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.
Sam
It’s go time!
After living in 2 very spacious southern homes, adjusting to smaller storage spaces has been a challenge. Both of my homes in Arkansas had large walk-in closets in each room and ample closet space for storing linens and towels. This isn’t a complaint, don’t get me wrong. You know me, I’ll adapt and make due […]

having a clean and tidy house is something i strive toward each day. that tidiness begins each morning as we make our beds. the day doesn’t seem like it can truly begin for me unless all the beds are made. call me crazy…call me normal. whatever the case, it was a chore i grew up […]

welcome to my weekly wrap-up of small projects i accomplished this week – each in 15 minutes or less! you may notice this is a slightly new feature. when i started the blog last year, my hope was to share one project each day that took me less than 15 minutes to accomplish. it was […]
