Getting Started

Hi,
I'm off and running with a brand new business. It's called "Urban Organize" and the blog is "organizeme123/blogspot.com". My reasons for starting this business stem from my clients these past fifteen years. The one main problem that seems to crop up all the time is getting organized and staying organized. Here in the city it's way to difficult too do the latter. City life as we know it today is completely different than it was just ten or even five years ago. Time is precious and can't be spent looking for keys, lunch bags or that special shirt you're positive you bought a month ago or maybe it was last week - but you can't seem to find it. Eighty percent of the clothes in your closets go unused. That means that twenty percent of your wardrobe is overused. One of my favorite things to do with clients is to go "shopping in their closets". My twenty five years as a designer are a great help when it comes to putting things together. Arranging the closets, desks and drawers is only a small part of the services offered. It's endless; just ask - I'm sure there's a way to solve whatever problem you're having when it comes to the home or office.

I recently was called on to help refurbish a cottage with a lot of drawbacks. It's a 1920's cottage with one big closet and one tiny (big enough for a few blouses) closet. Today's average person needs a lot more space than that for storing clothes (especially if they're bi-coastal). Let's face it, there is never enough room for all our stuff. Here are a few pictures of the cottage before the "urban organizer" got down to business.

As you can see, this house needed help. The client did not have a lot of time; she was moving out of her current place in few weeks and into the cottage. Since there are no telephone booths I found the nearest uncluttered closet, put on my cape and flew into action. The walls were a history of color from the 1920's until now, caked on (over beautiful authentic fixtures) so thick some of the molding was blending into the walls. The floors needed to be redone and the living room ceiling needed to be replaced. The amount of patching started to remind me of a crazy quilt - a little here, a little there, a big patch over here and on and on. Since the storage space was limited, I suggested a window seat with access on top so the bottom would blend in with the walls. We had to do something to the front door; it looked like the entrance to the haunted house.

I had the door stripped and stained bought a new door handle and presto out with the scary house in with charming cottage. As I mentioned, the closets were limited and the client has an enormous wardrobe. I created a space in the closet that even shocked me. In the end, everyone was happy. Below are a few photo's of the results.

Window seat - a much nicer way to store things.

Patched walls.

I haven't downloaded all my pictures yet. As soon as I do I'll show you the front door.

Please feel free to ask any questions or post a question.

I'm working on the web site, hopefully it will be up soon.

Urban Organizer

Linda-Ellen Timpone