FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My rate varies based on the scope of the project. I charge by the hour, or offer packages of 10, 15, and 20 hours of organizing. Packages also come with free premium add-on, like donation removal or personal shopping. The more you buy, the more you save.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Each organizing project begins with a needs assessment and planning discussion that includes a tour of the home (or area of concern). This conversation lays the foundation for our work together. During this discussion, we will talk about your lifestyle as it relates to your organizing needs: What do you want? What is working? What is not working? We then discuss your habits and preferences: Do you like open or closed storage? Do you like to hang your jeans or fold them? When we have a sense of what your needs and space limitations are, we come up with a step-by-step plan detailing what we are going to do and how we are going to do it. We then jump in and begin sorting and editing. We are working side-by-side with you to help keep you focused and efficient, and to prevent you from getting overwhelmed. This process usually takes up the bulk of the session. Once everything is out that no longer belongs, we go about setting up the systems. It is at this point that we find homes for things. We like to re-purpose the containers and organizing tools you might already have on hand, but if there is something else that would work better, we are able to take measurements, recommend what you need, where you can get it, what color it comes in, etc. Finally, when everything is in its place, we talk about maintenance. We give you tips and techniques, customized to your space and habits, which you can use to maintain the order long term. This focus on maintenance, as well as getting everything organized the day we are there, is one of the things that sets us apart from other organizing or companies.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Before becoming a professional organizer, I spent 15 years working in museums and art galleries, including the Art Institute of Chicago and Miami Art Museum (now PAMM). I also co-authored "Designing The Good Life" (University Press of Florida, 2007), an architecture book about mid-century modernism in my native Miami. For me, curating and organizing are essentially the same process: gathering information, determining what belongs and what does not, defining categories, and arranging objects in a logical, memorable manner.