Rhiannon Houston
Certified KonMari® Consultant / Professional Home Organizer
Creating spaces that are comfortable, memorable and inspiring.
Hello! I’m Rhiannon.
I am Buffalo, NY native, living in Northern California. I am a believer in magic, the power of joy, and the celebration of ordinary life as Sacred Occasion.
I came across Marie Kondo’s book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up when I was going through a pretty dramatic transformation in my life. I was recently out of an intense relationship, lost my job, and desperately needed a new living circumstance. I had no idea that the way I was living and interacting with my belongings and space was keeping me trapped in a pattern of feeling and limited outcome. I felt trapped and a low grade kind of depression.
Things were fine but there were some days when I couldn’t be bothered to pick the piles of clothes off my floor or change out of the sweatsuit I had worn for 5 days in a row. I read Marie’s book from cover to finish in the span of a day and it’s pages infused me with a renewed passion.
I immediately set to work on my home space. Completing a “tidying festival” was not easy, but it showed me all of the physical and emotional stuff I was clinging to. And I felt that as I released the clutter that was no longer serving me, that no longer “sparked joy” inside me, I was creating the space for those joyful things, emotions, experiences, people, opportunities to enter my life. I was able to welcome them with open arms.
It wasn’t long after that my friends began to notice the change in me and began reaching out for assistance in their spaces. I found that I had/have a true passion and talent for the art of tidying and the feeling attention it requires. I began the KonMari Certification Training that same year.
I have an important question for you, though… Isn’t it just better to BE, happy?
When we live intentionally and bring energy and attention to everything we do and the spaces we live, we profoundly transform and lighten our lives, creating space to live our ideal lifestyle, supporting our natural feelings of joy and equanimity. I believe that the world would be a saner, more beautiful and humorous place if everyone lived consciously; if they felt ALIVE and fully actualized in who they are meant to be.
Clutter leaks energy. A carefully structured environment allows for a clear mind and free attention. This work is more than cleaning your house. It is that too, but it is more a process self of re-discovery and character creation for you to step into on Life’s stage. It is a re-establishment of your relationship to your belongings, to your breath, to your body, to the people in your life, the living space around you and to the way you commune with the everyday activities of life, and with yourself.
Let’s do this thing together and, Bright Up Your Life!
Rhiannon Houston
Founder and Owner of Bright Up Your Life, LLC
Services
Declutter & Organize with the support of Rhiannon.
We begin with a tour of your home and discuss your ideal lifestyle.
Then we work through the following categories in your home: clothing, books, paper, komono (miscellaneous items) and save sentimental for the end.
In-Home Organizing
Minimum three hours per session
$75 per hour
$650, 9 hours
$1000, 15 hours
Available throughout Sonoma County, California.
Virtual Organizing
Minimum three hours per session
$65 per hour
$550, 9 hours
$900, 15 hours
All services include recommendations for donating and/or recycling discarded items.
In-home services include donation of discarded items, if desired.
KonMari® Method
People around the world have been drawn to this philosophy shared by Marie Kondo not only due to its effectiveness, but also because it places great importance on being mindful, introspective and forward-looking.
Six Rules of Tidying
1 Commit yourself to tidying up.
2 Imagine your ideal lifestyle.
3 Finish discarding first.
4 Tidy by category, not by location.
5 Follow the right order.
6 Ask yourself if it sparks joy.
Philosophy
The KonMari Method™ encourages tidying by category – not by location – beginning with clothes, then moving on to books, papers, komono (miscellaneous items), and, finally, sentimental items. Keep only those things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy. Thank them for their service – then let them go.
Client Notes
“Working with Rhiannon was transformative in every way! I was surprised at how far beyond “decluttering” or organization the process went. Rhiannon has a beautiful understanding of the philosophy behind the method, which makes going through the process with her personally therapeutic, and something that helps to clear unexpected areas of life... I felt like I shed years of invisible baggage and clutter. She brings a spirit of joy and lightness to the process and is incredibly present, intuitive, and feels really good to be around. I highly recommend her to anyone in need of any kind of change. ”
— Grace Evans
“While certain elements of the tidying festival came naturally to me, much of what I experienced in going through the process with Rhiannon was novel, presenting a fresh approach to addressing my clutter I had unwittingly accumulated over the years. Walking through the steps in the KonMari method was equal parts challenging and comforting to me, but Rhiannon made each aspect intelligible, bringing intentionality and thoughtfulness to what I had often seen in the past as a mere mechanical process of “cleaning up”.
I was also pleasantly surprised at how emotionally cathartic the act of systematically tidying could be, and found myself releasing pent-up tensions and negative emotions associated with possessions I had clung to, or with an unhealthy pattern I had developed in relation to my living space. One of the best lessons I learned was the degree to which the organization of my home environment effected my mood, productivity, clarity of thought, and even spiritual exercise.
I strongly recommend Rhiannon’s services to anyone looking to break out of bad habits and make the most of their potential, both personally and vocationally. The value of tidying difficult to quantify, but it has made a lasting impression on me which I will appreciate wherever I go.
— Luke Sanders
“It’s pretty amazing, the transformation. I think what helped was how good and pleasurable it felt to treat my objects with so much care and that made the organizing and work fun so I wanted to do more of it”
— Ati Campbell
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Rhiannon Houston has been trained by Marie Kondo and Master Certified KonMari® Consultants.
She is Certified by KonMari® Media, Inc. to guide clients through the KonMari® Method of tidying, decluttering and organizing.