Avance - Spatial Curation by Sava Micich

A closet that knows you.

For 10+ years, Sava Micich has practiced as a master of spatial curation, specializing in high-end residential transformation. Grounded in a meticulous philosophy of editing and space design, the practice has served private clients across New York, Washington D.C., Boca Raton, Dubai, and Belgrade. Avance frequently partners with premier interior design firms, managing the organization and styling of newly built homes to ensure a flawless, turnkey hand-off for incoming clients.

A specialty, not a service

The closet is where the practice begins.

KonMari™ teaches that tidying starts with clothing for a reason. The closet is the lowest-stakes category in the home — the place where the hand learns, with confidence, to distinguish what stays from what has finished its work. By the time the practice graduates to books, papers, and the sentimental category, the decisions have become natural.

Most of my engagements begin in the wardrobe. We sort, we edit, we rebuild systems. From there, some clients invite me to continue room by room. Others find that the closet alone is enough — and that is, very often, the truth.

“There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory, especially a memory connected with childhood, with home.”

Two ways of working.

• The Wardrobe Edit

  A focused engagement on the closet alone - sorting, discarding, categorizing, and rebuilding the storage system. Most clients begin here, and many stop here.

  Half-day or full-day

• Whole-Home Tidying

  For clients who want to continue beyond the closet - a multi-session program that carries the practice through every layer of the home, room by room.

  Multi-session program

Every space has a story...

Sava is a talented organizer and a delight to work with. She has a wonderful process that starts off with a bit of getting to know you — it’s almost like therapy — and then she digs in. She asks all the right questions to help you decide how to clear out what weighs you down and keep what brings you joy.

Our office was really an embarrassment. Sava guided us through the process of planning and executing a complete overhaul to get control of paperwork and workflow. She is patient, responsible, has many ideas, and listens well. Since she had access to all our company documents, it was reassuring that Sava was also discreet and trustworthy.

We engaged Sava to help us with a large project as she came highly recommended from a colleague in the United States. The culture in this country is one based on a very high degree of trust, where the client must have complete confidence in the person entering their home. Sava has shown herself to be very respectful of their privacy.

When you are ready, the work begins gently.

A complimentary thirty-minute call is the way most clients start. We’ll talk about the wardrobe — its current state, what isn’t working, what you wish it could be — and decide together if a session is the right next step.