If you’ve felt this way, you’re with 54% of people who say they feel overwhelmed by their stuff. 

Organizing your home can seem like an impossible task, which is precisely why there are professional organizers. They are trained to help you with all your organizing needs. 

Read on to see how hiring a professional organizer can help you! 

Benefits of Organization 

Sometimes when we know we have a significant organizing project ahead of us, we put it off and wonder if it’s even worth it. 

But there are so many benefits of being organized. The main, and most important, one being the mental clarity we receive. Clutter and excess stuff can cause unwanted stress and overwhelm. 

When you take care of these cluttered areas, it can be a huge weight lifted, almost like taking a big, deep breath. Research has shown that organizing has incredible benefits for overall health and wellness. 

This reduced stress can benefit many other areas of your life. You may have time to participate in hobbies again (and actually enjoy them!). You’ll likely sleep better, which can help improve your mood and overall health. 

Beyond health benefits, having an organized space just makes life easier in general. 

Instead of searching through countless boxes in the garage, you can instantly go right to where the old yearbook is your searching for. When you’re in the store, you don’t have to wonder if you have the right size batteries at home. You can feel more confident that you’re not wasting money re-buying something you already have. 

Organizing spaces brings peace and more happiness in your life. 

Professional Organizers’ Roles 

If we all know that being organized will make our lives easier, why don’t we just do it?

It’s really not that simple a lot of the time. The process to get organized can be physically and emotionally draining in many ways. Sometimes it’s just not possible by ourselves. 

A professional organizer has many roles and skills. Their main goal is to be the facilitator to help you work through the organizing process. 

Outside Perspective

A huge benefit of using a professional organizer is to get an outside perspective. They can see your space for what it is, without any of the emotional attachments you have. 

The organizer can come in and give you realistic expectations for what your space can look like. Then they can help you develop a plan for working through your clutter and getting more organized. 

The easiest way to get organized is to get rid of excess stuff. But that is also often the most challenging part of an organizational project. 

Having someone who isn’t personally invested in your things can help you really decide if you want to keep it or not. The extra set of eyes really does put things into perspective on its importance, sentimental value, or functional necessity. 

Find Right Products 

Once all of you have gone through all of your things, and only what you really want remains. It’s time to organize those things by creating systems! 

A professional organizer has been trained to be able to see a space’s potential. They know how to arrange furniture for the most optimal space. They know smart storage solutions that will be functional and attractive. 

The process to find just the right products can be a tedious one unless you’re a professional who has spent countless hours looking at organization products. 

These organizers will be able to find the right products for your needs, style, and space. 

Organizing isn’t about how much space you have. Instead, it’s about what you do with whatever space you do have. A professional organizer brings in helpful products to make the very most of that space. 

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better 

There’s an old saying in organizing; it gets much worse before it gets better. This means that the process to get organized often creates a bigger mess before it gets organized. 

Often it’s essential to take everything out of boxes, off of shelves, or other places it’s hiding. This way you can make sure you go through everything and eliminate the unwanted items. 

Once everything is out, it’s only natural to get completely overwhelmed. It’s tempting just to push it all back away and “save it for another day”. 

A professional organizer has been through this process many times and knows how to push past this tough point. They know the benefits of the results and how to get there. They can provide the support and motivation to get you there. 

Cost of Professional Organizing

The cost of a professional organizer is something that has to be considered before starting a project.

Depending on the area that you live in, professional organizers often charge anywhere between $50 and $100 per hour for their services. Often they will do an initial consultation that will give you a rough idea of how many hours your particular project will take.

Your overall cost will include the planning, the actual work of going through things, the shopping, and the installation of everything in the organizational plan. 

Often people are discouraged about having to pay someone to help. They think they should be able to do these projects on their own. 

But the fact is that most people don’t do these projects on their own. And then their mental health suffers, and their life isn’t as good as it could be. 

When you look at these kinds of projects in that way, they’re priceless!

Get Organized

The next time you feel that overwhelmed feeling of a room that needs to be cleared out, consider looking for a professional organizer to help. 

They can help you get through the project quickly and efficiently so it can be off of your mind. The mental clarity of a completed hard task is a massive boost to confidence and overall mood. 

If you are looking for a professional organizer or tips on getting organized, contact us today! 

Home is our sanctuary, a haven, our safe harbor and the place we unwind from a long difficult day. It is where most of us connect with family; share thoughts and dreams and really bond with them.

Most homes nowadays have limited space but our needs and wants are unlimited. Hence clutter occurs. Clutter is collections of things lying about the house making it messy and untidy.

Why we collect things can be explained by analyzing the psyche of a person. People can be divided into two main groups.

