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Get to Know Your Organizer: Nicole
Nicole Trammell – Professional Organizer Kansas City, MO What interests you about professional organizing? The many facets of it. Does my client need organizing to help them function in life? Enjoy living in their home? Find what’s in their home? Every client is so very unique and has a different definition of what organization is.…
What to Pack for a Hospital or Birth Center Delivery
Even though we are planning on a home birth (more about organizing and preparing for that in the next blog), I am still going to pack a suitcase in the event that we need to transfer to the hospital. When I initially thought about it, I thought that I’d probably just throw a few things in the suitcase and call it good. Boy, was I being naive. Upon researching it further, there are quiiiiiite a few items that one should pack when having a hospital or birth center delivery. A lot of things that, after talking to some of my mom…
A Closet For Three
Closets spaces for kids can get out of control in a hurry. Keeping up with the changes of season, growing children, and an influx of new clothes can keep any mama busy! What if you take that times three, add in no other closet option due to the nooks and crannies of an old house, throw in some toys and bedding storage, aaaaand just for fun take into consideration we are talking three kiddos six years old and under! Well on a normal day this is what you are looking at! No judging! If you are a mom in any…
A Maximized Pantry
This client had a freshly remodeled kitchen but since moving everything back in, she hadn’t quite found the right place for it all. We started on the black hole cabinet space that I know is meant to make the best of a corner but, in every kitchen I’ve seen, those corner cabinets have more of a tendency to lose things! Below the counter, a great space with lazy-susans included but a bit a of everything down there, too. We started doing a little rearranging in some of the other cabinets to make things more convenient and then dug right into the…
Congested Closet Turned Creative Corner
Are you a gift giver? Do you spend extra money on wrapping paper or gift bags not because you don’t have it but because the thought of finding it is too exhausting to even think about? I’ve been there, I know. And I hope I’m not speaking out of turn to say that it’s possible my client may have had some of the same feelings. She had a closet, a closet that was a tad congested, too congested to allow her to be the gift giver I could tell she was! She didn’t want it to be that way, but…
Solving The Walk-In Pantry Puzzle
I was excited to start my day with a pantry organize! I knew this walk-in pantry was going to be a big job and my client got a jump on the work of clearing a lot of the pantry before I got there. So when I arrived I knew we’d better get busy! My client had admitted to being overwhelmed and we needed to find the perfect equation to not only get everything back into the pantry but also make it WORK! The items from the pantry were also on the kitchen counter…. And a side table between the kitchen…
Organizing for Baby
First of all: Congratulations! Yay, we loooooove babies! Second: Holy crap, are you ready?! So many things to do and plan before the new baby arrives! Below are just a few of the things we can help you get organized and execute before your mini-me arrives! Food! You’re probably not going to have much time to sleep, let alone cook! We can help you prepare and freeze your favorite healthy Freezer Meals that will require just heating and serving! Birth Announcements! Making the photo appointment, getting the photos taken, creating the birth announcement, making the list of the recipients and…
Dusting Off: The Home Office
So many of us have those spaces in our home that we intend to use for one purpose but, after time, end up being used for something else. Many times it’s short term storage, which after a while, has a tendency to nudge you down that slippery slope into catch-all storage. This homeowner’s front home office was due for a little dusting off and an organizational update. She had designed a beautiful, functional home office and after becoming a temporary (see: always longer than you’d like) storage area, it was time for a reset. In the entry way were two beautiful french doors. We…
That Awkward Closet
Are you lost when it comes to that tiny office closet and you just can’t seem to figure out how to organize it? Look no further! Here are a few ways to get in there and get it organized. My client needed some direction in where to even begin with her small yet long office closet. We started by pulling all items out, sorting through and putting them into categories by grouping like items (i.e. office supplies, paperwork, odds-n-ends), then placing them in boxes that we labeled. Labeling makes it a lot quicker to find a specific item that you are looking for. Now is a…
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