Comfortable Structure

Virginia is amazing at creating systems for business owners. We share some clients and I know her work.
Attorneys (and other small business owners) start out by thinking this is something they wouldn’t need outside help for, but they’re always amazed at how efficiently things run after working with her.
I hear people say «I don’t have time to take help with my business!» Well, that is exactly why you should hire Virginia. She will get you your time back.
I love having her as a resource for my clients because she helps them save time and increase their billable hours.

I had found Virginia to be so helpful 3 years ago, I decided to hire her again to help me work on creating systems to help me be more efficient in my buiness. I worked with her over the course of 3 months and I have to say I am over the moon with my new systems and strategies.
From tackling my email inbox, to using a Planner Pad (life changing tool for me!) to scheduling tasks, I feel so uch more efficient. I loved that Virginia took notes of everything we did so I can refer to them to continue fine tuning and working on what we discussed.
If you need help organizing your time, your space, your workflow or systems, definitely give Virginia of Comfortable Structure a ring. She is brillant, and I promise she won’t judge your lack of systems or organization! ;)

I’m thrilled that I decided to work with Virginia– it was worth every penny.
I knew I needed to get organized, especially after living in the same apartment for many years and not doing a great job of getting rid of old things.
However, I kept thinking that if I just buckled down, I should be able to do it myself.
It wasn’t happening though, so I decided to make the investment in getting help, and a friend recommended Virginia.
Many of the reviews here mentioned staying organized well after working with Virginia, and that has been my experience too!
In addition to helping me go through, get rid of, and organize actual items in person, Virginia also taught me strategies and methods of envisioning what I want, examining resistance that comes up, and developing tactics for moving through it all to put solutions in place that really work, all while providing just the right amount of structure, process, and accountability to help me meet my goals.
After working with Virginia, my apartment is looking and feeling the way I have been wanting it to for a looong time, and it feels really wonderful!
Thank you Virginia!

Overall I am a very organized person but when it comes to my emails, they seem to always build up and bring on extra stress and work.
Not only did Virginia come to my office and teach me how to organize my emails, she helped teach my staff as well. Now we have systems in place which allow us to save time and stay on top of our game. She is extremely friendly and easy to work with.
I would totally recommend Virginia to anyone who is unorganized, stressed out or just needs some fine tuning on their existing systems.

Virginia is an organizing rockstar! She showed up at my apartment with her tape measure in hand and didn’t waste any time getting into what needed to be done. While I am pretty organized myself, I thought I could do a better job, mostly to save my energy and to make my life more efficient. Virginia doesn’t just organize your home, she makes everything in your space FLOW better so that you just FEEL better. If you think you’re organized, I would not hesitate at all to work with Virginia. She will make your space better than you can ever imagine.

I worked with Virginia for just one session and wouldn’t hesitate to hire her again. I was dreading a slightly traumatic experience since I detest dealing with clutter, but she made it as pleasant as confronting long-​neglected disorganized papers and files possibly could be. She was totally pleasant, efficient and absolutely professional. She focused exactly on what needed most to be done and proposed dead-​simple little solutions tailored for me after asking questions about how I do things naturally already. And, a few months later when she emailed to follow up, she mentioned a brief piece of specific advice so obvious and overlooked yet fundamental, that it still sticks with me after a couple of years! Totally impressed.

I think Virginia is great! She is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to organizing and structuring space to be as efficient as possible. What has her stand heads above the rest is the fact that she customizes her work to your own personality and style.
As a result, the structure and organization remains long after she’s helped you put it into place. This has been my experience. In a couple of short sessions, Virginia helped me with my business closet (files, supplies, and workspace) and a personal closet of mine (which had vexed me for years) and two months later it looks the same as the day she left. Her solutions were spot on and I continue to feel like a success at keeping it all together. She made it easy for me. P. S. she’s also a wiz at time management.
I highly recommend Virginia as a professional organizer and to improve your office and home organization. You’ll be so happy you did.

