What Happens When a Professional Organizer Visits?
Your decluttering session will be tailored to your needs. Young, for example, starts by helping you decide which area to address first.
“I have a number of massive buckets that are used for sorting out the contents of a space into different categories: recycling, charity, rubbish, keeping in another room in the house… We’ll sort through every single item, making a decision about each as we go,” she says.
Abbotson works in a similar way, arriving armed with colored bags, folders and stackable boxes to categorize what’s staying, going or being auctioned. Then she tackles one room at a time. “I facilitate my clients’ decisions, which involves lots of open questioning and pushing them out of their comfort zone, but without piling on pressure. Ideally, I’d work a five-hour day with a client, although some only have the energy for three hours. I’m fully adaptable to people’s needs,” she says.
By tackling emotionally charged clutter first, Reynolds capitalizes on high energy levels. “I also decide what the client looks at, because I can gauge what will make the biggest impact on the space with the least stress,” she says. “This means the ‘where to start’ and ‘what to do next’ decisions are removed from the client. I have the plan, so they don’t have to worry about it.”
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Your decluttering session will be tailored to your needs. Young, for example, starts by helping you decide which area to address first.
“I have a number of massive buckets that are used for sorting out the contents of a space into different categories: recycling, charity, rubbish, keeping in another room in the house… We’ll sort through every single item, making a decision about each as we go,” she says.
Abbotson works in a similar way, arriving armed with colored bags, folders and stackable boxes to categorize what’s staying, going or being auctioned. Then she tackles one room at a time. “I facilitate my clients’ decisions, which involves lots of open questioning and pushing them out of their comfort zone, but without piling on pressure. Ideally, I’d work a five-hour day with a client, although some only have the energy for three hours. I’m fully adaptable to people’s needs,” she says.
By tackling emotionally charged clutter first, Reynolds capitalizes on high energy levels. “I also decide what the client looks at, because I can gauge what will make the biggest impact on the space with the least stress,” she says. “This means the ‘where to start’ and ‘what to do next’ decisions are removed from the client. I have the plan, so they don’t have to worry about it.”
Find a professional organizer near you