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So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
9M ago
How many times have you tried to organize your home and found that you don’t have the time or energy to make it happen? Organizing a closet, office, kitchen or any space in your home requires specialized skills and you can waste time and money trying to tackle the job yourself.
Our society has normalized the idea of hiring a cleaning or landscaping service. However; hiring someone to organize your home has only recently becoming more widely accepted, due to popular HGTV home organizing shows and a plethora of books and magazines on the subject.
So where do you start? Here is a list of questio ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
Don’t you love seeing your favorite magazine arrive in the mailbox? The cover photos are so beautiful and inspiring, and if you're like me, you can’t wait to dive in and read all of the articles, tips and advice. However, If you receive several magazines each month, the issues can pile up quickly!
Start by Sorting
To keep your magazines from stacking up, set up a regular schedule such as once a month to go through your house and gather magazines from each room. Sort them into piles by title and those you have read vs. those you want to read. Next, think about why you are keeping them and whet ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
Want to Stay Organized? Create Zones
What is the best way to organize a kitchen? If you want to get organized and stay organized, set up zones. It uses the same organizing principle of keeping like things together but takes it a step further by creating broader categories for everything in the room.
Organizing Tip: store things in the room in which you use them
The kitchen is one of the best places to start because it already has well defined zones such as a cooking zone, prep zone and clean up zone. To gain the most efficiency in your kitchen, it’s important to store things so they are close ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
When it comes to choosing storage containers, clear containers are always an excellent choice. Here is a look at the benefits.
You know when it’s time to restock pantry items
Clear containers make it easy to see when you are running low on bulk foods such as cereal, pasta, rice, flour, sugar, crackers and nuts. Decant your dry foods into containers with an airtight seal to give your staples a longer shelf life. Look for containers that stack to maximize your pantry space.
You can find things more easily
Save yourself time rummaging through all of your storage bins for holiday decorations, out ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
Renovating a home or planning a large event requires keen organizational skills an incredible amount of visualization. Those that are successful at communicating their vision lay out their plans so others can see it, feel it, touch it and walk through it before the project is complete or before event occurs.
The benefit of spending extra time on the planning process reduces errors such as logistical problems, timing conflicts, duplicate efforts and goes a long way to guarantee that a project or event will have fewer hiccups along the way.
Image sharing sites such as Pinterest and Houzz epitom ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
My kids’ band director has it, my brother-in-law who taught 7th grade Science exuded it and my niece who started a gardening business is fueled by it.
It's passion. They are all intensely passionate about what they do. When I think about the thread that ties them all together, it is their constant enthusiasm mixed with a childlike curiosity and an unending desire to learn more and share their passion with others.
It is so refreshing and pure to see someone putting their trust and energy into pursuing their innate gifts and "taking a chance” on a career doing something they love.
“By doing wha ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
When it comes to organizing, one style does not fit all.
When meeting with clients, one of the first questions I ask is, “Do you like things put away in cupboards and in desk drawers? Or, are you more comfortable having everything out in plain sight and easy to reach?”
Organizing Style – Everything Out
Are you a person who has several stacks of paper on their desk and yet you know exactly where everything is? If so, "everything out" is your style. Putting a piece of paper away in a drawer often makes you anxious knowing that you might not be able to find it again. There is nothing wrong with ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
Do you know the biggest reason people are unable to stay organized? The answer may surprise you!
I can’t tell you how often clients tell me that they are not organized. Obviously, that’s why they hire a professional organizer, right?! However, after I meet them and they tell me all about organizing dilemmas, there is generally one clear thing they are missing and it’s not necessarily organizing skills.
Here’s the answer
It is all about taking advantage of organizational products and systems that can do the organizing FOR you. In other words, if your house isn’t organized or doesn’t stay organ ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
I have taken more pictures in one day than I used to take in an entire year.
We are constantly taking snapshots of our lives. I remember the days when we had to be more conservative with the number of photos we took because there were only 24 pictures on a roll of film and you had to pay to get them developed! Today, smartphones give us instant gratification allowing us to capture and share our most precious and even our most obscure moments.
The task of organizing the enormous cache of digital and printed photos can seem insurmountable. Most often, it prevents most people from attempting it ..read more
So Organized Solutions | Professional Organizer
2y ago
We recently remodeled our kitchen and as much as we were excited about the new plans, it was inconvenient to have our normal routines disrupted. Once we made all of the decisions on the floor plan, cabinets, appliances, lighting,tile, countertops, sinks, faucets and door knobs (the list goes on and on!) taking time to carefully plan out the logistics of the project resulted in a much smoother transition and less stressful experience for the whole family - especially for our dog, Boomer.
Here are a few tips to help you stay as cool as a cucumber throughout the process.
Ask Your Contractor for ..read more