AspireTV's "Chaos to Calm" Brings Order to Life

Lauren Hill Tneisha Brown and Varatip Johnson who goes by quotVquot improve spaces by organizing them Let39s face it most of us have too much stuff Adding to clutter is an emotional attachment to objects such as keeping your grandmother39s favorite vase even if you hate itquotOne of the benefits about having a professional organizing company come in is we aren39t emotionally tied to your thingsquot Johnson pictured top and below right noted in a Zoom conversation with Hill top and below middle and MediaVillage quotIt39s easier for us to say 39Okay we know for sure you want to keep this This is a maybe And this It39s got to go39 So I think that39s the hardest for people to actually see all of their stuff out because I don39t think you understand how much stuff you actually have and accumulate until you actually see it out in the openquotThe women whose company is The Order Project do the organizing without the sanctimony that often accompanies those who organize professionally They feel like three good friends who have come to the rescue Indeed they are old friends Hill and Brown go back to middle school and they also knew Johnson since they were teens in Everman Texas near Fort WorthquotTneisha and I were in our Spanish class in high school and her binder was a hot mess expressquot Hill recalled quotShe would be taking crumbled papers out of her backpack and trying to turn them in I finally looked at her and said 39We are just not doing this This is not happening Stop it and give me the binder and I39ll fix it39 I went and bought dividers and labeled everything and I was like Okay here39s your binder39quotNow married moms with corporate backgrounds each of them brings a different skill to the mix Hill has always been able to walk into a room and envision how to make it more livable Brown sees how to make it prettier like what baskets would work with the damp233cor And Johnson39s background as an accountant and in private equity brings the business acumen Together it39s a winning combination that contributes to their company and the show39s goal of functional organizationAspireTV in the top 25 African American markets offers programming from reality series to indie films that celebrate and reflect and urban lifestyle quotI don39t really think that there39s anyone else of color that39s out on TV right now doing what we39re doingquot Johnson said quotI think that representation really matters too That39s something I personally didn39t think about when we thought about doing the show how much the representation would matter But seeing our daughters watch it and be like 39Wow mommy39s on TV39 just put it in a whole new light for me Just seeing that their moms can be busy and working and still just doing boss things is really really really rewardingquotAmong the jobs they tackled this season was organizing a woman39s cramped closet To her credit she had organized it logically but vertical space was not utilized well In another episode a busy mom of two was constantly buying more than she needed at the market because her pantry was in such disarray and she never knew what she needed In another episode San Antonio Spurs player Thaddeus Young needed help containing his sneaker collection of over 2000 pairsIn each case the women followed the same method First they listened to the client Then they methodically removed every item from the space being redone Once cleared out they cleaned it Then they took stock of what could be tossed donated or keptAmong their odder finds was a Christmas tree in the pantry and 15yearold food That gravy mix turned artifact had been pushed to the back of the shelf until it was forgotten Once the space is clean items are edited and logically stored and life becomes more manageable Clutter has a way of sucking up energyquotOur goal is to really have people understand that organizing is attainablequot Hill said quotI think for so many people they see other shows or other groups and they think 39Oh my goodness how am I ever supposed to get that done Or how39s that ever supposed to work for me39 And what we want people to take away from this is that it is possible right It can be done and it does not have to be done on a 2000 budgetquotEach job is priced individually because each job is tailored for the client but as a rule of thumb prices start roughly at 150 an hour for two organizers They note that a brownstone which they organized for La La Anthony naturally costs more than working on a pantry For those not yet ready to hire the professionals Hill advised what they can do to create more functional spacesquotIt could be just taking the small wins from the showquot she suggested quotTaking a drawer at a time and saying 39You know what Instead of having this junk drawer let me actually put meaning behind it39 And now it39s a utility drawer because it39s useful So again just taking those small wins and realizing that organizing is attainable it can be done by the everyday personquotNew episodes of Chaos to Calm premiere Thursdays at 8 pm on AspireTVClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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