Thank you, Louise! I do not know why it is, but I seem to need to have someone support me when I try to organize my home. It might be that I simply need extra hands, or someone like Louise, who has a better sense of what works and sees my vision better. For example, why didn't I think to put that thing there-it makes so much more sense! She streamlines my rooms as she lends me her insightful suggestions as to how to maintain the new look that we've done together. Answering the front door was the hardest part! My thoughts were around my concern of any judgement she might have ...'What is she going to think of my messy, unorganized home'? While working through hours of non-stop organizing, I got to where I didn't want to stop because it was fun & exciting to see my rooms come together. I really appreciated her friendly manner. She has no judgements, especially when I am turning beet red with embarrassment as to 'Why, might I need to keep this'? It's hilarious in hindsight, because sometimes I had no clue as to why I have thought I needed to keep something. After it was removed from my 'piles', I never missed it! You'll be equally pleased to work with Louise- in fact, she helps on an emotional level as well. When the excess 'stuff' left my home, I could breathe better & feel lighter, when I go went back to those finished rooms, I love, love, love my new spaces. Can't wait to see her again. You'll be very pleased when you do work with Louise. The best! Thank you, Tina M. read more

This review is long overdue..I was fortunate enough to spend nearly 8 hours with Louise one day in January. It was a marathon organizing session and we tackled the garage. It included multiple good will runs throughout the day and a big recycling/trash run at the end of the day. She truely seemed to understand the priorities and the uniqueness of my situation. Things that needed to be quickly accessible were made as such. Even better she strategically put into place space to expand. It is truely a much less chaotic place which is great when things are needing to come and go on a moment's notice. I can't recommend her enough! She worked with what I had and made it work beautifully! read more

Organizing magic! My home transformed from cluttered and chaotic to simple and peaceful- each item now has a home of its own. Top-shelf, indeed. read more

Jill is one of the best things to ever happen to my house! My family moved from a large house to a small one (3600 sq ft to 1200) and I could not deal with it. I had piles of stuff everywhere. I have three children and my husband was gone for 4 months and I desperately needed help. Out of all the organizers out there, Jill sounded the most promising, and she lived up to her awesome reviews. Even though I live on JBLM and she's from Seattle, she agreed to drive down here. And, despite having my kids running around, she was able to keep me focused without coming off as annoyed or demanding. She is so sweet and so pleasant to work with! The end result was better than I could have hoped for! Check out her before and after pics on her Facebook page! read more

Louise is wonderful! Between working full-time and taking care of my young son as soon as I get home, I could not find the energy to help my husband do a massive clean and reorganization. So I found Louise and she was a total lifesaver! My husband worked with Louise while I was at work and this is what he had to say about the experience, "I have ADHD and I get easily distracted and hyper-focused on small details making cleaning and organization a long and tedious experience. Louise was very patient with me and diligent with keeping me on task. Her organizational skills helped me immensely. Not only is our kitchen and nursery clean but it is also very organized making it much easier for us to clean and maintain. Louise's guidance and assistance with cleaning and organizing was priceless. I highly recommend her." All I can say is she kept my husband on task and happy and I came home to a beautifully organized kitchen and nursery. I am also happy to report that we have easily maintained these rooms thanks to Louise's organization skills! We will definitely hire her again! read more

If you are even thinking about working with a professional organizing service, I strongly encourage you to hire Jill. After working with her over the past 2 weeks, I cannot speak highly enough of her level of talent and professionalism. Her intervention has literally effected a step change in our quality of life! My family and I just moved to the Seattle area, and I was struggling to get our new home in order. I was skeptical about hiring a professional organizer, but was becoming desperate given the large amount of piles strewn about the house. With two small children and a downsize from a Texas-size home, I dreaded waking up each day to tackle the disarray. Here's a summary of what I consider Jill's unique talents: -She is able to effectively (and cheerfully) tackle piles of rubble even when there is no obvious storage solution in place. This was critical to us since we moved from a custom home with lots of built-ins to a house with no storage. Another service we called mentioned that they would not be able to help us effectively without first buying expensive large bins to hold items. -She followed up with great recommendations on organizing tools to buy (e.g., plastic dressers to put in closets and/or store office things, acrylic containers for the bathroom). I literally dread places like the Container Store and the home organizing section of Target, but was able to go into these places efficiently and confidently thanks to Jill. -Her working style is extremely flexible. Sometimes I worked with her side-by-side to provide guidance on preferences, or to add horsepower to a specific job. At other times, I left her alone for hours to take care of other things, and returned to incredibly serene, organized spaces. She can effectively serve the client who has strong opinions about everything, to those who need to save time and outsource whole jobs. -She has incredible throughput. Despite being just one person (versus other places where you have to hire armies of people), her ability to knock a room into shape is far faster than the average human being. -She takes care of goodwill runs, which is huge for us. We tend to let disorganized piles of donations store up and we efficiently ridded ourselves of overall 10 boxes of unwanted items. -She is incredibly personable and will go out of her way to help you, even outside the organization realm. Knowing that I was new to Seattle, she helped me identify a housekeeper and decorator in the area, and even gave me helpful information about local public and independent schools. Organizing is probably my least favorite activity in the world, but I actually looked forward to the days I got to see Jill! I am typing this review now in my beautiful, serene office (which I can actually use now thanks to Jill) and am now excited to start a new job on Monday! Again - if you are reading this I can't encourage you strongly enough to hire Jill. read more

