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Home Staging

 

Sometimes I am asked to come in and help a Client get their home ready to be staged for real estate photos. This is a little different than my regular decluttering jobs as I focus mainly on the aesthetics of a home rather than its functionality for the Client. At the same time, often a Client is still living in the home so it still needs to work for their everyday life-especially during the sometimes chaotic process of moving! That being said, when you are facing a move, it is a great opportunity to really get in there and declutter. You are already having to go through all of your things so why not get rid of the items you don’t want to have to pack, move, unpack, and then find a home for in your new space. Boy does that really sound like a dream to me! I just love a fresh start! It can definitely be daunting, though, so please reach out to me if you find yourself ready for a move and want to declutter while you pack. 

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Laundry|Office|Arts&Crafts|Utility Room

This Arroyo Grande Client was very motivated to finally tackle her laundry/office/utility room. It had been the neglected dumping ground since they had moved in to the house 5 years prior. When I came in she had already decluttered most of the space herself. In her words: She was totally capable of doing the whole thing herself, it just made it happen so much quicker to have my extra set of hands and organizing expertise! In just a few hours we were able to organize the space! 

A huge improvement was actually achieved by ADDING stuff to the room. The Client wanted to relocate her 3 kids’ arts and crafts from the dining room where it had become a nuisance! I love making kids’ work zones easy. Let them spend time creating rather than setting up and cleaning up. If kids can get what they need in one move and then similarly put it away in one move, they are more likely to clean up after themselves. What do I mean by “one move”? In this space, I put all the crayons loose in one drawer of the plastic storage unit. The kids can open the drawer to use the crayons and easily toss them back in when it’s time to put them away. On the contrary, I often see “over organized” kid spaces. Crayons are in the original box, in a larger art box, in a drawer, in a closet. Who wants to deal with that?! No wonder kids groan when they have to clean up! 

My goal is always to make a space functional and easily maintainable. Homes are for living, after all!