I’ve had my eye on the Decorating Assistant for a while. It intrigued me. I first saw it in Skymall magazine on a flight to New York before I was even an organizer. It came into mind every once in a while mostly when I was picking through fabric samples or paint chips from past decorating projects.
I finally had the opportunity to check one out up close and I would love to share a few features with you.
The Decorating Assistant comes with three room organizing files with labels, file holder, carry bag, magnetic furniture pieces with metal sheet, directions, tips and grid paper. All of this for $99.00. After seeing it, I believe there is a tremendous amount of quality packed in to the price.
The front page of this spiral bound project file has a place to store your floor plan that you can create with the enclosed furniture pieces.
Next comes a page for your paint samples, magazine tear sheets or photos. There is a page just for business cards so you can keep up with all of your project contacts. The next two pages are envelopes that can store all your receipts and another for larger samples like fabric swatches, floor samples and larger idea pages.
I was very impressed with the quality of the file holder, very sturdy and stylish enough to leave out on the desk. The file holder keeps your room files together and slides nicely in and out of the carry bag.
The Designer bag has a special place for your cell phone, pens, keys and water bottle. The file holder fits perfectly and there is enough room to store your tape measure and camera as well. I have to admit when I first saw this product I was unsure of the bag. As you can see from the picture the top part of the bag is a see through mesh material. After having the opportunity to examine it myself I assure you it is made with quality materials and is very durable. If this bag were made out of high quality leather the price would show and it would lose its appeal. The designers, Jayne and Amy, knew what they were doing when choosing the materials.
I can’t think of anything that has been left out. This is the perfect organizer to carry with you when shopping for your decorating project. It keeps everything organized and at your fingertips. I have not found another product that compares to this and the price of $99.00 is well worth it. I look forward to getting one myself when we start decorating the next house.
I highly recommend it and give this product two thumbs up!
That’s not all! If you visit The Assistant Product Group’s website they provide a great resource of advice, articles and tips for your decorating projects. You must check out the budget forms, these will for sure come in handy. They even have a blog with more great tips and ideas.
Now, I’m guessing you want to know how to WIN this great Decorating Assistant. It’s simple….
1. Leave a comment, any comment will do.
2. If you want to double your chances to win simply show us how you are currently keeping all your decorating samples and swatches organized. Post about it on your blog including a link to this contest. Then come back here and leave a comment with a link to your post. By doing this you will have two entries doubling your chance to win.
3. You have until midnight on Thursday, March 20th to win. I will let the lucky winner know on Friday March 21st. Don’t forget to leave an email address if you don’t have a blog so I can contact you.
*Giveaway has ended. Congratulations Ginny you won! Make sure you come back and tell us how you like your Decorating Assistant when you try it out. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Tanna Clark: Wife, mother of 3 and professional organizer. You will find me here sharing my passion for organizing in hopes that we will all be able to live life to its fullest. 
It looks like a really great product. As soon as I’m done organizing my entire house, I’m going to start on the re-decorating, so this would be a great thing to have.
Wow what a nice review you did! I love how organized this product is by containing everything in one location. Fantastic idea!!
Who doesn’t love luggage? I think this is a super great idea to keep everything in one spot. Thanks for sharing!
Wow what a great product! I would love to show you how a store my decorating ideas- however they are not all in one spot!
This looks like an absolutely fantastic product! I’ve never seen so much functionality put in such a nice package!
Hi, I’m new here and found you from the Blogher ad links! I actually have one of these and at first thought it was cheesy but, then when I had a few clients, I actually used it! I’m glad it has three separate folders to use and like the magnetic part.
$99 is too rich for my blood! I got mine for “free” when I took a class!
Nice review and I think someone will really love getting this!
Sweet organizer! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
Amazing products! My mom would definitely love this!
This is awesome I could have used this years ago, but I’ll settle for now. Terrific giveaway.
That looks terrific!
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I’d really love to be able to organize all my random piles of magazine pictures, articles and favorite fabrics!
OMG, I so need this!
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That looks like a great product! You wouldn’t really want me to post a picture because I have 7 kids and one purse, that’s where the samples are.
That looks awesome! Count me in!
Too Cool…
Wonder if a lap top would fit & the fabric would hold up to carrying a laptop.
Awesome! I love the magnetic furniture. I so want one!
Oh wow, that looks really cool. Great review!
What a sleek, compact way to organize all of my paint chips, fabric swatches and magizine tare outs. This pales to my decorating dreams binder I am using right now. What genius! Thanks for adding one more item to my difinately want list.
What a great idea – I could use a place to host all my paint chips, fabrics and decorating ideas. jkolsubs(at)gmail(dot)com
Tanna, what a great organizer. I currently use a spacious Hello Kitty shoulder tote bag, similar to the one shown at this link:
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I keep catalogs from Home Depot/Lowe’s in my bag, magazine clippings, samples from furniture stores, and most importantly, coupons and sale notices. Love those! My current bag, however, is very unorganized :-( It just is big enough for all of my important decorating items.
This bag looks like it just might live up to my organizing needs.
I especially like pen holders on the OutSide!
Wow, I love anything that will help me get organised, thanks for sharing such a fantastic item.
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Becky
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I hope you are on west coast time–cuz its 10:00 pm here ;-) I just found your blog via the blog In A Minute Ago…this look like a good organizer–I will be back to your blog because I need more organization in my art studio…argh!!