Karen Spicer -Pensacola Organizer

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We contacted Karen as we need our home co-mingled! I just moved in with my boyfriend and there is NO where to move with boxes everywhere and a household already set up.
Karen responded to my email the same day. She came over on a Sunday, so as to be able to meet with my boyfriend, in a torrential down pour of rain!! She was wonderful at that point! She came in, made friends with our dogs, sat down and was right to the point. We toured the house, she gave her opinions of what needed to be done. Seeing all the moving boxes and how the house is already lived in, Karen gave her professional advice to tackle it room by room.
We were VERY pleased with her enthusiasm, professionalism, punctuality, and ideas. We are looking forward to working with her and getting this place organized and make it a home!

We set out availability times and tasks and did them throughout a period of two weeks.
Karen is a very personable being and a driver, so the work gets done.

I like Karen's ability to stay focus. She always has an eye for where it needs to go where and makes very good suggestions. She is very detailed and oriented. She doesn't clean like a regular residential cleaner. She is definitely an organizer.

Let me just say I have been a wanna be neat freak my entire life. I have great ideas on how to organize. I buy tons of bins, baskets, shelves...you name it, I probably have it......somewhere. But when it comes to actually DOING the work, I just could never get it done. My house was cluttered to say the least. I have two or ten of everything.

But because it is not junk, I couldn't bare to part with it. Whether it was because it was new and expensive or just that I thought I may need it...in 10 years.

This last October, my family moved into our dream home which is more than twice the size of our previous home. I thought it would be so easy to give every item a home and be Mrs. Suzie Homemaker with perfect order in her home. Nothing could have been further from the truth!!! It has been a nightmare! Now I have twice the square footage to lose everything. We have not raised our kids to pick up after themselves and I can't blame them for not doing so up to this point. They mimick what they've seen... Mom and dad are stackers. Piles of paperwork and anything else that is stackable.

Soooo, on to Karen Stages. Karen was actually our realtor who helped us through building our home. (KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET! Although that is her side gig now that she has gone full time into organizing). I knew she had a Staging business to help her Real Estate clients and many times she offered to work with me on the house we were selling but I had too much pride to let her.

Short story LONG, one day she insisted (as a friend can) to come see my chaos. I thought she would be horrified. But quite the contrary! She had immediate vision into what my 5 bedrooms and huge bonus room could be and by the time she left, she had a plan of action to get started!!
We worked together 8 hours the first day and completely cleaned out and organized both my girls rooms. (8 and 6 yrs). Every drawer, nook and cranny. I NEVER thought that would be possible. My girls FREAKED OUT when they got home... They know where everything is. They can pick out their own clothes because they are always where they belong! We picked our next date and did their activity room/play room. I think we spent maybe 4 hours together. You would not BELIEVE the amazing transformation! Now the kids wing of the house is DONE! I laid down hard rules to make them pick up and to my amazement, they DO IT! It's not a hard daunting task anymore! They even make their beds every morning now!
The last room we did was my bonus/theatre room. It took about 5 hours together. Sooo many boxes of DVDS, CDs and VHS tapes along with endless random cords and cables. But no more, my friends, EVERYTHING is organized and in its place! She hung my pictures and everything!
I think I said we did 6 rooms above, but we are actually doing the biggest project tomorrow. MY craft/office/hoarding room and guest room. Seemed impossible a month ago, but with KAREN STAGES, I am a believer that ALL things are possible now!

If you need help getting your house or office in order, LOOK NO MORE! I am not kidding! Karen has endless energy! And a keen eye for design and organization! Her background in staging homes makes her a force to be reckoned with in this industry. This is her calling.

I priced other companies and looked at their before and after pics, and in my humble opinion, Karen could charge far more than she does. Her hourly fees are MORE than worth it. With her help, my home has become a peaceful place. Company can come over whenever...that is HUGE for us!

Don't wait! I wish I hadn't waited so long!

Remember to check out her website before/after videos!! www.KarenStages.com