Welcome to Joyful Spaces
Creating Calm and Functional Spaces for Joyful Homes
If your home feels heavy, rushed, or overwhelming — you are not alone.
And there is another way.
Joyful Spaces is a professional organising business who helps families design calm, functional, emotionally healthy homes so everyday family life can feel lighter, calmer, more organised — and genuinely joyful.
Through Montessori-inspired home consulting, decluttering support, and family coaching, we guide families toward a more peaceful way of living together.
We physically serve the Greater Brisbane area.
Imagine a Home That Feels…
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calmer in the mornings
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lighter at the end of the day
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less sensory overloaded
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time to enjoy the important things in life
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more organised and functional
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less rushed, less reactive
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filled with more connection and more joy
This is what happens when your environment begins working for your family instead of against it.
Why Joyful Spaces
With a background in education and child development and a deep understanding of how environment shapes behaviour, emotions, and wellbeing, Joyful Spaces offers more than organisation — we offer transformation.
Our aim is to support busy families through change and life transitions, helping them create homes that truly support their wellbeing. By transforming the way families relate to their space, time, and belongings, we help cultivate lives that feel more peaceful, connected, and joyful.
About us
Our Approach to Creating Joyful Spaces
At Joyful Spaces, we are dedicated to taking a practical and education-focused approach to planning, organizing, and decluttering spaces for infants and young children. Our goal is to simplify your family's routine and create calm, functional environments that support childhood development.
Our passion is healthy, joyful families.
Our expertise is creating functional spaces. Our approach is gentle and practical. Our attitude is joyful.
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Our services
Discover Our Services
In-Home Consultation
1 Hour | $75
This is the starting point for most families.
During your in-home consultation, we will:
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Listen to your concerns, goals, and challenges
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Identify stress points in your environment and routines
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Create a clear, personalised action plan
After our meeting you will be filled with hope and understand a clear way forward.
Declutter + Reset
Session
3 Hours | $240
A hands-on working session focused on resetting your home.
Together we will:
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Declutter key areas of your home
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Create simple, functional systems
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Reorganise spaces to better support your family’s daily rhythms
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Establish calm, child-friendly environments
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Teach you how to maintain the systems we create
This session is where families begin to truly feel the shift.
Transformation Day
5 Hours | $380
For families ready for deep change.
This extended session allows us to:
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Reset multiple areas of your home
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Build strong foundations for routines and flow
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Create lasting organisation systems
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Support both physical space and emotional wellbeing
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Design a home that truly supports your family’s lifestyle
After this day families feel lighter, calmer, and deeply relieved in a new functional home.
Maintenance and Follow Up Coaching
1 Hour | $75
Gentle ongoing support as your family settles into your new way of living.
These sessions help:
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refine systems
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adjust routines
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navigate emotional and behavioural changes
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maintain calm and connection over time
This session will leave you feeling heard, supported and hopeful.
Meet the Founder
Ashley Joy
I began my teaching career in London, working at a school dedicated to supporting the unique needs of children diagnosed with Autism, aged 2–18 years. Since then, I’ve had incredible opportunities to establish preschools across the globe for neurodivergent, Montessori, and traditional mainstream preschools and child care centers. Each classroom / space needing distinctive qualities, layouts and materials to suit that particular child.
With years of experience designing classrooms and implementing capable systems, a Master’s degree in Education, Association Montessori Internationale trained, experience with children diagnosed with cognitive and developmental disorders and —most importantly—the hands-on knowledge gained as a mother of two little humans;
I founded Joyful Spaces as the culmination of everything I’ve learned.
My passion is calm homes. My expertise is creating functional spaces. My approach is practical. My attitude is joyful.
Whether you're a time poor parent, an overwhelmed preschool director, a homeschooling parent, a generous grandparent, or a caregiver to a neurodivergent child, I’m here to help! My joy is transforming spaces from chaos to calm—creating organized, sustainable environments where both children and adults can learn and thrive.
After working with Joyful Spaces;
You’ll feel lighter.
That constant background stress will quieten. Your home won’t feel like it’s working against you anymore.
You’ll feel calmer and more in control.
Mornings flow more smoothly. You know where things live. Routines make sense — and they actually work for your family.
You’ll feel supported, not judged.
Seen, understood, and reassured that you’re not failing — you were just overwhelmed.
Your children will feel more settled.
Less overstimulation. More predictability. Spaces that invite calm, focus, and independence.
You’ll feel proud of your home again.
Not perfect — but functional, nurturing, and aligned with the life you’re actually living.
You’ll feel like you can breathe.
Because your home finally feels like a place that holds you, rather than drains you.
We had an excellent experience working with Ashley, who transformed several cluttered and uninspiring areas of our home into calm, joyful spaces for our kids. She took the time to ensure toys and activities were age-appropriate, purposeful, and genuinely engaging. Everything now has a clear place, is easy for the kids to access and pack away independently, and feels far more inviting. The result is a more functional home that truly works for our family. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Ashley to anyone looking to bring order, purpose, and joy back into their living spaces.
Megan, Bulimba
Ash was absolutely wonderful to work with. She helped transform my son’s room into a far more user-friendly space, thoughtfully setting it up to support his independence so he can easily find what he needs and keep it tidy. She then worked her magic in my walk-in pantry, clearing it out and introducing smart storage solutions that made the space more functional and genuinely enjoyable to use, especially on busy nights cooking dinner after sport trainings. Her practical approach and attention to how we actually live day to day made a huge difference.
Katherine, Manly West
I'm a Mum of 4 kids under the age of 9, both my husband and I work 5 days a week. I honestly didn’t realise how much our home was affecting our family until we worked with Ashley. Before she came, I felt constantly overwhelmed. The mess felt endless, mornings were chaotic, and I carried this quiet guilt that I just couldn’t seem to get on top of it all.
The biggest change wasn’t just the organisation and declutter (which was great) — it was how we felt after. Tension lifted. The kids are more settled. Our routines flowed easier. I feel more confident and capable as a parent.
Joyful Spaces didn’t just reset our home — it reset our family life. I would recommend Ashley to any parent who feels overwhelmed and doesn’t know where to start.
Sarah, Fig Tree Pocket
