We recently connected with Malaika Lubega and have shared our conversation below.

Malaika, appreciate you joining us today. Naming anything – including a business – is so hard. Right? What’s the story behind how you came up with the name of your brand?

My business name is one of the things I am most proud of because it carries so much weight for me. It’s representative of my African heritage, I am half Rwandan and half Ugandan. Huza Home Harmony beautifully describes what my core values are with my business. Huza Home Harmony revitalizes homes by organizing spaces, enhancing beauty through styling, and transforming lives one area at a time.

So, without further ado, let’s get into what my business name is about. Huza in my Rwandan culture means to connect, to harmonize, to bring/put together. So, think of connecting puzzle pieces together. Restoring harmony in the home through decluttering and organization while also adding style through decorating.

When I first started my business a few years ago, the original name was Huza Home Concepts but has since officially been changed and trademarked as Huza Home Harmony.

Malaika, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I am an Organizing Expert and Interior Stylist/decorator based in the metropolitan Washington DC area. We service the DMV and travel to other states too when called upon. We specialize in whole home decluttering, organization, relocation/move management services, and occasionally home decorating or styling if the client is interested in the additional services.

Getting into the organizing industry first started as a side gig for me, I would help my family and friends organize and decorate their homes. At the time in my life, I worked in healthcare so with my nightshift schedule working only about 36 hours a week it allowed me to take on other projects to substitute my income. My friends and family encouraged me to seriously pursue my talents because I was so good at it.  Years later when the pandemic hit, with everyone at home my business catapulted overnight and today here I am working full time as a business owner running a successful growing 6 figure business helping busy overwhelmed individuals and families restore harmony to their homes.

Our driving force and passion is to continue helping more busy families and individuals who are tired, burned out and overwhelmed get rid of clutter in their homes and even places of business. We help our clients reclaim their space and time. We create simple manageable solutions and systems for our clients that they can maintain overtime, saving them time and money so they can prioritize their focus on more important things.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

Word of mouth referrals and reviews from previous clients who we have worked with have been the best source of new clients. Our previous clients have first-hand experience with our great work, so they spread the gospel to their family and friends who hire us because they have now established the trust factor.

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

As a professional organizer, I have been fortunate enough to build and maintain a successful small business for a few years now. Here are a few factors that have helped me build my reputation within my market.

1) Consistent quality service: We pride ourselves in consistently delivering high quality organizing services to our clients. Our happy satisfied clients leave us positive testimonials and refer us to their families, friends, work colleagues.

2) Online Presence: I have established and continue to maintain an active presence on social media and my own website where I share before and after pics of our work, blogs, newsletters that include organizing tips, client testimonials and links to some of our favorite organizing products to showcase our expertise.

3)Excellent customer service: We provide exceptional customer service at every touchpoint, from initial inquiry to post service follow-up. We respond promptly to inquiries and provide a detailed plan of action for our processes from start to finish.

4) Networking and building community: We strive to build connections with other professionals in related fields such as Interior designers, moving companies, realtors/real estate agents and stagers. They refer us to clients and vice versa.

5) Partnerships: We have established a great working partnership with incredible companies like The Container Store who refer their clients to us to help them restore harmony in their homes.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://huzahomeharmony.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huzahomeharmony/

Image Credits
All images are the property of Huza Home Harmony