If you're thinking about hiring a professional organizer, stop thinking and get in touch with Jill. My only regret is waiting so long. My husband and I moved in together without really sorting through anything and the clutter continued to multiply over the next couple of years. We'd buy things we knew we already had because we couldn't find them. When we had people over it was hours of work running things upstairs and hiding them in closets. We couldn't have all the dishes clean at the same time because there wasn't enough room for them in the cabinet. Every room felt a little (or a lot) hectic. We ultimately hired Jill because we were starting the process of turning an unfinished room (we called it "the Big Room") that we'd been using as a storage unit into a media room and the thought of cleaning it out ourselves was too overwhelming. I purchased a 20 hour package thinking that maybe we'd get through the room in that amount of time, but with the 3 of us working on it we had it cleared in 7-8 hours (and we got rid of 85% of it - we were storing things, but obviously not because we liked or wanted to use them). In our next appointment with Jill we tackled my husband's studio. This was harder because there was more he wanted to keep and it takes more time to organize than to discard, but we went from a room that was difficult to even walk through to a much more useable space that day. We even sorted all his cables into their own bins and dedicated a closet to them...he never has to buy cables again and doesn't spend hours digging through boxes to find what he's looking for. We've continued working systematically through the house (we're now onto our second 20-hour package) and it's been a joy to experience how peaceful each space becomes. Now about Jill - I don't know how she does it, but she has an even level of energy through the whole day and pretty much never stops. The process has been very calm and it's 100% because of her demeanor. She's very understanding about how exhausting it is to make hundreds (or thousands) of decisions about whether to keep items and she's very thoughtful about arranging things in ways that make sense with how we already use our home. She knows how to correctly discard just about anything - recycling batteries, who takes cardboard boxes, etc - and she takes whatever fits in her car to Goodwill when she leaves. For YEARS I knew we needed to downsize the clutter and get organized and I dreaded doing it, but Jill has made it a truly painless process and I'm so glad I called her. read more

I had a great time working with Louise. She was extremely patient with me as we worked our way through two boxes that were *very* dense with items I wasn't sure what to do with and that I had put off dealing with for years. It took us quite some time to get through them! She didn't push me, but did gently guide me towards assessing their value to me. What I found was that after she left, I was way more able to go through items in other parts of my house and deal with them because I had a method. I also found myself more able to let things go after going through the process with her. I think it was because she didn't push me. If she had pushed it, I probably would've become more resistant. In that, Louise's wisdom shows. I highly recommend her, both from my own experiences and from my sister's experience with her. read more

Super impressed - it was way less painful than I thought it would be, and after our session I felt inspired to tackle some other sections of the house. I would highly recommend Louise and the only thing I regret is waiting so long to book the appointment! read more

We hired Louise in the early stages of house hunting. We didn't want to waste precious time or energy moving items we didn't need/love/want, so Louise's assistance with going through our house (room by room!) over the course of about 6 months was one of the greatest gifts we could have given ourselves. We purged and organized 6 full rooms and there were countless trips to donate our unwanted items. Once we found our new house, packing was a dream. I thought to myself many times how glad I was we had purged and gotten rid of the things we didn't want BEFORE we started packing, because doing that while packing would have been a nightmare. And now our beautiful new home is filled with items we truly cherish, not junk we threw in boxes. Louise was excellent and patient as well as highly organized. She was fun to be around and we look forward to ongoing visits with her (not only is she great at helping you before you pack, she's amazing at helping you unpack and organize!). I highly recommend hiring Louise under any circumstance, but especially if relocating is in your future. Give yourself the gift of organization before you get to the point of moving and you will be so glad you did. read more

