Quick Answers & Advice Sessions
Personalized help with your space planning, home organization & how-to questions anytime, all online.
$200
Sometimes all you want is a practical answer.
Where should I set up my home office?
What should I do about this closet?
How should I fix our morning routine so I don't want to drop kick the kids out the door everyday?
There are tons of tips, tricks and life hacks out there, but you need advice that suits your space, your stuff, your circumstances.
// Kind Words //
A New House Becomes a Home
I wanted to create an area to relax and watch TV in the kitchen diner in my new home. I had all the furniture already, but it looked crammed and the angles were all wrong. Jayla was very good at getting me to articulate what I needed from the room and how I wanted people to feel in the space.
I am thrilled with the end result. The sofa is in a place I would have never dreamed of putting it, yet it just works. It's wonderful to see things I love reused in the space. The additional things I bought were minimal.
Jayla's help has been invaluable and the kickstart I needed. I'm finally starting to see this house as a home.
-Michelle, Liverpool, UK
Improved Function
Jayla brought a fresh eye to my space. Using my own furniture in new combinations made such a big difference in how my home functions! If something in your home is not quite right, I heartily recommend The House Shuffle.
-Sheri, Port Townsend, WA
A Keen Eye
Jayla's eye is keen, and she's a pleasure to work with. I can't praise her enough.
We needed help envisioning the best use of space for a new home and deciding where to put the home office. Jayla came up with a great design that hadn't occurred to either of us, and took into account the flow of the home, zoom background, storage, all things that are extremely important but hadn't been specified by us. I couldn't be happier with her advice.
-Ines, Boston, MA
An Immediate Improvement
Jayla did an amazing job figuring out my home office/storage room. She listened to what I needed and what I was frustrated with and came up with a fabulous plan taking into account both the office & craft supplies that I needed to store in the room.
I moved everything around immediately! Now I can look out the window and the room feels calm & less cluttered. I highly recommend her services!
-Meg, Virginia
Thoughtful advice can be hard to find.
Quick Answers & Advice sessions are perfect for addressing pesky trouble spots.
The corner of the kitchen that won't stay clean no matter how much you tidy.
The room that feels a little off.
The part of the day that always leaves you feeling frazzled.
Or making tricky decisions.
Where is the best place to add storage in my rental?
Which bedroom will work best for a new baby?
What’s the easiest way to make sure there’s always food in the house?
Quick Answers & Advice sessions are easy.
All unnecessary fuss has been eliminated, so you can get an answer as quickly as possible.
Questions pop up at the most inconvenient times: when you're about to move house, when you've ambitiously emptied an entire closet in the middle of the night, when a straw has broken the camel's back.
No problem. Go online and ask away. No appointments or awkward live video calls required.
How It Works
Purchase your session & log in to our client portal.
Spend 15-30 minutes telling us about yourself & your space, filming quick walk around videos & asking your question.
We'll take a look and get in touch in the chat ASAP.
You get expert advice for your exact situation, quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What information do you need to answer my question?
Straightforward questionnaires cover the basics about you & your space.
Walk around videos provide the context. These are no big deal to film - a quick tour of your space from behind the camera. You can watch an example video here.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT CLEAN UP BEFORE FILMING! Seeing how you truly live in the space, both what's working well and where mess is building up, helps me give you the best solution for your needs.
How many questions can I ask?
Quick Answers & Advice sessions are limited to a single topic.
Staying focused on one area allows me to thoroughly think through your circumstances and come up with the solution that will work best for your particular situation while also keeping things quick.
If you would like to cover a bunch of different topics, we can design a House Shuffle to cover everything at once.
What kind of advice do you give?
Advice will always be framed around the House Shuffle principles - Use What You Have, Keep It Easy, Be Yourself.
To keep things fast, I'll look at your question from a practical, bigger picture perspective. My aim is to keep the advice "chunky" so it's simpler to implement.
If you want to go deep into the details, we can discuss a full House Shuffle during the course of your session.
How long does it take to get a reply?
Questions are very exciting, so I normally review submissions as soon as they arrive. But I do sleep, have family time and travel days. If I haven't gotten in touch in the client portal chat after a full business day, send an email to admin@thehouseshuffle.com because something has gone awry.
What format are your answers?
Depends on the question - whatever format will most clearly and quickly communicate your answer.
You might get narrated or written explanations, lists, orders of operation, charmingly inept, but informative hand-drawn sketches of floor plans & organization solutions or we might just have an extended chat.
Can you explain your answers?
I would love nothing more. But sometimes all you want is to be told what to do so you can do it. That's fine - there's a spot to choose how much explanation you prefer.
You also have 5 business days after you receive your answer to ask any clarifying or follow-up questions related to your original query.
Meet Jayla
Advice from an Actual Person
Jayla Fisk is an incorrigible optimizer and founder of the House Shuffle, a virtual home organizing service specialized in project planning, design and support. Her approach to organization focuses on arranging her clients’ space and stuff to support their unique style and way of doing things.
Her organizing career began as a teenager working in high volume retail stockrooms where she made sure anyone who wanted to buy a reindeer candelabra while visiting the Mall of America found a fully stocked sales floor.
Jayla is a certified Fair Play Method facilitator, a Mother Honestly Motherboard expert and a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals. Her writing has been featured in The Home Edit’s newsletter, Backstock.
She studied Geography, Economics and Urban Studies at Macalester College and is as surprised as you are that she uses those disparate skills in her work everyday.
A lifelong lover of small spaces, she currently lives in a cozy apartment in Tromsø, Norway with her husband, two teens and the arctic’s cutest rescue cat.
Founder & Chief Shuffler, crooked belt wearer