The Empathetic Organizer’s Focus
I specialize in efficiently and economically corralling, sorting, purging, and finding homes for the physical objects in your home. I also help you set up systems that make it easy for you to do this in the future once our appointments are complete. If desired, I can give guidance about furniture or organizational supplies to purchase and what to do with items you’re ready to donate or sell.
Other Added Services for Clients
Free Phone Consultation
Before you make an appointment, the first step is to set up a consultation with me over the phone. If we decide to move forward, we will schedule a 1 hour in-home consultation or a 3 hour in-home consultation and working appointment.
Once you book your first working appointment, I will send you a list of supplies that you should all ready have in your home.
Click here to contact me and set up a consultation.
First Appointment
In our first appointment together, you will show me the areas where you would like me to work, and I will measure and take notes and photos.* You will also share your availability, schedule, and desired frequency of appointments.
In the one hour consultation, you will show me as many areas as you’d like, prioritizing what rooms you’d like to work on first.
In the 3 hour consultation and working appointment, after the consultation, we will begin working on one area or room. You will learn the basics of the organization system I use, an efficient and budget-friendly path to making decisions about all unprocessed items that need to find a place in your home. The area in which we work will either be completed or left in process.
* Photos are not shared publicly or privately with anyone but the client.
Proposal & Schedule
After the in-home consultation, I will send you a proposal for services, as well as a recommended schedule of appointments. I am usually able to offer different options and price points and the proposal can be broken up by rooms if desired.
Proposals outline objectives and deliverables, how many appointments will be needed to achieve those goals, and cost.
Best Practices, etc.
My system works best if we work together as much as possible during appointments. While I vacillate between guiding and assisting you through the organization process, you will make final decisions about what to keep and discard and where things go.
My system works really well for people who have a hard time focusing or have mobility issues.
Not only will we focus on what items need to leave your house but issues with items that are coming into your house.
The time it takes to organize a room depends on the amount of items in the room- visible and hiding, your pace and participation, and if you would like to work in between appointments. Every home and client is unique, which is why a thorough consultation is needed.
Trying something new isn’t always easy. Clients should be open to trying new ways of organizing, following new systems, and to expect a certain amount of discomfort in the beginning. Once you see the process in action, after a while, it will begin to click!
While I can give advice on closet systems and organizational supplies, I don’t purchase or install these items for clients up front. We will sort and purge first, and many times, you will not need to make any more purchases once we are finished.
It’s best to tell everyone in your home that you are working with a home organizer. Even if they aren’t involved with the process, I will work with you to navigate if and when we encounter others’ items and how to communicate with them throughout our working together.