Amber Kostelny-Cussen

CPO®

Free

Home Organizing Expert

Amber Kostelny-Cussen Quick Facts

Main Areas: Organizing- Paper, Kitchens, Closets, Home Office, Basements, Garages
Career Focus: Business Owner, Professional Organizer
Affiliation: National Association of Professional Organizers, Oak Park/River Forest Chamber of Commerce

Amber Kostelny-Cussen has been serving the Chicago area as a professional organizer since January 2004. She is a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO ®) and specializes in residential organizing. She especially enjoys getting to know her clients to customize the organizing to their lifestyle.

Amber earned her B.A in international business at Taylor University in Indiana. Before starting her own business, she worked in various administrative and bookkeeping positions. She currently resides in River Forest with her husband and cat Sandy. When she’s not organizing she enjoys swimming, running, cooking, traveling, and spending time with family.

Amber is an active member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (www.napo.net) as well as a board member in the local Chicago chapter (www.napo-chicago.org). Amber’s Organizing, LLC is licensed in and registered with the Village of River Forest.

Free Articles & Book Excerpts

Top 10 Household Organizing Tips

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Ten Helpful Hints for Dorm Rooms at College

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Organizing Your Closets

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How to Organize Your Home Office

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Kitchen Organizing

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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Amber Kostelny-Cussen

Three Essential keys to being Organized. #1. Have a permanent place or spot for everything in your home. Everything you own should have its rightful space to reside until it’s used, read, worn, looked at, considered, or touched. To determine its rightful space ask yourself: How often is it used? Who uses it? What other things in your home should it reside with? You’ll always know where to find your things if your things on in their designated area/space. #2. Do everything within your power to make putting things away a DAILY habit. Organization will not last without daily habits of maintaining the organization. Chaos will rear its ugly head faster then you think unless you start making time to return things to where they belong- books, mail, toys, dishes, shoes, laundry, etc. As you move from room to room in your house through out the day take a few extra seconds or minutes to pick up items that belong in a different room. Take them with you and put them away.

#3. Open your hands and let go. Letting go of things is not always easy. It’s harder for some then others, but all of us face the challenge to simplify. Commit to being an open handed person instead of tightly holding on to all you own. Things and possessions can not give us lasting joy, only people and God can. Getting organized shouldn’t lead you to focus on your things, but to focus you on how you want your home to feel and life to run.

Contacting Amber Kostelny-Cussen

Amber's Organizing, LLC

1543 N. Franklin Ave. Unit b

River Forest, IL 60305

708-925-7574

www.ambersorganizing.com

amber@ambersorganizing.com

How to get started

To take the next step in getting organized, visit our website's service page (http://www.ambersorganizing.com/services.php) to determine which organizing package might work best for you. Then contact us and we'll be happy to answer any more questions and provide pricing information.