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Hello, I'm Cheryl, your professional cleaner and organizer. Are you frustrated with your cluttered and messy home or office? I'm here to help you declutter and organize your space so you can finally relax and enjoy life. With my keen eye for spatial awareness and unwavering commitment to order, I can transform your space into a functional and stylish haven.
Are you eager to simplify your life and create a space you love? Let's collaborate and bring your vision of an organized and efficient environment to life. I'm ready to assist you in turning your dream space into a reality.
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Do You Have 10 Minutes to Declutter?
Your Friendly Organizer, Cheryl
𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 connect 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!
Call/Text 860.961.6824
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𝒜𝓉 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝓘’𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝒜𝓉𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓈 𝑜𝓇 𝓑𝒶𝓈𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓃𝑜 𝓈𝒾𝑔𝓃𝒶𝓁
email envisionsdesigns@gmail.com
for your free 1/2-hour consultation.
We’ve Made Some Changes
Our journal is a place where you will find our new blogs and stories. We comment on organization projects, time management, coaching tips, and so much more, links to Youtube videos on how to achieve the styles you’re looking for and provide useful tips on achieving your own simple lifestyle.
Your Friendly Organizer & Coach,
Uplevel Your Small Business
The New & Improved Clean & Organize Office Service
We have spent about two years since the pandemic studying and observing the functionality of small businesses in the area, which leads us to redesign our Clean & Organize Office Service for Small Businesses from 200 Sq Ft to 2000 Sq Ft.
Some small business owners, do not have the same circumstances to hire Human Resource, Marketing, and Operations Managers to get their businesses functioning as Big businesses. There seems to be a gap between all the great services small businesses offer and the same services a big business offers.
We have uncovered the gaps . . .
There are two areas that I have noticed will set your business apart from others – big or small without a big budget. Those areas are Cleaning & Organizing I have been in offices where I know the value of the furniture and fixtures, but the office space looked cluttered and dirty.
If your business is not clean & tidy it will affect the feeling of stylish comfort and quality of business that Wow! sensation you’re trying to achieve with not only your services, but with your decor, furnishings, and design every time a customer walks through your doors.
We give small businesses big business perks!
We’ve designed the Clean & Organize Office Service to improve on 5 areas of Small Business:
GET MORE PRODUCTIVITY OUT OF YOUR STAFF
By hiring professional Cleaners & Organizers you can ensure that workplace environments (shared spaces/equipment) are properly sanitized on a regular basis. This helps stop a virus in its tracks and reduces the number of employee callouts. This alone helps the cleaning service pay for itself.
KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES HAPPY
Improve your employees’ morale by showing them you are invested in their health & well-being. By hiring a Cleaning & Organizing service you signify to them that you are committed to clean work environments for your staff and willing to put their needs for safety above everything else.
BOOST YOUR BRAND EXPRESSION
Remember, most cleaning services focus on sanitizing surfaces, they also dispose of trash along with recycling needs, sweep, vacuum, mop, and make office spaces look as clean as possible. We provide the same services along with a company style to reflect your business’s branding. If you are looking for the big business perks for small businesses – We’re here to help.
SAVE MONEY IN THE LONG-TERM
A cleaning service can save you money by reducing the number of sick days that your employees take, but there are also long-term saving benefits – such as having to replace carpets, blinds, flooring, and fixtures sooner than expected if they aren’t cleaned. By investing in a regular cleaning & organizing service, you can maximize the life of your office’s ‘big ticket’ items.
INCREASE YOUR STORAGE CAPABILITIES
Tired of storing old office equipment, supplies, and cleaning supplies? With professional Cleaners & Organizers, you get the benefit of professional equipment, green supplies and without the headache of storing them. Along with assisting in keeping supply closets, coat closets, and office spaces organized to maximize every square footage of office space.
You and your employees deserve the Cleanest, most Organized, safest work environment possible, with the help of our Clean & Organize services, you will impress everyone who walks through your doors!
To learn more about what we have to offer small businesses in New London County contact us today!
Your friendly Organizer & Coach
Cheryl
(860)961.6824
Lifestyle by Design Blog @ www.envision-designs.com
We Give Small Businesses Big Business Perks!
Minimalism vs. Maximalism
There has always been a push and pull between the both . . .
Minimalist design is about prioritizing the essentials. A minimalist building, object, or interior design is stripped of its core functionality.
It is realized using limited materials, neutral colors, simple forms, and avoiding excess ornamentation to achieve a pure form of elegance.
While the final expression of a minimalist design might appear effortlessly simple, as spare as a poem, and as clear as a bell, achieving this kind of powerful simplicity is anything but easy.
It takes purposeful decision-making to bring it all together.
Maximalism design is popular among younger generations, particularly millennials, who were eager to incorporate plants, mixed colors, and other accessories into their spaces.
Maximalism became a way to define an eclectic home with a chaotic array of colors, prints, objects, and textures in a single space.
Maximalism is the art of more-is-more; layered patterning, highly saturated colors, ample accessories and artwork hung “salon-style”, and a real sense of playfulness and bold gestures.
Maximalism is all about going big, or going home!
