ANGELA HOXSEY
organizing stylist
“Angela Hoxsey helped me move from a 10,000 square foot house to a 3,000 square foot house. I could not have done it without her. She is professional, extremely organized, fast in thinking and action, wonderful to work with. While I still think that moving is the pits, she tackled it with intelligence and experience.”
– Margrit Mondavi, Napa, CA
– Finola Hughes, actress/director
– Lyndsey Harrison, St. Helena, CA
– Nancy Seaver, Calistoga, CA
– Sally Campion, Robert Mondavi Winery
– Bob and Lynn Lieber, St. Helena, CA
Dark Corners Tool Kit
Jun 3, 2023
So often when I arrive at an organizing job a door is opened onto a dark, uninviting space filled with stacks of dusty, slumping boxes and detritus. It’s usually a garage, attic, barn or basement. Even though I have seen so many of these spaces by now, it’s always overwhelming at first. But I have...
Recent Posts
- Dark Corners Tool Kit June 3, 2023
- Summer Bathroom Organizing May 20, 2023
- It’s in the Details April 21, 2023
- Present Tense April 14, 2023
- Organizing Health Records February 25, 2023
- Chakra Organizing February 4, 2023
- I Heart Filing January 21, 2023
- Does This Clutter Make Me Look Old? January 7, 2023
- Order of Christmas Past December 17, 2022
- Estate Sale Magic November 29, 2022
- Repeating Past Success November 13, 2022
- The Spooky Places October 22, 2022
- I Dream of Real Estate September 17, 2022
- Simple Tools September 1, 2022
- Dead Heading August 2, 2022
- Organizing Styles July 10, 2022
- Furniture on the Flipside June 25, 2022
- Company’s Coming June 11, 2022
- Stuff to Inspire May 27, 2022
- That’s Entertainment May 18, 2022
- The Post-Covid Closet May 6, 2022
- Task Force April 2, 2022
- Resolution Reset March 19, 2022
- Kitchen Satisfaction March 4, 2022
- Modern Maturity February 19, 2022
- The Mosaic Vase February 5, 2022
- Manual Dexterity January 22, 2022
- Always Be Editing January 8, 2022
- Organizing Gifts December 11, 2021
- Dark, Cold and Disorderly November 13, 2021
- Digital Distress October 30, 2021
- Freedom from Choice October 16, 2021
- Organizing a Holiday Party October 2, 2021
- Pandemic-Era Holiday Planning September 18, 2021
- The Category Dilemma September 3, 2021
- Covid 19 and Hoarding 101 August 21, 2021
- Matchy Matchy August 7, 2021
- Happiness is a Clean Drawer July 23, 2021
- Post Pandemic Filing June 25, 2021
- Spice Space June 12, 2021
- Moving Suggestions May 28, 2021
- Hobbies & Crafts May 8, 2021
- Creative Containers April 10, 2021
- Prepare for Repairs March 27, 2021
- Organize Yourself March 13, 2021
- Day Trippin’ From Home February 27, 2021
- There’s No Shame in Chaos February 13, 2021
- Sprint, Rest, Repeat January 30, 2021
- 2021 Order: Dusting Off the 1970s January 16, 2021
- 2021 Resolution Solution January 2, 2021
- Bibliophilia in the Time of Covid December 12, 2020
- Constraints November 21, 2020
- The Storage Shuffle November 14, 2020
- Filing 101 October 1, 2020
- Adaptation September 19, 2020
- Use Your Words September 4, 2020
- Preventing Overwhelm August 22, 2020
- Measure Twice August 8, 2020
- Best of Times, Worst of Times July 27, 2020
- Ten Easy Tips July 11, 2020
- Zoom Gloom June 27, 2020
- Planning in Place June 13, 2020
- Editor’s Choice May 30, 2020
- Consigning During a Pandemic May 16, 2020
- Home/Office Blur May 2, 2020
- Ritual Habitual April 18, 2020
- Constructing a Quarantine Routine April 4, 2020
- Order Under Quarantine March 22, 2020
- Slow Smooth Fast March 7, 2020
- Peeling the Organizing Onion February 22, 2020
- Hindsight is 20/20 January 18, 2020
- Selling Used Clothing Online December 8, 2019
- Gratitude is in Order November 23, 2019
- The Power of Repetition November 8, 2019
- Streamline Your Routines October 25, 2019
- 10 Top Organizing Tools October 11, 2019
- Resistance is Futile September 27, 2019
- Bluebeard’s Closet August 31, 2019
- Love and Order August 16, 2019
- Yard Sale Strategies August 3, 2019
- Perfect V. Good July 20, 2019
- Organizing Heartbreak July 6, 2019
- Wheel of Life June 22, 2019
- Closets, Clothes, Perspectives June 8, 2019
- Scattergories May 11, 2019
