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Hey girls, We're thinking of putting our house on the market mainly because it's just more house than I can handle on a day-to-day & it's become unmanagable for me! It's 3100sf & a big pretty house that we built before having little kids again! With my little guys & everyday life, I am feeling so overwhelmed & a great need to down size a bit! I really want to get organized so I can feel like I'm on top of my house instead of it being on top of me...you know how we need that! Does anyone know of an affordable professional organizer or someone like that? Thanks for the input!
I have a really tough time with organizing. We have a small house, but I save everything, so it makes it difficult to organize! I used Donna K. Neal and she works for Bennett, Bennett and Associates. They are a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers. Here's her number ###-###-####. I used her about in 1998 or 1999 to help organize our garage. She was very good, she even got me some shelves-metal which I desperately needed. I've only used her and only that one time. She was around $25 an hour back then. She works with you to help you with organizing things. That was all I could afford to do with her at the time was my garage.
I would also recommend Heloise (the lady who writes the articles in the newspaper) Guide to Organizing/Cleaning book. My Mom has given me a couple of books on Organizing and they have helped a lot. I try to get advice from my husband and try to tackle the hard stuff to organize together or with other people. It makes things so much easier.
Good luck
Check out www.flylady.net. It's a free site and has all kinds of solutions to get your life in order. You start out building routines and with baby steps, get control of your home and your life. It's made a world of difference in my house.
I am not sure what advice I can offer but I know your struggle. We moved into our current house 4 years ago and it is 3800 square feet! My MIL lives with us so about 400 square feet is hers but that still leaves about 3400 for me to clean! It takes me all week to get it to where I do not have any chores on the weekend. I also have 3 girls and all the clutter that goes along with it. I try very hard to keep the house in order and have a rule that before we go to bed everything must be picked up. Keep up the good work C.. I know how hard it is to work part time and be the person that manages the home. I have 4 other part time jobs, find some short cuts that work for you. I have a "box" for each child for items that I pick up through out the day like stray toys, socks, hair accessories, shoes... you name it. Then at the end of the day it it easier for me to put everything up at once. I also do laundry every day. Not much more advice just encouragement to hang in there! I can't wait until we downsize either.
C.,
There are companies that do "staging" and they will tell you where to put stuff and make it feel most appealing for a potential buyer that walks in. Maybe they move a couch or turn the kitchen table in a different direction. Less is more when selling a house. It makes the area being shown (kitchen, family room, bathroom) look bigger.
Hi, C.!
I am a professional organizer, located in Fort Worth, and very reasonably priced. I was a legal secretary for over 25 years, but started my own business in 2006. I hope you will check out my website for a little more information, and feel free to contact me at your convenience.
Otherwise, the National Association of Professional Organizers (www.NAPO.net) can provide you with free referrals to lots of organizers in your area (provided they are members of that organization).
Also, www.ServiceMagic.com is another free source of referrals for organizers and other service providers.
But save yourself some time, and call me first! :)
D. P.
www.ClutterFlies.net
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