Bella Organizing is a full-service professional organizing firm in Oakland, California, founded in 2007. Bella Organizing specializes in moving and organizing services, including full-service home organizing, consultation and organizational design, personal organizing, and redesign consultation. Bella Organizing is the 2013 San Francisco A-List Best Home Organization award winner.
Caroline Totah, Organizer-Coach is a full-service professional organizing firm in Pacifica, California, founded in 2006. They offer in-person appointments and individual phone coaching. Caroline Totah was certified as an Associate Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation in 2015, a Certified Organizer Coach® in 2014, a Certified Professional Organizer® in 2009, and a Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization® in 2009.
Clearvoyance is a full-service professional organizing firm in San Francisco, California. Their services include home and office organizing, de-cluttering, moving/packing and unpacking, garage/tag sales, and lifestyle organizing and personal assistance. Prior to establishing Clearvoyance, founder Eileen Licitri worked for high-profile entertainment celebrities, assisting them on their national and world tours for over 20 years.
Creative Organizing is a full-service professional organizing firm in Castro Valley, California. Their professional home organizer, Kristin Hashimoto serves the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Their services include home health check-ups, clutter control, paper/ filing systems, storage solutions, space planning, recycling systems, and green living tips. Creative Organizing has been a Thumbtack Professional since 2012.
Let's Make Room, LLC is a full-service professional organizing firm in Oakland, California, established in 2009. They can help their clients who are moving or downsizing, overwhelmed by their ‘to-do’ list, wanting the home organized, and planning a home remodel. Let's Make Room, LLC offers a free phone consultation.
Liberated Spaces® is a full-service professional organizing firm in San Francisco, California. Liberated Spaces® is a life organizer and coach, helping their clients with organizing at home and work, through coaching and virtual organizing. Liberated Spaces® has been named as among the 2016 10 Best Professional Organizers in San Francisco.
LMW Edits is a boutique professional organizing company based in San Francisco, specializing in common sense organizing solutions for modern urban living.
Peace by Piece Professional Organizing is a full-service professional organizing firm in San Francisco, California. Their services include organizing, moving, clutter management, and family modifications. Peace by Piece Professional Organizing partnered with the Container Store and is now doing closet designing to offer clients more organized closet solutions.
Pick It Up, Home Organizing is a full-service professional organizing firm in San Francisco, California. Their services include organizing assessments, organizing assistance, closet design, space design, artwork hanging, personal shopping, product and furniture recommendations, paper flow and file system setup, digital organizing, and more. Pick It Up, Home Organizing is a proud member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization.
Refresh Personal Organizers is a full-service professional organizing firm in Berkeley, California. Their services include decluttering and moving, photo organizing, home staging and interiors, home/office decluttering and reorganizing, closet and garage transformation, sorting and downsizing, recycling/donating, and more. Refresh Personal Organizers is a proud member of the National Association of Professional Organizers.
Results at Last is a full-service organizing company serving clients in San Francisco and nearby communities. This team of de-cluttering experts works with homeowners and renters, senior specialists, and real estate agents to make homes and living spaces safer and more organized. This company handles home and office organizing and decluttering, packing and unpacking for moves, downsizing for garages, homes, and storage units, and clearing hoarding situations. The team, led by Madison Kane, can also help clients conduct sensitive activities such as locating cash or cleaning up after someone has passed away.
Rockstar Organizer is a full-service professional organizing firm in Berkeley, California. They provide organizing, green legacy coaching, and space clearing services. Rockstar Organizer can turn the home or office into a peaceful and productive sanctuary, provide gentle support and firm accountability to take action on unfinished projects, transform piles of paper and unpaid bills into a streamlined filing system, and more. Rockstar Organizer worked along with Green Key Real Estate in November 2013 to present the “Rockstar Organizing Tips for Home and Life Transitions."
Simplicity Source Inc. is a team of home organizers and relocation experts in San Francisco. The company works with homeowners and commercial clients to maximize space and organize physical storage units. It provides personalized solutions for maintaining closets, garages, bedrooms, kitchens, and pantries. Simplicity Source presents business owners with a needs assessment in order to address inefficiencies in procedural automation and workspace planning. Additional services include digital archiving and filing systems.
Victoria Roberts Organizing is an organizing and move coordination business founded in 1999 in San Francisco. The owner is a board certified professional organizer, member of NAPO, The Institute For Challenging Disorganization, CHAAD and ADDA. Services include move prep, clearing out and donating or selling items no longer desired, furniture selection, floorpans and thorough unpack and organized set up of all areas of the home. Organizing services include functional space planning, paper management, closet and other storage design, maximizing usable space. She also helps clients design household systems, routines and customized storage to support their unique needs, organizing from the inside — out.
