Media Quotes

The Kingsport Times-News, April 2005, featured Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized. Front page article, “Get Organized.” (64K PDF)

The Business Journal of Tri-Cities TN/Virginia, April 2004, featured Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized. Second article, “Why Your Office Seems to Remain a Constant Mess.”

The Knoxville News-Sentinel Women’s Expo article featured Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized,“ Expert Links Clutter-free Closets to Easing Stress in Life.”

Bountiful Health magazine, June 2004, “Get Organized; Weed Out Clutter,” written by Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel—2003 Business section, “Clutter Cuts Down Productivity, Office Workers Discover.” Upon having Clutter-free & Organized completely organize her office, Remona Jessee who uses her home office as her primary base said, “It really makes a difference!” Organizing is one way to bring people’s stress levels down.

HGTV Ideas magazine quoted, “Bringing in someone who doesn’t know you and your house can provide a very good perspective on the problem and the solution,” says Pankiewicz. “My job is to come up with a process that will work for a family.”

Volunteer Valley Business Journal, “Controlling Clutter a Booming Business.” Article featured Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized. “I become a partner with my clients and help them accomplish their goals.”

Kingsport Times-News, “Real Help for Pack Rats.” “Pankiewicz helps clients free their homes and offices from the junk that’s slowly but steadily gobbling up precious space and silently stealing their sense of well-being.”

Woman’s Day, August 2000, several of Clutter-free & Organized ideas were quoted in “Twenty-One Ways to Save Time Every Day.”

Citizen Tribune, August 2001, “Chamber Kicks Off Membership Drive,” guest speaker was Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized.

Citizen Tribune, November 2001, “Inaugural Luncheon Held for Women in Business,” “The concept of the WIB program was the brainchild of Mary Pankiewicz, owner of Clutter-free & Organized, and Pam Lawson, editor of the East Tennessee Women’s Magazine.”

The Florida Times-Union, Nassau Neighbors “Organizing Isn’t Job for Amateurs.” “I think ‘stuff’ has become the buzzword of the millennium,” says Pankiewicz as she presented a program at Books Plus. Magee, a client, was quoted as saying, “Pankiewicz taught us new skill while she helped us tackle our organizing projects.”

Citizen Tribune 1999, “President of Morrison Communications Maudie Briggs, who has been using Pankiewicz’ service for some time, said that it is important to have organization in the work area because it makes everything more efficient. ‘When she unclutters my life, my spirit is uncluttered too,’ Briggs said.”

The Knoxville News-Sentinel, March 1999, “Pankiewicz says 90 percent of the people who hire her use the word ‘overwhelmed’ to describe how they feel about the clutter that clogs their space. Pankiewicz works with clients at their homes and offices, organizing their desks and files, their kitchens and closets.”

The Greenville Sun, July 1999, “A Master at Organizing” article on closet organizing featured Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized.

The Mountain Press, February 1999, “Organizer Gets Clutter Under Control.” “’Working with Mary has a domino effect,’ says a client. ‘This has given me a new way of looking at things.’”

The Knoxville News-Sentinel, November 1997, “Businesswoman Finds Money in Clutter.” “Business owner and mother, Patricia Bible says of having her total house organized by Clutter-free & Organized, ‘I was overwhelmed with the benefits. Once it’s done you are so prone to continue the process.’ Women are finally saying to themselves it’s okay to bring in a professional to get me past this mountain.”

The Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 1998, “Professional Organizer Comes to the Rescue of the Seriously Cluttered.” “Bowholtz who hired Mary Pankiewicz of Clutter-free & Organized to organize her home office says, ‘I was wasting so much time looking for things and money too.’ Spending the day with Pankiewicz was the momentum Bowholtz needed to tame her paper tiger.”

Citizen Tribune, July 1997. “Business Organizes Life Styles.” “Mary does whatever it takes to streamline and simplify her clients often hectic and stressful lifestyles. Mary is careful to always let the client make the final decisions regarding their space or possessions.”