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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Well, I can admit what has definitely been consistent around here during quarantine isn’t only working out or walking daily or the uptick in grocery store visits because people can’t seem to stop eating. I also confess to the nightly glass (or two) of wine. In the process of enjoying our wine, I learned how […]
Filed in : Cleaning Tips, Home Improvement, Kitchen Organization
May 28, 2020
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You know that thing you’ve been meaning to do for a while? That small task that should take only a few minutes, but for some reason you keep putting it off? Well, meet my little task…without judgement, please! Yes, that *was* my Mac keyboard. *i’m ashamed!* Notice I said “was”. Because right now, I’m blissfully […]
Filed in : Cleaning Tips, Digital Organization, Office Organization
January 6, 2018
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What you may not be aware of is that in my business I not only organize, but I clean for clients too. This just makes sense since pretty much everything is cleared out of the space during the purge / sorting process. I’m sure you can agree that nothing feels better than walking into your […]
Filed in : Cleaning Tips
August 2, 2017
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It’s that time of year again. April showers brings…. Spring Cleaning?! Don’t you know it! It’s been a crazy few weeks for me, but I’m trying to accomplish some cleaning projects around the house to get it aired out from the rainy blahs. We had a huge rainy season here in the Bay Area – much needed, […]
Filed in : Blogging, Cleaning Tips
April 5, 2017
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Along my 5+ year blogging journey, I’ve been fortunate to develop incredible friendships with fellow bloggers. I’m talking *real* friendships. As in the kind that meet-up in person, talk on the phone, text, travel with and even exchange Christmas cards. And if you can believe it, many of them are within my very own blog niche. You may think bloggers are […]
Filed in : Blogging, Cleaning Tips, DIY
