About Us

Our goal is to make your home look put together while realistically serving the daily needs of your families, guests, and roommates. For many of us, we don’t have the capacity to do an entire redesign or purge but we do want to breathe new life into our homes. With a fresh set of eyes, we will uncover solutions and decorating choices that can transform any space.

Our expertise is a blend of home decor, interior styling, and professional organization and it is our job to ‘get’ your style. We will make recommendations based on what you like but will offer different ideas and solutions to inspire your project.

We lean into your aesthetic and help create cohesion without starting from scratch. We love simple, balanced, and unfussy design choices no matter your style. We tend to gravitate towards transitional, modern rustic, coastal, and scandinavian interiors but we’ve partnered with clients who like urban boho, global glam, traditional, mid-century modern, and modern farmhouse, too.

Meet Molly

Molly has always loved interior decorating and design. Growing up, she’d spend her free time flipping through Architectural Digest, visiting home furnishing stores, and making floor plans on her very own CAD program.

After college, she began her career as a HR professional in financial services, but her love for interiors never diminished. She has several years of experience redesigning her own homes and has enjoyed helping friends with their projects. It was also through several moves that she realized how important minimizing ‘stuff’ was to creating an inviting, stress-free home. In 2021, she decided to follow her passion and started A Pretty Neat Place.

Molly has a BA from the University of New Hampshire and is certified with Certified Interior Decorator (CID) and the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO). Molly lives in Wellesley with her husband and two young boys.

Q & A

Design trend I’m into

I'm glad there's an emphasis on making homes feel as cozy as possible; I personally don't like anything too formal. I love soft textures, plush rugs, neutrals, and no-frills furniture. But I do love unexpected pops of color or flair. I’m thrilled wallpaper is being used more throughout the home, not just in powder rooms (but that’s a great place to dip your toe into wallpaper!).

Favorite organizing projects

I love organizing playrooms and kids' bedrooms. Their stuff is cute and I know how big of an impact getting their things organized can have on the whole family. I tend to follow the Montessori principles for creating a clutter-free space where kids can thrive.

Top decorating tips

1.) Less is always more. Owning a ton of stuff or having a lot going on in a room is overwhelming. You don’t have to fill every space or wall.

2.) Furniture doesn't have to be against the wall. Arranging furniture off of the wall can make a huge difference for a room's flow and scale.

Favorite place to buy affordable furniture

I love Serena & Lily, Restoration Hardware, West Elm, Pottery Barn, and Crate and Barrel for furniture. I also like H&M Home, Zara Home, & Project Nursery for reasonably priced decor pieces.

Where I get ideas and inspiration

I follow the Home Edit, Studio McGee, Elements of Style, Scout & Nimble, Marie Flanigan Interiors, and Coastal Interiors to name a few. And truly, I'm inspired by my clients. It is always fun working with different styles; it helps me grow and stretch my design skills.

Quote I live by

"Begin anywhere." I had a print of this quote in my cubicle for years, but it seems more applicable now that I help people organize and decorate for a living.

Fun Fact

I worked for the author of The Checklist Manifesto, Atul Gawande, at his innovation lab for several years. What I love about the book is that it encourages simple solutions to reduce human error. When applied to organizing homes, keeping solutions simple and increasing communication with all family members can really make a huge difference. As he says, “Just ticking boxes is not the ultimate goal here. Embracing a culture of teamwork and discipline is.”