Meet Meredith Brister of Sorted & Styled in Midtown

Today we’d like to introduce you to Meredith Brister.

Meredith, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I’ve been organizing as far back as I can remember. As a Navy BRAT and gypsy adult, I became an expert on packing and unpacking and always loved purging and reorganizing my own space. In 2014, I married my amazing husband (for whom I had moved from Las Vegas to Houston). I was working a B2B sales job and, even though I loved the company and my team, I wasn’t hoping out of bed every morning thrilled to start working. Austin encouraged me to take some time to explore my passion and, after sorting and styling our new home from top to bottom, I started Sorted & Styled to turn my passion into my career.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
It’s been a well-graded gravel road 😉 My biggest obstacle has been to step away from my desire for perfection. Many small business owners can easily be scared out of taking the plunge to actually start because they want to make sure everything is perfectly in place (i.e., I have to have a great website before I can get business cards, I need to have the perfect accounting solution and record keeping system in place before I purchase anything, etc.). It’s a learning process and I’ve had to learn to adapt as I go.

Sorted & Styled – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
I am a residential organizer and I love helping my clients make their homes beautiful and efficient, turning their mess into a success! I enjoy working with clients who are moving, staging their homes and doing pre-move purging through unpacking and organizing their new home. I also work with clients who have lived in their homes for a few years and have become complacent with their space. The majority of my on-going clients are busy professionals who don’t have the bandwidth to establish/implement new organizational systems or need maintenance after systems are put in place. I make a lot of effort to find solutions that work for each individual client because there is no one “right way” to organize. I strive to find what will work the best long-term.

I am a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers), the Vice President of NAPO-Houston and hold a Specialist Certificate in Residential Organizing. I was voted Miss Congeniality at Miss USA (many, many years ago) so, even though I often need to use some tough-love in organizing process, it comes from a well-meaning “nice” place 🙂 I’m so proud of all the reviews clients have left on a myriad of websites over the last few years.

What is “success” or “successful” for you?
If I were going to give you a pageant answer, I’d say success is setting and achieving goals, seeking to grow as a person, blah, blah, blah. The first year in business, I defined success as being in the black. Year two success was defined by “losing” clients because I was too booked to accommodate them immediately. This year, success is balancing work and my personal life, including all the volunteer work I love.

Pricing:

• Residential Organization – $75/hour
• 10 Hour Package – $712.50 (5% savings)
• 20 Hour Package – $1350 (10% savings)
• Home Staging Consultation – $200

Contact Info:

• Website: www.sortedandstyled.com
• Phone: 772-444-SORT
• Email: info@sortedandstyled.com
• Instagram: sortedandstyled
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sortedandstyled/
• Twitter: @SortedAndStyled
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sorted-and-styled-houston

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