Befores & Afters Gallery

This page is dedicated to all the before and after photos I take of jobs I've done. Check back often as more will be added on a continual basis.

Washer/Dryer-Before


Washer/Dryer-After

Walkway-Before

Walkway-After

Coat Hooks-Before

Coat Hooks-After

Under bathroom sink-Before

Under bathrrom sink-After

Bookshelf-Before

Bookshelf-After

Dresser-Before

Dresser-After

Closet-Before

Closet-After

Healthier Alternatives to Common Household Cleaners & Chemicals

Another one of my passions is living a healthier life free of chemicals. About 10 or 11 years ago I started reading up on ingredients in personal care products that ought to be avoided, because the lists kept crossing paths with me. Usually a good indicator that it's something a person needs to pay more attention to. So I started there, with personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, soap, deoderant, etc. I went through my whole bathroom with said list of products to avoid and was astounded at how many of them there were and how many of them were listed near the top of the ingredient list on the products I had-not good.

From there on out ingredient list reading kind of became a hobby of mine. I know, don't I have better things to do? Well cancer runs in my family and I'm determined to change that pattern. Many of the ingredients on the avoid list are known carcinogens (cancer causing agents). And we wash our hair in that crap? Yes, we do!! Well, not me anymore, but my whole life before then I sure did!

And how does this relate to personal organizing?? you might ask. Well, if you are committed to living a healthier life and you start organizing your bathroom cabinets... Guess what? You're gonna end up with a whole trash bag of expired personal care products that you haven't used in 5 years full of nasty chemicals that could give you cancer. Or at least that's how it usually goes.

To get you started, here's a handout that I created for my clients. Click on the picture to see it bigger. The handout lists several common household cleaners and chemicals that you may have in your home with a healthier alternative and where you can purchase them.

If you already have the handout and or you'd like a more detailed list of ingredients to avoid, what they're made from, what they do in our body, and why you would want to avoid them, or you're already committed to living more naturally and wholistically and want support making the transition and cleaning out the junk, all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of this post with your e-mail address and I will contact you.

Let's celebrate You, the Earth and a Healthier Home!