- Free Bird May 4, 2019
- Framework April 13, 2019
- An Inspiring Senior Moment March 30, 2019
- The Things We Carry March 16, 2019
- Kondo Konfusion February 23, 2019
- I Heart These Tips February 14, 2019
- Files: Healthy Growth January 26, 2019
- Purging Files January 12, 2019
- Holiday Lists for 2019 December 15, 2018
- Rainy Day Funk December 2, 2018
- Keep Calm and Carry On November 24, 2018
- Recycling 411, Part Two November 7, 2018
- Recycling 411, Part One October 27, 2018
- Feeling Fallow October 6, 2018
- Background Conditions September 22, 2018
- All is Not Lost September 8, 2018
- Two Minute Distraction August 25, 2018
- Summertime (and the Givin’ Ain’t Easy) August 11, 2018
- Starting Points July 28, 2018
- Supply Side July 14, 2018
- Allow A Little Entropy June 16, 2018
- The Truth About Expiration Dates June 2, 2018
- Desire to Acquire May 19, 2018
- Declutter Book Club May 5, 2018
- Digital Detox April 21, 2018
- Worth the Waste April 7, 2018
- Buried Treasure March 17, 2018
- The Riedel Dilemma February 24, 2018
- Visual Examination February 17, 2018
- Deep Storage January 20, 2018
- Not So Great Expectations January 6, 2018
- Processing Speed December 23, 2017
- Baggage, Literally December 10, 2017
- Taking Inventory November 18, 2017
- The Odor of Order October 31, 2017
- Fire Drill October 14, 2017
- Checklists September 30, 2017
- Houston We Have a Problem September 9, 2017
- Kiss and Make-Up September 2, 2017
- The Never-ending Story August 19, 2017
- Towel Storage July 29, 2017
- Sheets Tucked In July 8, 2017
- Worst Case, Best Case June 24, 2017
- Downsizing Part 4: Memorabilia, the Final Frontier June 2, 2017
- Downsizing Part 3: What Remains May 20, 2017
- Downsizing 2: Furniture and Antiquities April 29, 2017
- Downsizing: Start Small April 15, 2017
- Investing in Order March 25, 2017
- Permission Slip February 25, 2017
- Essentialism and Random Notes February 11, 2017
- Garage Miracle January 28, 2017
- Review 2016, Preview 2017 January 7, 2017
- Doomsteading November 26, 2016
- The Ideal Organizing Client November 12, 2016
- Order in the Laundry October 15, 2016
- Remembering Margrit September 17, 2016
- FOMO Madness August 13, 2016
- KonMari Come Down July 30, 2016
- Gun Control July 9, 2016
- Newsworthy June 18, 2016
- Bedroom Essentials June 4, 2016
- The 4-Hour Workweek May 7, 2016
- Space Hog April 9, 2016
- Spring Cleaning 101 March 26, 2016
- Appreciation March 12, 2016
- Paperless Progress February 27, 2016
- Dealing with Grief January 30, 2016
- Think Your Way Forward January 16, 2016
- Order in Review January 2, 2016
- Harvesting Clutter-Free Gifts December 12, 2015
- Better to Best December 5, 2015
- Noise Clutter November 21, 2015
- What’s In In? October 31, 2015
- Autumn Prep October 17, 2015
- The Importance of Articulation October 3, 2015
- Organizer on Fire September 19, 2015
- Habits Are Hard to Change September 5, 2015
- Storage Unit Psych-Out August 22, 2015
- Creating a Home Inventory July 25, 2015
- Dealing with Set-Backs July 11, 2015
- Fashion Sense June 27, 2015
- Be Your Own (Fill in the Blank) June 6, 2015
- Mad About Order May 16, 2015
- Light it Up! May 2, 2015
- Like It or Not April 18, 2015
- Putting the Pantry in Order March 28, 2015
- The KonMari Method February 28, 2015
- Easy Outs January 30, 2015
- Talkin’ bout a Resolution January 10, 2015
- It’s the Thought that Counts December 20, 2014
- Follow Your Blisters December 6, 2014
- Office Order November 15, 2014
- Rush, Rush November 1, 2014
- Kitchen Declutter Part 2 October 18, 2014
- Kitchen Clutter Part 1 September 27, 2014
- Shaken Up September 6, 2014
- Rate Your Organizing IQ August 30, 2014
- Refriger-order August 16, 2014
- Sacred Objects August 2, 2014
- Don’t Hesitate to Collaborate July 5, 2014
- Make It Play June 21, 2014
- Get Up and Dance June 7, 2014
- Conscious Uncoupling: Breaking Up with Our Stuff May 17, 2014
- What Are You Waiting For? May 3, 2014
- Auto-matic Order April 18, 2014
- Five Favorite Things April 5, 2014
- Letting Go and Saying No March 22, 2014
- Less Toys, More Fun March 8, 2014
- Minimize Me! February 21, 2014
- Organizing Jewelry February 8, 2014