I can't tell you how awesome Louise is. I came to her after glowing reviews from my friend. I thought I could do it by myself but boy Louise is more than worth the money. She is SO fast, kind and non-judgemental. I had 2 4-hour sessions. I thought the full 8 hours would make a dent on our 3rd bedroom/storage room. She knocked it out in 4 hours then took on and completed my husbands mancave, which used to be our guest room. You can now, not only see and sit on the hideabed, it can can be a guest room again! Give Top Shelf Organizing a try, I promise you will be thrilled. read more

I've personally recommended Louise to many of my friends, and she has my highest recommendation here. Louise is not only excellent at what she does, but she is also a pleasure to spend time with! Who would have thought organizing and cleaning could be fun? Well it is with Louise. I consider what she does to be sacred work - that is how I've experienced it. Thank you Louise, and I look forward to seeing you again soon! read more

This sort of activity fatigues me, so I typically approach it in small chunks of activity. Over time, however, I've fallen behind in where I want to be. Enter Louise. Somehow, we worked non-stop for 4 hours, and ended up in a place that far exceeded my expectations. The place is clean, organized, and the system she helped implement is tailored to how I work/think. She's coming back. We've got even more work that I now want to do! read more

Louise did an absolutely magical job, to say the least! My partner and I had many rooms that needed Louise's assistance. She was extremely patient and helped us prioritize "our mess" and went straight to work. I am really impressed by how hands-on Louise was. There was nothing that was "off-limits" for Louise. She was tremendously useful and made sure all bases were covered at all times. Our closet went from a room where you can barely see the carpet, to a beautiful place where it feels peaceful to enter. Most importantly, it just makes us smile seeing the neatly organized result. Louise rocks and we are definitely going to be working with her regularly! read more

Louise was awesome! She had great suggestions and we were able to move through projects super fast. She had the right balance of prodding me to evaluate what I actually need to keep while not pushing me when I wanted to keep things. I would definitely recommend Louise and I plan to have her in annually. read more

This review is long over due! I've worked with other Organizing Experts in the past and found Louise to be absolutely delightful. Louise helped me get my home in order during a spring cleaning/organizing session and then again right before I put my home on the market. Louise helped me go through every drawer and cubby in my home to declutter, downsize, and just straight up organize. Anyone touring my home could have opened any drawer or door after Louise left and I felt nothing but pride. What sets Louise apart in my opinion is her genuine care, she helps take the anxiety out of the big jobs and even followed up with my on several occasions to see how my house was doing on the market. Thank you Louise, I am sad I can't take you to the East Coast! read more

A relative hired Top-Shelf Organizing as a house warming present for us after we moved to Seattle. Louise spent a total of eight hours with us (two four hour shifts) and we accomplished much more than I anticipated. I am an organized person and wasn't sure how this service would help us and am very happy with the service and the amount of work we got done. Louise unpacked several boxes, organized our basement, much of the office area, and even helped with some set up of garden items in the yard. When we move again, I will hire Louise to assist with packing and unpacking! This service is well worth the expense, especially when you are balancing work with a move. read more

My home office was beyond a mess. It was an embarrassment and I was frankly too overwhelmed to do anything to fix it myself. Louise came in and somehow managed - in less than six hours - to not only find my floor again (and everything else that had been "missing" for years) but somehow made me feel good about myself! My children were amazed and my husband said it was "a miracle." I love the room and the organized space I now have. It has energized me to start in on the rest of my house. Louise is a true professional and a pleasure to work with. She is definitely coming back soon. read more

I'm so pleased and excited about my newly organized pantry and kitchen cabinets. Louise truly organized from start to finish. First she was quick to respond to my emails. She also gave me a high level overview of what our day would look like since I had purchased a 7 hour package; this was very helpful. It is important for new clients to be there so that she can work with you on how you use the space and what items you use most frequently. She wants your input and will help you maximize the potential of your space. The day went by very quickly and we were able to get a lot accomplished! Louise actually took the items that needed recycling out of our home and took the items that we wanted to donate for me! She even put labels on the cabinet shelves (optional) which were wonderful surprises! It is a very thorough service for money well spent. read more

Louise Beytebiere of Top Shelf Organizing is amazing. It's always been easy for me to decide what to get rid of, but I've never known what to do with the things that I want to keep. Louise is right there with me, making suggestions that fit with the way I occupy my own space. The result is that I am now able to keep my spaces cleaner and more organized so that working in both my studio and my study have become so much more fun. I spend more time doing what I want to do and not looking for things - or running out to buy something because I didn't know that I already had the item buried in a pile somewhere. Louise is easy to be around, efficient, reliable, helpful, organized!! and effective. At the end of our sessions, everything that needed to be put away is put away and everything that needs to go elsewhere - whether to be donated or recycled - is gone. The house is clean and peaceful. After my first 8 hours with Louise, I bought a 40 hour package and am looking forward to cleaning out and organizing all the rooms in our house. I've been meaning to do this for the past 5 years, and now, with Louise, I can! read more

