Total Cost: $820

Project duration: ~4 hours

Starting Point: Minimal Clutter

Most items already belonged in the space, with just a few relocated elsewhere in the home.

The Work: Categorizing + Fitting

The real time went into categorizing and fitting everything into bins that felt intentional, not crammed, without breaking categories apart to make it fit.

Total Cost: $1,157

Duration: ~8 hours

Starting Point: Extremely High Clutter

A small condo closet holding two people's full wardrobes, everything unsorted and spilling out of bins.

The Work: Sorting + Organizing

Every piece had to be checked by tag and sorted by size before it could even be organized by category and color, then fit creatively into a space far smaller than the wardrobe it needed to hold.

Total Cost: $1,374

Duration: ~8 hours

Starting Point: Low Clutter

Nothing expired, nothing overflowing, with comfortable extra space to work with.

The Work: Arranging + Functionality

Groceries were uncategorized and scattered, so the time went into sorting into containers and finding an arrangement that felt calm to look at, not just functional.

Total Cost: $1,806

Duration: ~12 hours

Starting Point: High Clutter

A large, fully stocked pantry with groceries scattered throughout and a few expired items.

The Work: Reshuffling + Recategorizing

Several categories were too big for a single bin and had to be split and reshuffled (snacks became "sweets" and "salty") to make everything fit the shelf space actually available.

Total Cost: $2,627

Duration: ~18 hours

Starting Point: Low Clutter

Nothing was donated or thrown away, and everything was already loosely categorized.

The Work: Creativity + Cohesiveness

The challenge was purely creative -reshuffling drawers and shelves until every category (utensils, foil, pans) landed somewhere that made sense for how the kitchen actually gets used.