WITS END ORGANIZING

Description of Work: Wits End helped us on several different occasions to clean out: - our garage - our attic - office - bedroom closet

Description of Work: We’re going to be moving in the future, so we’ve been trying to streamline our items. Melanie has been an incredible help.

Description of Work: We have the highest praise for her organizational skills and interpersonal skills. Clean up projects have acutally become a positive experience because Melanie understands how to talk with us during the project and how to motivate us to stay on task. Melanie has presented creative solutions to our most vexing clutter in our kitchen, in our closets and most recently in my dental office. And Melanie has provided soup to nuts solutions. For example, once we have seperated all the items we no longer want, Melanie has made the follow up arrangements for other service agencies to pick up donations if clothing, books, furniture...) or to sell the items on ebay. Melanie also follows up to make sure that the work she has done is actually staying organized otherwise she presents ideas on how to make the space work with our lifestyle. Melanie is on time and can be depended upon. We have recommended Melanie to our work colleagues and our friends.

Description of Work: The job was to sort through household items of a recently deceased relative.

Description of Work: I needed someone to help me organize my craft/office area. After talking with a friend about this over lunch I as very happy to get (as a wedding gift) organizing from Wit's End. My "office" was terrible to say the least. I had fabrics and jewelry-making supplies thrown in every corner as well as random boxes of stuff as my office area had also turned into my dumping area as unfortunately I do not have a basement or extra room. I wasn't sure was to expect and a little nervous about having someone come see my embarrassing habits. I cannot say enough about how professional, nice and efficient Mel was. She never once made me feel embarrassed or anything but instead made me feel like everyone has such an area in their home and like I didn't do anything wrong! She got here and we got right to work. We went through all my stuff and organized it into different categories. As we went through we got rid of stuff that either I obviously didn't need and when I couldn't decide or was feeling attached to something we put it aside and made some decisions at the end which Mel was surprising helpful at helping me decide to get rid of or not as I had some emotional attachments to things. By the end of the 3 hours everything was organized and labeled. She had all kinds of hints and ways for me to get rid of stuff which was great because it is really hard to get rid of stuff in the city when you don't have a car. I couldn't believe how much we got done and if I had actually done it myself (which I obviously wasn't doing...) it would have taken me days. Mel is amazing and I am going to have her over soon to help me fix my kitchen!

Description of Work: Basement organizing, removal and donation of unwanted items, and cleaning.

Description of Work: Organization of living space. Previously worked with this provider to organize for a move.

Description of Work: Melanie came to my house and spent 3 hours helping me get my kitchen/dining/living area organized.

Description of Work: I was facing a difficult and unpleasant task. I needed to complete and send out two different mailings. I had attempted to complete this task numerous times and could not achieve my goal. I called Melanie and spoke with her about my issues, and she assured me that we could in one session most likely complete the work. I was shy about having someone work with me on something I thought I should be able to do myself, but I was beyond the point of being embarrassed, so I made an appointment with Melanie.

Description of Work: Melanie helped me organize my home office. She gave me great tips on how to improve and maintain my own system. After we finished, she sent me links so I can dispose of things in the most responsible way.

Description of Work: Melanie helped me get my home office organized. She worked with me to organize paper/files, and helped me create a "system" for keeping things on track. We worked together for three hours total. Melanie took charge and first we got all the big items out of the room to give us space to work. Together we went through piles of paper/bills, cleaned off two desks, moved everything around in a way that made more sense, went through a couple bookcases and got rid of unwanted books, reorganized office supplies by bringing everything together in one place, and created labels for all of my boxes/bins/containers. While me made a huge dent in what had seemed to me an overwhelming task, there was more to do and I scheduled a follow-up with Melanie. We made amazing progress in the three hours.

Description of Work: A year ago, we moved into a condo with much less storage space than our old apartment. After a year, we still had boxes all over the places, filled with stuff we couldn't find places for, and were feeling overwhelmed. We eventually decided we needed somebody to help us figure the whole thing out. We called Melanie and set up an initial three-hour appointment. She came over and helped us get the boxes under control and off our floor; unpacking some and finding places to store others until we have time to go through them. She also helped us sort through things and throw away what we didn't need, and created a shopping list for organizing materials that we'll use to get the rest of our stuff under control.

Description of Work: She came over for two sessions, a total of 5 hours, and helped me get my study, which was a complete mess, under control.

Description of Work: 3 hours of organizing! We worked together to tackle my office/guestroom which looked like a file cabinet had exploded. I would never have been able to do this by myself. Melanie figured out what would work for me, and we sat down together and sorted all sorts of things. She was very professional and set goals to accomplish in our 3 hour time limit. She had some extremely good ideas that really simplified my systems, and was also a cheerful and supportive organizing partner. She found ways to use containers and filing supplies that I already had for the new organized systems. She rearranged my shelves and was methodical about going through papers. At the end of 3 hours my office was transformed!