Professional Organizing

Arranging it All℠ has helped hundreds of people just like you get their houses and offices organized—organizing space, conquering clutter and managing paper and filing systems.

Are you living life in the fast lane?

Success can be overwhelming, because there just isn’t enough time for everything.

Arranging it All℠ will not only transform the way your office looks, but our team of organizing experts have the solutions you need to change the way you work.

Our solutions will make you more efficient and relaxed, so you can spend more time on things you enjoy and focus on what’s important….the bottom line!

Our Services Include:

  • Paper, records and file management
  • Time management strategies
  • Work flow analysis
  • Space planning and design
  • Closet and shelving installation
  • Office moves and relocations
Imagine how empowered you would feel to be able to find any piece of paper in your office in five seconds or less… guaranteed! You can… by using Kiplinger’s Taming the Paper Tiger® software.
Unclutter your office and rediscover your desk top. If you would like to become one of our success stories, contact us today and see the difference tomorrow. And don’t forget to ask us about The 24-Hour Miracle™. Our results are guaranteed! Click on these links for some great tips on filing and office organizing.

Professional Organizing Tips & Hints

The biggest mistake people make in trying to get organized is wanting to solve their organizing issues by first looking for a quick tip or an organizing product. Tips and products are great if you are already somewhat organized. But if you’re not, they probably won’t work and will just frustrate you even more. Organizing tips and products won’t help until you first change the way you think about organization.
That is why working with a professional organizer is the best decision you can make at this point. At Arranging It All℠, we don’t just help you get organized, we teach you how to stay organized℠. Following the tips below won’t help you get organized by themselves unless you embody the organizing principles we teach you. For more information about our professional organizing services, contact us today and discover for yourself why working with the Arranging It All℠ team of organizing experts is the best way to get and stay organized.
  • Install a double rod to accommodate two rows of shorter garments as opposed to one long rod.
  • Consider hanging clothes which you have traditionally folded or start folding clothes which you have traditionally hung.
  • Consider storing out of season clothing i.e. sweaters, ski clothes, etc. in storage boxes on the highest shelves or under your bed.
  • Don’t accumulate too many empty hangers which take up valuable clothing space. Isolate empty hangers in one section of the closet and keep the overflow in a guest room closet.
  • Use stackable see-through storage containers to maximize space between fixed shelves that are spaced too far apart.

Let Arranging It All help you organize your closet today. Click on Home & Closet Organization and find out more about our closet organizers in Austin.

  • Break your garage organizing job into small, manageable pieces. It’s not realistic to think you can tackle 20 years of clutter in a day.
  • Make the easy decisions first and begin discarding the obvious items you want to get rid of.
  • Divide your garage into zones to store your tools, sporting goods and lawn and garden supplies.
  • Store things off the floor to keep them dry and make it easier to keep your garage clean.
  • If you haven’t used most items in 2 years, sell, donate or give them away.

For help in getting your garage organized, click on Garage & Storage Organization or order Barry’s best-selling book, Organize Your Garage in No Time , by clicking on the book cover to the right.

  • Store paints, toxic chemicals and pesticides in their original containers in a locked cabinet.
  • Keep flammable items away from heat sources and work areas.
  • Do not use power tools with frayed or tattered cords and unplug them when not in use.
  • Never exceed the specified weight recommendations for shelving units and cabinetry.
  • Never leave children unattended in a garage.

For help in getting your garage organized and making it safe, click on Garage & Storage Organization or order Barry’s best-selling book, Organize Your Garage in No Time by clicking on the cover to the right.

  • Keep countertops as clear as possible.
  • Use a portable island, hinged counter on the wall or a large cutting board across the sink to create more space.
  • Consider hanging pots and pans from grids on walls or from the ceiling.
  • Divide items in bulk packaging for easier storage.
  • Think of putting things in drawers that you have traditionally put on shelves and vice versa i.e. spices, plastic food storage containers, etc.

To learn how a professional organizer can help you get your kitchen organized, click on Home & Closet Organization.

