Hi, Christel here from Space to Love, and it’s been a while since I have written a blog on organizing and decorating. I’m glad to be here today and share a quick tip on 3 ways to label your shoe boxes. My closet is pretty organized, but I wanted to take it one step further by adding pictures of the shoes to the boxes. I used to live in New York, the East Village, in a really, really small apartment. My bedroom was only 6’ x 9’; it’s all about the location and not the space when living in Manhattan. Anyway, for my shoe organization, I bought white shoe boxes from Uline, then I used my roommate ..read more

I thought I would take a break from the organizing and decluttering tips and share some decorating ones. Curtains, blinds, or shades can make or break a room and be a quick and easy way to changing up the decor and enhance any space. Not only for decor, but they are also crucial for the amount of light you want in the room. For kitchens, you want the room as bright as possible and the opposite it true for the bedroom. I wanted to share these two videos on how to show easy ways to put up window treatments. I loved the way they came out and hope you do too. How do you feel about your window trea ..read more

As a professional organizer, I know that most people don’t have a lot of time. So I created some quick tip videos to help you get the information you need in just under a few minutes. Here is one on how to create more space in upper kitchen cabinets. Below are the before and after pictures and links to the products. All you need to do is take everything out of your cabinet, wipe down the shelves, add the museum putty (from Amazon) on all four corners of the base of the riser shelves (I got the shelves at target) and then place the risers in the cabinet and secure in place. Start putting all yo ..read more

I love organizing and I love to travel. As a professional organizer, I sometimes get to do both. This pantry was in Malibu, CA. In this video, you may actually be able to hear the ocean in the background. Pantries are one of the most satisfying areas of the kitchen to organize. It’s amazing how once you declutter and create categories, then put them back into the pantry, what a big difference it makes. It helps you save time, money and be less stressed. When it’s time to cook, shop, or just look for a quick snack you are fully supported by a well-organized panty. In this video, I go through th ..read more

I wanted to do a quick follow-up from my last blog about Organizing Paperwork. The next best thing to do is organize your desk drawers. They go hand in hand. In this video, you will see how easy it is to get your desk drawers organized using the Space to Love® 5 Step Method. Setup, Select, Sort, Sanitize, Style™. What did you think? I hope you found this video helpful. We would love your feedback ..read more

April fools day:) You thought you were going to get another quick tip from Space to Love....sorry, no organizing tips today but all kidding aside.... Instead, I had the rare privilege of interviewing one of my long time clients and that is no joke! It’s a fact, most people don’t want others to know that they hired a professional organizer let alone talk about it on camera. Sofia is amazing and one of the first to find and hire me on Yelp. While we had lunch in this beautiful park, we got to talking about all things organized and what we had accomplished over the past 6 years. I’m so grateful f ..read more

Most of the time I am decluttering and organizing with clients but when I get to decorate with them I almost feel like it’s a day off because I love it so much. I was so grateful to work with this client in beautiful Santa Barbara. They had moved in recently and needed help adding a few accessories and pieces of furniture that were missing around the house to make it feel complete. We started in the kitchen and wanted to add bar stools to her counter height island. We fell in love with these stools from www.furnitureclassics.com. that we saw on-line. Are you looking for some bar stools? Here a ..read more

When you think about organizing your kitchen drawers what comes to mind? How would you make improvements? Some might say get better drawer organizers and/or get rid of stuff. This is true but did you think about the items that were in the drawers and where they should be placed within the kitchen? The drawers were a small part of this overall kitchen organization project but it really made a big impact for this New York client. It’s amazing how many times I am organizing kitchen drawers and see the cooking utensil far from the stove or the junk drawer having the prime real estate and I ask “Wh ..read more

It’s January and that means it is the official Get Organized Month! Do you have any organizing goals you would like to accomplish this month? If yes, start small with a junk drawer, spice cabinet or a coat closet…. I had so much fun working with this client in New York organizing her coat closet that was also part gift wrapping closet. You never know what you are going to find or what is the best organizing solution until you get in their closets and see what’s going on. However, it didn’t take any time at all with this closet because when I saw all those rolls of wrapping paper and ribbons an ..read more

Happy New Year!! I’m so happy to see 2020 in the the rear view. While it has been a tough year for most of us I want to stay positive and look to the future. We all have new year’s resolutions, what’s yours? lose weight? Exercise more? Get out of debt? How about getting organized? I can help you with the last one and combine it with the first. They say one of the best things you can do when starting a new diet or cleanse is to clear out your fridge and pantry. It gives you the opportunity to get rid of all the unhealthy food items and make room for the good ones. In the video below I help my c ..read more