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Mike Foti

Mike Foti is the President of Innovate Home Org, a division of Innovate Building Solutions. You can learn more about Mike here.

Mike Foti

Mike Foti is the President of Innovate Home Org, a division of Innovate Building Solutions. You can learn more about Mike here.

The Comprehensive Guide to Design a Reach in Closet

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How hard can it be to design a reach in closet to maximize it’s function, you may be saying.

Well as a closet designer (and an owner of a closet company in Columbus Ohio) I’ll tell you (unfortunately) it can actually be more difficult than it’s (much favored, and larger) ‘brother’ the walk in closet.

And you may be saying right now, “Mike why the heck would you say this?” Well – here’s why:

  • Reach in closets can have a single rod at the top (and a…

The Ultimate Guide to Solving Closet Problems – Learn how to reduce your Closet Ugliness Scale Score (and stop CUSSing your closet!)

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It doesn’t have to be this way.

You don’t have to live with a closet which makes you cuss. And you certainly don’t want to be ‘awarded’ a 10 out of 10 for the ugliest and hardest to use closet…. ever (you can say that in a Valley-girl voice).

And you know the ‘breed’ of closet I’m talking about.  

You’ve got dead corners where you can’t see your hanging clothes buried in the back.

You’ve got shoes in a heap under hanging clothes on the…

Effective closet design – it’s a game of inches!

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If you’re a Cleveland Browns fan and lived through ‘The Fumble’ (as it’s NOT affectionately called in Cleveland!) when Browns running back Earnest Byner fumbled inches away from the goal line killing Super Bowl hopes, you know football can be a painful game of inches.

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And conversely, if you’re dealing with a disastrously disorganized closet what you may not realize is how your poorly planned closet COULD live tremendously better if you (or a…

What you need to know BEFORE buying a Murphy Bed … so you don’t SCREW UP!

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This is something you DO NOT do every day – and you may only do it once in a lifetime. And what is that, you may ask?

Well, it’s buying a Murphy bed.

And while buying a Murphy bed can be fun – and for many people, it’s a novelty (a bed that pulls down is cool!), it can also be unnerving.

Murphy beds are NOT the cheapest bedding option, and the cost of screwing up can be large. Plus, there are a lot of myths, half-truths, and out and out…

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Professional Closet Installation

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If you can remember what it was like to be pregnant with your first (or if you’re a guy who was worrying what this ‘dad’ job would entail), you know you were scared to be an expectant first-time parent.

And even though you bought (in desperation) The What to Expect When You’re Expecting book to give you a guide of what to do, you knew some of this parenting thing you’d have to figure out along the way.

And even though I’ll admit buying a…

Tips and Trends from the 2024 Closet Conference for a Better Closet or Garage Design

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The 2024 Closet Conference is THE event for the best and brightest minds in the closet design and garage cabinetry industry (and yes, it’s true – I just barely made the ‘intelligence cutoff’ to attend!).

It’s THE event where top closet designers, manufacturers, and influencers meet to learn the latest styles, strategies, software and product selection tools, and even security features for custom closets and garage organization systems.

However,…