- The Perfection Trap January 25, 2014
- Cash, Space, Peace January 4, 2014
- Quick Uncluttered Gifts December 20, 2013
- Organizing Decorations December 7, 2013
- I Don’t Know How She Does It November 23, 2013
- Get Into the Groove November 2, 2013
- Couples Therapy October 19, 2013
- When the Media is the Mess October 5, 2013
- Curate Your Space September 21, 2013
- Harvest September 7, 2013
- This is not a Blog August 24, 2013
- The Pareto Principle August 10, 2013
- Lists: Do They Serve You? July 27, 2013
- Order Down Cold July 13, 2013
- Gut Instinct June 22, 2013
- Organized Travel Part 2: Packing June 8, 2013
- Travel tips: Feeling Well May 25, 2013
- Beauty + Order May 11, 2013
- Home Work April 27, 2013
- C is for Clutter-free April 13, 2013
- Rabbit Test March 30, 2013
- Consigning Napa March 17, 2013
- Maintenance Woes March 2, 2013
- Collateral Damage February 16, 2013
- Hung Up on Hangers? February 2, 2013
- Ten Terrific Tips January 19, 2013
- Organizing Photographs January 5, 2013
- Does Your Resolve Dissolve? December 22, 2012
- Your Closet, Your Life December 7, 2012
- Gifts of Order November 23, 2012
- To Have and Have Not November 10, 2012
- Follow Your Bliss October 27, 2012
- Saving Space and the 20% Rule October 13, 2012
- Holidaze September 29, 2012
- Make-Up Madness September 15, 2012
- Letting Go of Books August 18, 2012
- Form and Content August 4, 2012
- The Two-Minute Rule July 21, 2012
- Embrace Your Inner Travel Nerd July 7, 2012
- Pop Quiz June 22, 2012
- With or Without You, Part 2 June 9, 2012
- With or Without You, part 1 May 26, 2012
- Boundaries and Limits May 22, 2012
- Watch and Learn May 5, 2012
- Don’t get “framed” April 22, 2012
- Le Garage: My Struggle March 31, 2012
- Graceful Transitions March 17, 2012
- Paper-less not Paper-free March 3, 2012
- Repurpose to Reorder February 18, 2012
- Wine Cellar Reorganization February 4, 2012
- Out of Ignorance Into Bliss January 21, 2012
- Endings and Beginnings January 7, 2012
- ‘Twas the Week After Xmas December 24, 2011
- What’s in your wallet? December 10, 2011
- One drawer at a time November 25, 2011
- When less is more November 11, 2011
- How to winterize October 28, 2011
- Silver medal shopping October 14, 2011
- Hiring a professional September 23, 2011
- Summer vacation download September 9, 2011
- Me, myself and I August 12, 2011
- My Closet, My Calendar July 29, 2011
- Go Back to Go Forward July 15, 2011
- It’s a Date July 1, 2011
- Rock Solid Apps June 18, 2011
- Getting Unstuck: Books June 4, 2011
- Chaos to Categories May 20, 2011
- Over and Under: Balancing Your Buying May 13, 2011
- Survival of the Fittest April 16, 2011
- Maintaining Organization March 19, 2011
- The Fast Track March 12, 2011
- Ten Terrific Tips February 19, 2011
- Your Desk: Straighten Up and Fly Right February 5, 2011
- Where to Begin January 22, 2011
- Resolution Revolution January 8, 2011
- The Genesis of Order December 25, 2010
- Good Enough is Perfect December 11, 2010
- Grateful or Overstuffed? November 13, 2010
- Your Real Wardrobe October 30, 2010
- The Hoarding Scale October 16, 2010
- Multi-tasking Madness October 2, 2010
- REading Room September 18, 2010
- Movies to Get You Moving September 2, 2010
- Great Yard Sales August 28, 2010
- Managing E-mail August 7, 2010
- File This Information July 24, 2010
- Internet Resources June 26, 2010
- Feng Shui Basics June 12, 2010
- Purses, Bags and Satchels May 1, 2010
- Donate, Sell or Store April 17, 2010
- Outside the Plastic Box April 3, 2010
- Organizing the E-mail In-Box March 20, 2010
- Why Collecting is Fun March 13, 2010
- Unclutter Your Body February 20, 2010
- Time Management February 6, 2010
- Packing Confidence January 23, 2010
- Routine and Ritual January 9, 2010
- Organizing a Wine Cellar December 26, 2009
- Ergonomics December 12, 2009
- Organize vs. Declutter November 28, 2009
- The well-Organized Bathroom November 14, 2009
- The Well-Ordered Kitchen October 30, 2009
- Trick or Treat: Plan the Holidays October 10, 2009
- Visualizing the Outcome September 26, 2009
- Top 10 Tools September 5, 2009
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