Overview
I really love organizing. Really. I like looking at chaos, or obstacles and making sense of it all. I like helping people and making their homes more liveable and functional. And I like learning, researching and taking on a constant list of new problems to solve.
The thing is with organizing, unlike staging, there aren’t a lot of photos that can really tell a story. I have put up a few here to show the kind of things I take pictures of as I move through projects.
So just to give you some examples of the variety of things I have taken on this year, here’s a brief glimpse of some tasks:
*assessed a roof with a roofing expert, tried to figure out where leaks were coming from, had roof redone (this resulted from a mouldy bathroom wall that we originally thought was the result from worn out caulking)
*had a bathroom re-dry-walled, painted, caulked
*worked with an environmental company to assess mould
*researched and found a brand new tote bag on e-bay for a client who loved a bag she purchased at Saks 5 years ago
*sourced, quoted and had a new garage door installed
*moved a grand piano
*moved a smaller piano myself with another trade
*had old photos printed and scanned for memorabilia
*had a custom sofa built, chose fabric, sourced supplier
*sourced, quoted and had BBQ gas line installed on deck
*had 5 furnaces serviced and cleaned
*sourced, quoted new eavestroughs installed
*had gas oven repaired
*air conditioning repaired
*donated a lot of furniture to the Furniture Bank via numerous clients
*dropped off (well, I lost count) a lot of bags of donated items to charity from numerous clients
*donated books to the Children’s Book Bank
*maintained my first name basis relationship with the guys at the Bermondsey dump
*had a lot of places painted, tested paint colours, purchased paint colours and painted a few walls myself including the offices of the Women’s Auxiliary at Sick Kids Hospital
*eavestroughs cleaned
*landscaping renewal at a number of properties for staging
*helped decorate 5 Christmas trees
*petted a lot of homeowners dogs and cats and even took a few dogs out on walks
*worked with plumbers on leaky toilets, broken kitchen faucets, sump pump issues, snaking exterior French drains
*sourced, quoted and had new refrigerator installed
*worked with electricians on getting old light fixtures repaired, new light fixtures installed
*packed a lot of boxes for senior move management jobs
*helped client grocery shop for Christmas
*assisted with selection of venue for wedding reception in the summer of 2016
*ordered flannel sheets online
*had cars serviced, detailed and repaired
*and more....