Category: Interviews & TV Spots

See OrganizingLA on KABC-7 Eyewitness news by clicking here!

Last January, I was contacted by Jane Monreal of KABC-7 TV here in Los Angeles to serve as Organizing Expert for a garage segment.  I knew it would be a challenge to schedule an agreeable Family, myself, a camera crew, and a busy on-air reporter for a 30-second television informational segment.  But to juggle the whole process with the extensive Southern California rains and the death of Pope John Paul II was more than expected.  With some understandable delays we conquered.

Our news segment needed to be "reversed engineered."  When the crew shows up, the final, establishing shot–all 100% organized and pulled together, is taken first.  Then, the entire space is "disorganized" showing bits and pieces of befores and afters.  The process makes planning the project difficult, especially when it came to the installation of shelving and storing a mountain of donations that were taller than a Hummer.  Such delays landed our segment in June and it was worth the wait.

You can view the final segment by clicking here.

Many thanks to South Pasadena client, MJ, and her wonderful family for opening up their home to us.  Professional Organizers Chris McKenry of Get it Together LA and Rosalind Lakomy provided professional support.  Bruce L. Gillman served as adviser.  Bill Pedrotti of Organized Living at the Farmer’s Market at The Grove supplied the wire storage racks and shelving.  Special thanks to Barbra Horowitz of Closet Therapy, Rigged and Tee Shirt Couture.

Find HOT advise on organizing your garage this summer in the July 19th edition of Frontiers Newsmagazine.

Featuring expert advice from Professional Organizer John Trosko and OrganizingLA, Frontiers serves up edgy, smartly-written articles on fashion, news, book reviews, music and nightlife in Los Angeles, San Francisco and the World.  "The Tao of Order" by Ken Knox offers tips on clearing out unwanted clutter and simplifying your life.  Missed the article at your local newsstand?  Read it here.

What tips do you have on keeping your big summer organizing projects on target?  Please comment at the end of this post.

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Hot Fun in the Summertime.

Summer conjures up images of grabbing breakfast at the Rose Cafe in Venice without a sweater, strolling the shops in Malibu’s Cross Creek Road in your Rafe Striped Espadrilles, snagging a Dominique Duval Gardenia Barrette at Fred Segal Beauty in Santa Monica and enjoying the airy labyrinth of Southern California Freeways in between.

But summer doesn’t make you think of organizing your Christmas or Hanukkah decorations.

But for a Professional Organizer, it does.

Summer for a smart Client, is a great time to pull all your Holiday deco out, make the necessary decisions on what to keep, what to purge and get guidance in order to make smart choices on the very best storage options.  Not surprising, many clients we see store their precious Christopher Radko ornaments in garbage bags.  We can change that.

Last December, John Trosko and OrganizingLA were interviewed by David Haldane and the Los Angeles Times for an interesting trend among Southern Californians:  outsourcing their Holiday tasks.  Help is on the way…

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