January is GET ORGANIZED month

Professional organizers all across the country are gearing up for numerous community events this month as part of the  annual event, Get Organized (GO) Month.  
Get Organized (GO) Month is an annual event in its 5th year.  The event is sponsored by the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and is dedicated to raising awareness [...]

Organizing kids

How many times have you asked your kids to pick up their stuff and put it where it belongs?  As for myself, I can’t even count the number of times!  Since my kids were old enough use a chart with symbols, I have created “chore charts” – some better than others.  Recently, a friend of [...]

X-ray vision

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
                                                                     John Lubbock
What a great quote!  It made me think about how clients must feel when they have a professional organizer visit their home for the first time.  They often worry about what the organizer will think of them since their home (or maybe just one [...]

Staging basics

Staging is done for the purpose of selling a home.  The idea of staging is to highlight the homes best selling features and appeal to a wide range of potential buyers – in order to get it sold!  As a result, the current homeowner’s personal affects (i.e. photos, mementos and collections) and all clutter should [...]