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About Before After
Before & After Organizing by Jan LLC offers custom, sustainable solutions to help you reach your professional organizing goals. Whether it be kitchen & pantry organization, closet organization, decluttering services, time & paperwork management, or better space utilization, Before & After is dedicated to helping you achieve your vision of an organized space. We will set up realistic systems tailored to your personality and lifestyle, while educating you on how to sustain these new systems.
The Organizing Process
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An initial 20/30-minute free phone consultation to discuss your vision & organizing goals. We will explain our process and answer any questions you might have. We ask that you send photos of your space at this time.
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The first in-person session where we will assess the project, discuss your lifestyle & needs, and outline a step-by-step plan. Then we will roll up our sleeves and get right down to work!
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After each session we either arrange for the donation services to come and remove those unwanted items or we take them ourselves.
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We discuss and purchase whatever organizing products are needed.
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Project completion and a maintenance plan is outlined.
Our Steps
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Sort: see what you have and group like items together
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Decide: donate (whenever possible) or discard unnecessary or unneeded items
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Place & Contain: every item is assigned a home
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Label: maintain systems by knowing where items belong
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Let Before & After help you achieve your vision of a life with less clutter, more space and greater productivity!
Hi, I'm Jan!
I have always been known as an organized, list making, get-it-done kind of person. I genuinely enjoy re-arranging spaces to make them more efficient. Transforming anything from cluttered & chaotic to organized & serene brings me such joy!
But it took me awhile to realize I should turn my passion for professional organizing into a career. My first profession was as an attorney. Every day I juggled multiple clients, projects, and a lot of paperwork. In a profession where time is money, my organizational and time management skills were key to my productivity. As well as my organized desk! The clean desk caught a few eyes, and people began asking me to help them transform their offices, and then their homes. Pursuing my passion and seeing the difference I could make was all the motivation I needed. And so, in 1997, Before & After was born.
I bring my passion for organizing, my attention to detail, and my project management skills to every client. Professional organizing is a very personal, often emotional, process. I am patient, nonjudgmental, and take my clients' confidentiality very seriously. I attend classes and seminars to continuously educate myself so I can provide the best service for my clients. I am a member of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization and a Golden Circle Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. In addition, if you are chronically disorganized or have ADHD, know that my approach and my systems are tailored to the needs of the neurodivergent individual.
Before & After offers professional organizing services primarily in Nassau County & Western Suffolk County Long Island, and Queens, NY. If you are outside these areas and interested in working together, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss service options.
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Certifications:
Institute for Challenging Disorganization
Foundation Certificate of Study in Chronic Disorganization
Level 1 Certificate of Study in ADHD
Level 1 Certificate of Study in Understanding Hoarding Behavior
Learn More about me through my feature on "Meet the Elite Podcast", and on "Thank God For Monday"!
What People Say
Marlene G.
Thank you for helping me accomplish my goal for the new year. Your hard work, skills and high energy level brought out my enthusiasm for tackling tasks I had long dreaded and postponed and wouldn’t have done by myself. I will never forget how much you helped me.
Partner at a NYC Law Firm
I loved Jan's session, particularly her flexibility in identifying what might work. Her suggestions were helpful, she listened well and I feel like it made a big difference for me.
Nancy S.
I am grateful for the way in which you tackled my “before”. You listened to my situation, you studied my outline, you observed my workspace and you thoughtfully planned and brought me to the “after”.
Joan T.
In an office structure I am not generally organized, but I can usually find what I am looking for, although it sometimes takes me longer than I would like. However, after our consultation and your alteration and reorganization of my office workspace I am very pleased to tell you I am elated with the results! I am able to locate files, correspondence or documents almost instantly. Thank you for putting me in such good order.
Marci R.
Jan's work was life-changing! She was extremely patient and thorough when working on organizing my ENTIRE house. She pushed me when needed and pulled back when she sensed that I wasn't yet ready. She was very mindful and understanding of my mental state as this project was a difficult undertaking for me. Her to-do lists and text messages helped keep me motivated and feeling both positive and successful. My family and I cannot thank her enough!!!
