I’m Sam, a Certified Professional Organizer® from the Bay Area, California and I’m so glad you’re here! This blog is the heart of what I do. I absolutely love combining beauty with function to create homes that are simply organized, and I want to teach you how. Discover home organization tips for real life and learn how to declutter, design and create an inviting space.
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An apology to my regular readers / friends if I sound like a broken record…definitely not aiming for that and certainly not letting the D word define who I am….but for a while the blog post intros may begin something like this… “Hey, last year I went through the final stages of a divorce, spent […]
Filed in : Home Improvement, Life Coach, Life Tips, Personal, Planners, Productivity, Professional Organizer
January 23, 2019
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Happy happy new year!! I hope you were able to ring in this fresh, new year with those you love or by just doing something that made YOU happy. 2017 was a full, busy year. A year that will certainly go down in the memory book. But for several reasons I couldn’t wait to close […]
January 1, 2018
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Really excited to share this easy, inexpensive Ikea shelf hack and organization project with you! Last week I shared the kid’s side of the office where I added a new desk and this beautiful, tall, wide shelf… As with most organizing projects around here (and probably the case in your home too), they bleed from […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Paper Organization
August 19, 2017
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Are you a piler? Someone who, out of natural habit, sets papers down in a pile. But then when it’s time to find something, you’re frustrated because you dig, shuffle and sort? Then realize, it’s not *that* pile the paper you’re searching for is in. Maybe it’s that pile over there? Or that one in […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Paper Organization
August 8, 2017
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Not sure how it’s possible, but summer is about to screech to a jarring halt. And quickly. How in the World?! What’s funny is that typically I’m more than happy for the kids to head back to school. In all honesty, we’ve experienced a few brutal, stressful summers – big moves, expensive home improvement projects […]
Filed in : Kid Organization, Kitchen Organization, Mudroom Organization, Paper Organization, Planners, School Organization
August 7, 2017
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Warning: Keeping it real in this post! Summer after summer, I found myself pulling my hair out trying to keep my kids entertained and – let’s be honest – refereeing the daily fighting and bickering. Yes, summer usually kicks off on a fun note. Everyone is excited to be out of school and living a relaxed lifestyle […]
Filed in : Kid Organization, Paper Organization, Planners, Productivity