Virginia helped our family get organized after a recent move. She did a fantastic job of organizing our office, kitchen and children’s rooms. She found the perfect spice rack for us and put it in a drawer. I never would have thought of that! Virginia eats, sleeps and breaths organization. If you are feeling overwhelmed with mess and clutter call Comfortable Structures and begin the possess of freeing yourself and your family from the added stress being disorganized will cause.

Virginia was hired to help me organize my home, after living her 5 years we still hadn’t found a really functional way to organize key areas. The challenge is that with ADD it is hard for me to stay organized and I needed systems that didn’t require a lot of focus and time. Virginia was able to work with me, learning a lot about my thought processes and come up with some solutions that were based on my strengths and would address some of my challenges. Virginia will definitely be coming back to help with some more projects.
It was an incredibly satisfying experience and a month later the systems are still working.

As an interior designer with my own business, I often help other people get organized and set up their spaces for maximum productivity. However, when it came to our own office, I needed some help to get a big picture view and take advantage of every inch in our small office.
Virginia came highly recommended from another small business owner, and I could immediately tell why. She not only practices the organization that she preaches, but her philosophy of carefully tailoring advice to fit with each client’s preferred way of working makes changes doable and long-​lasting rather than overwhelming or short-​lived.
Things were not totally smooth — after her first visit I still had some confusion about our plan for the furniture layout and was not sure the arrangement was going to allow us access to the things we needed. Virginia works fast in an in-​person session and I am used to taking time to mull things over and think through all the details and potential chain reactions. However, when I expressed this to her she immediately offered to come back again for no additional fee. The second meeting she was careful to make sure that all my concerns were addressed before she left, and they were.
I now have a concrete plan that I can execute over the next few months to get the office prepared for new employees as we grow. That’s one huge weight off my shoulders and now I can focus on the 1,000 other things I need to do. Thanks, Virginia!

I just had to update this review! I’ve worked with Virginia a few times more and I have to report that everything she has helped me with still works… even as my business is growing! All the organizing I tried to do on my own, on the other hand, has fallen apart. In the end, this has resulted in so much wasted time.
Recently, I hired someone to come and work a few hours a week. Stubbornly, I tried to put the systems in place the assistant would need in order to do each task well. Virginia helped me create easy flowing, self-​sufficient systems so that I don’t use up my time to giving the assistant tasks and explaining, etc. She saved me from giving up on the idea of hiring someone because I was convinced that it would save me time if I just did the work myself.
If you’re time is valuable to you. If you are done wasting time attempting to make your workflow easier and more efficient… If you want to hire an employee to help and don’t have the time to train them so they don’t need constant micromanaging. Hire Virginia. Don’t think twice about it or analyze it. If you’ve spent the time to research an organizer online (like through Unilocal), then you’ve found the solution.
The value I received from our work together is priceless!

We have had an office in our 2 bedroom apartment for the last 3 years that always had to be better organized. We always procrastinated since there was no immediate urge to do so. However, with news of a baby on the way we were now in desperate need of a professional to help us clean out the room and use the space more efficiently.
Virginia ended up doing a great job for us. She planned the layout of the room with the crib, changing table, desk, etc. She also helped us find space in our closets (and we thought we had no space!) to move some very large items off the floor and give us more room to work with. She also gave us some very good ideas about organizing other places in our apartment that I would have never thought of.
We are now ready to accommodate baby in our small SF apartment and have Virginia to thank in helping us in the crucial first step.

Wow, I just can’t put into words how much we got accomplished in such a short period of time. If you have been putting off getting your last bit of organization into order, you have found the right person. Virginia will put you at ease and leave a lasting, positive impact on your business or home. Call Virginia today to get the skinny on how EZ and rewarding an investment in yourself can be.

