Professional organizers or consultants provide a wide variety of services, including: Cleaning out closets, kitchens, storage areas, bedrooms, attics and garages, etc. In other words, basic decluttering.

• Remodeling closets and storage
• Rearranging living space to be more pleasing and efficient
• Personal coaching, goal setting
• Planning, packing and unpacking for relocation
• Garage and estate sales
• Organizing children and teenagers
• Errands and personal shopping
• Setting up filing systems and developing paperflow systems
• Accounting and bookkeeping
• Filing
• Setting up recordkeeping systems
• Sorting through paper piles
• Paying bills
• Preparing medical insurance forms
• Event planning
• Photo and memorabilia organization.

An organizing project requires participation from the professional organizer and from the client.

The organizer will:

• Provide solutions, suggestions, choices and methods
• Do some physical work
• Give you encouragement and support
• Tailor the solution to your needs, preferences and lifestyle
• Never be judgmental about clutter or treat it as a moral issue.

You as the client are needed to:

• Make the time to participate in all steps of the organizing project
• Make decisions
• Be willing to make changes
• Be willing to do maintenance once the organizing project is complete.

-- Tips courtesy of HomeAdvisor.com