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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What’s more to love than a beautiful, newly renovated kitchen? I’ll tell you – a beautiful new kitchen that is professionally unpacked and organized too! Can you believe this kitchen I packed only a few months ago transformed from this… To this… Yep, it’s the same kitchen! And it’s stunning! why should you hire a […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization, Moving Organization, SO Clients
September 1, 2020
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Sometimes I consult a client in a new space and know it’s going to take me a little time to come up with a design or a system. Sometimes I see a space and know exactly what to do. This garage wall falls into the later category. As soon as I saw this empty slate, […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, SO Clients
July 18, 2020
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My aim is always to deliver a highly functional, totally organized, beautiful space that works for the families who hire me. But staying on a budget is something high on the priority list too. Getting organized DOES NOT need to cost a lot of money. If it does, something’s wrong. Unless you’re installing a custom […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization, Pantry Organization, SO Clients
February 27, 2020
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Should be more than clear by now, but just in case it isn’t – garages are my favorite residential space to declutter and organize. It was only fitting that we kicked off 2020 with the most incredible garage. Our first project of the year after the break and what a transformation! My team and I […]
Filed in : Garage Organization, SO Clients
January 31, 2020
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January 2020….so far, so great! And hope you are finding your new year and month to be the same! Actually, hard to believe we are nearing the END of January. Seriously?! But also believable because I have been completely slammed, which generally makes the days fly right by. My busy schedule is why I haven’t […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization, Pantry Organization, SO Clients
January 23, 2020
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This Spring we had the incredible pleasure of helping several couples and families get unpacked / settled into temporary apartments and rental homes. These couples and families live here only part of the year as they are professional baseball players/families. Client names are held in strict confidence – always – but if you know me, […]
Filed in : Closet Organization, SO Clients
