Professional Organizers

[alotofyarn]

Has anybody used one? We have a lot of crap that I'd really like some help going through. Clutter drives me crazy, but I'm so bad at getting rid of it.

[Thirteen]

This is a thing?!
Shut up and take my money!!!


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[PrincessFiona]

I was just talking to someone about this! Aidan's violin teacher uses a professional organizer weekly. She costs $25 for an hour. His teacher uses her for 2 hours once a week. She told me about how bad her clutter was/disorganization and that this woman came in and helped her chip away at the mess. It looks pretty cleaned up to me now. I want a professional organizer now too. And a Maid. And a Cook. and a Personal Trainer! But really, I was pretty impressed by her story about the personal organizer!

Kris

[alotofyarn]

$25/hour sounds way better than what I've found so far! One was $300 for 3 hours, one was $50-65/hr for a minimum of 4 hours.

[PrincessFiona]

She told me she got a discount because she signed up for regular help every week....but ouch!

[Pollyanna]

I've been thinking of hiring one to make sure we set up our home efficiently. I'm just not organized enough to hire her . Their group here also does personal assistant stuff for $45/hour which doesn't seem awful.

[MrsK]

$25/hour sounds way better than what I've found so far! One was $300 for 3 hours, one was $50-65/hr for a minimum of 4 hours.

This is typical. I looked into being a PO when I left my job. Still thinking about it. It usually takes about 2 hours to get started with a project.

[alotofyarn]

Things I want done:
Help me get rid of all the papers - deciding what's important, what can go, and organizing what's left. Then help me come up with a system for making sure that it doesn't pile back up.
Help me put all the little things away - little things that I use regularly get left out, like nail files and chargers. I don't know what to do with these.
Help me organize the spare closets, especially in the guest room - this is where all of our extra junk goes. It's not a big closet, just 2 folding doors wide, but it's got a decent amount of stuff in it.
Help me organize my pantry - this isn't terrible, but I know I could more effectively use that space.
Bonus: Help me organize the garage. Part of the problem is that a lot of this is hubby's crap, and I know he'd get mad if I got rid of stuff. I'm not totally convinced we could fit both cars in the garage because of the way it's laid out, but I'd like to at least clear out the other side and try.

[alotofyarn]

Not that it really matters, because hubby couldn't put stuff away to save his life, but I can dream...

[Thirteen]

The garage is my main issue right now: I want things to fit, and not be on the floor.

I use our garage for both cars, and would like it to be kept that way.


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[corn poffi]

R got me a organizer for my bday last October. I keep forgetting that we can hire somebody! I should probably look into that again...

[Ladybug]

You could save costs by asking for only a consult and written plan/design. You pay less for sitter and do the actual work yourself. I enjoy organizing, but have a hard time finding uninterrupted time. I agree with Tara, I'd love to get my house off to an efficient, organized start. There's a lot of magazines and professional organizers blogs.

[Ladybug]

Check out A Bowl Full of Lemons site. There is a 14 week organizational challenge that looks manageable

[MrsK]

You could save costs by asking for only a consult and written plan/design. You pay less for sitter and do the actual work yourself. I enjoy organizing, but have a hard time finding uninterrupted time. I agree with Tara, I'd love to get my house off to an efficient, organized start. There's a lot of magazines and professional organizers blogs.

Even with the PO, she'd need a sitter. The PO doesn't do it for you. They do it with you and teach organizational skills along the way.

[alotofyarn]

I decided project keep the kitchen table clear is officially underway. We have a baker's rack that was in the corner of our breakfast area, and went mostly unused, other than holding my cookbooks. I moved it to the area right inside the door, moved the table closer to the corner (and now it's actually centered under the light), and bought baskets for organizing paper. We have a big basket that is unsorted mail/papers that we'll need to go through regularly. Then there's the basket with 3 containers for important items needing action (bills, whatever), coupons, and papers to file. Junk mail needs to go in the recycling bin ASAP.

It will also serve as our bag and umbrella holder.



This is more or less what it looked like before, except we have 6 chairs, and imagine all kinds of paper and crap stacked up on at least half of the table: