--- title: "Working behind the scenes — Professional Organizer | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/professional-organizer/working-behind-the-scenes-pfvwus-pf~253311908 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~253311908.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Working behind the scenes" category: ["Professional Organizer"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/cf633827057b4a69_3341-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Burlingame, California 94010, United States" latitude: 37.5671 longitude: -122.3676 phone: "(650) 579-3929" website: http://workingbehindthescenes.com rating: 5 review_count: 14 best_of_houzz_awards: 1 followers: 19 last_updated: 2026-09-26 --- # Working behind the scenes Original Houzz profile: [Working behind the scenes](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/professional-organizer/working-behind-the-scenes-pfvwus-pf~253311908) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Professional Organizer - **Location:** Burlingame, CA - **Serves:** Burlingame, CA - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (14 reviews) - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2016), for Service. ## About ### Houzz Badges - Recommended on Houzz More than 20 years ago, Babs Harband founded Working Behind the Scenes to serve the needs of busy people in the San Francisco Bay Area. Today, she is the area’s expert in home organization, estate management, wardrobe consulting, and personal shopping. Babs has built strong relationships with Bay Area real estate agents and law firms that focus on estate management. Whether you are organizing your home, moving into a new one, or need someone to manage the distribution of belongings for a loved one, Babs has proven experience you can trust and creates results that make your life easier. Some other talents include party planning, charity events, scrapbooks, and photo albums. Not only is Babs patient and empathetic, she is a great listener and a problem solver. Babs has worked with Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation for the past several years; she has been a key player in their luncheon and lecture. This program funds new equipment, nursing education, and their services in the Women’s Center. If you need personal assistance on projects big or small, give Babs a call @ 650-579-3929. ### Services Provided - Home or office organizing – Declutter your space Personal Shopping Working with Children Wardrobe Consultant Other Services ### Areas Served - Burlingame - CA ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Working behind the scenes | | Address | Burlingame, California 94010, United States | | Phone | (650) 579-3929 | | Website | http://workingbehindthescenes.com | | Followers on Houzz | 19 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Working behind the scenes](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/professional-organizer/working-behind-the-scenes-pfvwus-pf~253311908) - **Website:** http://workingbehindthescenes.com - **Phone:** (650) 579-3929 ## Credentials - **Best of Houzz:** 1 award (2016), for Service. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 14 reviews** ### Reviews **★★★★★ — jeannette\_laxague, Aug. 2015** > I highly recommend Babs Harband as a professional organizer. We first hired Babs to help us unpack and get organized when we moved into our new home. Since then we have continued to hire Babs for various jobs around our house including wardrobe consulting, organizing linen closets, organizing our children's art closet and bedrooms. Our children love working with Babs as she is great at getting them involved so they feel ownership to the project at hand. Babs is very knowledgeable, efficient, and easy to work with. **★★★★★ — User, July 2015** > I highly recommend Working Behind the Scenes - it's a great company. Owner Babs Harband is as good as it gets. She's an amazing professional organizer, stylist and visionary. She is able to walk into a home or business and see how to make it run more efficiently. And she makes it fun! Call her for a consultation - so you can see for yourself. **★★★★★ — annellison, July 2015** > Babs and her team are the best! They are honest, thorough, hard working, professional and provided suggestions I never would have thought of. I can wholeheartedly recommend this company without hesitation!!! **★★★★★ — Barbara Vincent, June 2015** > Babs' expertise in residential organization, her extreme resourcefulness and empathy make her a unique professional. Her 110% commitment to our overwhelming project was presented in manageable steps that created a calm environment. We are very pleased with the outcome of the project and look forward to working with Babs again. **★★★★★ — srosenb195, June 2015** > I hired Behind the Scenes to organize my daughter's room from a child room to a teen room. Babs designed the closet system that would give us more space and organization to keep it looking great. The room was a big surprise to my daughter when she returned from her summer at camp. She loves her new room. > Babs was easy to work with and had a great team to help execute her amazing ideas. **★★★★★ — Kim Pepper, June 2015** > Babs is very easy to work with on any project in your home. She has helped me organize playrooms, home offices, and bedrooms. She has helped update old photos and frames around the house. She always has a helpful tool or trick for a frustrating problem. Her communication skills are strong and she is very respectful of your taste. She is also very patient and sweet with my children. **★★★★★ — hgschell, June 2015** > We hired Babs to help us turn our 5-year-old daughter's cluttered, claustrophobic room into a