About
A Jones For Organizing
(A what?)
“jones” (slang): a strong craving, desire. Some people have a jones for their favorite food, or for a particular TV show. I have a jones for organization and organizational products. Oh yes, and my name is Carol Jones.
I started A Jones For Organizing in 2009, when I realized that I had been happily organizing myself, and my friends and family, all my life. I have strong spatial mapping skills, which means that I can look at a closet or any kind of space, and visualize right away how big it is, what can and cannot fit in there, and how the space can be optimized. This also makes me pretty good at parallel parking.
My Bachelor’s degree is in History, and my background is in tax work, but nothing makes me happier than cleaning out a closet or a pantry and making everything look gorgeous and accessible and functional. I find it very visually gratifying, and personally gratifying when a client sees the finished product with That Look, that says, “Wow! I didn’t know this space could look like that!”
See my Testimonials page for some comments from my wonderful, happy clients.
I love my job as a professional organizer, and I have tons of fun doing it! My own house is a closet-deficient, mid-century house that was apparently built by a man who had never done housework, nor paid attention when anyone else did. Consequently, my house has no kitchen pantry, no linen closet, and no broom closet. I have had to come up with clever strategies for storing my own stuff. My house is not perfectly organized, because nothing ever is, but I have systems in place to find the things I need when I need them.
To me, being organized is an ongoing process, not necessarily a destination. You need the right products that make your daily life easier, not harder, and you need systems to make it easy to maintain. If you have that, you don’t have to think about them anymore, and you can focus on what you really want to do!
I live with my husband, one large dog, and two cats of completely different temperaments. I have lived in Central Texas most of my life, except for brief periods living in California and Georgia. I’ve been in Austin for 26 years now, and was born and raised in San Antonio. I love queso, shiny things, and fingernail-biting books.