Zen Habitat is a full-service professional organizing firm in San Francisco, California. Its services include hands-on decluttering and organizing, ADHD-friendly organizing, storage consulting, and personalized action plans for DIYers. The business also provides virtual consulting for long-distance clients and is operated by a Certified KonMari Consultant. Zen Habitat is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and is featured on Yelp.
Busy lives can cause clutter and disorder to quickly and steadily build up in our homes. Before long, there's a mess that isn't easily tackled and can seem overwhelming. Hiring a professional home organizer may be the best way to remove this chaos and improve your lifestyle at home. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about home organizers, including what they can help you with and what to expect if you hire one.
Tidy the desktop by using document trays, pen and pencil holders, and a mobile phone holder. Computer monitor stands assist with a neat and organized look. Tackle office storage with bookshelves or open shelving to hold reference materials and display items. Finish off with a small filing or stationery cabinet.
Decide on a logical category structure for documents that you need to keep, such as bills, medical records, tax filings, property deeds, and personal documents. Then, group items by date, place them into labeled manila folders, and store them appropriately in a container or cabinet.
Tackle clutter every day by setting a timer for a short period, such as 15 minutes, and then, jump headlong into clearing a trouble spot. Another way is to make a priority list of decluttering jobs and complete one each day.
A cheap, easy way to improve home organization is to buy inexpensive over-the-door hooks, adhesive strip hooks, or hook strips. Then, put them around the house for hanging coats, dressing gowns, hats, keys, or any frequently used items. A low-cost coat and hat rack with an umbrella stand placed strategically can be invaluable.
According to the project hiring site HomeAdvisor, professional home organizers have an average cost of $482. At a lower skill level, a home organizer may cost $255. In contrast, highly skilled self-employed individuals or agency-employed organizers cost closer to $760.
Most home organizing jobs take between two and 10 hours. Methods vary, but many organizers use a sorting method (keep, donate, trash) for clothing and other items. First, saved items are sorted into categories to determine access and display modes. Finally, the items are placed into specified storage containers or shelving in a precise manner.
Some people prefer the organizer to view the full picture of their clutter and disorganization to understand how much help they truly need. On the other hand, tidying up beforehand is proactive and demonstrates that the customer may only require some expert direction. Therefore, customers should go with whatever approach makes them comfortable.
The approach is negotiable between the organizer and the homeowner. Either method has its pros and cons. If the experience is new to the homeowner, they may prefer to keep an eye on the job to ensure that they get what they expect.
Not necessarily, but in many cases you will end up with less things than you had before. Most clutter comes from simply having too much stuff that's used infrequently, if at all. If you hire a home organizer to declutter, you'll likely reduce what you’ve got whether through trash, resale, or donation systems.
People suffering from chronic disorganization generally hoard many items that have no functional purpose in their daily lives. Often linked to mental health issues, this behavior usually requires assistance from qualified medical personnel. Without help, a hoarder’s home can become filled to the point where it becomes dangerous and unlivable.
ADHD is a mental disorder affecting the ability to focus, plan, and manage time effectively. These skills are necessary for household management, including storing and organizing items and making well-reasoned decisions on what to retain or trash. ADHD can result in chronic disorganization.
Hoarding is a difficult, sensitive issue to address. Persistently raising the problem calmly and gently with the hoarder is an important step. Guiding them towards professional medical treatment, including counseling and mental health care, is recommended before the home is decluttered.
If a hoarder has recognized that they have a problem and is receiving assistive therapy, it could be a good time to call a professional home organizer. Using a small targeted approach to start, the organizer can patiently guide the hoarder through the process of decluttering.
There are no national licensing requirements for professional organizers, so this is an area where an individual can start on their own with self-study and an entrepreneurial spirit. There are numerous training courses, associations, and certifications that the organizer can pursue on the path to becoming a professional.
There are a growing number of organizations providing organizer training. For example, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization offers Certified Professional Organizer training. The National Association for Professional Organizers is another venue for training. In addition, check online for registered training providers specializing in organizational skills.
The KonMari Method™ is a unique Japanese tidying and home organization method developed by the bestselling author and media sensation Marie Kondo. An essential element of decluttering using KonMari is the concept of keeping items that spark joy while eliminating those that don’t.
There are thousands of home organizing podcasts available on numerous media platforms. Blog.feedspot, player.fm, Apple, Google, Facebook, and online radio stations are good places to start finding popular podcasts on this subject.
