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!
If you’re drowning in lego bits and pieces (like every other lego-loving family in the world), I’m here today with yet another awesome play at organizing these little rascals. We’ve seen a lot of great organization solutions for legos (many of which are awesome DIY’s), but what I’ve come to learn over the years is […]

I know, I know. Really? A room dedicated to lego building and game playing? Yes! But did I mention this is a rental house?! The joys of renting a home with an abundance of space. Living in the south means you’re getting a lot of space whether you like it or not (I don’t – too much to […]

Welcome to our playroom… Wouldn’t any child love to play in a room like this….for hours on end, all day, every day? I would and I do! We are grateful to have the space in this home for such a fun and imagination-inspiring playroom…and all of their friends. The built-in playhouses are so much fun – for […]

hey friends! i hope you enjoyed the 3-day holiday weekend! yesterday, the 3 kiddos and i hung around the house all day. it was such a treat not to drive all over town carpooling and running errands. we didn’t get into the car one time. those are some of my favorite days! although, when we stay […]
