rec from a friend i decided to check it out. This book is well organized and I love the way they go about giving advice! There is no judgement with realistic expectations. I just checked out the sections that I was interested in at the moment for reference. I will definitely finding myself going back to this book in the future to help organize my home! Thanks for letting me read this arc review and sharing your advice.

It’s a well thought out book/guide but it’s nothing new or breathtaking. It’s great if your into this type of lifestyle and can afford it but I think it’s impossible to live like this every single day and it seems expensive to get to this point.

Love Your Home Again is a short, easy read full of organizing inspiration, strategies, and encouragement. The tips aren't ground-breaking, but this type of book never fails to give the necessary push to get to work. The pictures are beautiful, and the advice is practical. Overall enjoyable read!

A practical and inspirational book detailing ways to organize and decorate every nook and cranny for a stress free, clutter controlled home. Very nicely photographed. I thank Netgalley and Chronicle Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

It's a given that a book about home organization will have photos of unbelievably posh homes, but I still felt the information in this book was accessible and realistic. Some items I could quickly implement and others that I'd consider. This book is worth five stars because I felt inspired after reading it and learning a lot.

Thanks for the advance review copy.

I received this free ARC from NetGalley. I found this book to be an easy day read. I love the sections the book are divided into. One can read the sections which apply to you and skip the ones you don't have. There are a quite a few tips and ideas on how to declutter and organize, but for me it was nothing new. It could be because I've read a quite of these type of books. The pictures were beautiful, but didn't always fit with the text and could have used more explanation.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!

This book was the inspiration I needed right now. With a smaller home and 2 kids, I am often at a loss for how to organize the odds and ends in our home. Some of the ideas in the book may seem obvious but this book helps you focus on how you live in and run your household. The organization doesn’t necessarily need to be aesthetically pleasing, just practical which feels more realistic to reach in this phase of life

On page 52 the author uses the term “visual chaos” which aptly describes my house. The pictures and practical advice were truly inspiring. I’m not sure I have the energy to even come close to decluttering and organizing what would remain after a “stuff purge” (my own term for decluttering). Nevertheless I came away encouraged to make at least some attempts to tame the mess in my house.

This book is a package of inspiration. The mother-daughter team has worked wonders in helping people manage their homes and now they are sharing their knowledge in a book with helpful tips. “No home is beyond help.” The areas included are: the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, gathering spaces, children’s spaces, home office, laundry, garage and storage spaces.

Everyone needs some good guidance to address the overflowing of extra things in food cupboards, drawers and clothes closets. Many of us have boxes and bags in storage that haven’t been touched in years. They talk about how we tend to buy too many things on sale when it’s not something we need. And then there’s Costco. Yes, this is addressed as well. It’s noted that one-third of Americans can’t fit their cars in garage spaces as it’s crowded with overflows.

They discuss mostly how to sort and decide what to do with extra items. I could relate to how many mugs are seriously needed. Much is written to inspire homeowners to buy less and let go of all the items that aren’t being used. We can all use some serious suggestions on how to say goodbye in a thoughtful way to attachments. It is said that if one can reduce their belongings by at least ten percent, it will be easier to find things.

The book is beautifully arranged with appealing photos. However, many people that need help downsizing are seniors that may have poor eyesight and the print in the book is small. Kindle can help if it is available or strong reader’s glasses may be advised.

My thanks to Ann Lightfoot and Kate Powlowski along with NetGalley for allowing me to read this advanced copy with a publication date of September 13, 2022.

I liked a lot of the side tips and tricks and I’ll be implementing a few but some didn’t work as well for me. It’s only because I’m big on getting rid of more than you’re keeping and there’s a lot of storage ideas and photos of how to store clutter but I’d rather eliminate it.

As someone how strives to be organized by studying the methods of organization, productivity, and habit, I loved this book. The most striking part were the pictures and the minimalism. While I strive to declutter and reduce and reuse, it’s often hard to narrow down to the things we need. It’s all about mindset, and Love Your Home Again helped me find a way to change my mindset so I can take each zone in my home and organize effectively.
Thank you to the authors, Publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

A BIG thank you to Chronicle Books and NetGalley for the ARC of Love Your Home Again by Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski. I rate this title a 3.5/5, as it does cover the organizational topics presented in a clear and concise manner. However, as others have noted, the photography used throughout the book is more aspirational than practical. It would be more helpful to include a complete home label guide for decanting and storing all the typical items in a household. The organizational methodology is, in essence, no different than that of other popular methods. All rely on decluttering and storing items properly so that all items are immediately visible when needed and accounted for in an inventory. Even still, this title would give anyone a great jumping off point on home organization ideas. #LoveYourHomeAgain #NetGalley