Clear the Clutter
About us
TOO MUCH STUFF? If you're feeling overwhelmed with clutter you can find immediate relief and results through compassionate downsizing and the art of organization. We help busy families, working professionals and retirees eliminate the stress of mess in just 3 hours! Call (504) 920-1800 for your free phone consultation. Clear the Clutter is proud to have won the Super Service Award for 2016, 2015, and 2014. Even though we have more than 30 A+ reviews on Angie's List be sure to find us on Google, Yelp and Facebook. Happy downsizing!
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Services we offer
***Super Service Award Winner *** Clear the Clutter makes it easy to get organized! 3+ hour sessions include physical assistance, attics, help with downsizing & our recycle/donation removal service. Closets, holidays & more!, kids rooms, moving, offices, spring clean, storage units
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"My goal is to restore peace, order and sanity;-) With that many people under one roof it's always an adventure! Thank you for your review, I look forward to our next clutter busting project. Happy Downsizing! Stasia Cymes 504.920.1800 Professional Organizer & Owner of Clear the Clutter"
"Thank you for taking the time to write this review. I'm happy that I was able to help you downsize for the big move. Good luck! Stasia Cymes (504) 920-1800 Professional Organizer Owner of Clear the Clutter"
"I'm thrilled that you're pleased with the results! Thank you for your review & your business. Kindly, Stasia Cymes Owner - Professional Organizer (504) 920-1800 [email protected] Website - [hyperlink]"
"Thank you for taking the time to review Clear the Clutter. You have a beautiful home & I'm glad that you're enjoying it once again! Best, Stasia Cymes (504) 920-1800 Professional Organizer & Owner of Clear the Clutter"
"Thank you for sharing your experience with this wonderful review. It's a pleasure working with you! Best, Stasia Cymes (504) 920-1800 Professional Organizer & Owner of Clear the Clutter"
"First of all I would like to thank you for using Clear the Clutter & I'm sorry to hear that you were unsatisfied with our services. Being Angie's List Super Service Award Winner with 30 Grade A reviews I take my business very seriously & appreciate the opportunity to respond to your comments. To begin, the first session we accomplished your manageable goal of being able to open the front door without feeling embarrassed. Jennifer went above & beyond her role as a professional organizer when she dedicated time to deep cleaning, removing pet feces & mopping. In my follow up call to you I made it very clear that this was not something you should expect from us moving forward, that our goal is help you downsize the clutter in your house so that a professional cleaning service would be able to come in and effectively sanitize your home. Speaking with you again during your work in the kitchen I reminded you that it is your ability to let go of things that no longer serve a purpose that reveal the greatest transformations. We can offer suggestions on what to donate but the final decision on what stays is always up to you. When we are focusing on a specific area of the home and find an item you wish to keep but it does not belong in the space we are trying to organize, that item gets relocated to the place you are most likely going to use it. The more items you decide to keep the more items get dispersed. When you asked why Jennifer wouldn't go behind the scenes I explained that our strategy for a successful project begins with surface areas. Phase one is to downsize, disperse or recycle/toss all visible clutter on the floors, counters, table tops, chairs, etc. Once you've created surface area phase 2 can begin because you now have room to place all the items you will be pulling from cabinets & drawers. Clutter expands before it can contract & we want to make sure that when we leave at the end of a 3 or 6 hour session that we're not leaving you in a greater state of disarray, rather we're leaving you relieved with a sense of control over your environment. While the work we do is professional, inviting an organizer into your home is a very personal experience. You are trusting us to help you make decisions that can profoundly effect the way you feel in your home. Our mission is to improve your quality of life one item at a time & often at the end of a session a hug is our way of celebrating your accomplishments. My apologies if this made you uncomfortable in any way. In reading your review I couldn't help but notice all the work you've said that you've since be able to accomplish on your own. Keep up the good work & best of luck. Sincerely, Stasia Cymes Professional Organizer & Owner of Clear the Clutter Office (504) 920-1800 Clearthecluttertoday.com"
She sat me down outside the room and handed me a few things at a time. We separated them into "to be filed", shred, recycle, and keepsake. From time to time she removed the growing stacks, and began organizing those items. She had practical ideas for how to handle different items. She was very respectful of my keepsakes and photographs. We found ways to save them that would keep them safe. and accessible. I found that not having to look at the disaster area was not so bad, and I could handle dealing with things in very small batches. She also helped me clear out things that I could donate to homeless shelters, veterans groups, and people trying to get their lives back together. Who know I had so many pens from conferences I had attended? She took care of those things for me, so I did not have to worry about it anymore. And it felt great to know those things were going to good homes.
I realized that the accumulated clutter in that room was going to take more than one session, and I wanted to keep going. She then brought Jennifer in to help, who was equally cheerful and enthusiastic, and we got so much accomplished I could actually sit in the room while we worked. They got my husband so inspired, he decided to clean out his desk (25 years of stuff)! We decided we could use the room as an (almost) office.
We got very excited about the first area, and decided to keep going. We then asked for their help in our utility closet, our den, and the guest bedroom that had become a catchall for clothing to be donated, rough dried linens, old curtains, you-name-it. I did not realize I had 10 telephone books. (yikes)
As I mentioned, Stasia and Jennifer were unfailingly cheerful and enthusiastic, even in the face of our reluctance to deal with certain things. They also helped us talk through the tough decisions. Having someone else there to guide you through the process is amazingly powerful. My husband and I realized that if either of us had tried to tell the other to get rid of something, we would not be happy. Clear the Clutter has helped us clean up and stay happily married.
