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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Recently a mom reached out about needing help in her teen daughter’s closet. Her closet is one I actually organized years ago when she was in elementary school. But now that she’s a junior in high school, the closet wasn’t hitting it anymore. While there for the consultation, and enjoying every minute of her humor […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization
October 15, 2025
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Pretty sure there isn’t a home dweller of any type who doesn’t struggle with the bathroom under sink situation. The pipe. It’s a necessary evil. And it gets in the way of really making the most of this important storage space. BUT there’s a way to work around the pipe. Promise! Here’s an example of […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, SO Clients
August 17, 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
March 10, 2023
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Happy Sunday! Ready to see some organized beauty products? Good, I’m sharing some of my recent favorites and how my I re-organized them in my bathroom. I hope you’re still finding ways to stay productive at home while staying healthy and sane too. This is a murky time but we don’t have to let it […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization
April 5, 2020
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You’ve seen me organize those challenging under sink cabinet spaces. And the most efficient method has always included stacking drawers we can design around the piping. Here’s a recent example… ( blog post | stacked drawers ) But a new trend in bathrooms I’m seeing all the time is under sink drawers that are wall-mounted. […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, DIY, Professional Organizer, SO Clients
March 22, 2019
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This one. She has a very deep, special place in my heart. One of my first clients after moving back to the Bay Area, it was love at first consult. She found me in an online moms group (I think? A Facebook group where I was referred or mentioned?) and although I was “working” for […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, SO Clients