Are you overwhelmed with clutter? Not ready to bring the dumpster in and start over? Stop what you're doing and call Louise at Top-Shelf Organizing now! I was determined to get my chaos under control, so I bought one of Louise's packages with the intention of tackling everything. We split it up over four visits and were able to take care of one room per visit. Working with Louise is awesome. She's non-judgmental and helps you get rid of what you don't need without feeling like a hoarder, but find ways to keep and strategically store what you want to keep. I was blown away that for as little as we got rid of, there was tons of extra space afterwards. Louise is a workhorse. We had a couple really long sessions where I had to stop for food and felt exhausted by the end, but Louise just kept going. Louise also packs all kinds of clever organizing stuff to help along the way like clips, label maker, etc. And when you're all done, she takes the donate pile and hazardous waste piles with her so you're just left with a nice clean space. read more

Louise is very professional & supportive & understands that separating from certain items that have sentimental value can be challenging . Her encouragement & feedback gave me satisfaction that we were accomplishing something much needed in my home. read more

Louise was the first professional organizer that I've worked with. I'm not a very messy person, but my motto seems to be "out of sight, out of mind". Tired of dreading opening up my closet, I gave Louise a call. Before the appointment, I was anxious that I hadn't "done enough to prepare", but as soon as she arrived I realized that I was dealing with a true professional that had seen it all. I couldn't believe how efficient and calm she was, and we got more done in a single session than I could have imagined. read more

I had a great experience with Louise! She came over, I showed her around and we got to work. We completely transformed my kitchen in a few hours and it made a huge difference. She was wonderful to work with and so enthusiastic about the changes we were making that the time flew by. Highly recommended! read more

Louise is phenomenal, not only as an Organizer, but as a person! She has many gifts, the first of which is her keen ability to listen with empathy, compassion and non-judgement. She helped me clear out and organize my garage, spare bedroom and create a long-awaited art room / guest bedroom. We worked in two 7-hour sessions, and I was amazed how much we accomplished! It was even FUN! The time flew by quickly because Louise was so attuned to sensing just the right pace, pausing when I wanted to reflect, gently nudging as needed to keep the flow, and doing all this with such delightful ease and kindness. Louise has truly found her niche... the perfect blend of her enormous heart, authentic ability to connect with people, and superb organizing skills. These are very admirable gifts, and I'm so grateful to her for helping me transform my house (and life!). read more

After the movers left I was so over whelmed. New to the area and moving from a 3000 sq. ft house to a 900 sq. ft. condo, I found Louise! I don't know what I would have done without her. We worked side by side and in three days everything had a place. Boxes, packing materials and donations were gone...I was settled in. Louise was worth every penny and I can't thank her enough. read more

Louise is absolutely amazing! She has helped us to organize our bedroom and our front entryway and they both look absolutely fantastic! The transformation is incredible and I am so very pleased. It is a pleasure to work with Louise. She is extremely helpful and understanding. She is also very efficient and helps me get a room truly organized. I look forward to continuing to work with Louise on future organizing projects so that our home becomes the calm and peaceful sanctuary I have always envisioned. read more

Louise is the most organized person that I know. She has found her ultimate calling in life! In our time together, she instantly prioritized the most needed disasters.She is easy going, yet always on task. Louise has also taught me a bunch of tips and tricks to keep our messiest areas in check. As a disabled mom of 2 young children, her compassion is remarkable. It's amazing the stress relief that comes with organized, clean living areas. She will definitely be involved in our next project of organizing our next big move--I can't wait! Thank you Louise! read more

I had had a lot of loss in my personal life and my home was showing it, I was floundering and overwhelmed with stuff. I needed a lifeline. Louise was it! Louise is truly worth her weight in gold. Organizing and straightening up your life, when it's not your strong point is such a gift... a gift you're giving yourself. She's the tool to make things happen. Louise is even keel, non-judgmental and a pleasant human being. Plus that, her brain just knows how to organize. Making sense of things seems to give her energy. She kept a consistent pace and worked the entire time. She packed up my donations and got them out of my space at the end of the day too. Louise mentioned that she has family members with the ADD type brain, so she knows how to work with brains that are different from hers. I, for example, never know what to do with stuff, she seemed to naturally know how to find a "home" for everything. My 8 year old son was with us for an hour after school that day. He was so excited to help and see the progress we had made in my dining room and living room. It inspired him to get rid of things too! A month later after our time with Louise, it's still a relief to walk into my home, after just ONE day of her help. My advice: be mentally ready to get rid of things that are no longer serving you, be dressed to the dirty work and have your energy snacks & drinks ready. Also, understand that this is not work she can do without you, it's your stuff after all. Do I need her a few more days for other parts of my home? Yes. Am I completely pleased? Yes. Was I tired afterwards? Yes. I'm also extremely grateful for the breath of relief, it makes time for other important things in life. Don't waste any more time feeling overwhelmed, set aside time and book this! Make time! read more

