Optimal Organizing

Great! I highly recommend Carol. She listened to my short- and long-term goals and immediately identified where to start. We worked together on one room or area at a time, usually for 4 hours at a time, generally once a week. She kept me focused and made great suggestions, but was understanding about my priorities, especially concerning the things I was not ready to part with. Carol works hard and will do the ‘heavy lifting’. I personally found that I worked best side-by-side with Carol throughout the process, but she would also be good at getting you started on a task that you could complete on your own (for someone with more time and initiative than I have). My house is now in order; the whole experience was truly transformative, both for me and the house. I can’t say enough about what a great experience this was.

Fantastic! We are still at it but it is amazing how competent carol is.

Carole was fantastic. Was punctual, accomplished what we wanted her to, and did it in a timely fashion.

Excellent. I was concerned that organizer might try to sell products or extra time. She did not. I purchased a deal through Angie's list. She completed a very professional job in the 3 hours purchased.

Carol is very calm, organized, professional and had great ideas. She is a great partner for getting your house and "stuff" in order. She is smart and full of simple but worthy ideas and methods plus sees the big picture. She can work side by side with you or on her own. I especially like that she understood exactly what I wanted--did not impose one right way to do tidying and organizing. She is a delight to work with. I recommend her to anyone who needs an ally or partner in the daunting task of getting "it all together." She also has a great Rolodex so she can suggest other professionals--such as thrift shops, places that accept donations, and many other useful sources. I give her a big thumbs up! She can work for a one time visit or a longer term relationship (as it takes longer to put a lifetime in order!)

Carol did an excellent job. I was able to contact her throughout the long project of moving and she was always responsive. She came over for many appointments and was indispensable on this large job.

In response to a major life change, I needed to quickly reorganizie my living space, discard items that no longer worked for me, and ?as always ? pare down further. Calmly and logically, Carol Woodworth of Optimal Organizing came to my house and performed a feat of organizing wizardry on my (then) overcrowded and chaotic space. In a matter of only three hours ($85 per hour), we reconfigured space and repurposed some pieces of furniture (for example, converting a TV storage cabinet into a clothing storage area with the help of just a few wicker storage baskets). As Carol worked, she applied a critical eye to the remaining pieces of furniture and other items (like a treadmill) to determine whether and how they would ? or wouldn?t ? work for me when I move into a smaller living space in the future. Thank you, Carol. The only thing missing from your wizardry was a magic wand!

Carol is amazing. I knew I wanted to declutter and organize my home, after living here for 22 years. But I didn't know where to start. Carol came into my home, surveyed the situation and suggested we begin in my home office - I tend to avoid this area as much as I can! I get anxious every time I walk in there and see the piles of papers, bills, forms, etc. Carol is very reassuring, confident and very helpful with decision making. Its almost fun! Especially to see the piles of paperwork recede. She has created a filing system that makes sense and is easy to carry forward. And she sits next to me every step of the way! Carol has been to my home 3 times already and I plan to use her expertise to help me declutter and organize many areas of my home. I always thought I could do it myself, but I guess I'm emotionally attached to things from my past and its hard to let go. Carol makes it almost easy! I would highly recommend Carol for her years of expertise, calm, reassuring manner, and great results!

Just a wonderful experience. Trustworthy, hard worker, great at organization, great a listening to client's needs. Would recommend highly to anyone needing organizational work done.

I gave it to my mom and she liked it.

It went exceeding well. I was truly impressed with her work. As far as the details of her work, please see/read the above paragraph.

Carol was very easy to work with, encouraging and efficient. The time went quickly and I was thrilled to actually get some things out of the house.

The owner of Optimal Organizing is a marvel. She has an ability to look at a situation ? be it an overstuffed closed badly in need of sorting or a financial system requiring a total overhaul ? and break it down into manageable pieces. In applying her methodical eye and approach to a situation, she makes order out of chaos and shows customers how to do the same. She does so with a pleasant style, taking processes one step at a time. Having Optimal organizing in my home is a pleasure. Among the owner's many talents is a keen understanding of how to make the most of multi-use spaces. She's a problem solver, and that's exactly what I needed. i was so happy with her services that i've recommended her to two of my daughters, who were equally happy with her service.

Carol showed up on time, took a tour of our problem areas and gave me immediate suggestions about how to create functional organization in every area of our house. After getting a general idea of our problems, she helped me tackle our toy storage and our improvised filing cabinet. With a few quick and easy changes, we're becoming a better organized family. I will definitely have her back as we tackle one area at a time.

