Helping Hectic Homes
Our busy, fast paced lives often mean that we don’t find the time to keep our homes organised.
We can find ourselves stuck in a cycle of disorganisation, where the number of belongings increases, rooms become cluttered with items jarring for space and the house feels full.
Feeling overwhelmed at home can have a knock on effect on other aspects of our lives but decluttering can be liberating, freeing up mental and physical space.
Based in Cornwall, Home Tidy offers bespoke organisation solutions for hectic homes:
Decluttering
Do you feel overwhelmed at the amount of stuff in your home? Would you like to reclaim your space from the clutter but just don’t have the time to do it, or even quite know where to start? Is your wardrobe bursting at the seams but you always seem to wear the same things? A professional declutterer might be the solution.
I can help you streamline your belongings and implement systems to create functional spaces to keep the clutter under control.
I offer decluttering services for any or all rooms in your home:
Kitchen & pantry
Utility, laundry & boot room
Bedroom & wardrobes
Bathrooms
Study & home offices
Playrooms & nursery
Attic, sheds and even your garage
A calmer home means a calmer mind, which can flow on to every aspect of your life, such as work, family, social, downtime and health.
Working from home
Since the pandemic more people are working from home. During those first weeks of lockdown makeshift home offices sprung up all over the country, often with no proper organisational systems in place. Many functional workstations have been created in the intervening years but if yours still feels temporary and disorganised then I can help you implement processes to keep that area of your house tidy and separate from your home life.
Paperwork is one of the biggest contributors of clutter. I worked for many years as the Executive Assistant to the CFO of a global charity; I have the knowledge and experience to help you create a bespoke organisational system for the piles of paperwork that accumulate each week.
Home office and paperwork organisation
Personal paperwork organisation
Creating a functional home office workspace
Systems implementation
House move
Moving house can be extremely overwhelming. From general decluttering, so you don’t have to move unused items from one house to another, to making sure that your home looks its very best in the marketing material, there is a lot to think about, and that’s all before the packing even begins!
Let me help you make the journey less stressful.
– Decluttering / downsizing before a house move
– Staging and styling for estate agent photos
– Emptying a home after a loved one has moved into care or passed away
– Assistance with packing and unpacking home contents
– Moving day supervision of removalists
Managing a second home
I owned a successful Bed & Breakfast in Penzance for many years and have a deep understanding of how a property should be presented to its guests. Even though you’ll be visiting your own home, I can take the hassle out of preparing for your visit by helping with the following:
– Regular property inspections
– Pre-visit tidying, bed-making, heating/cooling/airing
– Post-visit tidy and laundry
– On-site liaison with tradespeople
Please note, this is for second home owners staying at their own properties in Cornwall, it is not a service for holiday lets.
Archiving
I have a Masters degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester and will sensitively handle your collections, ensuring they are catalogued and stored correctly.
Collections might include:
Personal papers
Photos
Clothes
Art
Memorabilia
Other collections
Testimonials
“My bedding cupboard was in chaos trying to cope with everything needed for our three houses with 14 bedrooms.
Lynsey sorted, organised and labelled everything for future use.
A great help and weight off my mind!”
Ann
“We needed our loft decluttering to allow overflow bedroom for three teenage grandsons. Lynsey cleared the room and made it very attractive and comfortable for them.
In the process she sorted and disposed to collectors over 50 years of Private Eye Magazines and football programmes together with a substantial removal of ‘junk’”
Ron
About
“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris
After living in Melbourne, London and New York, founder Lynsey settled in Penzance, Cornwall in 2009, initially running a busy Bed & Breakfast business and more recently establishing Home Tidy, where her skills are put to use helping people create the calmer home life they crave.
A degree in Archaeology and Masters in Museum Studies allows Lynsey to evaluate treasured items and understand their sentimental worth, whilst applying a practical and efficient approach to help clients see the intrinsic value in their belongings.
Lynsey was, for many years, the Executive Assistant to the CFO of the Australian Red Cross and coupled with her academic qualifications (most recently completing a Professional Decluttering and Organising Business Diploma) she has covered all aspects of organisation, categorising, archiving, hospitality and holiday let preparation and management.
As Lynsey says, “I have moved houses multiple times, including to and from Australia (we even shipped our car back), and so have an understanding of and sympathy with how stressful these events can be.”
Lynsey is a member of APDO (Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers), which set the standards, provide professional development and support the growth of this industry.
Lynsey has Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance. She is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ico.org.uk), which gives reassurance that your privacy and data will be kept safe as per UK legislation.
Confidentiality is assured in all aspects of her work.
Areas Covered
St Ives
Hayle
Perranporth
Redruth
Porthleven
Helston
Penzance
Marazion
Mousehole
Lamorna
Sennen
St Just
Lizard
Mullion
Coverack
St Keverne
Helford
Gweek
Falmouth
St Mawes
Mawnam Smith
Penryn
Truro
St Agnes
Contact
Get in touch with Lynsey for a free consultation. Please either complete the form below or call 07801 247 582.