“I’m in the moving business and have worked for many, many professional organizers. Hands down, the best one I’ve ever worked for is Breeze Carlile. She has impeccable references and an uncommon ability to equally and professionally interface with both her clientele and those with whom she contracts.”
Amy Messinger – Owner, Cummings Moving Company
Selling Furniture & Personal Property
Design Plus Gallery
San Francisco & San Rafael
Design Plus finds new appreciative owners for furniture + art + accessories + more. Curating nearly-new treasures, they offer affordable and quality furnishings for earth-friendly lifestyles. Design Plus is committed to positive change in our world through recycling and productive re-use of our resources. Contact - 415.800.8030
Hudson Estate Liquidation
Orinda
“Hudson’s”, a family that’s been in the antique and estate liquidation business in the Bay Area since the 1960’s, now operated by Rick Hudson for the past 24 years. We conduct on-site estate sales and off site showroom sales (Orinda) to maximize the value of estate contents while minimizing the efforts of the family, executor, or beneficiary. Our specialties include the liquidation of Antiques, Mid-Century Modern & Danish Modern furniture and objects, Fine Art, Jewelry, Coin Collections, Sterling Silver, Books, Musical Instruments, Tools & Equipment, and Special Collections. Contact Rick Hudson - 510.219.9644
Fine Estate, Inc.
San Rafael
Fine Estate, Inc. is a boutique auction gallery and estate consignment showroom. They will assist you with consigning your personal property from single items and collections to full estates, featuring your property in monthly sales and auctions . They also have the expertise to clean out entire estates, leaving them broom clean. Contact - info@finesf.com or 415-419-5012 x101 or x113
Moving & Storage
Cummings Moving and Storage
South San Francisco
Cummings Moving and Storage in business since 1969. A woman, minority and veteran owned and operated company, owners Amy Messinger and Enrique Palos are hands-on and their commitment to both customer and employee results in excellence and top level service. As an agent for Wheaton Van Lines they are able to coordinate interstate moves.
Contact - 415-692-3000
Gentle Giant Moving Company
South San Francisco
Known as Gentle Giant on the East Coast, and in operation for 30 years, this full service moving and storage company is now operating in the Bay Area. They also offer interstate moving using their own trucks and crews. Contact - 800-442-6863
Art Installing & Shipping
John Whitaker Art Install
Berkeley
A professional art installer, John Whitaker provides expert hanging and arranging of all kinds of art, mirrors and other “on the wall” items. A mixed media professional artist himself, John’s also very handy with power tools. Contact John - (541) 829-3504
ShipSmart
San Francisco
ShipSmart offers custom packaging and shipping solutions worldwide. Over the last 20 years, Ship Smart has developed the expertise to provide the perfect packaging for almost any item. Their long-standing relationships with professional shipping companies allow them to provide the best prices on a variety of shipping services. Contact - (866) 333-8018
ShipArt International
South San Francisco
Packs and ships fine art pieces and furniture internationally as well as art installation i.e. hanging paintings, mounting sculpture. Offers storage in their new climate controlled warehouse in Livermore. Contact - (650) 952-0100
Estate & Asset Appraisals
Jane Alexiadis, Iron Hart Appraisal
Berkeley
A professional appraisal service for household property, furniture, fine art, collectibles and memorabilia. Jane is a long-time accredited personal property appraiser. A professional appraisal report provides the required legal documentation for a variety of purposes and functions including equitable distribution, estate tax and donation. Her personal property appraisals help divide assets, manage financial risk and avoid costly legal fees. All Iron Hart appraisal reports are written in compliance with the Universal Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP). Contact Jane - (510) 684-1490
Hobart & Associates
San Francisco
Fine Arts/High Value Collections Consultants and Appraisers, Hobart & Associates brings education and experience to the fields of fine art and decorative art. They’ve developed a national network of specialists in fields as diverse as Asian art, ethnographic art, fashion, sports and entertainment memorabilia, wine, and intellectual property. Hobart & Associates’ gemologists in Northern and Southern California travel to client’s homes or banks with portable laboratory equipment in order to grade and identify jewelry on-site.
Contact - (415) 292-3362
CLEANING UP
The luxury of It’s a Breeze Moving on your move is that they’ll manage the donations for you, either hauling the boxes away or arranging for pickup and removal.
1 800 Got.Junk
Debris hauling, estate clean-up by uniformed professional and friendly employees. Recycles 75% of its loads. Contact - (800) 558-8220
Shred It
San Francisco Bay Area
Mobile paper shredding, hard drives and media destruction and specialty shredding. Contact - (800) 697-4733
DONATING
Oakland Museum Women’s Board White Elephant Sale
Oakland
The White Elephant Sale is Northern California’s biggest and best rummage sale and a good cause for re-cycling no-longer-need items. The celebrated rummage sale includes 20+ departments, offering a range of quality used goods including furniture, artwork, household items, china, sporting goods, fine jewelry, Asian collectibles, tools, music, books, vintage and contemporary clothing. Contact - (510) 839-5919
Goodwill
San Francisco Bay Area & Napa/Sonoma
Goodwill is now accepting donations at select reopened donation centers but not accepting furniture at this time. Hours of operation are subject to change due to capacity limits. If the location has reached full capacity the team will have to close donations for that day. Locate SF Bay Area donation centers here. Locate Napa & Sonoma centers here.
Community Projects, Inc.
Napa
CP is a non-profit,non-sectarian woman’s volunteer organization whose primary function is raise funds in it’s CP Thrift shop and worthy causes in Napa County. Since its inception in the 1940s, CP has donated over $15M in grants. Donations are accepted only on Tuesdays.
St. Vincent de Paul Society
San Francisco
Donations to St. Vince de Paul Society to to services for the more than 7,500 people living without a permanent home, and those battling with substance addiction and/or some form of domestic violence. Donations help them make a difference and end these vicious cycles.
ARA First Step Home
San Francisco
ARA gratefully accept and appreciate donations of goods and clothing. To find out the next garage sale date or to arrange for donation pickups, Contact - (415) 863-3661
Jewish Family & Children Services
San Francisco
The Jewish Family & Children’s Services include Seniors-At-Home, Emergency Family Assistance, Services for People with Disabilities, Palliative and End of Life Care Services and Refugee Resettlement & Immigration. Accepts donations of household items, clothing, toys, food. In the East Bay and San Francisco. Contact - (415) 291-1200
Out of the Closet
Nationwide
Out of the Closet proudly generates income that helps fund the Medical Services AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) that provides free HIV testing and counseling support. Household items and adult clothing accepted. Contact - (800) 558-8220
Feeding America
Nationwide
The Feeding America nationwide network of food banks secures and distributes 4.3 billion meals each year through food pantries and meal programs throughout the United States and leads the nation to engage in the fight against hunger. Contact your local community food bank to find food or click here to read about public assistance programs.