Start by deciding what each empty room should become
An emptying house tends to drift into storage. The kids' rooms fill with boxes, the playroom becomes the place for everything without a home, and the garage keeps growing. Choosing a new purpose for each room first gives the sorting a direction.
Common choices are a guest room for visits home, a home office, a craft or sewing room, a home gym, or a dedicated space for a hobby that finally has room. We help you plan the room's layout and storage, then clear it to match.
It also helps to be honest about how often each room will really be used. A guest room that hosts visitors twice a year can double as a quiet reading room or a place for a seasonal wardrobe, while a home office used daily deserves the room with the best light and the most outlets.
Your adult children's things: ask, set a date, then act
The hardest part is often the belongings your grown kids left behind. A practical approach is to ask each of them what they want kept, give a clear date to claim it, and box the rest for donation or your own keepsake bin.
We gather each child's items in one place, sort them into categories and share photos if they live out of state. Claimed items get packed and labeled with their name; you decide the rest. Out-of-state kids can arrange shipping through a carrier of their choosing.
- Trophies, yearbooks and school papers: a curated keepsake box per child
- Children's artwork: a small selection kept or photographed, see organizing kids' artwork
- Old clothes and sports gear: offered to the child, then donated
- Furniture from their rooms: kept for the new room's purpose or donated
- Toys and books: saved for grandchildren only if there is a real plan to use them
Keepsakes deserve a home, not a closet floor
After years of family life, sentimental items fill closets and garages. In Las Vegas that matters more, because photos, videotapes, letters and baby books stored in a hot garage can fade, warp or stick together.
We help you choose what matters most, then store it indoors in labeled, archival-friendly bins so it is protected and easy to revisit. Our page on memorabilia and photo organization goes deeper on that project.
Thinking about downsizing later? Organizing now makes it easier
Many empty nesters in the valley are not ready to sell yet but expect to move to a smaller home or a 55+ community in a few years. Clearing the house now means that move, whenever it comes, involves far fewer decisions.
If a move is already on the horizon, our downsizing organizer page explains how we plan around a smaller floor plan.
Garages, casitas and other overflow spaces
Years of camping gear, youth sports equipment and outgrown bikes usually end up in the garage. We work in garages from mid-October through April, when Las Vegas temperatures make it practical, and set up zones for what you use now, such as golf, pool and travel.
If you have a casita, it can become a proper guest suite for visiting kids and grandkids rather than a storage room. We plan it so guests have space for their things.
What an empty nest project costs
Projects start around $600 with a four-hour minimum, enough for a single bedroom refresh. Whole-house projects across several rooms and a garage usually take one or more full days at around $1,200 for eight hours.
Outgrown gear and old bedroom furniture you are done with can go two ways: up to a carload leaves with us after the session, and junk removal can be arranged for bigger pieces.
