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!
Living in a temporary home has been a challenge for me these last few months. I haven’t rented since my college days and back then my first concern wasn’t exactly decor, color or organization. It’s been hard living in a space that doesn’t allow the opportunity to add paint to walls or hang photos or […]

Spring is in the air, which means spring cleaning and spring organization is on our minds. It’s our chance at a fresh new start. During the spring, I love to re-visit systems that aren’t working in our house and find new ways to keep our family moving in the most efficient way possible. Since we […]

Now that we’re unpacked and settled at the rental, I’m excited to show you around. What better place to start the tour than in the playroom! This was one of the first spaces to be completely unpacked and organized…for 3 obvious little reasons. But truth be told, I had great ideas for this room….which were made easy […]
