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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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 […]
Filed in : All Organization, Mudroom Organization, Professional Organizer, SO Clients
April 25, 2018
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Oh, hey! Yes, your girl is still alive – and here’s proof!… Photo credit: Alicia Cervenka WHERE HAVE I BEEN? You guys know I am not one to be in front of the camera. Put me in a closet, garage or behind the camera any day. A few weeks ago I completed a project in […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, Kid Organization, Kitchen Organization, Personal, Professional Organizer
April 14, 2018
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Because apparently nothing comes easy for this girl + business names {insert sarcasm here}, it took a few months to get going on this very important project. In a recent post I shared my new professional organizing company business name and then immediately set out to grab the matching domain. Sure enough, it was already […]
Filed in : Professional Organizer
February 26, 2018
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Truth be told, not all professional organizers (ahem…this one) show up organized for a project. Do we aim for that goal every time? Absolutely. However, on occasion one may find herself running out of labeling tape on the job. Or with a dried out chalk pen. Or maybe even dead batteries in a laser measuring […]
Filed in : Art Organization, Office Organization, Playroom Organization, Product Review, Professional Organizer, Simply Organized Style
February 20, 2018
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While it’s always a sad day taking down the Christmas decorations, I have to admit starting the new year with a clean and de-cluttered garage was tugging at my organization-loving heart. For several reasons. But a huge reason being this mound of recycling I continually walked by going to and from the car… Yikes! How […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, Holiday Organization
January 9, 2018
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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 […]
