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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While there is plenty going on here at the rental house – a-hem… …There’s a flurry of activity happening at the new house too! Have entered the longest stretch in which I haven’t been at the house. Am itching to be there in person to snap progress photos. Alas, I have to rely […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
July 31, 2013
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One of the first hands-on organization projects on my list at the new house? Installing closet organizers. I couldn’t wait too. Why? because it wasn’t only the install of closet organizers, but the install of desperately needed closet organizers. It’s simply amazing to me what a fresh coat of paint and a beautiful sparkling new closet […]
Filed in : Closet Organization, Home Improvement
July 26, 2013
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Yup. Gunite. Who knew there was such a thing? As soon as my pool guys said “we’ll be guniting while you’re at the house” I immediately hopped over to google to investigate. Basically, gunite is a process of spraying concrete into the pool to make the inner form. What? You mean the pool wouldn’t look […]
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July 25, 2013
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Welcome to my new California house! So excited to share this before tour. It’s taken me a while to get this up on the blog because I live 2000 miles away from the house. Tough getting those great real camera shots when I’m not living in the state. While I was there last week, I […]
Filed in : Home Improvement, Uncategorized
July 22, 2013
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Finally. Finally real photos to share from my real camera. Not cell phone quality images. Not random shots snapped by contractors then texted to me. It’s the real deal, peeps! I’m excited to finally share these with you…And equally excited to have you follow along as I transform this exterior from start to finish. I […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
July 11, 2013
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In just one weeks time our pool has gone from this…. To this…. To this…. How’s that for a “we’ve arrived in the neighborhood, everyone! don’t mind this pesky jackhammer racket going on over here for hours on end.”. Ha!! Yup, already making friends with the neighbors! That’s the way I roll. Seriously though, here […]
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