Home Organizing

Life is always changing in some way and seems to move so quickly. Long work hours and/or busy family life leaves us with little time or energy to organize our homes. Over time, the clutter grows and becomes unmanageable and then we feel overwhelmed. When this happens, your organizing systems may need to change to work better for you in this particular stage in your life. As trained professional organizers, we will develop a personalized  S.T.A.R.K.S. Resolution Development Plan that will work for you during particular stages in your life, will be simple to maintain, lift your mood, make your life less stressful, and your time more efficient.

The following is a brief list of some of the resolution projects we can accomplish. The list is not comprehensive, so if you do not see something listed that you need help with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Some of your resolution projects
we can help you with...

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By helping yourself, you will
also be helping others....

Kathleen is a breast cancer survivor, after being diagnosed in 2011, as this is personal to us as it is to so many others. We are proudly committed to donate 5% of our net income as in-kind donations to breast cancer.

As a veteran owned business, we are equally committed to supporting youth development, as we are also avid supporters and volunteers of community outreach organizations which look to support transitioning youth within and outside our
United States Armed Forces.

★ 10 cities most in need of a deep clean, from the least to most messy:
10. Orlando, F 5. Dallas, TX
9. Denver, CO 4. San Antonio, TX
8. Seattle, WA 3. Charlotte,NC
7. San Diego, CA 2. Austin, TX
6. Atlanta, GA 1. Houston, TX
(Molly Maids, March 2015)

★ 43% of Americans categorize themselves as disorganized.
(Ikea Life at Home Survey,
July 2012)

★ More than 1 out of every 4 Americans remarked that they would like to be better organized. (NAPO)

★ 700,000 to 1.4 million Americans may have compulsive disorder syndrome--difficulty in throwing away anything for fear that they may need the items later. (Self Storage Association: Obsessive Compulsive Foundation)

★ It takes approximately
30 days to establish a
new physical or
emotional habit.

★ Unnecessary expenditures related to disorganization (last minute shopping at premium prices, buying duplicates of misplaced items, rush charges, late fees, etc.) can cost as much as 15% to 20% of your annual budget.

STRESS AND CLUTTER
★ "Stressed" spelled backwards is "desserts."

★ 84% of recently stressed-out Americans said they worried that their homes weren't clean or organized enough.(Huffington
Post survey)

★ 42% of homeowners experienced more anxiety when their homes were unorganized or cluttered. (Rubbermaid survey)

SELLING YOUR HOME
★ Real estate agents ranked cleaning and de-cluttering your home as the top low-cost improvement project for a home seller. Average Cost = $402, Benefit = $2024, Return on Investment = 403%. (HomeGain.com
Survey 2012)

★ Realtors regard"first impression" improvements such as decluttering your closets to be one of the smartest ways to spruce up your home before putting it on the market. Homes that look uncluttered sell faster and for more money.
(NY State Association
of Realtors)

HOME MANAGEMENT
★ Getting rid of excess clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the housework in the average home.
(National Soap &
Detergent Association)

★ Nearly half of homeowners said they wouldn't invite their friends to their home because of
clutter. (Rubbermaid survey)

★ The rise of big-box stores has fueled a tendency to stockpile, which compounds clutter.
(UCLA researchers)

★ 80% of clutter in your home is a result of disorganization, not lack of space.
(The American
Cleaning Institute)

★ Being disorganized and having lots of clutter costs families an average of 10-15% of their income. (NAPO)

★ 80% of what we keep we never use. (Agency Sales Magazine)

★ We wear 20% of the clothes we own 80% of the time. The rest hangs there, just in case.
(Calgary Herald)

★ The average American throws away 65 pounds of clothing per year.
(Huffington Post)

★ There is an estimated 15 Billion in unused gadgets in junk drawers around the world.
(ABC News)

PAPER MANAGEMENT
★ 80 % of filed paper documents and other information are never looked at again. (Agency Sales Magazine)

★ 23% of adults say they pay bills late (and incur fees) because they lose them.
(Harris Interactive)

★ The average American receives 49,060 pieces of mail in their lifetime; 1/3 of it is junk mail. (NAPO)

★ Having bills digitally delivered to you in a single year can save 6 pounds of paper and 23 pounds of wood. If every American household switched to electronic bills and payments, more than 1.8 million trees would be saved each year.

ORGANIZING PRODUCTS
★ 1 in 11 American households rents a self-storage space, spending over $1,000 a year in rent and contributing to a mufti-billion dollar industry –
bigger than the Hollywood
film business!

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