What a find!!!

My wife and I have engaged Brendan twice; first with help in decluttering prior to an interstate move, secondly for help in organizing after our move.

Brendan is uniquely gifted to be able to pat you on the back in support as he kicks you in the tail to get you moving.
----Michael, Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, MN

Brenden & Heidi showed up on moving day and put away all my kitchen stuff. They got the job done while I was worn out from the move earlier in the day. A week later they returned to help me completely organize my garage, including shelf assembly. Throughout the process they were helpful by encouraging me to donate or dispose of items I no longer need, which I don't do well on my own. AND they hauled all of those items away. Very helpful people.
---Michelle Marsh

"It's not like on TV." was the phrase that put us at ease. When we called Brenden to inquire about the process of making our home more livable we feared the "one-day tornado trauma" as seen on TV's "Clean Sweep." During the free visit/estimate Brenden gave us several suggestions, explained the organizing process, and was excited about the possibilities in our home. We have hired him for on-going help. We schedule his assistance for 2 hours every few weeks and have "assignments" to complete in the interim. We are pleased with the process and are feeling great about our home again.
---A Buschhaus

I wanted to thank you for all your help organizing and supporting my recent move from Fox Point. You went beyond the call of duty in helping during the hectic packing up and clearing out days before the move.  I appreciate the advice and “how to” suggestions that you made and your knowledge of resources for donation of various types of household goods and equipment to organizations that are in need of specific items. Your efficient organization added greatly to the ease of my move.  While I hope never to move again, or at least not to move for a few years during which time I acquire absolutely nothing, if I do move, I will certainly call upon you.  Thanks. 
---Elisabeth Nardine

Brenden is a credentialed organizer. He was personable. He toted stuff to the garage for me. He was very helpful, very nice and has a good personality. He offered to take a window air conditioner to the Salvation Army for me. I would use him again.
---Elizabeth Richmond

Brenden has helped me organize several rooms in my house (including weeding out items, shredding documents, installing shelves, etc.). He picks up whatever items needed to help organize (saving me the hassle of going out and getting it) and removes any items that are to be donated. Excellent....Brenden takes the stress out of the whole experience. I love the fact that he'll do all the shopping for any organizational items and that he'll take unwanted items to Goodwill!!!
---Amy Hook

Thank you so much for your many kindnesses.  Kelly so enjoys your boys and what you are all about.  I to must thank you for your services.  I still think of you as an igniter, you know how to get things started.  Thank you again for everything.  God Bless You and Yours.
---Deb Herold and Family 

My friends know Brenden as my "butler". :) This is my second time using him. It's true, my life became unbearably cluttered for a second time. The first time I found him was during one of the worst times of my life. I was grieving for my best friend and literally just stopped cleaning or making any attempt to keep my apartment up. It had never been and has not been since so full of trash. My depression had simply taken over. My therapist said it was imperative that I get help cleaning things up. I found Brenden on the internet. He was very kind and helped me get through my initial embarrassment at the state of my studio apartment. I can never thank him enough for his help. It was a big step towards getting out of my depression. My newest endeavor comes after recovery from shoulder surgery. Once again the clutter took over and I couldn't seem to keep up. My butler has once again come to the rescue. Thanks so much for your willingness to help me get things back on track.
---C Ellis

Brenden,
 An overdue thank you for all you taught me. Without your help I would still be dreading going home at night and avoiding having guests over. I want you to know that I've continued the process with other drawers and closets. I'm ruthless when it comes to discarding things that I haven't touched in years. I'm putting things away because I know where they go (the formerly unused label maker has been quite busy). Just being able to sit down and relax without that nagging feeling that I should be cleaning up/putting away/trying to find something is a real joy!
PS: I'm still going to call you sometime for some audio/video shopping and set-up.
---Gary Petersen

Thanks, Brenden, for all the help you gave me this last summer and fall.  I hope we will be able to work together asap.  God's blessings and take care!
---Jan and Harv

To Whom It May Concern: Our relocation from the Chicago suburbs to the city or Milwaukee was both expensive and intimidating. We had one week before we would start our new jobs and beginning our life in the "real world." Along with bills both new and old, we faced an unfurnished apartment. Brenden McDaniel, knowing us only as a relative of a friend and that relative's roommate, went far above and beyond to help us out. Not only did he supply furniture for our barren apartment, but he also delivered it to our fourth floor apartment. The first items he delivered (at least a 15-20 minute commute from his house) were a small cedar shelving unit and a tall corner shelving unit. The corner unit was used in his antique business, but was now available for our use. The second round of items blew both of us away even more than the first. Brenden, a professional organizer, was working with a client who was getting rid of a relatively new IKEA sectional couch and an open shelving unit/media center. The couch turned out to be everything we had wanted, but most definitely could not have afforded any time soon. It is a pull-out couch that is easy to use and has a storage compartment. To our surprise, there was even a down alternative mattress pad in the storage compartment for use when the bed is pulled out! The shelving unit became a media center and the main focus of our living room. Brenden literally furnished our living room (which accounts for a great deal of our two bedroom apartment) for zero cost. Additionally, we did not have to lift a finger to help move the items in or even to dial a phone. Brenden was extremely flexible by working around not only our schedules but also his clients' and the weather to transport the items to us. We can not express enough how much Brenden has helped us by relieving a potentially huge financial burden. Equally important, he has helped to make our move to Milwaukee significantly less stressful and overwhelming. I was and continue to be amazed that a person who had never met us would go to such lengths to help us out and to welcome us in such a heartwarming manner. The generosity Brenden has shown of his efforts, resources, and time is honorable and sets an example for those around him. We will be forever grateful and indebted to Brenden for all that he has done for us. Sincerely,
----Debbie Bynard and Chrysan Gardner; Deborah M. Bynard University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; College of ACES Consumer and Textile Marketing