I showed Carol my problem areas. Set up a date. on that day we set our priorities. Very much hands on but we accomplished so much. I was very happy with the end results. I will definitely work with Carol on other projects!

Very capable, made many helpful suggestions and offered good tips re: places to donate household items. Also helped organize in anticipation of an upcoming garage sale. Accomplished more than I thought possible in 3 hours.

For years, my daughter had been concerned about the condition of her garage.This garage had an accumulation of several years of "stuff". It seemed to be an overwhelming project. As a belated birthday gift, I purchased three hours of garage orgaization from Carol Woodworth of Optimal Organizing. Carol was punctual, professional and worked steadily for the entire 3 hours. Her suggestions for setting up additional storage were greatly appreciated. Also, it was important for my daughter to be available to answer any questions Carol had regarding what should be tossed or saved. The resulting improvement was significant. We were both very satisfied with the work that was accomplished. For this reason, I highly recommend Optimal Organizing.

It went extremely well. I have a torn rotator cuff so all the physical was done by Carol. I currently can actually walk into the closet without things lining the floors. I will engage her services again for another closet and other things in my home.

I could never have brought order from chaos without Carol. While coping with a long series of family illnesses and deaths, the paperwork from all facets of my life had accumulated into an overwhelming morass. On top of that, I inherited from my mother boxes of letters, papers, photographs, journals and memorabilia, including what she had inherited from HER mother. Carol was a delight as she guided me through the process, with an wealth of organizational tricks, firm questions guiding me to what I could toss out and warm compassion when I could not always do it (at least not yet). Carol is a very fast study, quickly understanding my goals ranging from concepts underlying the organization of my scientific papers to the odd branches of my family tree. She taught me guidelines for financial organization and was a steady source of motivation. At the end of each session, our progress was clear and we had had fun working together.

Carol did an excellent job of sorting through the debris in my study and leaving it looking clean and tidy. Before she came, the floor of the room was littered with all sorts of papers and financial statements, some of which I had never opened, and many of which I had never filed. In this mess I not only had my own financial accounts, but also the account records of my now grown kids, as well as those of my recently deceased mother. Carol organized all these financial records so I could easily find what I wanted when I needed to do so. In addition to financial records, my desk was piled high with other documents I had to go over and papers I was writing that I wanted to keep right in front of me, so I would not forget to work on them. Carol showed me how to display these items in a way that they would always be in view and yet appear tidy. She made all of my records much easier to find. She explained everything she was doing before she did it and was careful to check with me before throwing out anything. Carol appears to have a photographic memory. Even today when I misplace something, I often call or email to ask her if she has any idea of where I might have put it. She still nicely answers my many queries. In most cases, she knows exactly where I probably have stashed these items. She is a very pleasant person to have around the house. Thanks to her I now have a small upright file on my desk that displays a lot of the items I am working on. I have my many pens and pencils organized into a holder, and my CDs and DVDs are neatly stacked in a corner. She even sorted through the huge number of device chords and wires I had piled up on my floor, arranged them into types, and stored them in bags that could be kept in another room. She managed to make all these changes without ever irritating or annoying me, and I am someone who has sometimes bridled when people complained about the way I was keeping my desk. In short, I recommend Optimal Organizing very highly. I had such a good experience with Carol the first time that I have used her several more times since then.

She was okay. I thought she was a little bit rough, she was not one of those real sweet type people. She was very tough and not as warm. The quality of work was okay. I don't remember it being out of this world, but it was adequate for the money that I paid and the time that she spent. There were no additional charges beyond the big deal amount. The price was good. We really got very little done and I just didn't feel comfortable with her. I wouldn't have her back.

I had been anxious for anyone to see the extent of my clutter and what would have to be organized and arranged. Carol was undaunted and eased my concern immediately. . Within one visit, I was no longer overwhelmed and delighted to see the progress made then and thereafter.. There are no words to completely capture how satisfied I am with the services that continue to be provided. Again, she is simply the best. For your information I am a retired educator and former university administrator.

Carol is great! I work from home in a very small space and she helped me organize my home office. Additionally, she gave me ideas of how to get better organized, organizing supplies I could purchase, etc. Overall I found her process and suggestions to be very helpful and would absolutely work with Carol again. In addition to being very good at her job, she is delightful to work with. Overall it was a very helpful, productive and good experience. I highly recommend - it's so easy to get bogged down under clutter and Carol will help sort all that out. It's time and money well-spent.

Carol is very organized and was able to go through various files with me and help organize what to keep and what could go.

I am very pleased. I found this a rewarding and helpful experience. Carol was able to walk me through some steps to help me keep things under control in the future. I found her to be very comforting and encouraging.