neat, organized, magical, big-girl room - all with very simple and cost-effective touches suggested by Babs. We wanted it to be a fun, inviting and special space for our daughter to spend time in and enjoy. We needed to get rid of a lot of things and organize what was left in a way that would prevent the clutter from returning. Babs worked miracles! She engaged our daughter throughout the process in a way that was non-judgemental and very effective. We recycled, donated or threw away so many things, all with our daughter's permission. Her room now is truly a sanctuary -- and there's no clutter! Everything has its place and my daughter puts everything back where it belongs when she's done playing. I'm thrilled with the results! Anyone can benefit from calling on Babs to help organize, de-clutter or redesign/redecorate spaces in their home so that they are functional and enjoyable spaces to be in. Babs is full of great, cost-effective ideas, she is very professional and experienced and she's fun to work with! **★★★★★ — karen, June 2015** > Babs is wonderful. She has truly changed the way I shop and store. She has assisted in my wardrobe consultation, helping me part with outdated favorites and has helped me add some modern slimming new pieces. She taught me the best way to store and organize all my clothes and accessories. Our recent project is to organize all our crafts. She also transformed our bookcase making it both functional and beautiful. She is always creative with her thoughts and ideas and very helpful with sorting and helping clear the clutter. I would highly recommend her for all wardrobe consulting and home/office organizing needs. **★★★★★ — Freda Scott, June 2015** > Babs has one the best minds for organizing & editing "stuff" whether it's your garage, wardrobe or getting everything prepped to move. She is fantastic, easy to talk with, has no attitude & flexible on scheduling. She will work as long as it takes. Or will consult for a few hours. I've learned so much about keeping my life neater & all my things in order. **★★★★★ — Amy Callahan McHugh, June 2015** > Babs Harband of Working Behind the Scenes was recommended to us by a friend in the Spring of 2011. We were preparing to sell our house and needed help organzing and editing closets, kitchen cabinets, pantry, and the garage. Babs was very sensitive to our needs, budget, timeline, preferences, and was especially careful to work around the schedule of our (then) toddler daughter. Babs was an absolute joy to work with and was flexible on working as a team when I was able to, or taking on entire elements start to finish. No job was too tedious. She worked extremely efficiently and her joyful demeanor was welcome during a very hectic and stressful time. > > Since working with her, I am proud to call her my friend. Babs is often the first person to provide referrals when I post a question to friends about anything ranging from the best dry cleaner to the most trustworthy estate planning attorney. Babs knows EVERYBODY and works quickly to facilitate solid connections. **★★★★★ — jillangstadt, June 2015** > Working Behind the scenes deserves more than 5 stars! I have had multiple experiences with the company and have been totally satisfied every time. The team is willing to listen and not only provide the services needed but always go above and beyond to complete the task at hand. Prompt, Creative, Clean, Efficient, Pleasant, Cost Effective, Trustworthy and Attentive to EVERY detail are just a few words to describe the company. Working behind the scenes is 100% professional and I would recommend the company to everyone! No job is ever considered too big or too small. The owner, Babs Harband, is present and involved at every job site-giving the client an added level of comfort. > Note: The date stated below is only one of many dates I have hired Working behind the scenes. They will also travel outside of the area when needed. **★★★★★ — Sari Mcconnell, June 2015** > I have hired Babs for many different organizing projects over the years and she always throws herself into every project, listening closely and thinking creatively on how to solve whatever I throw at her. She is not afraid to roll up her sleeves and work with me side by side to get my garage into a functional state. She is also happy to come in for an hour and provide me with top line solutions that I can implement myself. She is a fun caring person and has brought sanity to our disorganized household. ## Selected projects - [Home Organzation](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/home-organzation-pj-vj~1157329) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 [See all 1 project](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/professional-organizer/working-behind-the-scenes-pfvwus-pf~253311908) ## Ideabooks - [Kitchen Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50302831/list/kitchen-ideas) — 4 ideas - [Kid's Decor](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50542885/list/kid-s-decor) — 9 ideas - [Kitchen Island Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50302869/list/kitchen-island-ideas) — 2 ideas - [Storage Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50302970/list/storage-ideas) — 4 ideas - [Storage and Organization](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50303062/list/storage-and-organization) — 1 idea - [Storage Ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50302891/list/storage-ideas) — 2 ideas - [babsharband's ideas](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/50302809/list/babsharband-s-ideas) — 1 idea [See all 7 ideabooks](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/babsharband) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-26.*