1. Minimalists – where a person can have very few material possessions. If someone enjoys a clean, clear environment where there are few distractions then that person can be minimalistic approach to life.
2. Collectors or Hoarders – People who enjoy collecting material possessions. They can be collectors of various items be they art or furniture or just extreme collectors of their personal belongings never throwing things away.

Hence while most of us strive to be minimalistic and organized others tend to collect or hoard things around the house.

When is clutter a problem?

Clutter affects people mentally as well as physically. A messy disorganized family environment is not conducive to a happy and healthy upbringing for kids as well as affecting family relationships negatively.

Clutter takes up space inside the house minimizing space for family. It makes it hard to find things.  Thus makes everything inefficient and time consuming.

In most cases messy homes adds to anxieties and gives a feeling of hopelessness.  When a person is already stressed out at the job and comes home to a messy home it can further add to the stress and increase tiredness. Seeing untidy, disorganized countertops tend to stifle creative processes.

Why do we need to unclutter?

Whenever we clean and organize the house and work spaces it provides a sense of accomplishment and control. An uncluttered house provides a clean and clear environment providing more space for friends and family.

A clutter free house is conducive to added cleanliness and provides a safe healthy environment for the kids. Destresses minds and eases anxiety.

A well-organized home or work space stimulates creativity as well as efficiency.

Most houses have the following categories of cluttered rooms

Most Cluttered – Attic, Basement, Garage, Closets

Average – Kitchen, Office Room, Laundry Room

Least Cluttered – Living Room, Dining Room, Bathrooms

How to Declutter Room by Room

It is best to set a goal before starting to organize a specific room.  What you would want the room to look like and plan the room to be more organized and efficient.

Creating a sorting system helps with the decluttering. The best way is to use three boxes, and name them as follows: things to keep; trash; and, store.

Things to keep should be easily accessible. You can use shelves, drawers in closets. For example, use over the door hanging pantry and gift bag organizers.

Things that are not used often can be stored in boxes and bins.

How to get rid of clutter

• Recycle,
• Donate
• Garage Sales, Sell on the internet (Amazon, EBay, Craigslist)
• Rent a Dumpster

Bedrooms

The Bedroom should be a restful place to induce relaxation and sleep and should not be used as storage rooms for dumping extra stuff.

Empty all drawers. Go through all items and throw away all expired or unused item.  Ask yourself two questions:

1. Does this belong in the bedroom?
2. Have I used this in the last year?

If you answer, “no,” to either or both of these questions, then they need to go the “trash box or the recycle box” or take it to the room where it belongs. When you are ready to place items back into the drawers try adding dividers or small containers so you can store similar things together. Keep storage bins for kids’ toys, seasonal things and things that are used infrequently.

Closets

First empty out the closets and organize the clothing according to their usage and frequency of use. Then it’s best to get rid of clothes that no longer fit, or are stained or damaged. Ask yourself whether you really wear those clothes. If you haven’t worn them in the last year or so then chances are you are not going to wear them again.  So they need to go into that “trash box” if they are damaged, or to the “donate” box if they are in good shape and can be re-used.

Jewelry should be organized on the Jewelry organizers.

Office  Rooms

Plan the most efficient and convenient placement of desk, chair, filing cabinets, etc. Try to minimize paper usage by using more digital storage. Desk top and other table tops need to be clean and uncluttered. Drawers need to be organized by using dividers or containers. Use twist ties for cords under the table and label them.

Kitchens

Before starting always empty out and clean the pantry cupboards. Always organize the pantry cupboards to maximize efficiency and lessen the foot traffic when cooking.  Spices, saucepans, utensils should be stored near the range to be easily accessible when cooking.

Counter tops should be mostly empty to facilitate work areas.  Pantry organizers and drawer containers and dividers make decluttering easier and provide more space.

Family Rooms

Remove item that do not belong in the living room.  More storage can be added by sofas with storage and storage seats. Cabinets, libraries too add more storage options.

By having a clear theme when decorating removes clutter as well less decorative items frees up space. Less is more when decorating.

Bathrooms

Free up counter tops by adding cupboards with shelves. Medicine-cabinets need to organized and trash the expired medicines. Organize drawers too.

Basements and Attics

First empty out the basement or attic and divide the space into zones to organize. Keep like things together in the same zones. If you are using storage boxes and bins always label. Get rid of broken, unused things.

Garages

As in the basement attic divide into zones when organizing. Keep like things together. Add shelves and storage space. Get rid of useless, broken things.

Summary

You can determine the extent to which you will commit to decluttering. You can minimize adding clutter by not buying things that you know you would use very rarely. You can always borrow or rent these items. Declutter a little every day and live clutter free life.