  • Mount hanging shelves and sorters on the wall.
  • Put fax machines, printers and copiers on tops of filing cabinets and credenzas.
  • Store Action files within easy reach and Reference files in filing cabinets.
  • Use nearby bookshelves for books, notebooks and items used less frequently.
  • Use a rolling cart to hold office supplies and action files that you have no room for in your desk.

Arranging It All℠ can help you organize your office. Learn more about our professional office organizers by clicking on Office & Business Organization.

For a dynamic and interactive presentation at your next conference or staff meeting to help attendees get organized and stay organized at work, click on Working Smarter, Not Harder: Organizing Strategies That Work and Book Barry today.

  • Your purse is not a piece of luggage. Carry only the daily essentials.
  • Group like items and containerize these items i.e. coins, make-up, pills, etc. in zippered pockets, pouches or small containers with lids.
  • Keep items in your purse in the same location at all times, so it’s easier to find them when you need them.
  • Keep items such as your keys, business cards, work ID in an easily accessible front pocket.
  • Maintain your system and get your purse back in order on a weekly business.

To learn how to organize your purse and your closet, click on Home & Closet Organization and find out how a professional organizer can help you!

  • Keep frequently used items within easy reach.
  • Store like products together if possible—dairy foods, salad dressings, produce on shelves, on the door or in bins.
  • Store items in the same place all the time, so you can easily tell when you run out of that item.
  • Write a date on the label of jars and bottles when you open them.
  • Be sure to label all food stored in the freezer and write the date on the label that you froze it.

For help in organizing your kitchen, click on Home & Closet Organization and learn more about our kitchen organizing services.

  • Choose one area that really bothers you and start organizing it first.
  • Select a home for every item you want to store. If you can’t find a home for it, then consider letting go of it.
  • Store the things you use the most often in the most easily accessible places.
  • Put things back where they belong right away. Don’t just “put it here for now.”
  • If you haven’t used something in years, you probably won’t, so get rid of it!

For help in de-cluttering and turning your disorganized house into an organized home, click on Home and Closet Organization.

  • Schedule specific times during the day to check and process your e-mail.
  • Set aside 90 minutes to two-hours of non-email time in your work day.
  • File the e-mail that you need to keep in folders. Do not leave it in your In Box once you have answered it.
  • Use a subject line which truly indicates what the e-mail is about. It makes it easier to file.
  • Avoid printing e-mail unless you absolutely must.

For a dynamic and interactive presentation at your next conference or staff meeting, click on Take Back Your Day: Managing Time, Voice Mail and E-mail and book Barry today as your next speaker on getting organized.

  • Don’t just lay paper down without making a decision about if you need to keep it first.
  • If something requires action, then do it.
  • If you need to keep something, file it where you would logically go look for it.
  • Be sure to create two categories of filing systems: Action and Reference.
  • Handle mail on a daily basis and toss what you can immediately.
  • To learn how Arranging It All can help you manage your paper, click on Paper & Filing Systems and we’ll help you perform your own 24-Hour Miracle.

For a dynamic and interactive presentation at your next conference or staff meeting to help attendees manage paper painlessly, click on Taming the Paper Tiger In Your Life and Book Barry today.

  • Focus on your priorities and let the little things slide.
  • Stop being reactive with your time—be proactive.
  • Set goals for your time and schedule activities in your planner.
  • Don’t be a perfectionist and spend too much time on activities that don’t require it.
  • Don’t procrastinate. Break your tasks into smaller, doable pieces so they will be easier to accomplish.

For a dynamic and interactive presentation at your next conference or staff meeting, click on Managing Your Time When You Don’t Have the Time or Take Back Your Day: Managing Time, Voice Mail and E-mail and Book Barry for your next speaker on time management.

  • Create a move calendar starting with moving date and working backwards.
  • Never use newspapers to pack items to be moved.
  • Get rid of unused or unwanted items before you move.
  • Transport valuables such as jewelry, medication and important papers yourself.
  • Create an “Open First” box containing things you need right away at your new home.

For help with moving and making your relocations go smoothly, click on Moving & Relocation.

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