The Clutter Consultant

11/07/2025

Bins.

I had a conversation with a client.

She had everything placed in bins.
The bins were labeled.
The items were correctly placed.

No one had looked at what was there for a long time.

We pulled it all out. One area at a time.
She decided what to remove and what stayed.
We put it back and created a donation collection.

We all have so much stuff.

When was the last time you looked at all your stuff?

This bin?
It’s being repurposed.
Under a sink to hold bottles and sprays.

What have you stuffed into a bin and forgotten about?

11/04/2025

Tidy Tribe is an online community to release and get organized.
The community shared some feedback today.

“I am thinking differently about the things in their home and their meaning”

“The Pomodoro technique has been super helpful”

“Scheduling in the calendar~time blocking keeps me honest about actually addressing the stuff/area”

Super proud of these members!!

11/03/2025

Craft rooms can get messy and quick!

Today we sort this fun room into categories and remove the “no longer used” items.
Tomorrow we place them in logical places based on how they are used and how often.

These rooms are always so fun. We find stickers, pictures and hear all the stories that go along with them.

Do you have a craft room?

10/30/2025

Random item of the week.

Typically I know what an item is for or can figure it out. This one has us all stumped.

It’s plastic the sliver part can be twisted onto the black part.

Love to hear what you think/know it is!!

10/28/2025

Letting go can be a challenge
That clutter feels like a part of you and change can be hard.

Today I had a conversation with a young mom struggling with disorganization and clutter.
She is feeling overwhelmed, beat down perhaps by her own ruminations and maybe a tad of self judgement. The “I Should” creeping in.

What if organization is based, in part, around happiness? What if it’s something you CAN learn?

Poised for 2026 is an in person series to classes for that foundation. When the base is strong, the house thrives.

Yes, there is decluttering and organization too. It all blends together.

Link attached. Create the base for lasting peace in your mind and home spaces.

Join me at Poised for 2026.

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09/23/2025

Are you Poised?

“Poised, the Sessions” is coming in late October.
This will be a series of eight in person classes to bring in balance, alignment, and allow you to thrive!
Set your 2026 for success and deeper fulfillment.
Each session will be one hour and focus on a different area of life.
The areas that we will focus on?
Physical health, mental health, spiritual fulfillment, and so much more !

If this sounds like something you would like to do raise your hand 🙋🏼‍♀️ below or DM me.

Information is coming very soon !
There are only 10 spaces available in this series for this launch

08/22/2025

Walking into this home I KNEW our backs were being watched.

Thanks St Michael for being there for us!

And all the clutter and organizing needed too. Such a fun home to work in.

07/30/2025

There are changes afoot and making room for those changes is necessary.

Have you wanted to make changes and found yourself stuck?

Try creating same physical space.
Clear out a drawer, closet or cabinet.

Try moving your body or tending to some body treatment. Even a long shower with a loofah can help! (Hair cut not a requirement)

Spend some time feeling good. This can be as simple as a mediation, massage, walk in nature or time with friends laughing.

Stay tuned for more details of the transition that’s happening here and if you’re ready for change and want some support, let’s talk!

07/29/2025

We helped a family empty a home.

The family member lived alone and had passed away.

The house was full of a well lived and enjoyed life.

Once we did the first pass through (filling dumpsters, creating collections, having a good first clean) the home contents were ready for the estate sale company.

Looking for a beautiful piece of furniture, a great piece of decor? Check out this sale-some items have already sold!!

https://www.pureandsimplecarolinas.com/upcoming-events

I’ll add the link in the comments.
And thank you Jennifer, Raymond and your team for picking up the torch when we had completed our mission.

07/22/2025

We all have them, bits and baubles.

The key is WHERE are they? Here is a dish to hold the smaller bits.

We have drawers and cabinets for larger groups.

Stash wisely.
Be creative! There’s fun in using different bins, folders and containers.

What is the most unusual storage option you have ever used?

07/18/2025

Yes. Thats my sock.

It’s been sweat soaked, debris coated and practically jumped into the machine in its own.

Have you gone through the things in your garage?

I highly recommend it.

Today we filled the back of a pick up truck from a small 2 car garage.

Yes. There are still a lot of things in the garage.

It’s now filled with items the family uses, needs and wants.

There is a small area with a gymnasium mat for flips.
The toy bins and plastic doll houses are floor level for them to grab and put away too.

Things are labeled.

They have some ideas for shelving, bike storage and hunting gear.

The dad now feels the space and focus to work in the tool department. With a new big red tool box with drawers he wants to sift through and eliminate some items. (He wanted to do the tools on his own)

It was a highly productive morning.

Maybe for yourself, choose a day that isn’t 100* to dig in??

Happy clients make it worth it.

The sock is on the way to get an extended spa treatment. 😂🧦🫧

07/10/2025

These bags. Let me tell you about them.

The call came in to help a sweet family.

They lived out of state.
They were clearing out a home of the Aunt who had passed away. It would be sold. An estate sale, auction maybe donations?? Definitely needed cleaning and trash removed.

The aunt had passed away on the heals of another family member who had passed. The emotions were strong

They were managing this project from another state-a plane ride away.

Which brings me back to these bags.

The family worked with us the first day.
We had Trash & Stash Junk Removal onsite. (They did an amazing job!)
We had my team onsite. We had the family onsite. We had an army working.

One of my team sat with the sweet woman who was leading the circus.
They sorted, folded and talked about all these tee shirts the Aunt had accumulated over the many years of travel. These and this were part of the healing.

After going back another day (or three) to clear another dumpster (we had already filled a construction sized one to overflowing) worth of debris, slightly sorting the items for the estate sale to follow and getting some cleaning done…..I realized these bags were not were I had seen them last.

My heart sank.

I was DEVASTATED. Honoring the family, the aunt’s legacy is the drive for this project. I didn’t sleep for two nights waiting to connect with the client to share the news. (My husband said I was awful to live with those days~sorry babe. Thanks for still loving the cranky me)

I apologized PROFUSELY to the client as I had failed a part of this project.
I offered to wave my fee for the day as I felt I had not done my job.

And my client?
She was incredibly gracious. Releasing me of all the angst I had been holding.
Insisting to pay me.
Calling me an Angel.

Yes, I cried.
Yes, I was relived.
Yes, I still held this awful feeling that these bags had been caught up in the frenzy of multiple vendors pulling things, moving things, taking things, rearranging things. I don’t make these mistakes on a project.

While it was a full house, it was a lot.
I understand this cognitively. Yet-I’m passionate about doing a great job, delivering the promised and communicated message.

Turns out…..we DID do a great job.

Client messaged me this morning to show me these bags that I had been walking around for days….

These are the tees!!!

My team and I had discussed the potential of them getting confused with trash. They set them in another area and labeled them. I forgot.

If I say the relief I felt was deep and real….it was more than that.

I love when we do what we say and then FORGET we did it!

Passion thrives at The Clutter Consultant

And yes, I was fully prepared to go to the
Donations center and comb through whatever I needed to to reclaim these tees!!!

The quilt that they plan to create? It may or may not happen. They have the tees to be able to if they choose to.