Brenden was professional, courteous and polite. He was encouraging as I began the enormous project of organizing my place; he not only gave me tips about organizing, but he rolled up his sleeves and worked with me; he started to sort things right away and the job went much faster than I could have imagined. He was easygoing and pleasant, and he made the work I had been avoiding almost enjoyable! I recommend him highly and would certainly use his services again. I plan to call him to help me with my move in the next year or two.
---Kathleen Trott

Brenden is extremely helpful with organizational ideas in all areas of our home. He is so easy to work with, professional, friendly, responsive and prompt. He has even picked up shelving and other organizing tools and delivered them to our home. We first met Brenden in April 2008 and to date, he has helped us organize most of the house one 2-hour visit at a time, over a 2 month period. The best part is that once an area is organized, it stays that way! The systems he helped us implement really work. We now recommend him to friends and family and plan to have him return to help us organize our laundry and storage room.
---Thomas Foran

Brenden is an extremely efficient, experienced organizer, and he accomplished more sorting/organizing in five hours than I have accomplished in five years. He quickly sorted through years of accumulated clothing, separating the clothes into categories: Donate, Toss, or Keep. He filled five or six huge bags with clothing and dropped them off at Goodwill after he left my home. He was very good at quickly ascertaining whether I wanted to keep or toss a particular item. Brenden also helped me sort through and box books. I emailed Brenden, and he called me back quickly to schedule an appointment. He is very flexible and is available at night and on the weekends. He recommended that instead of doing one "marathon" organizing session that we break it down into two shorter sessions, and that was a good idea. Brenden arrived on time and was friendly and professional. He offered to carry a heavy storm door down into my basement, although I didn't ask him to do so. He quickly sized up the clutter in my basement and recommended that we start with the clothing. I was really amazed at how fast Brenden was able to get through all of my stuff. I hate cleaning and organizing, but the job was quite painless. Brenden was a good conversationalist, and I would guess that he has a background in psychology because he seemed to intuitively understand how to motivate me without making me feel embarrassed about my messy basement. He came back a second time, and the experience was similar; he is very good at his job. I wish I could afford to hire him to work for me every week because he is fabulous. I was skeptical about hiring a professional organizer, but he was very worth the money.
---D

I plan to organize the whole house. We are working in the basement first. Brenden comes for 2 hours and we work together. He charges $55/hr. A big service is that he takes everything I'm getting rid of away - either to recycle, donate or throw away. On the first visit Brenden found me cleaning the garage and he jumped in and helped which made the job go much, much faster. He is energetic and focused and that helps me to get going, too. He is experienced and has lots of good ideas.
---Barbara Palmisano

We had our basement and loft de-cluttered and the whole house better organized. Brenden is great. Easy going and accommodating, he is a pleasure to work with. He respects our wishes with what to keep, yet steps in to suggest what is not really needed. We will continue to work with Brenden to further our organizational needs.
---Pamela S

Brenden helped me get two big closets in my bedroom organized. Everything needed to be removed from one of them to make room for my future husband's things. He took everything out of the closets and helped me go through everything. He got me to get rid of clothes, which no one else had been able to do. He showed me how to organize clothes by types so they would be easy to identify and keep from wrinkling. He helped me find places for everything. He is very knowledgeable about anything and gave me all kinds of ideas for storage and decorating. He explained everything he wanted to do and showed me how to do it. He took everything I was getting rid of away so I wouldn't be tempted to change my mind and take stuff back. Brenden is great. He got me to "part" with bags and bags of outdated, unflattering, no longer fitting clothing that I had insisted on keeping for years. He very skillfully made me see why it didn't make sense to have enormous amounts of not fitting, out dated clothing or the same type of clothes in the same color or styles when if you can only wear certain types of things at limited times like jeans wouldn't I want to pick out all the different styles and colors and get rid of all the same. He maintains professionalism while putting you at ease.
---Diane Rutter

Brenden McDaniel and Action Organizing Services LLC ® has helped me get rid of clutter and organize my house including 2 storage lockers, all closets, and drawers.  They found over $600 in coins I had hidden away.  I appreciate and value the work they did for me.  I could not have done it without them.  They were so friendly, helpful, and honest.  I will certainly recommend them to anyone.
---Pat Quaid

