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How to (Finally) Conquer That Room You Hate and Love it Again

How to (Finally) Conquer That Room You Hate and Love it Again

Apr 9, 2018 | Before and After, Home Office, Inspiration | 10 comments

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a “before and after” on an organizing project. The story around this one applies so broadly to many of my clients, and many people who just struggle with their space, I had to! I wanted to share this story of...
Before and After: The Spare Room Goes from Ugh to Ahhhh….

Before and After: The Spare Room Goes from Ugh to Ahhhh….

Jun 25, 2015 | Bedroom, Before and After, Decluttering | 0 comments

Today, I got to work with one of my clients to totally transform a spare room into a breath of fresh air! She’d told me a long time ago, “So…. I have this spare room. I hate it. No one is allowed in it. I don’t even go in it.  I think I want to...
Before and After: Part 2: Age in Place, The Garage Mini-Makeover for Father’s Day… Going Vertical with Monkey Bar Storage!

Before and After: Part 2: Age in Place, The Garage Mini-Makeover for Father’s Day… Going Vertical with Monkey Bar Storage!

Jun 17, 2015 | Before and After, Garage, Products | 0 comments

If you read Part 1, you’ll know that this is about an “age in place” upgrade for garage storage for my parents… a great Father’s Day gift that Handy Boy and I helped put in place for my folks this month.  Eliminating the attic as storage, and...
Before and After: Part 1:  Age in Place, The Garage Mini-Makeover for Father’s Day

Before and After: Part 1: Age in Place, The Garage Mini-Makeover for Father’s Day

Jun 16, 2015 | Before and After, Garage | 0 comments

Aging in Place, where you continue to modify your own space to make it still work for you as mobility and independence start to decrease, is something that needs to be revisited regularly; what worked 6 months ago just fine may not be as good any more.  It’s a...
Before and After: Kitchen Edition  [a.k.a.  There’s my counter space!]

Before and After: Kitchen Edition [a.k.a. There’s my counter space!]

Jun 10, 2014 | Before and After, Kitchen | 0 comments

I recently worked with a client on a one-afternoon project to completely organize and transform her kitchen. What she didn’t know is that we’d also manage to transform her LIFE in that same time frame.   This client had one major goal:  She wants to cook...
Before and After:  Home Office and Crafting Room

Before and After: Home Office and Crafting Room

May 19, 2014 | Before and After, Crafts / Hobby Space, Home Office | 0 comments

My latest client reached out for help, and we set up an appointment to meet a few days later.  In between that time, her scope changed, tenfold.   Her first need (which hadn’t changed) was that, because the global corporation she works for, out of her home,...
Before and After: Major Garage Clean-out!

Before and After: Major Garage Clean-out!

Jan 27, 2014 | Before and After, Decluttering, Garage | 0 comments

I hadn’t posted a “Before and After” in a while, so I thought I’d break up our month of smaller tasks by showing off a BIG one that I just tackled. I recently worked on a large garage organizing project with my friend, Rebecca Stapler.  She and...
Before and After: Storage Room / Cedar Closet

Before and After: Storage Room / Cedar Closet

Nov 6, 2013 | Before and After, Closets, Decluttering | 2 comments

Great project this weekend with a client to attack the home’s storage room/cedar closet.  Her family uses this space, about 80 square feet, as a spot to store occasional-use items, holiday decorations, some clothing, and some items from the clients’...
Storing T-shirts a New Way…  File Them Away!

Storing T-shirts a New Way… File Them Away!

Oct 30, 2013 | Before and After, Closets, Decluttering | 4 comments

You know how T-shirt drawers are.  They’re not doing your t-shirt collection any favors.You only wear the stuff on the top of the pile.You rarely hunt for other things in your collection.You forget what you own, and have lost sight of a few shirts along the...
Before and After: Bedroom Walk-in Closet

Before and After: Bedroom Walk-in Closet

Oct 24, 2013 | Bedroom, Before and After, Closets | 12 comments

I got to work on a GREAT space with a client this week. She and her husband share a walk-in closet, that has some tall built-in closet and shelving space, but the client called it “a disaster”.   She really has a closet that so many of us would die for,...
Before and After: Home Office in a Closet, revisited

Before and After: Home Office in a Closet, revisited

Sep 9, 2013 | Before and After, Closets, Home Office | 0 comments

One project I was excited to work on this summer was helping a woman with her home office in a closet. Having a home office in a closet can be a GREAT use of space! She’d set it up for herself some time ago, but it really wasn’t working for her any more....
Before and After: Basement Sink and Storage Area

Before and After: Basement Sink and Storage Area

Aug 26, 2013 | Basement, Before and After | 2 comments

       When we bought our house two years ago, we were thrilled to finally have a basement!  Ours is a pretty decent size, and, though it is “unfinished”, it’s got some potential to be better, for sure. Cement floor, cinderblock walls, decent height...
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Kathy Vines

Certified Professional Organizer,® 
Productivity Consultant
Based in Melrose, MA.

Kathy Vines, Clever Girl Organizing

Clever Girl Organizing® works with clients in their homes or offices to transform their space and systems, minimize stress, and maximize efficiency, productivity, and serenity! Her superpower is helping people untangle their relationship to their stuff!

 

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