Hiring a Professional Organizer for Spring Cleaning
Professional organizers are the ideal solution for people who find that life, or their belongings, leave them overwhelmed. With a wealth of experience and the ability to look at your belongings with a neutral eye, a professional can easily take your worst mess and get you organized.
We all want peace, harmony and order. We hope to achieve that in our houses, in our offices, and certainly in our hearts and souls. However, living and operating in clutter can turn peace and harmony into chaos. Not only do we then have to work through the clutter that surrounds us, but we may also feel tension and anxiety as a result of an unorganized, disorderly home.
So how do you go about achieving peace, harmony and order in your home and throughout all aspects of your life? Believe it or not, a great way to do this is to work with a professional organizer. This expert will help you determine what peace, harmony and order mean to you, and then you’ll work together to create and enact a plan to make your surroundings feel as peaceful as you imagined.
Professional Organizers Can Help Simplify Your Life
If you’re not sure if a professional organizer is for you, see if any of the following apply to you. You might need a professional organizer when:
Your paperwork has overflowed onto your office floor.
A family member passes away and you suddenly have all of his or her belongings in your home.
Your pantry shelves are falling down and the door no longer shuts.
You’re moving and you need creative organizational solutions.
Your home needs an organizational facelift.
You want to be organized, but it never seems to actually get done.
You have collections that aren’t being stored or displayed how you want them to be.
Professional organizers offer ideal solutions for people who find that life – or their belongings – make them feel overwhelmed. With a wealth of experience and the ability to look at your belongings with a neutral eye, a professional can easily take your worst mess and get you organized.
A professional organizer is different from a house cleaner. Someone who cleans your house will come in for a couple of hours, tidy up your things, and then he or she will leave. A professional organizer, such as DFW Packing Pros, will come into your home and help create solutions to tackle your immediate organizational concerns. Afterward, he or she will work with you to create long-term strategies so you can achieve success in this area for years to come.
When to Call a Professional
It makes sense to call a professional organizer, such as DFW Packing Pros, if you are a chronically disorganized person, but many find that a professional organizer can help in a variety of other circumstances such as:
Life Changing Events
Throughout the course of life, situations change. People move, get married, start families, take care of aging parents and much more. These events bring new responsibilities and “stuff” into your life. Hiring a professional organizer for just a few hours can help you reorganize your life to fit your new circumstances.
Paperwork Overload
Whether you have a new home office or simply need to regain control of your financial records, a professional organizer can help you centralize and cull your paperwork. He or she can also help you set up a system for document retention that will keep your paperwork manageable going forward.
Home Design
If you are making structural or remodeling changes to your home – adding a room, redesigning the kitchen, changing a child’s room into a hobby room or office (or vice versa) – DFW Packing Pros can help optimize your design. By making suggestions for shelving and storage containers, and by teaching you how to use your existing space, an organizer truly helps you work and live more effectively.
Home Office
If you work out of your home, it’s important to keep designated spaces for working and living. Unless you have a dedicated office that no one else uses, a professional organizer can help you create a space where you can get your work done without infringing on the busy living spaces in your home.
What to Expect
If you plan to use a professional organizer, determine your goals ahead of time so you and the organizer have the same expectations throughout the project.
Be specific about what you want. Do you need help with one problem area, like an overstuffed guest closet, or do you need help cleaning out your entire house?
Decide on your budget in advance. Professional organizers charge varying amounts depending on the person and the part of the country where you live, but you can expect to pay about $40-$90 per hour. One cluttered room can take one to three days to complete, depending on the amount of work that needs to be done.
How much control do you want to relinquish? Do you want the organizer to come up with a plan that you will execute on your own, or do you want the organizer to help you sort through the clutter? The more specific you are, the more smoothly your project will run.
Be sure to find a storage unit and work with your organizer when packing and storing your belongings. From a simple, one-room project to a cross-country move, hiring a professional organizing service such as DFW Packing Pros can help make life easier.