I will not say it was the easiest thing I have ever done, but I also know that I was very stressed out before Stasia and Jenn came, and the results are truly worth it. It is fantastic to be able to walk into a room, and find what you need in just a moment, instead of stressing out about where I (or someone else) had put it. All of my financial information, tax records, estate information, and business records are all neatly organized and labelled. I can find my screwdrivers, flashlights, batteries, lightbulbs, etc. The books in our den (we have LOTS of books), are organized by subject, and author. Our friends can come and stay and we are not panicking. Maybe next year we will ask for their help with the garage. Although we find it daunting, we know Stasia and Jenn will say, "no problem"!
We can love our house again, thanks to Stasia and Jenn.
She took care of all the things I wanted to get red of, and RECYCLED everything! She knew of a shelter, organization, association, etc.... for each and every single thing I needed out of my house. She took all of it out of my house, it was like magic! Once she was done, my personal closet looked like my very own little boutique with every inch organized in a practical way!
My daughter's room looked like it was taken right out of a magazine! Plus I had closet space again !
Not only she organizes and cleans up everything for you, but Stasia gives you tips to keep the space free for a long time after she's gone! She encourages you in the process, as you will find out that it can sometimes be emotional to get red of "things" (especially baby stuff I found out), but never pushes you in any way! I don't know what else to say but that she made the whole experience efficient and FUN !
I highly recommend that you use Stasia for organizing your house if you need to sell it, reorganize it, declutter it or if you just want more space for a new child in the family. I intend to use her again before we have to sell our house soon! Thank you Clear the Clutter!
Stacia was punctual, arriving exactly when she said she would each day. She got right to work and before the first day was over, we had cleared half the big room. She is very tactful, never pushing too much, but getting both my wife and me to make decisions that somehow we hadn't been able to do on our own. I think that the job was daunting to us and just seemed to be overwhelming; but not to Stacia. She just jumped right in and started the job and kept at it for six hours. Altogether, we purchased 18 hours of Stacia's service and she worked every bit of those hours.
I am amazed at the difference in our home. The largest room in our house is useable again, and the other rooms are now well organized.
The other thing I need to mention is that not only is Stacia organized, efficient, and professional, she is a pleasure to be around. I truly enjoyed her company, and am ecstatic about the results.
I only hired Stasia for 3 hours and at first it didn't feel like we had accomplished that much because all we did was sort papers and I kind of felt like I should have been able to do that on my own. But after she left I was much more motivated to clear out rest of the bins on my own and I was ready to work on the filing cabinet. She also had me set up a recycling bin, shredder and waste basket near by for future clutter and got me thinking about how to let go of paper and what to keep.
Sometimes when you have a de-clutter / organization task like this it can start to feel overwhelming. Having Stasia come in and help me was just want I needed and it really helped so much.
I really enjoyed our session together and it helped me to jump start getting my office organized!
After cleaning out the attic, guestrooms, the laundry room and my bedroom I'm looking forward to getting my pantry organized next. When I hired her to help my daughter-in-law prepare for a move, in addition to decluttering she also gave staging advice that really made the house look beautiful. Thank you Stasia for all your help!
My bedroom was a absolute nightmare and took priority. We first tackled the closet which was pretty much the definition of unorganized and cluttered.
Once the bedroom was sorted out she started on the living room and kitchen.
I'm living in a fairly small condo in Lakeview with a hobby that takes up a ton of space. In my spare time I brew beer which requires buckets, beer bottles and tons of other equipment which was cluttering my entire living room/dining room area. I have very limited closet space for storage and had no idea how I was going to manage storing all of it without it being in the way.
She was able to figure out how to best use every each of my storage to take back my living room from the buckets and countless boxes of bottles for upcoming brewing creations.
Overall, if I had to pick a favorite thing about the experience it would be her ability to re-use/re-purpose a lot of the existing furniture I had to put it to better use. My plan next is to hire her to organize and declutter my office which I can't wait to see how she can fix this!
"Wonderful thank you so much for taking the time to share your Clear the Clutter experience! Your willingness to participate in the process of letting go and your ability to make decisions quickly is why we were able to accomplish so much in a single 3 hour session. I look forward to helping you achieve these impressive results in your office. Stay inspired! Stasia Cymes Clutter Expert & Owner of Clear the Clutter"
It went just as well in the rest of the home - from my bedroom to the common areas. We unloaded so many things that we absolutely don't need anymore and now have a very comfortable and well organized home. And it's not just the decluttering and organizing that we are so happy with. Her talent with decorative touches is wonderful - and we're now proud to show off our home. She's just great!
"Thank you [removed member name], It was a pleasure to work with you & your family. Best wishes to you in your new home!"
We accomplished in 3 hours what would take me at least a day to get through. My space is now pleasant and I'm feeling much more efficient, since I'm not looking for everything. Before leaving she did a little staging of areas for more appeal and also left me with a quite useful action list for me to follow up on.
The service was worth every penny to me. I love working in my office now. I would definitely use this service again. I plan on calling Stasia when I need to get my house ready to sell.
"Thank you [member name removed], glad to hear that you're enjoying your new office space! You are a pleasure to work with and I am excited to declutter and downsize bedrooms, closets and the attic with you when you're ready for the big move. I appreciate your taking the time to post an Angie's List review, clutter therapy can be so much fun and I'm grateful that I get to do it everyday and have the opportunity to work with great people like you!"
I will definitely be calling her back after the baby is born to assist in getting my bedroom and kitchen in order. I would recommend if you've been thinking about getting help with organization, that you give Clear the Clutter a call.
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