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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During the process of having the house interior painted, my painter removed all of the blinds. When he removed the blinds, he accidentally damaged nearly every plastic clip that secured the blind valances in place. The clips, when secured correctly and not broken, look like this… After my painter came through, this is how 90% […]
Filed in : DIY, Home Improvement
December 16, 2013
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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 […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
December 4, 2013
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Happy Friday! Back today with part 2 of the move-in process. Thank you so much for the comments and support in part 1. One of my favorite blogging perks? Hearing from you! Wednesday was a big day. With the house completely painted, today’s schedule included carpet installation, 2 closet design consults, and meetings/phone calls with […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
August 16, 2013
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The master bathroom in this rental home has the most enticing whirlpool bathtub… Of course, the first people to enjoy the tub were the kids. 🙂 One evening after move-in I put the kids in the tub and turned on the jets after the begged me to. They were SO excited….until they saw black gunk, mold, residue […]
Filed in : Cleaning Tips, Life Tips
