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MS. Simplicity helps to make the most of your space

The annual Fall Home Show hosted by the Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead is two days of creative ideas and exciting options for the home, highlighted by special guest seminars by professional organizer, Melissa Schmalenberger, known as MS. Simplicity.

The analytical skills that were so valuable to her former career as an attorney are equally valuable to Schmalenberger’s current career as a specialist in home and office organization. “It’s my goal to help clients create and maintain a system of organizing that works for each decided she wanted a major change. She started doing the research and discovered her passion: helping others organize. MS. Simplicity was born in 2007. “I love knowing that I am improving the lives of my clients in more ways than just having an organized home. I am helping them find ways to spend more time with the people they love.”

Schmalenberger’s theme for her business is, “I enter with no judgment; I leave with no stories.” However, her clients are more than willing to tell their stories. One recent client enthused, “Thank you for helping me transform my home office from piles of projects, kid’s schedules and office supplies to an orderly, efficient system of files, labels, and drawer organizers! Your ideas, tips, and organizational expertise helped me re-prioritize the function of my office.”

Schmalenberger will bring her organizational philosophy to her seminars, addressing such home favorites as organizing a garage, tidying your kitchen, and cleaning up clutter hotspots — especially the family “launch pad” or entryway. She demonstrates systems that can help the homeowner find anything in the garage, from tools to off-season clothing. In the kitchen, she will illustrate how to maximize the kitchen spaces, since most families spend a majority of their time centered around the kitchen.

about the fall Home show

The Fall Home Show has a wide array of exhibits planned, including contractors, flooring, siding, spas, windows, water purification, decks, heating and air conditioning, interior decorating and design, kitchen and bath design, cabinetry, central vacuums, garage doors, and much, much more.

The show is October 1 and 2 at the Fargo Civic Center. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $3 per person, and the parking at the Civic Center is free. Children under 14 are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. A special show guide in The Forum on September 25 includes a $1 off admission coupon. In addition, the show guide and coupon are available online at www.hbafm.com or at all Hornbacher’s stores after September 26. [AWM]

For more information about the Fall Home Show, visit www. hbafm.com; for more information about MS. Simplicity, visit ididitfargo.com.