- When interviewing a potential candidate we asked, “What do you read?” to get a feel for her breadth of interests. She said, “Everything!” and pointed to a calendar.
- We once helped an elderly couple from White Plains, NY, get their house staged. There was 30-year-old gold wallpaper on the ceiling in the master bedroom. The lady was in tears (maybe tears of joy?) when we took it down so that the house could be sold. And the house did sell in a week, with de-cluttering, neutral colors, and an aesthetically pleasing setup of all the furniture LifeWorx provided.
- A chocolate maker in Mount Kisco, NY, asks us to organize her thousands of chocolate molds, and just being in that room made our organizers euphoric!
- A while ago we helped out a couple in Bronxville, NY. They had skated for fun throughout their life and had even skated at Rockefeller Center when in their ’80s. Unfortunately, the husband passed away and his wife was depressed, naturally. To everyone’s surprise, a couple of weeks after he passed away, she said, “I’m going to live to be 100!”
- Growing old gracefully is not without its challenges, and we at LifeWorx are always happy to work with whatever life situation our clients find themselves in. We are here to make your life easier, no matter what age you are.
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Some Fun Experiences We Have Had Here at LifeWorx
Thursday, May 13th, 2010three generations of memories
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
One of the first major organizing projects we did was in Hartsdale, NY, at the home of an old, very active couple in their 90s. He had a twin brother and they recently celebrated their 100th birthday together, which brought all our memories back. The project started with their daughter, in her 50’s, calling us to help her parents. This is the home where she grew up and where the family also enjoyed raising their grand children. We asked her… as we always do, “Are your parents ready of this?” She said that she told her parents, “If you die with all this stuff in the house, I will just have to burn it!” Of course, everyone knows it was a joke, but the humor gave the project a great start. Our parents’ treasures can be our clutter. We put a team of an Organizer, a Cleaning crew and a Personal Assistant together, ordered a dumpster and took care of three generations of “stuff”. There were old fishing poles, skating shoes, a wooden sleigh and tools that could be sold as antiques. We de-cluttered the attic where boxes of books were kept (he was an attorney), cleaned out the basement and garage and filled a dumpster. The whole place was hosed down and scrubbed clean too. They were an amazing and warm family to work for with a baby (their great granddaughter) crawling around in the kitchen. How do people in their 90’s have the energy and passion to take on a project like this? Only when they can truly care for their children and grand children. Claudia, the daughter that made the first call and the leader of the project was the key to such grace and harmony, since she had an amazing bond with her parents. I hope all of us grow old this gracefully; with humor & health to share.