What is the SPACE method? SPACE stands for:

Sort

• The very first step in any organizing project (big or small) is to empty out your Target Area (i.e., the room, shelving, drawer or other spot you are organizing). Yep – remove every single thing. Leave nothing behind. Sure, this may be easy if you’re organizing a single closet or drawer, but it can create quite the disaster if you’re tackling a large space like an attic, garage, playroom, or craft space.

Purge

• This second step will likely be the hardest, especially if you tend to have emotional attachments to your things. We highly encourage this step but also never force our clients to get rid of anything. After our Target Area is empty and each item is loosely sorted into general categories, it’s time to re-visit each pile, one at a time, and assess every item individually. At this point (if the homeowner chooses to purge) we determine which of these 5 categories each item falls into: Keep Here | Keep Somewhere Else | Trash | Donate | Sell.

Assess

• Now that the hard work of emptying our Target Area and addressing each and every item is done, we turn our attention to putting all the remaining items back in a way that not only fits and makes the most of the space you have, but also leaves each item functional and accessible. To do this, we do a proper analysis of your space and the items that have to go back into it. It is during this assessment step that we will begin to identify where items should go and how best they can be stored. While we don’t necessarily put items away just yet, we find ourselves moving items/categories around your space and testing out different solutions. Since it’s too early to put things away, we “try out” different places, use storage bins or bags as placeholders, take measurements, and even scratch potential layouts onto paper.

  By the end of this step, we have a place in mind for each and every item/category in our Target Area, as well as possible solutions for containing and storing everything (e.g., baskets, bins, files, shelves, hangers, dividers, hooks, etc). Clients may not always have proper storage bins/containers for all items being organized. Due to this reason we may create a detailed shopping list for the homeowner to purchase the storage solutions we still need in order to put everything away.

Contain

• At this point its time to gather some awesome organizing supplies, install systems, contain your items, and actually put things away!

Embellish

• Finally, its time to embellish your newly organized space with liners, labels, and other decorative touches!

The most important fact ALL homeowners need to remember when hiring a professional organizing business, The process ALWAYS starts with making a bigger mess than you started with, and it actually finishes with the pretty bins and labels. Trust the process and you will adore the results!