Where Did the Floor Go?

I step into this living room and immediately remember why I love being a professional organizer. Rooms like this tell a story. This one says, “We had a plan once, then life happened, and now we’ve built a cardboard city.” I’m not here to judge. I’m here to cheer on every brave person who says, “Maybe I don’t need all seven decorative throw blankets… yet.”

As a professional home organizer who offers organizing services, cleaning and organizing, and even help unpacking and organizing after a move, I look around and start imagining possibilities. There are organized spaces hiding underneath this mountain of stuff. The trick is making the process feel less like climbing Everest and more like, “Hey, I found my favorite mug!” One tip I always give: start with one tiny section. A single box. The one with the weird mystery cords. Declutter your home one puzzling object at a time.

Every item in here has a category waiting to happen. When I run decluttering services or a house decluttering service, I tell clients, “If it has a purpose, a place, or brings you joy, it gets VIP treatment.” If it makes you sigh dramatically, it might be time to let it go. Another tip: designate a “goes somewhere else” bin to prevent wandering off mid-sort and forgetting what you were doing. That bin is your hero.

My organizing business isn’t just about sorting things. It’s about caring for the humans who own them. We can laugh together about the wagon full of… is that laundry? Craft supplies? Groceries from 2022? In professional organizing services, humor keeps the momentum going. When clients hire a home organizer or closet organizer service or even a garage organizing company, they often expect stern clipboard energy. What they get instead is a cheerleader who celebrates every single decision.

If you ever feel overwhelmed by a room like this, remember that progress is built from micro-victories. You don’t have to tackle the entire space today. A professional decluttering service or a professional organizer doesn’t magically fix the room without you. We do it together. Slowly. Kindly. With snacks nearby. That is the secret to organizing and decluttering services that stick. One day the floor disappears under stuff, and another day, it’s visible again. Then you dance on it.