Anita Birges

Anita is a mum of two and the founder of Mise en Place. Professional organising and property styling service.

Many of Anita’s skills have been gathered over the years from working in project management, event organisation, hospitality management and real estate. With these skills she decided to share her knowledge and passion by creating Mise en Place – Professional Organising and Property Styling Services.

Organising is second nature to Anita. Balancing work, running an efficient home and being a mum of two kids has taught Anita the enormous value of staying organised. Anita has also completed her Professional Organiser Training, and is a registered member of AAPO (Australasian Association of Professional Organisers).

The experience Anita gained while working as a Real Estate agent in Sydney’s eastern suburbs has given her that insiders knowledge from the buyers perspective. Anita’s clients were always impressed with her “tips & tricks” to help them have their home ready for sale. Her property listings sold quickly and successfully over this period. With Anita’s organising skills, eye for detail and a passion for design this then creates the perfect combination to prepare, style and decorate a home for sale. Anita has also acquired her diploma in Property Styling.

Articles written by Anita

Pregnancy

Shopping for baby: Choosing quality over quantity

As soon as you find out you are pregnant, you automatically start searching for baby products online, Instagram or even make a visit to the baby store. Then once you announce you are pregnant to the world, you will no doubt be inundated with words of wisdom (welcomed or not) and recommendations on what you MUST buy or use based on others personal experience.

Lifestyle

The stress-free pantry & fridge

How do you ensure you can prepare meals in a stress-free and organised environment? By having an organised fridge and pantry! This will make accessing everything so much easier, which is important if you are time-poor and/or managing a newborn.

Lifestyle

The ever-growing toy room

One of the most common questions I get asked from parents, is around how to stay on top of the ever-growing toy collection! You might start out with the best intentions but with very birthday, trip to the shops or party they attend, there will be toys or gadgets that sneak through and before you know it, that toy room is up for a big cull.

Pregnancy

The benefits of being organised before baby

While you might be caught up busily preparing for baby, why don’t you prepare some stuff for yourself! In those first couple of weeks or even months, you might be sleep deprived or busy with a baby, so you’ll need to make dinner quickly or have that block of dark chocolate on hand.

Parenthood

Nesting? Let’s organise the pantry

Organising the pantry will change your life – baby or not. It will save you money, it will save you time and it will save you on doubling up. There is absolutely nothing but positive things that come out of organising your pantry. Now, when you have a baby coming along and you start ‘nesting’, this is a really great time to declutter your pantry and start setting up a system. Being...

Baby

The toys vs the living room

When it comes to creating a harmonious space in the home, it really depends on your individual child’s needs. You might have a child that can happily go off and play dolls on their own or one that needs to sit close to you (in the lounge room) as they play with Lego. Whether or not you choose to have your lounge room as the play area, it will often become the case anyway – especially...