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!
I guess calling this space a “mudroom” is a bit of stretch. It’s more like an organized shoe wall. But you get the idea! This modest landing is at the top of a very steep staircase. It brings you from the garage to the house interior. You land in the laundry room when you walk […]

By this point in the game, you’ve certainly come to know my organizing style and aesthetic. I love to organize simply and with purpose / functionality…but I really love to make it warm and beautiful. An ongoing goal has been to keep containment we purchase for spaces on a budget. It’s already a luxury to […]

Twice a year, my friends Christy & Amy of 11 Magnolia Lane host a series called Operation: Organization. In August we focus on back to school and in January, as you would guess, we focus on the New Year. This is a fun way to see what my fellow bloggers are up to in January as they […]
