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!
Always in search of ways to easily edit and share videos on the blog. What’s challenging is that all of my video content is shot vertically because it’s mostly shared on Instagram or TikTok. Vertical is where it’s at for those platforms. But don’t you dare post a vertical video on YouTube! Everyone loves the […]

Not every organization system or idea I share will work for you. But that’s exactly why I continue to share the projects. Because they MAY work for you. IT DEPENDS! Occasionally I share projects like this bike wall system and receive comments to the effect of “Well, that’s great but it won’t work for me!”. […]

Happy Tuesday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and a Happy Easter! I have a couple lengthy, personal posts that I’m working on, but am having internet issues. We’re on Spring Break this week and am taking the kiddos to Chicago for a few days. Wi-fi is spotty and keeping me from uploading photos. I […]
