Meet The Professional Organizers Behind Your Fave Celebs' Instagram-Perfect Homes

Only four hours after being introduced by a mutual friend, Joanna Teplin and Clea Shearer went into business together. The two founded their organization company, The Home Edit, in 2015, and have since accrued a number of celebrity clients, some of whom are featured on their new Netflix show Get Organized with The Home Edit. The stars whose homes they organize scream with jubilation when they see their children’s toy Bentleys neatly parked in the real garage or their Hermès Birkin bags stuffed and facing out from new closet shelves; their non-famous customers cry when new floor space emerges from underneath what used to be an ungovernable mess.

Regardless of who they're working with, Joanna and Clea believe you should “edit” your belongings — a euphemism that conjures an image of a perfectly curated boutique rather than the landfill of discarded clothing that results in reality. But they are emphatically not minimalists (in fact, their clients seem to need a lot of new products from The Home Edit’s own storage line to contain their existing belongings). Instead, Joanna and Clea are here to help you “categorize” your maximalism. Here's what else you need to know about them.

Who is Joanna Teplin from The Home Edit?

According to the duo’s official Home Edit bio, Joanna originally hails from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, but now lives in Nashville with her kids, Miles Reid and Marlowe Aerin. She studied her craft in California, where she attended UC Santa Barbara, and also lived in San Francisco. As for Joanna’s enjoyments outside of interior design, she’s on record as being a massive fan of both drive-thru Starbucks and dark chocolate.

Who is Clea Shearer from The Home Edit?

Clea is originally from Los Angeles, but lives in Nashville with her kids, Stella Blue and Sutton Gray. Her husband is entertainment photographer John Shearer. Clea crossed coasts for college, attending Parsons School of Design in New York. She’s a fan of Harry Potter, Disneyland, and champagne, but has little to no time for glitter and loud chewers, according to her Home Edit bio.

They’re Also Authors

Aside from being design wizards, Joanna and Clea have been published three times over. They have three separate books under the Home Edit title: The Home Edit: Feel-Good Organizing, The Home Edit Workbook, and The Home Edit Life. Each title takes aim at helping readers optimize their living space.

They Both Hate to Fly

Despite jobs that require them to travel coast to coast organizing everything from Khloe Kardashian’s snack closet in California to Gwyneth Paltrow's Hamptons pantry, Joanna claims on The Home Edit's website that flying is her biggest source of stress. Clea’s biggest stress is also flying, but especially “flying with Joanna.”

That said, The Home Edit still offers its services in nine different U.S. cities, though they do offer a virtual DIY service, complete with a collaborative and customized shopping list and layout plan for prospective clients.

How Did Joanna and Clea Become Professional Organizers?

It was as simple as turning a mutual passion into a business. Joanna is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, where she majored in film, but she’s also always loved painting. After managing a San Francisco stationery store, she started a line of wedding invitations reflecting her own aesthetic sense. It’s the same sensibility Joanna brings to her organizing work, where everything needs to be functional, but still beautiful to look at.

Clea, meanwhile, is an alum of the Parsons School of Design in New York, where she studied Design Management. Between then and now, she’s worked in marketing and consulting for aesthetically-minded brands like The RealReal and Saks Fifth Ave.

Whether you knew their names already or not, you’ve likely already seen their work: the duo’s clean and colorful organizing has been featured on Goop, People, and Apartment Therapy. Plus, they’re all over social media, often with famous clients like Dan Levy, and their famous client’s stuff (see: Katy Perry’s pantry and Eva Chen's NYC apartment).

How Much Does It Cost To Have The Home Edit Organize Your House?

The Home Edit’s rates vary from city to city. For a two-person team to declutter your home in Detroit, the base rate is $185 an hour. In LA and New York, the rate is $250. That includes a 30-minute consult before the organizing begins, but not the price of the actual containers, which clients pay for separately.