This week the All Things Home Organizing™ team had the pleasure of unpacking and organizing a family of five in their new Marin home. In fact, it’s the first home they own, so it was a very special opportunity to be a part of the moving fun. Yes, moving is chaotic and sometimes stressful. Especially [...]
unpacking
Moving in…a professional organizer unpacks a kitchen
One of my favorite things to do…unpacking and organizing a new kitchen on move-in day. Our clients are busy people, moving into a new loft condo. They hired All Things Home Organizing™ to supervise the movers on moving day, assist with furniture placement, and unpack/organize the kitchen. The question I get asked all the time: [...]
A senior move…dealing with the stress
Moving is generally stressful for everyone, but seniors can be especially nervous facing a move. Such was the case last week, with a senior client in San Francisco, who was voluntarily moving, from the 3rd floor of her building, to the 1st floor – into an identical one bedroom apartment…how difficult could that really be? [...]
A senior move…sometimes it just doesn’t feel like home
Just a week ago, we organized the move of a friend’s 80 year old mother. We moved her out of her Santa Rosa double wide trailer home, and into a lovely one bedroom apartment, in The Redwoods, a beautiful senior community, in Marin. We worked on downsizing her first, paring her down to her best and [...]
Organizing a kosher kitchen…
Last week we had the privilege of packing, unpacking and organizing a new home for a Berkeley Rabbi and his family. Our challenge was keeping their kitchen kosher . Simply stated, a kosher kitchen requires the separation of all dairy cookery from meat. Not only do the dishes have to be separated, but so do [...]
A beautiful kitchen unpacked…
Last week we unpacked and organized this beautifully remodeled kitchen… Mom and baby enjoying the activity of moving… Within hours, everything is in it’s place… And the kitchen is ready to go… Shouldn’t all moves go this smoothly? Here are some tips from a professional organizer on unpacking a kitchen… 1. Decide in advance where [...]
The life in our heads…
I’m working with woman I’ve known for 30 plus years. We packed her up in September so that her house could be remodeled, and now we are unpacking and organizing the house. She promised that she would prune her mountains of “stuff”, but it seems impossible for her to give up much. She is not [...]
Unpacking a home office and library…
This spring we had the privilege of unpacking and organizing a beautiful home office and library – for the second time. We had done this job 2 years ago, but a fire in the garage, at the end of last year, forced the home owner to move completely out for repairs, and then move back [...]
Organizing the too big kitchen…
I know it seems impossible that there are kitchens that are simply too big. Hard to imagine, especially since most of my clients call me in because their kitchens are too darn small! However, there are kitchens here in the Bay Area that are equally a problem due to their size – too big, too [...]
The best of intentions…
Recently one of my clients went through a bit of nightmare when some seemingly innocent actions lead to near disaster… In preparation for her move, we worked through the entire condo sorting what would be packed, what would be stored and what would go to donation. Donation items where inventoried, boxed and placed in an [...]










