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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This morning i’m working on a big organization project in the garage. Yep, it’s a messy job that requires a garage location. Can’t wait to share soon! So I thought today I’d share the final move-in recap post. If you missed the two previous installments, here’s the first and second. At this point of move-in, I […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
September 5, 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 […]
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August 16, 2013
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…State of my emotions. …State of the blog. …State of the house. So much to say, so little brain cells to adequately share my true feelings. There is much to share – good, sad, exciting, ugly – but with the energy I’m outputting to get this house unpacked (and now with the kids here – […]
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August 14, 2013
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You guys, am not exaggerating when I say this house is quickly becoming my happy place. My (very long) list of projects are slowly healing me and chipping away at my southern homesickness. Yesterday, my happy place got even warmer when the carpet installers arrived. Something about the smell of new carpet. Right!? Does wonders […]
Filed in : Home Improvement
August 8, 2013
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I can’t believe it’s here. It’s real. It’s surreal. It’s happening. It’s sad…. ….For now. Hard to say “I’ll see you soon!” to the friends I’ve made and cherish, but exciting to have the opportunity of new experiences ahead. As I type this, I’m sitting in economy plus with a cat (who has once already […]
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August 5, 2013
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my moving binder has turned out to be one of the best tools I created and organized for myself. It has been my organization BFF since the fall when i put the house on the market. It helped me through the process of selling the house and then helped me stay organized through the move […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Paper Organization, Travel Organization
