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!
Praise. The. Lord. Another major home improvement project = completed. Done. Finito. Wrapped up. Shut down. And it’s a beaut, my friends. The fences on both sides of the house, backyard and the swing set area are now complete. Gates up. Pretty hardware added. Stained. As I share the outcome of these gorgeous fences, can […]

Hey everyone! Hope you’ve been having a great week! It’s been busy over here and I have a lot of house updates. But today – a big update from the house exterior = side fences!! I have to admit, I’ve been a bit down in the dumps lately about the front landscaping not yet being […]

Couldn’t wait to share the results of a recent project – installing a deer fence in the front yard! Turned out so beautifully and encourage you to consider this option if you have a view you don’t want to obstruct. Besides the driveway, another big selling point about this home and property is how it […]
