You Don't Need It: & other motherly advice from a home organizer on setting up your first home

by Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson

220 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2025

About the author

Bonnie Borromeo Tomlinson is the author of STOP BUYING BINS & other blunt but practical advice from a home organizer, STOP PUSHING PERFECTION & just create a home you can actually keep neat, and the newly published YOU DON'T NEED IT & other motherly advice from a home organizer on setting up your first home. She was principal of Bonnie Lia Interiors, a home organizing and interior decorating firm with clients in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. She has been featured in articles in Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, The Boston Globe, Apartment Therapy, and The Spruce. While her focus is on writing full-time, she also serves as the visual merchandiser for the UMass Store at her alma mater, the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Originally from New Jersey, Bonnie now lives in Amherst, MA.
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