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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I spend a lot of time sitting at my computer. And because I’m an organized, clutter-free, visual kinda gal, cords would be included on the list of office nuisances. Namely, the cords sitting ON the desktop. You know, those USB cords, camera cords, fitbit cords, and the 1,596 apple device cords. Ok, I exaggerate, but you […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Tech Organization
June 16, 2014
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Do you have a loom-lover in your life? I do. Not sure how much longer this genius trend will be around (Seriously, why didn’t I think of this?!). But while we have looms in our house, they must be organized. Sure, I’ll still find little bands on the floor….look out vacuum…but at least they’ll be […]
Filed in : Art Organization, DIY, Kid Organization
May 7, 2014
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You guys sick of hearing about little tweaks made in my home office? Back in August, I shared my first update since move-in. And since, I’ve shared little bits here and there about the office and about my various binders. So, you guessed it, here I am again with yet another change / update! I’ll […]
Filed in : Office Organization, Paper Organization
April 17, 2014
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I’m telling you guys, it’s really the simple things in life. The simple things can make all the difference. I’m a coffee girl. Love coffee in the morning. The last chore I knock out every night is setting up my coffee maker to brew a pot at 6:45am. It’s my little alarm clock. I love […]
Filed in : Kitchen Organization
April 11, 2014
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I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog front the last 2 weeks because I have a lot going on with home projects, stuff with the kids, and with my new little organization business. Don’t worry (or worry), it shouldn’t be this quiet going forward because I have so many exciting things to share with […]
Filed in : Bathroom Organization, DIY
March 21, 2014
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Do you have school papers, school schedules, homework tools, hot lunch menus, and even more school papers just randomly stacked and thrown about on your kitchen counter? No? That’s just me? Oh boy. Well, I can happily say that was me. But not anymore, friends! Last week I went from this… To this… I had […]
Filed in : Kid Organization, Life Tips, Paper Organization, Product Review
