Hi, I'm Sam—a Certified Professional Organizer® based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the voice behind Simply Organized. This blog has been my passion project since 2010, and it's where I get to share everything I've learned from organizing hundreds of homes. You'll find real strategies that work in real life, honest product recommendations, project transformations, and the organizing philosophy that guides all my work: maintainable over perfect. Let's create a home that works beautifully for how you actually live.
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Ultimate. A strong word indeed. But if I had to choose a pantry design for my own home, this would likely be the one. I’ve worked within many pantry designs over the years and as far as I’m concerned, this is pretty darn amazing. Of course, last week I organized another pantry and that one […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization, SO Clients
November 9, 2016
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You may recall in August I posted an update about my home office. I shared the before and after of my very own cluttered, exhausted, end of summer work space. At the time, I thought I would take part in a popular online challenge this Fall to makeover one room in my home. That room being the office. Although […]
Filed in : Home Improvement, Office Organization
November 8, 2016
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We’re getting back to basics today. And I couldn’t be more thrilled. My long-time blog friends will recall there once was a day when I blogged about home improvement. You know, improvements made in MY home. Ahhhh, so excited to share that recently I’ve had *a little* time to knock out of a few serious projects. In the front yard […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
November 6, 2016
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Oh my goodness. To say I am overjoyed about this announcement is a total and absolute understatement. I’ve been secretly working on a side passion project for the last several months, just bursting to finally share it. If you or someone you know has been interested in getting started as a professional organizer, please share this […]
Filed in : Professional Organizer
November 3, 2016
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What excites me more than a freshly organized space? Seeing the excitement in the eyes of the mom who owns the space! There is absolutely nothing better, I tell you! And in this case it was a total pleasure organizing this pantry because it was her very first walk-in pantry. A modest size, but a […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization, SO Clients
October 27, 2016
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Don’t believe there’s a bigger kitchen organization struggle than that of handling where to contain the kid’s plates, cups and bowls. You need them, but man – do they make you nuts. They’ve taken over your kitchen drawers and cabinets. Personally, missing pieces used to drive me crazy. While I don’t have a lot of that […]
Filed in : Kid Organization, Kitchen Organization, SO Clients
