If you’ve never hired a Professional Organizer before, you may envision them showing up to your home with a truckload of bins, containers and dividers of every shape and size.

And while that may be what you have seen on TV shows, it’s probably not good for you and your organizing project. This article will explain why.

There are essentially 3 types of Professional Organizers

• The Consultant (they expect you to do all the work)
• The Hands-on Organizer (they bring peace back to your home while doing the work)
• The Pinterest Perfect Organizer (they make spaces look “Pinterest Perfect”)

Why we hire Professional Organizers

Most of us hire Professional Organizers because we are overwhelmed – not because we have extra time for an organizing project or because we want our friends to envy our spaces. And so, because we want our Professional Organizers to tame our overwhelm by taming our space, we expect them to help us sort through our stuff, making decisions on what to keep, donate, sell and toss.

How a Professional Organizer works through your space

During this process, your organizer learns more about you, your goals, your space, and how you intend to use your space. Only then can your organizer begin to take your “keep” items and create organizing systems tailored to you and your needs. The result is not only a space that is esthetically pleasing but is also suited for your desired level of maintenance.

As we’ve discussed in previous articles related to Pinterest Perfect organizing, the need for maintenance typically increases the more “Pinterest Perfect” the space becomes. So, it’s important to find the right balance of organization that works best for you. A good Professional Organizer will be able to do that.

How great Professional Organizers help you accomplish your goals

Now let’s get back to the original thought about the organizer walking into your home empty handed.

Organizers that come armed with their favorite bins, containers and the like are ready to do two things. Implement THEIR system into your space, and make your space look pretty…like, Pinterest pretty. These are your Pinterest Perfect organizers. They do beautiful work, but the results are hard to maintain and therefore don’t last long.

So, if your aim is to enjoy life more and organize less, it’s better if your Professional Organizer shows up empty handed at first. This gives them the ability to learn before they implement. This way you get results tailored for you and not just a pretty space. You would be surprised but many organizing projects don’t require additional product at all!

Professional Organizers and Product Affiliation

I should also mention that you don’t want your Professional Organizer to be affiliated with organizing products. Your organizer should be “product agnostic,” meaning that they position themselves as someone that is educated on what’s available in your area and how different organizing methodologies correlate with different personality styles.

The problem is that product affiliation causes us to gravitate towards those products and implement those products when a different product would be better for our client and their needs. It’s important that your organizer be able to source local products for you that are also easy for you to purchase. That way if they set up a system that has room to grow – you can easily purchase more of what they have implemented.

We’d love to help

For more information about the very best Hands-on Professional Organizers in your area, visit our website, or give us a call at 866-971-1113. We’d be glad to help, even if that means pointing you towards an organizer not on the Me In Order platform.