Saratoga Home Staging: Magazine Madness

Saratoga Home Staging

For more information about my
services, or to schedule a consultation, please call me at 914.466.4585 or email me at Neil@LetMeOrganizeYou.com
Services Offered
Staging Consultation:

This is a 2 to 3 hour consultation with a complete summary of how to present your home to the widest audience and how to sell it as quickly as possible for the best possible price.

Home Staging:

Re-organizing the home's existing furniture and accessories with an eye toward making the home feel more spacious. De-cluttering is also involved by packing away unneeded items. An added benefit is that this helps you prepare for your upcoming move, and can actually make your move less expensive!

Vacant Home Staging:

This service completely furnishes and accessorizes vacant homes and model homes. Properly staged vacant homes appear larger and more inviting than empty spaces.

Staging for Living:

So many clients who have lived through a staging are so happy with the uncluttered and streamlined appearance of their homes that they wish to continue in their new homes. Through selection of paint colors, window treatments and furniture and accessory arrangement, clients can continue to live with that "staged home" feeling.

Professional Organizing:

Whether it's a kitchen where nothing is located within reach, a messy garage or basement, a home office, crowded closets or personal paperwork, I can help you get it in order. I can help you with your computer files as well. And I can help you whether you are a residential client, a small business or a large corporation.

Testimonials

Neil, I have been so enthralled with organizing my apartment that I am just now seeing this email... thank you so much! I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed working with you. I never imagined that I could get so much done in such a short period of time... including a wall-to-wall closet built to my specific needs in just four hours!! Please know that I am thrilled with your work, your efficiencly, your creative ideas, and your ability to help me think outside of my traditional "box." I look forward to keeping in touch. Have a joyous and productive New Year!
Portia
Neil was wonderful to work with. He stayed in budget better than I did. He really listened to me to find out what my needs were beyond what I knew how to express. To me, that says expert. He did not over sell me at all even though he went above and beyond and organized my entire space. My apartment is now a space that I love being in. It works with my lifestyle, so it's easy to maintain! Neil is the best!!! Oh, and did I mention, we actually had fun!

Lori J.
To Whom It May Concern: This is a letter of reference for Neil Bindelglass. About 5 months ago I contracted Mr. Bindelglass to organize my new home office. My consulting business is just getting off the ground and I am spending all of my time meeting with clients and working on their projects.
As a relatively new start-up I also do not have the need for a full-time office manager at this time. However, I greatly needed assistance in setting up a functional office space that could grow as my business grows. Consequently I hired Mr. Bindelglass and was very impressed with both his ideas and time management on the project. Mr. Bindelglass also kept costs well within the estimates provided to me at the outset of the project.
Two months ago, we scheduled the 3 month follow-up session so that Mr. Bindelglass could see if the office system was operating effectively. Although the follow up session is extremely helpful and we came up with some ideas for the future, it was apparent to me that the system was operating smoothly. It is also very easy to maintain.
I highly recommend Mr. Bindelglass's organization and design services.
Sincerely,
Michel H., CPA
Dear Neil,
It was good to hear from you. I'm glad to find out that your business is continuing to do well and that you have expanded your business up into Dutchess and Columbia counties. Of course, it is my pleasure to provide a reference for you.
I am still absolutely thrilled with the re-organiztion of my kitchen and utility/storage room. As you know from our many initial conversations my work week is very long and I do not have the time or energy to hunt for items that I need or reorganize them- for that matter. Your plan for organizing my kitchen storage around how I function in the room has made a world of difference in how quickly I can get dinner on the table. My family members even know where to find things now! Which means there is no excuse for them not to pitch in! Since we've reorganized I've also been able to reduce my weekly food shopping....as I'm now not buying duplicates or triplicates of items that I did not know I had. (I've consequently also reduced waste of expired food). I have more room than ever in my kitchen and so far that means that my new dishes have not gotten chipped like they did under previous storage conditions.
Finally, my basement/utility room is such a pleasure to work in. I no longer mind going down to the basement to do laundry as everything is so clean and bright and all of the storage units are well-lit and cheerful. I find everything I need at a glance and the laundry routine is much faster now.
You really provide such a valuable service for people like me who lack the time and/or the energy to figure out how best to reorganize, purge and invest in the right solutions based on an individual's life style.
I do believe everyone could benefit from your service. Good luck to you in the future....and maybe next year we'll tackle my attic!
Sincerely,
Deborah Byrne

Services Offered

Staging Consultation:

This is a 2 to 3 hour consultation with a complete follow-up summary of how to present your home to the widest audience and how to sell it as quickly as possible for the best possible price.