I am a personal concierge, and I have had the wonderful opportunity to work alongside Virginia on a few occassions. I do not offer organizing services as part of my business, so I needed to find someone REALLY good to refer my clients. After all, my reputation is on the line. Thankfully, I found Virginia at Comfortable Structure. She is a natural at this organizing stuff. She’s not only knowledgeable and full of organizing tips, she is also an expert at handling all of the other «stuff» that comes up around organizing. She’s efficient, organized (duh), and just a fabulous person. The name Comfortable Structure couldn’t be more fitting.
I obviously recommend her to all of my clients, and I am happy to say I recommend her to all of you as well!

I live in NYC, and run a 5-​person business from home. I honestly could not imagine how Virginia would organize me remotely. But that didn’t stop me from hiring her at first sight.
I have places for my things, but I love to shop and accumulate. I sent Virginia extensive photos of an apartment that looked like it had (there’s no other way to put it) exploded. She considered each one carefully and calmly. Speaking with Virginia made my predicament real – it helped me organize my thoughts before organizing my space. it also gave me deadlines. In just three half-​hour PHONE sessions over two weeks, my apartment improved by 75%. I’d put things back in their place, found new homes for new things, and gotten ruthless with things I knew were done living here. She also helped me organize an impossible purse, and gave me a simple strategy for desperate moments in the future.
Bravo Virginia the miracle worker. Don’t let distance keep you from letting her contribute!

As a busy professional and soon-​to-​be father, I came to Virginia to get assistance streamlining work flow in order to save time spent sifting through piles of paperwork that naturally accrue over the course of the week. We worked together for two months. The results were amazing and far exceeded my initial hopes! The paperwork problem disappeared almost immediately through easy-​to-​use strategies and systems that Virginia recommended. We worked together to help enhance my weekly productivity and I was able to accomplish so much more.
Bottom line, Virginia really gets to know your unique needs and goals and tailors her services to help address those needs and achieve the goals. The value I received from utilizing Comfortable Structure far outweighed the investment. My family and I thank you for your help!

In general, I’m an organized and disciplined person. That’s why it was so frustrating for me when I couldn’t seem to get a good method down for keeping track of all my professional contacts. I tried several different Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software applications and a homemade excel spreadsheet, and I didn’t like any of them for various reasons. I was beginning to think I needed to pay someone a ton of money to design a custom CRM program for me.
Good thing I took half an hour to talk it out with Virginia first. She helped me sort through the various issues on why my contacts management was disorganized. After listening and clarifying, she finally suggested I try something shockingly simple.
I ended up using a simple task tool I already was using for other things (and is free). It’s nothing fancy, but it fits my needs. I’ve stuck it with it for a month now, and my stress was replaced with empowerment. No one falls through the cracks now!

I am a photographer. And, a business owner. My habit is to hide everything unattractive behind the shield of curtains in my studio. «Hiding» does not mean, «putting things in their correct and organized place». It means, shove every last paper, piece of mail, piece of fabric or the pair of scissors behind the curtain. Comfortable Structure took everything off of the shelves, helped me emotionally go through the «stuff» and then put it back in a planned and organized manner.
I am so grateful for the strategies that I have learned through my alliance with Comfortable Structure.

Virginia Maddan of Comfortable Structure was the featured speaker for the Golden Gate Business Association’s (GGBA) Talk of the Town speaker series. As a small business owner, I’m always interested in learning ways to maximize my time and increase productivity. One of the things I struggle with is remaining on task with phone calls and email hijacking my time. I left Virginia’s talk with practical solutions that I can implement today. I also have ideas for improving my workflow by simply adjusting my current filing system. I’m thrilled!
Organizing can be a very intimidating prospect for some people, but Virginia has a way of inspiring action without being a drill sergeant. She truly has a way of connecting with people, cutting through the «BS,» and getting right to the heart of the matter. While I have not had the opportunity to work with Virginia one-​on-​one (YET), I would recommend her services without hesitation. She’s definitely an expert!

Virgina is a master. Brilliant, kind, well informed, and with great taste. She knows how to handle you and gently help you get your literal s**t together. I found her knowledge of ADHD, my issue, par none and have never heard of an organizer who even had a clue. She’s a joy to work with, and fun to be with much less. Hire her!