Welcome to The Edited Escape, a professional organizing service I started after decades of helping friends and family tackle tricky projects in their homes, and years of dreaming of being a professional organizer.

I wasn’t exaggerating about having decades of experience. In elementary school, a friend and I would wake up early at slumber parties to organize our friends’ closets, and by high school my own closet was sorted by color and type of clothing. (I’m a blast at parties!)

The name The Edited Escape has a couple of meanings:

Edited is a reference to both the purging, sorting, tidying, and refreshing we implement in each space, and to the 12 years I spent in public relations as the resident grammar custodian. (Told you I’m fun at parties!)

I truly believe that even the most cramped, unsightly space in your life can become an escape with a little creativity and elbow grease. One of my favorite projects of all time was turning a boathouse closet from a spooky spider haven into a tidy, functional symbol of summer fun. Clutter and chaos are major drivers of stress, and it’s amazing how much of a difference having a place and a purpose for your items can make in your mental well-being.

When I’m not dreaming up creative solutions to home storage, you can find me enjoying life in San Antonio, spending time with family at Lake LBJ, learning a new language, hiking in the Texas Hill Country, two-stepping at my favorite dance hall, reading a good mystery, or making someone laugh.

I can’t wait to meet you and help you start turning chaos into calm!

xoxo,

Meredith