Meg DeLong and Ea Fuqua

ABOUT THE BOOK

Peace and purpose are just around the corner. In fact, they can be around every corner of your home, from the kitchen to the living room to that dangerously dark section of the laundry room.

In Tidying Up, Meg DeLong and Ea (pronounced ee-uh) Fuqua—founders and owners of The Tidy Home Nashville—offer a shame-free, straightforward approach to embracing organization as self care. They believe that outer order creates inner calm. Their agenda is not pretty perfection, but helping people hone in on what they need and want from their living environment–then showing a reasonable and doable means to achieve that.

Whether you have a studio apartment or an overflowing house, Meg and Ea help:

• Tailor your living space to complement your personal lifestyle and life stage
• Discover how regaining authority over your stuff invites your brain and body to rest
• Put into practice 100 strategies—organized room by room—that make an immediate difference
• Create sustainable systems that free you rather than bog you down

These two sisters and partners have helped countless clients tackle their living spaces and create peaceful and practical homes—so they know what really works and lasts! Their insights are a must for anyone looking to maximize their living space and create an organized, peaceful home that works for them. Meg and Ea feel strongly that a well-designed dwelling has the power to calm your mind, inspire your day, and maybe even change your life.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Ea Fuqua is co-owner of The Tidy Home Nashville, an organizing business she runs with her sister. She passionately combines her love for organization with her expertise in creating inviting spaces. Married to her middle school sweetheart, Ea is a proud mother of a son and a daughter and understands the importance of balance in family life. She manages the social media pages for The Tidy Home Nashville, sharing tips and inspiration to help others create their ideal environments. When she’s not organizing or crafting content, Ea enjoys spending time with her two beloved dogs, Cash and Bowie.

Meg DeLong is co-owner of The Tidy Home Nashville, an organizing business she runs with her sister where she manages all client projects. Meg balances her entrepreneurial spirit with family life, living with her fiancé, their four children (a blended family), and a menagerie of pets, including two cats and a dog. Passionate about creating organized and harmonious spaces, Meg draws inspiration from her experiences as a mother and a business owner. In her spare time, she and her fiancé are busy fixing up their own home in the historic neighborhood of Old Hickory, and Meg enjoys expressing her creativity through fine art.

TALKING POINTS

• Organization and tidiness as self care for improved mental health (clutter perpetuates anxiety and outer order creates inner calm)
• Organizing isn’t just about pretty shelves, it’s about reclaiming your time. By creating logical systems for daily essentials, you cut down on decision fatigue, save hours every week, and free up energy for what matters most.
• Tailor your living space to complement your lifestyle and life stage (college student, work from home, empty nest, busy young family, downsizing seniors)
• Life is full of transitions: new jobs, new kids, new hobbies, new routines. Organizing solutions that aren’t rigid, but adaptable, so your home can evolve with you instead of holding you back
• Basic rules of home organization that can apply to any room, any home
• From cleaning supplies to treasured mementos, discover the systems to best manage your stuff 
• Organization should be both practical and uplifting. Thoughtfully styled spaces not only work better, but they spark joy, motivate you to keep up with them, and make your home a place you actually want to spend time in