Before + After: Closet and Dressing Room Makeover
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Before + After: Closet and Dressing Room Makeover

Our client wanted help organizing her dressing room and closet area. Her walk-in closet only had one shelf and no additional storage. In the main dressing room closet, we decluttered the vanity and clothing, we removed existing closet infrastructure, the client then painted, and we finished it off by installing all new shelving and rods, as well as a wall of shelves to store shoes and handbags.

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Before + After: One Day Garage Clean-Out and New Shelves
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Before + After: One Day Garage Clean-Out and New Shelves

In one day, two organizers were able to completely empty the entire garage, unpack every cardboard box, build additional shelving racks, and create categories so that the systems are easy to maintain for years to come. Many of the cardboard boxes contained comic books and collectibles, which we styled in the existing glass-doored bookcases for display!

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Before + After: Creating a Shared Bedroom for Kids
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Before + After: Creating a Shared Bedroom for Kids

Our clients were transitioning their boys into one shared bedroom, so we wanted to create a space that worked well for both of them! With kids, it's so important to ensure that everything has a home so that cleaning up at the end of the day is a breeze. We wanted to be sure we used soft but sturdy materials for the baskets, and ended up with a combination of natural fiber baskets and plastic bins with lids.

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Decision Fatigue & Your Wardrobe
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Decision Fatigue & Your Wardrobe

People have been talking about decision fatigue for quite a while. Even back in 2015, The Huffington Post wrote: "We are constantly bombarded with tiny decisions throughout the day, like what to eat, what to wear or whether or not to respond to this email now. This could be particularly overwhelming and prevent us from being present enough to do our best work and live our best lives." I absolutely want to be present and live my best life, and am continually searching for new methods of simplifying my daily life. For this post, I'm going to focus on decision fatigue as it related to your wardrobe. (For more tips on combating decision fatigue, read this!) A little wardrobe planning and organization could hold the key to minimizing decision fatigue and optimizing your experience of fashion satisfaction!

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How to Keep Your Kid's Room Organized
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How to Keep Your Kid's Room Organized

It’s no secret that somehow our kids rooms can go from clean to looking like a tornado hit in the blink of an eye. While we can’t as easily control our children’s whirlwind, we can control the organization within their rooms. Face it, there’s probably some Goldfish hidden in their drawers, and dinosaurs behind the bed. By eliminating excess items and organizing the space within their bedroom, it’s less likely that their toys and snacks will find homes other than where they belong.

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5 Organizing Essentials
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5 Organizing Essentials

I get lost in the images of gorgeous, Pinterest-worthy pantries all over Instagram. You know the ones - where every bag of chips lives in its own stylish container, perfectly labelled by a calligraphist. If you don't know how to begin getting your home organized, it can be really frustrating!

The internet would have us believe that we must go purchase every product before we can even get started. As a Professional Organizer, I'm here to tell you that you really don't need to buy a ton of stuff to transform your space. On the contrary, I always advise clients to repurpose things they already own - it is less expensive, more creative, and has a smaller environmental impact. There are, however, five key products that I believe will improve every home. 

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