She Renovates

193 - Strategies For An Organized Stress-free Renovations From A Professional Organiser with Virginia Wells


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In this She Renovates podcast, Bernadette Janson speaks to professional organiser, Virginia Wells about breakthrough ways to improve the quality of your renovation projects through better organisation.


When Virginia Wells, a professional organizer, and productivity coach, helps a renovator tackle their chaotic project, she must overcome her client's denial of the problem and create custom storage solutions that are both manageable and efficient.


"By having cupboards and storage that is able to be changed and adjustable shelves, you can make it easier to fit in what you want in any given space and create storage solutions that make you smile when you move in."


Virginia Wells is a professional organizer located in Canberra and an accredited member of the Institute of Professional Organizers and the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. She enjoys helping people to let go of their stuff so they can live their life more harmoniously.


Virginia Wells was faced with the challenge of organizing a space for multiple visitors. Through her research, she discovered Decluttering and Organizing, which she realized was the key to keeping things in order. She was inspired to become a Professional Organizer and help those with Chronic Disorganization and Hoarding Disorder. She learned maintenance steps to keep homes in flow and suggested to her clients to use a Getting Things Done system with an app to keep better track of tasks and calls. Virginia's advice on being mindful of when overwhelm is setting in and training contractors to tidy up has helped many keep their spaces organized and clutter free.”



"Organizing the space, how to keep the place, tidy as, between each of the people visiting and what that looks like. So in the decluttering world for just organizing your house, to me they're maintenance steps, to keeps things.Sort of inflow, rather than it becoming, this really big overwhelming, part in your project."


-Virginia Wells


EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:54 Virgina Wells of Well Sorted
  • 02:58 Working with people with hoarding disorder.
  • 04:28 How can renovators stay on top of their projects?
  • 10:53 The David Allen process..
  • 15:58 How to follow up Trades.
  • 19:28 What makes a home more livable from a productivity point of view?
  • 24:03 Butler’s Pantry.
  • 31:39 Are drawers more useful in a kitchen than cupboards?


  • Resources

    The School Of Renovating

    https://www.theschoolofrenovating.com/


    Ikea

    https://www.ikea.com/


    Nirvana HQ GTD Approach

    https://nirvanahq.com/


    Well Sorted Professional Organiser

    https://www.getwellsorted.com.au/


    Trello

    https://trello.com/



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