Ms. Placed Professional Home Organizing

Ms. Placed Professional Organizing! How do I love thee? Let me count the ways... I originally met Layne (the owner) when I lived in Santa Barbara and hired her to help me organize my move to San Diego in 2009. She really streamlined the whole process while also helping me decide what I should give away or throw away which really downsized my move significantly. It was so nice to unpack in San Diego knowing I had exactly what I needed and a lot less of all the clutter I had accumulated after living in Santa Barbara for 9 years. Fast-forward 7 years later.... As a first-time mom to be, I was very overwhelmed by all that I needed to do to prepare for baby's arrival. Everyone kept asking me well into my 8th month, do you have your nursery ready yet? (I hadn't even bought or registered for a baby bed!!!!) So I decided I needed some professional help to get the nursery, myself and eventually my entire home organized before life changed completely as I knew it. After many initial consultations with local organizers here in OC, I just didn't feel comfortable with any of them. Some seemed too busy and would have to "fit me in their very busy schedules" others seemed to have a judgmental undertone as they discussed their plan to "clean up my life". So I decided to reconnect with Layne to see if she might make a trip down to OC from Santa Barbara, only to find out... She lived in Texas....nooooooooo! But I reached out to her anyway and would you believe she gave me a consult over skype (Yay!) and only charged a very reasonable travel fee to come to California?!?! (Yay!) The rest is Professional Organizing history. She came out 2 weeks later and helped me decide the best placement of all the furniture in baby's room and even helped with the decor (extra bonus wasn't expecting). Then I went ahead and hired her over the next few days for the rest of the house. She organized my kitchen cabinets and drawers, making everything in a more purposeful place for efficiency and workability, the next day she moved on to my pantry (Hooray!), the following day my husband's closet and mine. Now that baby is 4 months old, I can't help but think how much easier life was those first few months as I shuffled through the house with very little sleep and mommy brain all because everything had a meaningful place in the house and if I couldn't get it myself it was very easy to explain to my husband (who is famous for "looking" for things but never finding them) or any guests who stopped by to help out. I hope to get Layne out here again in a few months to put the cherry on top of her amazing work....THE GARAGE! Thank you Ms. Placed Professional Organizing and Layne, not sure how I would've survived post-pardom without you!