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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Watch the replay here! Today’s organizing expert interview was packed FULL of incredible tips, ideas and suggestions! We not only covered methods to organize your collection of children’s artwork, but more importantly HOW to sort and widdle down the collection to what is truly special and worth keeping. I had the great pleasure of speaking […]
April 21, 2020
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How are you doing? Feeling motivated and energized…getting stuff done? Or feeling frustrated and antsy…not sure what do in this new normal? Keep in mind this is a “short-term” normal…because it really is. Although right now it may not feel that way. Everyone is saying they don’t know what day of the week it is. […]
Filed in : Office Organization
March 31, 2020
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By now you should be well aware of my passion for decluttering and organizing garages. My love for this space runs deep and the efforts put in make an incredible impact for busy families. But after working in countless garages – whether within its original design or a fancy new beautiful set-up – I can […]
Filed in : DIY, Garage Organization, SO Clients
March 13, 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
