While I"m very organized in my professional life there's nothing that excites me less than organizing a closet, pantry, etc. Fortunately for people like me there are people out there who truly enjoy this & I've found my share of amazing organizers thru the years who love to come up with a system to keep everything neat and tidy.
I've had an amazing organizer for the past few years, but months ago she told me she was focusing 100% on her interior design business. I've been missing her and living in clutter ever since.
Weeks ago I hit my breaking point and started looking for highly recommended organizers in the area. Dana was super responsive and said she could help in July, but then ended up finding 2 earlier days in May. Whoo hoo. I sent her a bunch of pics of the rooms that were bothering me the most (2 of my kids) and she emailed me what to buy from target and the container store ahead of time.
Organizing day arrived and Dana showed up bright and early with her equally fabulous sidekick Lauren. I started them with the easier project - my 10 year old son's room. By the time they left at 3pm later that day his room was functional again. And once it was organized i was inspired to go thru some of his older brother's clothes to see what he could wear for summer and get rid of the stuff that was getting small on this fast growing child.
And then the difficult project...my shopaholic 15 year old's closet. An organizer i used many years ago told me my house was as organized as it could possibly be as long as i kept my daughter. And with age her shopping habits and lack of organizational skills have gotten worse. I even had to turn a linen closet into a sweatshirt closet for her last year! I think Dana and Lauren were slightly scared, but after many hours (and some decluttering- filled a ThredUP back!) they managed to fit all her clothes AND sweatshirts into her closet.
It's been a few days and I've seen my daughter wear a bunch of clothes I haven't seen in awhile so I think she even enjoyed finding some old favorites once she could see what was in her closet. And she admitted she liked having an organized closet, which is as positive as it gets when i comes to a 15 year old.
It ended up being an expensive few days between their hourly rate and supplies, but nothing beats having an organized household.
Dana and Lauren are booked for many months, but I grabbed another spot on their calendar for a few days in August to tackle the closet of the 2nd messiest person in my household: my husband. read more