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About Veronica

Originally heralding from the Olympic Peninsula, Veronica can't remember a time when she didn't love helping people get organized. With a BA in English literature and a background in the world of editing and coaching, she enjoys writing the Organizers NW blog and sharing her secrets and tips. Veronica is also a Certified Lean Practitioner, and is always looking for new ways to create flow and increase productivity for her clients. For fun, she loves spending time with her husband, taking long walks and exploring Portland's many bookshops.

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 11: Residential Storage Spaces

January 7, 2019 By Veronica

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 11: Residential Storage Spaces

We are nearing the end of this challenge, and thought we’d save the best (and perhaps most challenging) for last! Just about every home in America has some kind of built in storage space, whether it be a garage, attic, basement or weird hidden nook under the stairs. And just as ubiquitously, nearly every household [Read more…]

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Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 10: The Master Bedroom

December 4, 2018 By Veronica

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 10: The Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is a wonderful space to organize, because the return on your investment can be so life-changing. What do you get from organizing your bedroom properly? Here’s what. Better sleep. More relaxation. Less stress. Better sex (I had to say it, sorry). The #1 question that we ask OVER AND OVER again when [Read more…]

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Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 9: The Master Closet

November 1, 2018 By Veronica

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 9: The Master Closet

Imagine this: a master closet full of only items you truly love. Believe it or not, this is a very attainable goal! So this month, we decided to delve into a small but vitally important area of the home: the master closet. Albeit not quite a room, we are counting it as one, since the [Read more…]

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Book Review: The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker

October 16, 2018 By Veronica

Book Review: The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker

In his new book, The Minimalist Home, Joshua Becker of Becoming Minimalist dives headfirst in to the daunting task of educating Americans about how much stuff we own, and how to free ourselves from it. As a big fan of Becker’s work, I was super excited by the opportunity to get an advanced copy and [Read more…]

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Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 8: The Laundry Room

September 8, 2018 By Veronica

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 8: The Laundry Room

A recent client of mine had a laundry dilemma. Like the blob, it was slowly creeping into places it shouldn’t. Here’s how it started. One day, soon after moving in, she began folding laundry on the bedroom floor. The large expanse of floor space and proximity to the laundry room gave the master bedroom a [Read more…]

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Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 5: The Kid’s Room

June 3, 2018 By Veronica

Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 5: The Kid’s Room

This blog is month 5 in a 12 month organizing series. To sign up to receive this series, use the right hand sidebar form to join the mailing list.   Of all the rooms in the house, kid’s rooms seem to receive the most wear and tear. And that’s a good thing; it means your [Read more…]

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Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 4: The Living Room

May 1, 2018 By Veronica

Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 4: The Living Room

This blog is month 4 in a 12 month organizing series. To sign up to receive this series, add your name to the “Join Our Blog” form on the right.  This month, we dive into the living room! Since this area is primarily used for relaxing at the end of a long day, it can [Read more…]

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Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 3: The Pantry

April 9, 2018 By Veronica

Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 3: The Pantry

In some homes, the pantry is large and luxurious – a room you can walk into. For others, it may be limited to a single kitchen cupboard. (Team cupboard over here, folks.) Regardless of its size, the pantry is just about the most used area in a home, alongside its cool counterpart, the fridge. That’s [Read more…]

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Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 2: The Linen Closet

March 8, 2018 By Veronica

Room-by-Room Organizing Challenge | Month 2: The Linen Closet

Welcome to month two of the Room-By-Room Organizing Challenge! The goal of this series is to provide a breakdown of the organizing process required to tackle a single room in the house, one month and one room at a time. Our hope is that it will give our readers the inspiration to get started, plus [Read more…]

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Help Your Student Organize Their School Binder

December 4, 2017 By Veronica

Help Your Student Organize Their School Binder

Do you have a middle school age student who struggles with a disorganized school binder? This is a common challenge for middle schoolers as they face the new challenge of multiple classes, homework assignments and school projects. Many students need to be taught the skills of planning, time-management and organization, with specific focus on paper [Read more…]

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Book Review: The Little Book of Tidying

November 9, 2017 By Veronica

Book Review: The Little Book of Tidying

When a professional organizer gets the chance to write a review for a book with the word “tidying” in the title, they jump at the opportunity. At 94 pages, The Little Book of Tidying by Beth Penn is indeed little – but packed with wisdom, tips, and the cutest illustrations you’ve ever seen. The now famous [Read more…]

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Get the Organized Garage You Always Wanted

October 6, 2017 By Veronica

Get the Organized Garage You Always Wanted

For many homeowners, the garage is often the most disorganized “room” in the house. This has been true for every one of our organizing clients, and is likely true for many others who don’t need organizing services. No matter how organized you are in other areas, the garage just tends to be an easy dumping [Read more…]

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How to Create an Organized Homework Station

September 6, 2017 By Veronica

How to Create an Organized Homework Station

As promised in our last blog, 6 Habits to Help Your Child Transition from School to Home, this week we are featuring a special how-to blog, on creating an organized homework station for your student. The location of this homework station is important, as you want it to be a central and neutral space that [Read more…]

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6 Habits to Help Your Child Transition from School to Home

August 31, 2017 By Veronica

6 Habits to Help Your Child Transition from School to Home

If you are the parent of school-aged children, then the following conversations (often shouted from another room) will sound familiar to you: “Please put your backpack away honey!” “In a minute mom…” or… “Time to start your homework!” “Aww….five more minutes dad!” Many kids struggle with the transition from school to home. The temptation to [Read more…]

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4 Quick Organizing Projects When You’re Stuck Indoors

August 7, 2017 By Veronica

4 Quick Organizing Projects When You’re Stuck Indoors

As most of our followers know, we are located in Portland Oregon. Last week, Portland experienced soaring temperatures above 100 degrees for consecutive days. As a result, many of us have been stuck indoors. One great activity to do during extreme weather events is to get some organizing done. As pro organizers, we are sort of [Read more…]

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