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!
Recently a mom reached out about needing help in her teen daughter’s closet. Her closet is one I actually organized years ago when she was in elementary school. But now that she’s a junior in high school, the closet wasn’t hitting it anymore. While there for the consultation, and enjoying every minute of her humor […]

We’re all feeling the effects of Covid-19 and especially now as the new school year approaches. The high school students in our life (we have 2 in this house – 1 an incoming senior) are having a really tough time. We’re doing all we can to make the most of their final days of summer […]

If you’re new here, I’m Sam. A professional organizer who loves helping families simplify, get organized and save money in the process. Space planning and power tools will always be my #1 (and 2) products / go-to’s for the job. I love editing spaces as is to bring them to their full potential. Again, as […]
