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A few suggestions when using modular drawer organizers like the metal mesh ones pictured above:

Pull everything out of the drawer sorting into prep and serving pieces, editing out anything you don’t use or need.
Look at what’s left to see what size organizers you’ll need; extra long or wide.
Using your drawer’s measurements, draw it out on [...]

Leah asks: “Have you ever organized Ikea wardrobes for a client? We just bought a pair of Pax wardrobes (the largest size) and it will become my only closet (to hold, ahem, everythingggg for me). I am wondering how I can maximize every inch …

Jess asks “Hi! I have a question relating to keeping childhood memorabilia. I am 25, and my mom recently gave me all of my childhood papers, artwork, etc. I have ruthlessly been going through it, but I get stumped up. It would just sit in a tub of storage if I keep it, but I [...]

This particular client came to me as she was re-doing her apartment to make sure she was spending her money wisely and to make sure whatever she did, it was done right the first time.

I love coming up with custom solutions for closets that don’t cost an arm and a leg. This client came to me because she needed to make room in her 2-bedroom apartment for a new baby (due any day!). To do that, this closet needed to hold all her current and off-season clothes, shoes, and [...]

Years back, I briefly worked for a fashion designer whose clothes are beautiful, delicate works of art (seriously they’re amazing). She made note of how I handled her clothing so gently, and how so many people were rough, even damaging pieces when they tried them on. We spoke about the common lack of connection and [...]

I went to the Architectural Digest Home Show this weekend to see my former boss Vicente Wolf speak about ‘The Zen Home’ as part of the NY Times Designer Seminar Series. There were two other speakers with advanced degrees, one was a Feng Shui master, who spoke about symmetry, rules, and showed samples of their [...]