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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Yes, I realize we’re on the down hill slide into summer and soon (very soon) school will be out. But recently I’ve received a few questions about how I stay on top of the after-school backpack mess. I sooooo hear you! We get a lot of papers coming home too. Not to mention, there is a ton […]
Filed in : Kid Organization
March 15, 2013
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Happy Monday! Hope all of you had a wonderful weekend! I was particularly excited about Monday rolling around because I’m implementing a new *visual* calendar in our house – and today is day 1! Forget about the stress of keeping it all organized when a school year is about to begin. Here we are 6-7 weeks […]
Filed in : Kid Organization, Life Tips, Office Organization, Paper Organization
October 1, 2012
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It’s been an emotional day for this mommy. My boys headed back to school today! After a long summer of family time, swimming, play time with friends and a million sweet memories, it was hard dropping them off and giving them a hug goodbye. Suddenly, it was painfully quiet. Not the fun kind of quiet I […]
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