Professional Organizer & Interior Designer in South of Broad, Charleston
apartmentjeanie brings modern organization to some of America's oldest homes. In South of Broad, that means working with the architecture, not against it, to make grand, historic interiors livable every single day.
Life in South of Broad, Charleston
South of Broad is the oldest, most storied fabric of the peninsula: 18th- and early-19th-century masonry mansions and Charleston single houses lining compact lots from Broad Street down to the Battery, where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet at White Point Garden. This is old-Charleston address territory — multi-generational homes, antiques, and a strong preservation ethic that governs what can and can't change.
Beautiful as they are, these houses were not built for closets. Storage is scarce and vertical, rooms are formal and oddly proportioned by modern standards, staircases are narrow, and every change runs up against preservation sensibilities. The organizing puzzle here is almost the opposite of a new build: how to make a magnificent but impractical home function for contemporary life while protecting everything that makes it historic.
How We Help
Home Organization — In homes that predate the concept of the closet, we engineer storage that doesn't fight the architecture: freestanding solutions, repurposed butler's pantries, and room-by-room systems that keep heirlooms and everyday clutter from competing for the same scarce space.
Interior Design — With antiques and inherited pieces already in residence, the work is rarely about buying — it's about editing and arranging. We restyle what you own so formal historic rooms feel collected and livable rather than like a museum you're afraid to touch.
Move Management — Moving into or out of a single house means narrow doorways, tight piazzas, and fragile, valuable contents. We plan and manage the logistics carefully, then unpack and set up so a centuries-old home feels like yours from the first night.
Space Planning — Grand but awkward floor plans are the South of Broad signature. We rethink how each room is used — turning a too-formal parlor into a genuinely lived-in space — to make a historic layout work for the way you actually live.
Get Started
Want your historic home to work as beautifully as it looks? Contact apartmentjeanie to talk through your space and exactly how we can help.