Brenden, Thank you so much for your help with the items in our daughters house, you gave me a direction to go in which I had no idea of before. You gave me a good starting point and if I need your help in the future I will surely call you, I will keep your card on my desk. Thanks again. Sincerely,
---Sandi Schult

Dear Brenden, Thank you so much for coming yesterday. You worked so well with all of the staff and we were able to divest ourselves of so much stuff. I was even inspired enough to clean another drawer this morning. Half of it was-what else-office supplies.
----Theresa Wimann , Nutrition Education Program Coordinator Adams County UW-Extension

Brenden has been working with me on an ongoing basis to improve the organization in my home. Brenden and I did a walkthrough of my whole house and discussed the roadblocks to being organized. He then began with helping me clear out my catch-all kitchen counter and come up with a process for handling incoming mail/schoolwork/projects etc. so things do not pile up. When that was finished, we started on a basement room that needed major cleanout and reordering to make it a functional project room for the kids and me. Brenden is extremely professional and personable. He is effective at helping organize without sounding critical or bossy-he truly is there to help. He looks at the big picture to help his clients see the way they could utilize space and order things for easier function. He has also helped me reduce and recycle my old things: I donated a used big screen TV to a daycare and he was able to haul away and recycle my old computers and broken exercise equipment. Lastly, he is a huge resource of connecting people and services wherever needed-he will make a recommendation or have an idea to economize for just about everything!
---Tracy Grabowski

Brenden performed a whole house walk through providing suggestions of how each room could be organized, what stuff to keep, sell or donate. We then selected one room to completely clean out and organize. About 2 hours were spent in this room. Clutter was removed and storage cases were moved in. This room is now ready to be used. Although we disagreed with some of his suggestions about what to do with certain items throughout the house and how the house should be arranged, overall his suggestions were very good. He jumped in working to clean out the selected room rather than standby and give directions. His primary focus is to remove clutter by either donating, selling, give to someone or as a last option, keep it and find a place for it.
---Michael Pitcock

I hired Brenden as a Christmas present to my husband to organize our basement and remove many items which just needed to be given away or thrown out.  Brenden quoted my job as a set price for about 4 to 6 hours of work by him and one other person. He brought one helper, Bill, and my husband and I both participated in the job as well to make decisions about items. What to keep, throw out and give away. We also made decisions on where things should go for their final resting place if we kept them. Brenden did a great job of getting everything out of the house for us, which was a huge relief. We were left with some re-organizing to do in our kitchen but we were so worn out that day from the huge effort on the basement project that when he asked if we wanted his help on that we just couldn't put any more energy into it. He offered us one more hour to use at another time on a different project, which we'll definitely take him up on after our baby arrives. I am sure he had at least an hour's worth of traveling to do to get rid of all the stuff we pulled out of the basement. So in all, it's fair.
---Rachael Linnihan

Brenden--Your presence and assistance were much appreciated!  I am slowly getting settled & looking forward to a fresh start.  Hoping to have you back again soon. 
---Amy Batiste

I purchased my first home, a 2BR/2BA condo on the East Side in July 2008. As of March 2009, I was only halfway unpacked. My dream home was becoming a nightmare and a source of constant stress and anxiety. The thought of tackling this job in my few spare hours each weekend was overwhelming me - to the point of paralysis. That's when I turned to Angie's List and found Action Organizing Services LLC® and Brenden McDaniel. Brenden helped me finish unpacking and find, assemble, and arrange new furniture that would suit my storage needs. I was so embarrassed by the state of my home when Brenden came for the first consultation. He quickly made me feel at ease and assured me this was a very do-able job. We began in small chunks tackling one room at a time. Before we started, I was afraid that Brenden would expect me to purge many of my belongings. I needn't have worried. In fact at times, he even encouraged me to keep items I was considering getting rid of! We sorted through box by box, a few hours each week, finding a home for what I was keeping and taking away what I was donating to charity. Brenden hauled away everything I was getting rid of and brought it to Goodwill or other organizations in need of donations. He even brought one of my favorite pairs of shoes to the shoe repair to be re-heeled. The changes in my place from week to week were amazing. As we worked, it became apparent that the amalgamation of mismatched furniture I had accrued over the years wasn't quite right for my new space. So I decided it was time for some new, "grown up" furniture. Brenden and I took two trips to IKEA in Chicago and filled his truck with purchases (both times!). He and his associate Bill assembled everything. Although it dramatically increased the scope of the project, I am so glad we did it. Over the two and-a-half months we worked together, Brenden and I did have a few disagreements. He was patient with me, as I had to take time to consider some of his suggestions. More often than not, I came around to his way of thinking. And, as I begrudgingly admit, he was right. His recommendations on furniture placement were spot on and things I would never have thought of myself (I guess that's why you hire a professional). There are still one or two things I'm being stubborn about - which became a source of a running joke between us. Without Brenden's help, I would still be knee-deep in unpacked boxes. Now, I'm putting the final decorating touches on my place and preparing to entertain my first guests - the first of many more to come! Thank you Brenden, I love my new home and I never could have gotten here without you.
---Shelley Lund