Home Staging:

Re-organizing the home's existing furniture and accessories with an eye toward making the home feel more spacious. De-cluttering is also involved by packing away unneeded items. An added benefit is that this helps you prepare for your upcoming move, and can actually make your move less expensive!

Vacant Home Staging:

This service completely furnishes and accessorizes vacant homes and model homes. Properly staged vacant homes appear larger and more inviting than empty spaces. They also allow buyers to see the potential of the home.

Staging for Living:

So many clients who have lived through a staging are so happy with the uncluttered and streamlined appearance of their homes that they wish to continue in their new homes. Through selection of paint colors, window treatments and furniture and accessory arrangement, clients can continue to live with that "staged home" feeling.

Professional Organizing:

Whether it's a kitchen where nothing is located within reach, a messy garage or basement, a home office, crowded closets or personal paperwork, I can help you get it in order. I can help you with your computer files as well. And I can help you whether you are a residential client, a small business or a large corporation.

January 13, 2009

Magazine Madness

Dear Neil:

Help! I have magazines all over the place, and I don't know what to do with them. They're taking over my house and contributing to all of my clutter.

Susan K.

Dear Susan:

The answer to your question about magazine management is a relatively simple one, but it will take some work on your part. I have no fear that if you follow these steps, you will conquer your magazine clutter!

The first decision that you need to make is whether to simply toss the magazines that you have accumulated and start fresh, or to go through your magazines and cull the important articles before tossing them.

In either event, you will need to actually look at your magazines when they come into the house. Here's how to do it... Have a designated place in the house for the magazines that you subscribe to. When a new issue comes into the house, glance at the table of contents before putting it in its pile. Now, look through the pile. You can keep the current issue and the last issue. Any older issues must go. If an older issue has an article or a recipe in it that you cannot bear to part with, RIP THE ARTICLE OUT and put it in a file of materials marked "To Be Read." Then toss the old issues. Do this consistently. And once you have finished reading a magazine, toss it into the recycling pile.

Another option is to create three-ring binders in which to keep torn out articles or recipes. I recently had a client whose interests were gardening, cooking and home decorating. We created three binders for her, one per subject, and purchased a box of mylar sheet protectors from an office supply store. She now has a place to put all of the articles and recipes that she wishes to keep. You can even buy three ring index tabs to further organize your growing collection of articles!

If you are having a problem parting with old magazines, please know that most magazine articles end up on the web, so even if you toss something that has value, you can usually find it online. You can also find magazine articles at your local public library, many of which have extensive serial collections. Also, don't forget that many public libraries have websites that connect you with databases that provide magazine access. You may need to enter the barcode on your library card to gain access, but it is a valuable tool, and it's free!

Another way to conquer your clutter is to let the bulk of your magazine subscriptions lapse. If you pick up a copy of the magazine at the supermarket, and the table of contents really appeals to you, then buy a single issue. You won't save any money by doing this, but you could save your sanity!

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Neil,

I am a magazine maniac myself. I have also been suffering the way Susan is. Neil's advice is most sensible and I learn a thing or two from him. But most magmaniacs are not sensible! I can tell you what's happening to myself. My wife is not happy the way our place is occupied by stacks and stacks of paper. The truth is I never really look at them! The fantasy that someday I will go through them one by one is just IMPOSSIBLE. Deeply I know that, though I keep holding on to the mags, they will leave me one way or another, with help from floods, white ants or (I don't want to think about this) fire.

The trouble with economy will help with Neil's advice. You never knew HOW MUCH you spend on the papers. Now I have to let subscriptions expire. What's happening now is I get to read MORE of the mags.

Another way out of this is to ask someone else to get rid of them. Don't even LOOK at what you have collected. They will disappear in a snap. After that you will learn you can live in YOUR home even more happily!

Posted by: FreddyKruger | January 14, 2009 at 12:31 AM

Hi Neil,

I love your blog and thank you for the great advise to unclutters our lives. I have a question; whenever my house gets messy (cluttered) it takes a day or two to really clean it up. In cleaning it, the mess often gets worse before it gets better. IT DRIVES MY WIFE CRAZY. Do you have any suggestions to make this process easier on both of us?

Thanks, MK

Posted by: MK | January 27, 2009 at 10:44 AM

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