I had a 30 minute consultation with Martha-Carol of Chaos Organizing. I emailed her a photo of the…read morearea that I wanted her expertise in, the desk. She inquired what my problem areas were. I had a small black shelving unit on the desk that was a bit of an eye sore. I don't have any drawers with the desk and not much storage in general in the home. Since there were boxes upon boxes underneath my desk Martha-Carol suggested I get a rolling set of drawers to put things that are taking up space on the desk. She advised rolling drawers with shallow drawers that are only the size needed for putting paper in. If the drawers are too deep (more than 2-3 ") then all the papers will get lost in the drawer. All the pens, highlighters, markers, notepads could be put into thin bins in one of the drawers. She mentioned that they are fairly cheap (pack of 3 for $1). I haven't gotten to the stack of magazines yet but Martha-Carol encourages that if they're more than 3 months old to just let them go. Or designate 30 minutes to flip through them and then put them in the recycling bin. Decluttering can be overwhelming so she recommends setting a timer for 30 minutes and doing it in intervals, unless you're the type of person that can just plow through it until the job is done. Martha-Carol was very friendly, helpful and cheerful throughout the whole consultation. With about 10 minutes remaining I asked about organization in the kitchen. Like many people, we have quite a few small appliances and not much room to store them. We had them placed in 1 corner of the kitchen table but it was hard to reach the item in the corner. Martha-Carol suggested that they be lined up along 1 edge for easier access. If we had more room in the kitchen we could purchase a free standing shelving unit with wheels to put all those small appliances on. She brought up the fact that procrastination means that I don't really want to do something. I have to just set a timer and get it done. It took me a really long time to organize and declutter but I'm happy with the results and Martha-Carol for pointing me in the right direction.

As a mother of three young children in a house that is not that spacious, our options for a play…read morearea were very limited. We had been using the formal dining area as a playroom- but it was a mess all the time, with no Organization at all. I knew what I wanted, but didn't know the first thing about organizing the room into a workable, neat, easy space for the kids....MC Stewart achieved everything I could have wanted in the playroom. She took her time getting to know us as a family and how the kids use the space. She shopped for me, made beautiful neat labels for everything, decluttered the space ( and made it fun!) and turned our nightmare playroom into a beautiful, easy to clean, organized space. The kids love to play in their space now, and know where everything goes when they're done playing. All for a completely reasonable cost..MC was fast, and had everything done in just a couple of days. she really enjoys her work and it shows. I am so grateful for her help. I can't wait for her to do my closets..