Professional organizer

Welcome. My name is Vicki Winterton. I have worked as a professional organizer specializing in home organization here in Utah for 10 years. I work in the homes and work-at-home offices of people located in the Salt Lake Valley, Park City, and Utah County areas. I created this blog so that I could share my experiences and help people everywhere learn how to downsize, simplify, and then organize their home spaces.

***If you saw me on TV and are here to purchase one of my truly amazing printable packets, click here and you will be taken to the page that has a listing of all 13 of my absolute best organizing solutions™ kits containing full detail for bringing order and simplicity to specific areas of your home, your household papers, and/or your schedule. (These kits are so good that they have been optioned up and are now sold through a high end online organizing store but you can buy them at a reduced rate right here.)

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Use a virtual call to FREE yourself of too much stuff and organize what you keep!

What is virtual organizing?

Virtual organizing is similar to a traditional on-site home organizing session, only instead of meeting face-to-face, you and I meet and work together via a smartphone or webcam. Using platforms such as Zoom, WhatsApp, FaceTime, and Google MEET, I meet with clients for a FREE initial 15 minute estimate, during which they show me their home trouble spots by way of their mobile device. Then they decide if they want to hire me to support them in decluttering and organizing their home. The most successful clients for virtual organizing are those who have some idea of an optimum outcome and are simply stuck on a certain project or need professional guidance on specific spaces within their home or work-at-home office.

What to expect

Virtual organizing clients must purchase an initial 4 hours of organizing services. Each session is scheduled for a specific morning or afternoon, Monday – Saturday, with a minimum of 1 hour per day. From there, additional hours may be purchased in 2-hour increments. Currently, kitchens, laundry rooms, and home offices are the top virtual organizing requests, but other successful virtual organizing projects include family management services for clients feeling stuck or overwhelmed and coaching for previously organized areas that need a professional touch-up.

Is virtual organizing for you?

Location is the number one reason clients choose virtual organizing; either they live in an area without organizing services, or they specifically want to work with Vicki and are outside her company’s service areas.  Clients who choose virtual organizing must be able and willing to do the hands-on work. Vicki brings with her loads of training and 15 years of experience. At the end of their time together, maintenance best practices are shared so upkeep on their newly organized home spaces is consistently doable.

Client spotlight

One of our 2020 virtual organizing clients kindly offered us a testimonial she was eager to share. She is a working woman who has been newly diagnosed with ADHD and needed some help knowing how to move forward:

“I have told many of my friends that this was a very good experience.  As a busy working woman and mother of two, I found it very fulfilling. I encourage anyone to consider a virtual organizing session with Vicki at Organizing Mind over Matter. She was very understanding of my needs and the demands of my day-to-day life, including the fact that I have very limited time to devote to any one project.  She helped me stay focused on the projects we tackled until completion. (This is something I really struggle with due to my ADHD diagnosis.) The home organizing containers and systems she recommended have provided me greater effectiveness in easily finding the things I need within my home. With Vicki’s help I will live a more efficient life from here on in. Thank you big time Vicki! Shauna in Provo”

How to get started

Contact us at 801-623-8411

“Get Organized Classes” taught throughout Utah County each January

* Professional Organizer Secrets *

2016 - Vicki with Library Class Sign 2Getting organized is usually in the “top-5″ list of resolutions for the New Year! 

If getting better organized is one of YOUR top goals this year I am here to offer help.

I will present a FREE class “How to Organize Like a Pro” two times this January in the Utah Valley area. Please join me to learn my simple 5-step process for organizing your own home. 

Class details are below:

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Unpack and Organize in Utah

MOVING - we unpack and organize boxed items  We know how it feels to be completely overwhelmed by the daunting task of unpacking and organizing after a move!  Our team members are different from your typical moving company because our team leader, Vicki,  is a home organizing professional. Anything unpacked will be well organized and stored in a way that makes sense for the space!

As always, we treat all of your belongings as if they were our own.  All items are handled with exceptional care and respect. Vicki alone OR Vicki and her team of organizers will:

  1. Unpack your boxes and belongings.
  2. Create customized home organization solutions.
  3. Break down boxes and packing materials.
  4. Donate unwanted items.
  5. Leave your home ready for you to live comfortably!

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Laundry Room Space Saving Products

Laundry Room Washer and Dryer with laundry products shelf Studio 5 TV Segment

I was invited again to be the organizing expert on Studio 5 TV. Host, Brooke Walker, was out sick so I talked with a guest host and shared with the TV audience some laundry room space saving products. If you would like a detailed step-by-step plan for organizing your own laundry room with space saving products, please click here to preview the details you will receive in the DIY multi-page download I mentioned.

https://studio5.ksl.com/space-savers-laundry-room/ 

How to Purge a Junk Room

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I worked this week for 3 days at the home of A.J. in Spanish Fork. She purchased my 21 hour miracle package. A.J. and her husband had combined 3 moves worth of unprocessed items into one bedroom on the main floor of their current home. She did not know how to purge and categorize the items thrown in this room.

AJ was a woman with a creative mind (she works with visual media) and she told me she had trouble categorizing items. To her credit, AJ was a very quick decision maker and once I categorized the room items into 4 main categories she was quick to sort through and decide: (1) which should go, and (2) which should stay. It took me one day to complete the guest room (junk room) beginning to end. I spent the other two days working on her bathrooms, family room, living room, and work-at-home office. (read on to view the before and after photos)

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