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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Filed in : DIY, Home Improvement, Outdoor Organization, Simply Organized Style
March 19, 2019
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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 […]
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April 23, 2014
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Not only am I upsetting my neighbors with the never-ending construction noise, but now also upsetting the California tree huggers. A big redwood tree came timbeeeerrrring down earlier this week. Honestly, I’ve been grieving the tree for the last few days. It was a beautiful redwood, one of at least 8 on the property… It […]
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December 4, 2013
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Hope y’all had a great thanksgiving! I certainly have a lot to be thankful for this year and didn’t hesitate spending a good portion of the day counting the many blessings in my life. One of the blessings that made it onto my list….of course, toward the bottom? This beautiful green sod that we laid […]
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November 29, 2013
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Yes. Green grass, people. Green. Not old, brown dying lawn. Not brown dirt. Beautiful, soft (and some faux) green grass! Needless to say, this lady is grinning ear to ear each time I catch a glimpse of this view… Seeing the grass also gets me excited for the additional outdoor improvements in progress right now […]
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