I’m Sam, a Certified Professional Organizer® from the Bay Area, California and I’m so glad you’re here! This blog is the heart of what I do. I absolutely love combining beauty with function to create homes that are simply organized, and I want to teach you how. Discover home organization tips for real life and learn how to declutter, design and create an inviting space.
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In my years of helping people declutter, we occasionally work with those who have a deep emotional attachment to items…or they just struggle with “what if I need this later??” thoughts. Most of the time, when a person contacts us they are ready to part with the stuff that’s causing stress. But there’s times when […]
Filed in : Decluttering
March 25, 2023
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Happy spring! Hard to believe it’s spring 2023, but here we are. The Bay Area will definitely experience A LOT of beautiful spring flowers after our record-breaking rainy winter. Matter of fact, it’s storming again today! I LOVE this weather so I’m happy to hold onto winter as long as it lasts, but I did […]
Filed in : Home Decor
March 21, 2023
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Making another attempt to bring our YouTube channel back to life. And I hope you’ll join us over there because this time I may actually be consistent. LOL! At the end of 2022, I took a hard look at what I wanted to focus on in terms of our social platforms in 2023. So much […]
Filed in : In Other News
March 20, 2023
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Sometimes when enough is enough, enough IS enough. And finally, you pause to solve the issue once and for all. In this case, it was my tech situation. So this week I considered ideas for how to solve it, executed, and now I have this pretty organized charging center for everything tech. PAIN POINTS The […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Tech Organization
March 17, 2023
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In case you ever found yourself wondering why it helps to hire a professional organizer, here’s a case study to help answer your question. Now, I will say…I can rattle off countless reasons why hiring someone like me is a huge benefit. For today, let’s just focus on this closet as an example in how […]
Filed in : Closet Organization, SO Clients
March 13, 2023
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I considered “Storage Wars” as part of this blog title, but I’m definitely counting this one in the Storage Wins column. If you have a pocket door behind a wall, you can still hang anything…including these beautiful acrylic floating shelves! BEFORE The sweet girl who uses this bathroom is a highly-decorated competitive cheerleader with lots of […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, SO Clients
