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John Trosko, Los Angeles Professional Organizer
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles-based Professional Organizer specializing in large projects, team organizing, sizable residential properties, relocations, office spaces, procedure manuals and training.
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Can Something Pretty Make You Want To Do Housework?
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If there is one thing we've learned running a professional organizing business it's that the right tool can get the job done. And an even better tool is one that you can leave out for display, or hang up in... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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How To Set Up And Organize A Portable Car Office
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Don't let traffic slow your career down. Actors and just about anyone can benefit from setting up a portable office in their car. This article is first in an "organizing for the actor" spring series of guest contributor topics by... Continue reading
Posted Apr 26, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Actress Joan Crawford Believed An Organized Mind Can Accomplish Anything
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Iconic Actress Joan Crawford in her Los Angeles home, 1949 With a career spanning an incredible 45 years, Joan Crawford knew a thing or two about drive, determination and organization. Crawford, an actress who blossomed as a silent screen starlet... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Announcing a New Series! Spring Fling Productivity Solutions For Actors & Creative Professionals
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Actors and creative performing artists in Los Angeles have a unique set of organizing and productivity challenges. We're introducing a new series to guide them and all creative and mobile professionals. We're excited to introduce a new series of guest... Continue reading
Posted Apr 14, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Model Cheryl Tiegs Loves Leaving Books Out; Her Designer Puts Them Away
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Cheryl Tiegs loves to be surrounded by books. It does take work to maintain a style. Over time, the addition of personal items, found objects and collections can take a space from carefully curated to carelessly cluttered. Books are considered... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Organizing Kitchen Cabinets
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Smaller kitchen cabinets demand compact storage solutions As you know, I'm a professional organizer. In my challenging Los Angeles galley kitchen, I use different storage solutions to systematize what is in each area. For the most part, because I buy... Continue reading
Posted Apr 5, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Hold On: Carnie Wilson Holds a Garage Sale in Tarzana
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This weekend, Singer Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips hosted a garage sale at her Los Angeles-area home Everyone loves a Spring-time garage sale, they're a unique cultural phenomenon. Whatever you call them (tag sale, breezeway sale, yard sale, moving sale)... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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The Saturday Evening Post Examines the Link Between Depression And Clutter
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The March/April 2013 edition of the Saturday Evening Post features an enlightening article on the link between clutter and depression. Even with the start of spring, many people will have trouble breaking open their closets and going through their garages... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Beverly Hills Housewife Yolanda Foster Is One Organized Mother
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Reality TV-star Yolanda Foster credits organization for her ability to "get everything done" in her busy life. What do you think? There is a candid video interview on UsMagazine.com featuring Yolanda Foster, a member of the Real Housewives of Beverly... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Give Yourself an Award for Getting Organized
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Rewards are an important part of the organization process. The Academy Awards have come and gone but one thing they've taught us is that awards can really motivate and provide incentive. When you're planning on clearing out your closet, or... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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The "Nightmare On Elm Street" House Back On Sale
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Yea, I live down the street from this house. I live in a fairly quiet part of Hollywood-- tree lined and full of small Craftsman homes built around 1915 and Spanish Renaissance homes around 1925. Not until I got to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 1, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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A New Multi-Tasking Kitchen Tool
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Time to multi-task your eating We're always pushing our professional organizing clients to use kitchen tools that serve many functions. They'll take up less space yet have many more functions (than just one or two). We had to share this... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Turn Thrift Stores Into The New American Rodeo Drive
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Can Macklemore and Ryan Lewis turn "thrifting" into the new American Rodeo Drive? My buddy DJ eur-o-steve is a Los Angeles DJ. I'm always following Steve's newest playlists on Soundcloud. His taste in music ranges from vocal dance remixes, flashbacks,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Should Amy Poehler Help Tina Fey Get Organized?
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host Sunday's Golden Globes On Sunday evening comedians Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will host the 70th Annual Golden Globes and celebrate outstanding achievements in Hollywood film and television. But would could be on the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2013 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Bob Hope's Toluca Lake Celebrity Garage Sale
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A vintage postcard shows Bob Hope's 1939 North Hollywood (later, Toluca Lake) home. Postcards of celebrity homes were very popular in the era. Hope's family hosted a low-key garage sale this weekend. Fans of famous funny man Bob Hope were... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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American Pickers Celebrates Hoarders With NO Judgement
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This "American Gothic"-themed 'American Pickers' billboard sprouted up Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard in 2010. We're impressed and obsessed with American Pickers, the History Channel-television show chronicling Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz not for their professional organizing skills, decluttering dilemmas, predatory... Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Declutter And Organize Your Holiday Gift Cards
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Gift cards are expected to be a top popular gift this holiday season. One size fits all and the recipient can purchase anything on their list at any time. Yet the cards are only useful when you can find them,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Organize Your Pet - November is Senior Pet Month
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We love our four legged-friends. But sad to say, they cannot pick up after themselves! November is Senior Pet Month where we celebrate senior and geriatric pets. All pets bring us so much love no matter their age. Why not... Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Brooke Shields Copes Through Life By Being Hooked On Organization
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Brooke Shields and her daughters in their Manhattan townhouse kitchen, renovated in collaboration by David Flint Wood and MADE architects In 1983 there was quite a hustle and bustle in our small town Princeton, New Jersey when Brooke Shields was... Continue reading
Posted Nov 6, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Crush Your Clutter With PepsiNEXT and Task Rabbit
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If you had an extra hour in your day, what would you do with it? People are busier than ever. Recognizing that, Pepsi NEXT has partnered with productivity startup Task Rabbit to add an extra hour to your day. How... Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Hi Marcie, We appreciate your comment. It's great that Hold Everything merchandise was given a new life at Pottery Barn and West Elm. Like you said, it is not the same but we will take it! John Trosko aka OrganizingLA
Toggle Commented Oct 19, 2012 on Hold Everything: Do You Remember William Sonoma Inc.'s Home Organization Store? at OrganizingLA Blog
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Kate Gosselin On The Importance of Organization
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Being a mother is one of the toughest jobs out there. Regardless of what folks may say about Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin, you have to admit, you better be organized if you have a big family. Here is... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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A Tour Inside Kat Von D's Kool Shoe Kloset
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Last winter, we stood in line behind Kat Von D at the H&M store in the Beverly Center. There was no debate: she has her own unique style from head to toe, including her shoes. Born in Mexico, Kat Von... Continue reading
Posted Oct 13, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Could Cher Have Become a Professional Organizer?
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The new Entertainment Weekly "Reunion Issue" is profiling the casts and major players for various television shows and movies from the last three decades. Included among them is the cast of Clueless (from, amazingly, 17 years ago--1995!) Written and directed... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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Transform Your Hidden Coins Into Fall Savings!
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At any one time, approximately $10 billion worth of change is sitting idle in American homes through piggy banks, pickle jars, and unknowingly dropped in sofa cushions, junk drawers, under beds, stuck between car seats and in suit jackets. Collect... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2012 at OrganizingLA Blog
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