Best of Arlington 2018
Simplify You
Best Professional Organizer

Photo by J. Michael Whalen
C. Lee Cawley helps busy people get organized, whether they’re looking to clean out a single closet or overwhelmed by years’ worth of accumulated clutter. “She was quick to assess what I needed, put the system in place and then teach me how to maintain it,” says one happy customer who hired the Arlington pro to tame the chaos of her walk-in pantry. With Cawley’s forehead-smacking tips (for example, “organize cabinets so that things you use every day are within easy reach, with less-frequently used items on upper shelves or toward the back”), cleanups that once seemed insurmountable suddenly become achievable. Raves another client: She can help “break you out of a routine that doesn’t make sense or approach a project so big that you don’t even know where to start.”
–Adrienne Wichard-Edds