I wrote a guest blog post for our friends at Maid Brigade and wanted to share it here with you. So, here are 3 simple steps to organize the junk drawer. Most homes have a drawer (or many!) where random little things get tossed when they have nowhere else to go. We call it the…
Organizing policies and procedures are essential for every organizing business. These ensure that everyone has the information and instructions that they need in order to do what they are supposed to be doing. You need to have organizing policies and procedures in place for your business, your staff and your clients. As professional organizers, we…
A holiday organizing interview with Sarah Buckwalter by Paige Allen of the Sun Chronicle: The holidays are just around the corner and before long the endless parade of dinner parties, family celebrations and gatherings with friends will be underway. While the holiday season is supposed to be a fun and festive time, it can quickly…
If you are looking to expand your business, or just need some help on the occasional project, you”ll want to understand the difference between a contractor and an employee. Basically, you have two choices when it comes to hiring. You can work with a contractor, or you can hire an employee So, what’s the difference?…
As an organizer, you are helping a client with some of their most intimate possessions and feelings. These must be handled with utmost care. Your clients must feel that they can totally trust you. Here are six tips to help you maintain client confidentiality. #1: Don’t Gab Everything a client tells you should be held…
After all the time and energy you’ve spent organizing your space, you certainly don’t want it to slip back in to disarray. Organization doesn’t just happen once, it’s an ongoing process. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to stay organized. With just a few minutes each day you can do it! Here are 17 Tips…
Virtual organizing is a growing trend in the professional organizing industry. More and more professional organizers are adding virtual organizing to their list of services. It is great opportunity for professional organizers to work with clients everywhere from anywhere! However, to the general public, virtual organizing is a new and unfamiliar service. This means that as organizers, we have to get out there and market, market, market virtual organizing so that the public understands what it is and why they need it. In this article, I will give you some guidelines and tips to help you with marketing your virtual organizing services.
Organize by displaying your things instead of hiding them. Have you heard of organizing in plain sight? It’s a concept where you use your open spaces to organize your belongings. With this method you can have as much useful storage space as the square footage of your home itself. Amazing right?! Consider displaying your belongings instead…
One of the most common and frustrating organizing challenges in many homes is the lack of closet space. Sure you can edit your things to a minimum, install a new closet system, move other items around to different places to make closet space, but what if you’ve already done that? If you live in a…
Well, winter is over. It’s time for garage organizing. Maybe you parked your car in the garage all season, maybe not. But either way, you open the door and it looks as though some strangers came in, rifled through the contents, didn’t take anything, maybe even left a few things, but took off in a hurry! As…