I reached Louise from Top Shelf Organizing through a recommendation and I can unhesitatingly say that it changed my life. I went from chaos to a perfectly organized house in hours. Louise has given my house coherence . Things are where they belong, everything in it's right place in the right order in the right room. She's a great listener, she quickly understands what your needs are and puts forward a plan while always listening to the client . Booking was easy, the cost justifies the service you get and we know that we'll continue calling Louise from time to time to continue to give sense to our home. read more

Louise is a winner. She not only helped me clear out all the stuff I didn't need, but took them to the donation center drop off. She has a way of helping you focus so that you don't get too overwhelmed, as I often do when dealing with piles of things that I don't need. It's so nice when the room is cleared out, organized, labeled and functional again. She always has such great ideas of where to put things that I had never thought of. Such a life saver ! If you're a busy person, aren't we all?, and need a hand in focusing on how to make your living spaces more efficient, call Top Shelf Organizing. read more

I was feeling so overwhelmed by all the work that needed to be down to purge and organize my home I decided to buy Louise's services She is worth every penny! Louise has made these arduous tasks seem obtainable and the results are amazing. We are working our way through my house...I'll be working with her for quite a while and I enjoy every minute! read more

I would highly recommend Louise and Top-Shelf Organizing. She and I just did a very extended project over 2 months, readying my house for my girlfriend to move in. We had to deal with close to 20 years of accumulation, and carload after carload left for Goodwill - in fact 10 completely full carloads, which Louise took away as part of her service. We did 12 sessions total - as this was, in many ways, the Organizing equivalent of the Kitchen Impossible series (where the chef turns up to fix a disaster). The Garage was largely a disorganized dump zone, which is now neatly organized with shelving lining the walls, and small plastic containers clearly labeled by Louise. My office is orderly for the first time in a decade, with room for my girlfriend's desk too. Louise moved a lot of clutter into clearly labeled plastic trays inside cabinets (she has a very nifty labeling machine that prints the labels). My kitchen is so better organized that my skeptical grown daughter commented that the organization was way, way more logical than before - based on Louise's experience and organizational skills. Now there is room for my girlfriend's kitchen, clothing, and other stuff to merge into the house - which looked very, very tough to achieve at the outset. I found Louise a pleasure to work with. She is good-natured, interesting, professional, and reliable. She was always on time, and always went the extra mile to get each of the projects done. My only regret is that I didn't start doing this with Louise earlier. It's worth every penny! read more

Thank you, thank you for your help. It was huge! I love the fact that I can now go into my office/project room and have a clear surface for the many projects you helped me peg down. It feels great to be more organized and I am more energized to tackle these things. You were awesome to work with and it was nice for someone to see my mess, not judge and help me plow through it. A great gal, providing a great service. Loved it! read more

When Louise arrived, we admitted that we were both excited and worried about the work ahead of us - something we had put off since moving into our home. Louise calmly and patiently helped us unpack and sort through the many boxes in our storage area and the other piles that had accumulated in our basement. The hours flew by and we were left with storage room to spare and an amazingly inviting family room that's open and airy. At the end of the day, Louise left us feeling empowered and inspired to attack other areas around the house. Working with her was an amazing experience - she has a gift for organization and makes the insurmountable seem manageable, if not fun. We can't recommend her service enough and look forward to working with her again in the future! read more

For anyone feeling overwhelmed by clutter or desperate for help turning one's personal space into a haven instead of stress source, Louise is a life saver!!! I cannot recommend her enough! I'd never hired anyone to help me with the VERY personal process of decluttering and organizing, and was very nervous, very embarrassed about the process and my messy rooms. Louise immediately put me at ease with her warm, intuitive, caring, no pressure, non-judgmental personality. We got busy easily and immediately, going thru three different rooms and myriad closets, and had beautifully-organized and purged spaces to show for it after each session. She made the process fun and informative while never pushing products or more sales. Louise also helped me understand my storage and organization habits, giving me easy tips for maintaining and being better in the future. Getting your stuff in order can be life changing and Louise helped me get to the point where I'm now enjoying these rooms instead of being bothered and overwhelmed by them. Hooray! read more