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!
It’s my favorite time of year, people! But is anyone else feeling frazzled and unorganized about getting those decorations up on time? Chalk it up to a variety of reasons, but it’s taking longer than usual to get a feel for what this house needs in regards to holiday decor…. * New house -Anytime you’re […]

Although we aren’t living in the new house yet, there are developments and decisions happening each day. Like yesterday, when I found out there are powder post beetles taking over. Maybe even under the current hardwoods. Apparently they think they put in the offer and are buying the house because they have spread out and made […]

Living in a temporary home has been a challenge for me these last few months. I haven’t rented since my college days and back then my first concern wasn’t exactly decor, color or organization. It’s been hard living in a space that doesn’t allow the opportunity to add paint to walls or hang photos or […]
