LightenUp
CLEAR THE WAY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
Moving Forward with Your Life
Staying Put,
Living Better
Home is where most of us want to stay — but years of accumulation can make familiar spaces harder and less safe to navigate. Cluttered hallways, overfull closets, rooms that have become obstacles rather than sanctuaries.
LightenUp helps clear the way, literally: creating safer, more open spaces that support your independence and reduce fall risk, without stripping away what makes your home yours. And for those entering a new season of life — after children leave, a new health reality, after any major change — this is the moment to let your home catch up with who you are now.
Downsizing
& Moving
After decades in the same house, the thought of sorting through everything before a move can feel paralyzing — and often, the emotional weight of saying goodbye to a home and a chapter of life arrives at the same moment as the practical pressure to just get it done.
LightenUp works alongside you to plan out your new space, sort what comes with you, what goes to loved ones, and what finds a welcome home in the community — so the move itself feels like a positive beginning, not just an ending.
Taking Care
of Things
One of the most generous things any of us can do is sort through our own belongings while we still can — ensuring meaningful objects reach the right people, capturing the stories behind them, and sparing loved ones the burden of going through everything later, amidst their grief.
LightenUp approaches this work with care and without rush, helping you safeguard a legacy that reflects who you are and what mattered to you. For those rebuilding after loss or divorce, we help reshape a shared space into one that belongs to the chapter ahead — with compassion for what it took to get here.
LightenUp is for anyone who has been putting off the hard work of sorting through a lifetime of accumulated belongings — because life got in the way, because it felt overwhelming, or because nobody offered to help.
If any of these sounds familiar, you’re in the right place. At LightenUp, we believe that lightening your load means more than decluttering—it means honoring your past while embracing your future. This work doesn’t have to wait for a crisis. Anyone who feels burdened by what they’ve accumulated — and ready to do something about it — is exactly who LightenUp is for.
Our Services
Jump Start
A focused, satisfying session to tackle one area that’s been weighing on you — a stuffed pantry, an overflowing storage closet, a catch-all corner that’s stopped being useful. In three hours together we’ll clear it out, reset it, and you’ll walk away with a process you can use anywhere in your home.
Right for you if: you want to start small, build confidence, and see what’s possible before deciding whether to keep going.
- One focused area or category
- Guided sorting and decision-making
- Session summary and next steps
- Checklist to keep going solo
Half-day (3 Hours)
$225
Make Room
Ready to transform an entire room? This service is for bigger ambitions, such as turning an unused guest room into an art studio, reclaiming a basement that’s become a dumping ground, or reimagining any space that isn’t working for how you live now. Together we’ll sort, clear, rearrange furniture as needed, and leave you with a refreshed space that actually serves your life.
Right for you if: you have a whole room to tackle and could use help with both envisioning what it could become and making it happen.
- Full room transformation
- Furniture arrangement as needed
- Donation drop-off coordination
- Follow-up check-in call
Full-day (6 Hours)
$450
The Big Move
Moving from a larger home to a smaller one is a massive transition. This service covers the whole journey: planning your new space so it works from day one, sorting through everything, deciding what makes the move with you, and making sure what stays behind goes somewhere meaningful. We work at your pace, across multiple sessions, so nothing feels unnecessarily rushed.
Right for you if: you’re downsizing significantly and need support with both the planning ahead and the letting go.
- Whole-home sort across 5 days
- Space planning for your new home
- Legacy documentation for meaningful items
- Ongoing check-ins between sessions
Multi-day (30 Hours)
$2,100
Meet LightenUp
Hi! I’m Anna. As Founder and “Chief Lightening Officer,” I bring my background in both spatial and service design — meaning I don’t just help you sort; I help you build a process that actually works, at your pace, with measurable progress. I’m a natural organizer and problem-solver, and I care deeply about helping to ease difficult transitions.
You don’t have to sort through this alone.