Organize your home and streamline your life.

The Marshall Method provides home organizing, decluttering, unpacking, and styling services from Madison, WI to Dubuque, IA, and beyond.

The Marshall Method - Your Professional Organizer

The Marshall Method offers more than just a tidy home. I believe a decluttered and organized home can change your life. Helping people transform their lives by organizing their homes is my passion. Living in a house that feels more chaotic than calm can affect so many aspects of one’s life. I’ve helped people from Madison, WI to Dubuque, IA, and beyond find joy and peace. I would love to help you too.

Hi, I’m Carrie…professional home organizer, home stylist, and owner of The Marshall Method servicing clients from Madison, WI, through SW Wisconsin, to Dubuque, IA.

Are you currently experiencing life challenges that make you feel unstable, overwhelmed, scattered, or stuck? If that is where you are at today, that’s okay. I totally get it. I’ve been there as well…many times.

Or maybe the various roles you play—spouse, parent, leader, mentor, professional, community member, philanthropist, etc.—are overlapping and you feel like you are falling behind? I understand how that feels. There have been numerous points in my life that I’ve wished for more hours in the day and another set of hands.

So whether you find yourself in desperate need of help, want someone on your squad to delegate to, or simply have a desire to enhance your space I’ll meet you where you are at. I know each person’s needs and preferences for achieving a calm, functional, and beautiful space are unique. Therefore, my professional organizing and styling services are tailored to you.

Organizing Sessions

Need help organizing a whole home or just an individual space, I’ve got you covered! The Marshall Method can organize any and every space in your home. Each space receives thoughtful attention to detail and careful consideration when creating organizing solutions for you and your lifestyle. Whether you want to be hands-on or more hands-off, my organizing methods are flexible to your preferences.

Sessions can include:

  • Detailed plan for achieving your goals

  • Decluttering assistance

  • Productivity tips

  • Customized organizing solutions for your specific needs

  • Expertly chosen products (should you choose to incorporate new products) to help keep your space organized and beautiful

  • One car-load of donation drop-off per session

Spaces Organized and Styled

Have an area in your home that needs help, but are wondering if I organize those types of spaces? Happy to share! Here are just a few that I’ve decluttered, unpacked, organized, and styled:

  • Streamlined kitchens and pantries to make meal prep easier

  • Edited and categorized items to maximize space in clothes closets, linen closets, and dresser drawers

  • Designated zones in bathrooms to make daily routines more efficient

  • Styled and organized living rooms, dining rooms, home offices, bedrooms to quiet visual clutter, create unity, and tell one’s story

  • Unpacked entire homes after remodels and moves to make the transition seamless

  • Organized entryways, mudrooms, and laundry rooms to create welcoming, efficient spaces

  • Designed crafting areas, gift wrapping stations, and hobby closets to reduce frustration and foster creativity

  • Established command centers to help busy families manage schedules, school papers, and activities

  • Decluttered and organized garages, storage areas, and basements to optimize space and increase access

  • Equipped playrooms and study areas with simple storage solutions to encourage and support tidiness

  • Downsized whole homes to prepare for retirement and urban living

What clients are saying….

  • "Thanks to Carrie for organizing my kitchen after a major renovation and making it fun. She saved my sanity. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed. Then Carrie waved her magic wand and—voila—mission accomplished."

    A.B.

  • "What a godsend! Carrie provided the perfect balance of objectivity, sensitivity and pragmatism in helping us organize my late mother-in-law's house and its WIDE range of belongings. Truly, I cannot recommend Carrie highly enough."

    N.G.

  • "After a long and stressful renovation, Carrie provided an objectivity to decluttering and organizing that was vital to us moving back into our home. Not only did Carrie help save time, but she also helped make the transition much smoother. We love how well the house turned out. This would not have happened without Carrie. Thank you!”

    C.B.

  • "Between managing a chaotic downsizing move and struggling to define my decor style, I was not looking forward to my next chapter. But Carrie took the time to help me to identify my style preferences, learned how I like to use my personal space, and offered up a nice variety of options to flex and finalize from there. She planned out every room for me-complete with shopping links and pricing that worked within my budget. Thanks to her I am now enjoying my new space and a new style that works for me that I would not have discovered on my own. Her flexibility, sense of style and design knowledge make for a great partnership."

    S.S.