I had lunch yesterday with a friend, Jennifer Burnham, I’ve known Jennifer since pre-school and love it when we get together; however with our busy schedules we don’t get to see each other very often so when we do we have more to catch up on than time in the day. So during lunch yesterday we were talking about everything we’d been doing over the past few months and Jennifer started telling me about this hoarder project she did right before the holidays and I was so amazed at what she had done that I absolutely had to share it!!!
A little background on Jennifer, she is the owner of Pure & Simple Organizing and is hands down the best marketing professional I’ve ever met, but as a professional organizer Jennifer gets calls about all sorts of projects from cleaning out a garage to organizing an attic, but most recently Jennifer took on a project to clean a hoarder’s house. When Jennifer first started telling me about it I imagined lots of clutter and tons of trinkets, but as the story progressed she began to tell me how they had to wear protective suits because of the bio-hazard and I thought to myself, there is way more to it than I initially pictured, she went on to mention that she had to rent a dumpster and a port-a-john because the bathroom was not usable and I’m thinking OMG I have got to see this, so she showed me the before and after pictures and I about fell out of my seat. I know you see this on television but to think that Jennifer went into this bug infested junk yard of a house and turned it back into a home giving the home owner a safe and livable environment in 2 weeks is pretty darn amazing!!
Here are some before, in-progress and after photos of Jennifer’s Amazing Hoarder House Transformation
Before Photo of the Guest Bedroom
After Photo of the Guest Bedroom
Before photo of Sitting Room
After Photo of the Sitting Room
Before Photos of Kitchen
Almost complete Photo of Kitchen
Before Photo of Office
After Photo of Office
Before Photo of Guest Bedroom
After Photo of Guest Bedroom
Before Photo of Living Room
In-progress Photo of Living Room
Before Photo of Master Bedroom
After Photo of Master Bedroom
Wow! It IS an amazing transformation!! The only thing is…I still would not be comfortable living in that house. Were they going to DO A DEEP CLEANING? Like, clean the carpets, sterilize the kitchen and bathroom, dust, clean windows, furniture…etc., etc., etc. I’m sure these pics are not the TOTALLY complete transformation. She did do a GREAT job de-cluttering all the mess in two weeks…amazing!
Thank you for sharing Jessica. It was amazing to find this beautiful home under the piles. The space transformation was amazing but the personal transformation was even better. 🙂 The family members were so happy and energized after the project was complete.
Debbie — we left off after the items had been cleared but the family planned to hire painters and cleaners for the remaining. 🙂
I figured that was the case~! Thank you for responding…Jennifer must be a really special person…I don’t think most of us could go in to a house in that condition and be able to do what she did!!! It’s very inspiring…and I hope she continues with her good work! LOVE your site…enjoy all the stories, examples of DIY projects, etc. KEEP up the good work!