Here is a list of articles, and information about both minimalist & maximalist design:
Slowing down is an act of minimalism – Minimalism Life
Minimal Maxims – Quotes from The Minimalists
Shared understanding – Manu (manuelmoreale.com)
Inside Minimalism: Essays on Simple Living (Volume 1) – Kindle edition
Everything You Need to Know About the Cluttercore Trend Cluttercore: The Scariest Home Design Trend That Makes Us Cringe – Treadstone Mortgage(thespruce.com)
Cluttercore Is Where Sentimentality and Organized Chaos Meet (bhg.com)
Maximalism Interior Design: What It Is, Examples and Decor Tips (goodhousekeeping.com)
Your friendly Organizer & Coach, Cheryl
𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 connect 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!
Call/Text 860.961.6824 or you can
email envisionsdesigns@gmail.com for your free 1/2 hour consultation.
New Year To Go Back . . .
To the basics . . . I am returning to where I started thirty-three years ago, providing my clients with Organizing & Coaching services.
People are overwhelmed with their clutter, but most American families live within chaotic family and work schedules, which keeps them in the clutter because they’re telling themselves “I don’t have time” so clutter has the time to accumulate. We can help break that cycle.
We can help you find the time, when you’re surrounded by clutter, your mindset is in total chaos – that’s where we can first help. We can partner to find a starting point along with an action plan while moving you forward to your goal.
We provide a safe place for you to start letting go of your clutter.
Your friendly Organizer & Coach, Cheryl
Why disorganization cause stress
𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!
Call/Text 860.961.6824 or you can
email envisionsdesigns@gmail.com for your free 1-hour consultation.
Spruce up your home with these easy redesign ideas
Are You Ready For A New You This Year?
Let’s be truthful, clutter makes us feel crappy. That’s why, every year, after the big ball drops, oodles – oodles and oodles of us vow “this year we will get organized,” Fist pumps in the air, the family high-fiving each other. But, as days, weeks, and months go by and we resume our daily routines, the motivation to declutter tends to diminish. Perhaps your inner ‘neat freak’ merely needs the incentive to jump-start the organizing process.
Do you have too much clutter lying around? Do you have tripping hazards? such as tripping over toys in the middle of the night. Nevertheless, clutter causes many internal problems which – although less obvious than the Lego maze spread across your family room floor – are quite impactful on your life.
Putting in the effort of getting organized, especially if this organization extends to multiple areas of your life, can help reduce stress and anxiety levels long term by requiring less last-minute scrambling in a variety of directions in everyday situations. It can also feel empowering, so you can experience new situations as “exciting” rather than “stressful.”
HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEING ORGANIZED:
*Boost your energy and productivity
*Reduce stress & anxiety
*Sleep better
*Lose weight
*Improve your financial health
Clutter happens to all of us at one time or another and regaining control over the chaos can be challenging. Fortunately, science has shown getting organized has so many health benefits. Making small changes and successive improvements in one area can lead to positive effects in other areas. For example, less stress means a better night’s sleep. This just might be the motivation you need to kick your organizing goals into high gear.
Check out the three Organize & Coach Packages that are available now.
Make 2023 the year you get yourself organized.
The 3 Organize & Coach Packages:
- ADD, ADHD, Chronic Disorganization, Hoarders, Clutter-Bugs Coaching
I have focused my organize + coachwork on busy professionals that have struggled with chronic disorganization throughout their whole life. My clients and I work together to understand their challenges and to identify, and strategize along with learning new skills and habits.
Chronic Disorganization Fees
- $75 / hour 60 – 90 – 180 minutes sessions
- Walk & Talk Strategy
A 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hour Walk & Talk Strategy Session will provide clarity and a written step-by-step strategy for getting organized. We begin with an interview and an examination of the spaces of concern, then continue with an evaluation of various organizing options and product recommendations (if needed). I can provide a sketch of the future layout as part of this package and would also be pleased to advise you on how to work with an assistant or temporary help in order to achieve your organizing goals.
Walk & Talk Fees
- Individuals, non-profits, small businesses — $75/hour plus expenses
- Corporations — $100/hour plus expenses
3. The Organizing Operation
I’ll sort through the clutter, create simple systems designed to your style and specifications, and replace the chaos with a pleasing functional, clean & tidy space.
- Have a deadline?
- Not productive or frustrated by your desk, filing system or office?
- Overwhelmed with household storage areas, home office, or the so-called guest room?
On-Site/In-Person Organizing Operation Fees
- Individuals, non-profits, and small businesses — $75 per hour plus expenses
- Corporations — $100 per hour plus expenses
Coaching Package Activities: to facilitate your journey to a Simple Lifestyle!
- Vision/Mood Board Kit – learn techniques of creative visualization to achieve goals
- Journals Kit – help you organize your thoughts, set goals with positive self-encouragement
- Daily Planner Kits – help with time management, become more productive, stay on tasks
These three pathways fit into all Organize & Coach packages:
Hands-on Sessions.
In-home organizing tailored to fit your lifestyle and design style. For help making all spaces—including walk-in closets, home offices, pantries, playrooms, and everything in between—functional and stylish.
DIY Organizing ~ Virtual Coming Soon!
Expert guidance via videos & guidebooks. Follow a personalized plan and shopping list that fits your budget and design aesthetic. LBD prefers placement over purchase to style the space, we will have you shop your home before sending you off to the stores. You will then put it into action with one-on-one organizing support in real-time. You will receive a written action plan within the personalized guidebooks for your organizational needs.
Organization Design.
Customized Review of planned closet systems and/or built-in kitchen, bath, or garage cabinets. So you can be sure your newly built or remodeled storage spaces will be well organized for your lifestyle, and that the storage fits the purpose of the space.
𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 Organizer & Coach! 𝒞𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓁
𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔!
Call/Text 860.961.6824
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