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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Today I’m sharing yet another project completed back in Fall of 2017. It was seriously one of my favorites for a whole bunch of reasons – the transformation is so incredible you won’t believe it. Or that it took only 5-6 hours to complete. Mean it! But it’s mainly one of my faves because of […]
Filed in : Closet Organization, Decluttering, SO Clients
April 23, 2019
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It’s unbelievable to me how opportunities arrive by simply making the decision to start a blog. Yep, I’ve dug in and did a hell of a lot of hard HARD work over the last 10 years – both on the blog and getting the business off the ground. But its foundation and core began the […]
Filed in : Blogging, Press, Professional Organizer, Simply Organized Style
April 4, 2019
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You’ve seen me organize those challenging under sink cabinet spaces. And the most efficient method has always included stacking drawers we can design around the piping. Here’s a recent example… ( blog post | stacked drawers ) But a new trend in bathrooms I’m seeing all the time is under sink drawers that are wall-mounted. […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, DIY, Professional Organizer, SO Clients
March 22, 2019
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This one. She has a very deep, special place in my heart. One of my first clients after moving back to the Bay Area, it was love at first consult. She found me in an online moms group (I think? A Facebook group where I was referred or mentioned?) and although I was “working” for […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, SO Clients
March 1, 2019
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With the unexpected time crunch during the holiday season and client projects ramping up, I didn’t have a chance to share my holiday gift wrap station. This is not only helpful during the holidays, but can be an idea used year-round…so I figured, why not go ahead and share it anyway! Plus, I sorta miss […]
Filed in : Holiday Organization, Paper Organization, Simply Organized Style
January 16, 2019
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As 2018 comes to a close, I’m spending more time in my home office. And there will be even more time spent here over the holiday break downtime. I’m cleaning out files, deciding what items need to go because I didn’t make use of them this year, and soon I’ll be digging into deeper topics […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Simply Organized Style
