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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New year. Fresh start. Don’t roll your eyes at me! I know, I know – it’s all you’re hearing. And you may already be at the breaking point…ready to smack someone on the forehead. The chatter about getting organized, healthy, setting new goals, reducing debt, mending friendships…or leaving behind the negative ones – ha! – […]
Filed in : DIY, Office Organization, Paper Organization
January 9, 2019
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Sam is very happy today – very! Happy because we’re in the thick of Fall and it has been downright cold baby – my favorite time of year. I’m blogging from my home office with coffee close and my pumpkin clove candle burning. I’m back to my DIY roots by updating my master bathroom. I […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, DIY, Home Improvement
October 31, 2018
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Although summer 2018 is officially a closed chapter (what?!), you’re likely grasping every opportunity to still enjoy the outdoors. No matter where you live. And I can tell you that’s what we’re doing here in the Bay Area. Our summer temps generally extend into the first several weeks of fall. This week our daytime highs […]
Filed in : DIY, Home Improvement, Outdoor Organization
September 30, 2018
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As you probably gather by the lack of consistent / regular blogs being published here, I’ve sorta been in over my head. In some ways – in over my head “awful”. In other ways – in over my head “exceptionally amazing!”. Everything from personal items to a mile-long client project list to kids home full-time […]
Filed in : DIY, Office Organization, Professional Organizer, Simply Organized Style
August 19, 2018
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Remember that time I said I wanted to update the laundry room shelving? Yes, this time back in May of 2017? Woof. Life gets busy. Well, good news my friends – Over the last year I did make little strides until ultimately it was completed last week. Yay! I demo’d the shelving, patched and painted, […]
Filed in : DIY, Home Improvement, Laundry Room
July 3, 2018
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Pay no attention to the fact this post is several days past due – yikes! My organization schedule has ramped up in a big way. No complaints here! But me organizing for other people = I’m not blogging behind a computer all day. No matter though because I’m here to share my update from last […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Simply Organized Style
