The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Inside the Lives of Hoarders with Peter Walsh, Parts 1 and 2
A 3,000-square-foot house is filled with 75 tons of garbage.
One woman's own children turned her in, Oprah's team worked for months to dig her out.

November 15 & 16, 2007 original air dates
Rebroadcasted March 25 & 26, 2008

Certified Professional Organizer®, Kim Oser worked as a consultant to
Oprah's production staff on these two episodes.
Peter Walsh & Kim Oser, CPO(R) NAPO 2008 Conference
Peter Walsh & Kim Oser, CPO®
NAPO 2008 Annual Conference

 

The Washington Post
The Washington Post
Pick Your Spot: 5 Annoying Messes You Don't 
Have To Put Up With Anymore
by Belle Elving, Jura Konicus, Annie Groer,
Terri Sapienza & Liz Seymour

January 4, 2007

   

The University of Maryland
The Diamondback
University of Maryland Student Newspaper
Disorganization deters employers
by Steph Maruca

March 2007

 

FOX 5 DC
December 19, 2006
Holiday Tipping

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In The News

      

Washington Post
How to Get Organized
By Robin Tierney
Sunday Source

Sunday, June 4, 2006; Page M05

...4. Get your garage and basement in order.  It's a perfect day to plant flowers or play ball -- but the garden tools are wedged behind winter whatnot, and the sports equipment's MIA. The solution: "Go vertical," says Kim Oser, owner of Gaithersburg-based Put It Away! "Hang lawn and garden utensils, snow shovels, skis, bikes, baseball bats and tennis rackets from the walls or ceiling." This clears floor space for your lawn mower (and car)...
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Washington Post
Booked Solid
By Annie Groer
Home Section

Thursday, March 23, 2006

...Professional Organizer Kim Oser of Put It Away! in Gaithersburg says it can be difficult to persuade clients to jettison the literary surplus.  "People treat books like trophies.  When they finish a book, they have to put it up to show 'I read that.'" 
Her tough-love solution is simple: "Books that you keep are childhood books, historical books, classics.  There are two options for the other books.  If it is so good that you would tell your friends to read it, you pass it along.  If it's so awful, you donate it."...
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Washington Parent
Junk It! Conquering Clutter
By Julie Kirtz Garrett

March 2006
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Washington Post
How to Be Ready to Celebrate
By Annie Groer
Home Section

Thursday, December 8, 2005
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Put It Away! Owner Kim Oser has also been quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle, Quad City Times, Online Athens.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, Saginaw News, Seattle Times, and the Miami Herald.  Put It Away! has also been mentioned as an organizing resource in the Washingtonian Magazine.

Contact us at 240-242-PIA1 (7421) or organized@putitaway.net