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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If it appears as if I’m spending a lot of time lately in garages, it’s true! Shockingly enough, it’s becoming my new favorite space to work in. Especially with this beautiful Nor Cal weather! Garages are a tough spot to organize because they’re large and don’t have defined spaces / zones as would be the […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, SO Clients
June 2, 2015
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I miss posting/sharing in here! Business has been busy (grateful) and the end of school year activities are ramping up big time. Oh, and I have some really big news to share about the upcoming NAPO SF Bay Area conference. As if I don’t have enough on my plate, I’m on the planning committee for […]
Filed in : DIY, Garage Organization, Mudroom Organization
May 28, 2015
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Most of the clients I work one-on-one with are women, but occasionally I get so excited when the man of the house offers some input. This tends to happen in just a few spaces, mainly the garage. So when this absolutely adorable family hired me a few weeks ago to help change their home for […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, SO Clients
April 29, 2015
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The garage. The spot where everything goes until you figure out what to do with it. Or as is the case in my professional experience, the spot where items go until they end up getting donated. So I thought it was particularly funny the other day when I saw this comedy bit by Jerry Seinfeld… […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, SO Clients
April 11, 2015
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Hey friends! I’m helping a client by organizing / condensing her paint into smaller cans and I shared a photo on Instagram yesterday when the project was complete. A few of you asked for more details. This is a project I shared here on the blog back in September 2013 – right after moving into […]
Filed in : DIY, Garage Organization
January 20, 2015
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Organizing a space is not something that happens overnight. Sure, there are those little jobs that are easy to knock out, but even those come with some planning involved. However, when it comes to organizing in general, the first phase is always to go through everything, sort, purge and figure out what is staying in […]
Filed in : Garage Organization
