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!
Ok, so…I recognize that post title is like whoa, what?! But this was a serious issue, friends. Here I spent months and months planning out the details of my home office. Only to have a serious issue I was completely not expecting pop up and throw me for a loop. Check it… For those following […]

As you may know, over the last few months I’ve been focusing on home improvement projects around my own home. The biggest undertaking this summer being the updated brick path and concrete pad in the backyard… While my concrete contractor was here, I asked if he could add on a small slab just outside this […]

Hello hello! Been a while since you’ve seen a post. Life has been busy busy and full – all good things. There’s much to update, but here’s a quick list as to where I have been. A big shout out to my planner for helping me remember exactly what has been happening over the last 5 […]

If you’re lucky enough to have an extra room in your home, chances are that space acts as another functional space too. For example, could be a craft room that doubles as a guest room. Or an office that doubles as a work out space. In the Bay Area especially, I’ve seen many homeowners double […]

Be prepared – photo overload here! Can you blame me? This is cause for serious celebration – my new outdoor patio is completed and the table is in place. Do I have a few more additions to make? Sure, all in time (and budget!). But for now I’m just so beyond grateful to have this […]

Once upon a time, there was an organizing blogger who occasionally shared home improvement projects, how-to’s and tutorials. *looks around* Oooohhhh, there she is! Feels good to head back to my old blog roots! Been way too long since I’ve worked on (and shared) a good home improvement project. And it’s definitely showing around this house. Now, admittedly […]
