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By Morgan Hogerty
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIA PONCE
STYLING BY THERESA DEMARIA
HAIR & MAKEUP BY MARGARETA KOMELNAC
Heidi Carey, founder of Teidi Home, wearing Dudley Stevens, dudleystevens.com.
Wilmette’s HEIDI CAREY, founder of Teidi Home, is a professional organizer whose goal is to turn chaos into serenity. As a busy mom of twins, Carey launched Teidi Home in 2022 to help clients simplify their lives. A background in psychology and health care recruitment, along with her own life experiences, including losing her mother to brain cancer when she was 9 and caregiving for her father with dementia, inspire Carey’s mission to create calm, functional spaces. Whether decluttering, preparing for a move, or organizing a life transition, Carey makes tidying up simple. For her, orderliness is not about perfection—though she loves a beautiful pantry—but about fostering peace, creativity, and connection by cutting clutter. She believes organization enhances relationships, reduces stress, and creates time for what matters most. Carey steps away from organizing to share her city and shore favorites with Sheridan Road.
What’s on the horizon? Growing the Teidi team Mantra? Find the silver lining Best grooming tip? Invest in quality; a spray tan helps too Guilty pleasure? Anything reality TV Favorite foods? Shrimp cocktail and Caesar salad Music you love? Goose, Today’s Top Hits, the mint playlist, and American Country Hits are on rotation on my Spotify Best advice ever given to you? Every year is a gift worth celebrating Best advice you’ve given? Less is more Earliest memory? Building sandcastles and sculptures at the beach with my mom When you wake up, you? Coffee in bed, thanks to my husband, and snuggles with my golden, Louise Before bed, you? Stretch and read What’s on your bookshelf? Generally, several books, currently reading Likeable Badass, The Home Edit for Teens, Tom Lake, and The Hotel Nantucket You can’t live without? My family Love to escape to? The mountains—it doesn’t matter the time of year, as long as there is a view and a hot tub Advice you would give to your younger self? Don’t waste time worrying
Your style is? Athleisure by day, a cute dress at night Can’t leave the house without? My AirPods, Dr. Lara Devgan lip gloss, and sunglasses Transportation? Tesla Driving music? Whatever my kids’ carpool requests—lots of Taylor, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter Place to eat? Pomeroy, Deer Path Inn, and Towne & Oak Shop? Valentina and Bunny & Babe Best thing about the Shore? The community. We have made the best friends and have incredible clients Worst thing about the Shore? Lack of a lakefront path or dining The perfect day is? Morning workout at The Vibe, walk with my dog and hubby, pick-up paddle match with friends, bike ride and lunch with my family, and a date night with my husband at the Pomeroy bar
Your style is? City chic—generally a bit trendier Can’t leave the house without? Crossbody bag, a layer, and a snack Transportation? Metra and Uber Driving music? Goose, EDM, or occasionally classic rock Place to eat? Bavette’s Steakhouse, Gibsons Italia, and Armitage Alehouse Shop? Nordstrom (my first job in Chicago), Batik Chicago, or the shops on Armitage Best thing about the City? The neighborhoods and the memories Worst thing about the City? Traffic The perfect day is? Run along the lakefront followed by a good cup of coffee, spa day at the Waldorf or Langham, boat ride on the river with friends, and dinner and cocktails with friends or my husband
