Custom closet design can seem like an amazingly complex process. Whether you live in the suburbs of Columbus, the cool downtown section of Tremont in Cleveland or anywhere in the country the questions for custom closet designs are the same. What is the right amount of hanging space? Would this garment or piece of jewelry be better hung up or stored away in a drawer? Should this sweater or t-shirt be put into neat piles (or hopefully neat…

Wouldn’t it be cool if you woke up from your dreams and magically had the beautiful luxurious chandelier inspired closet to the stars (like Kloe Kardashian,  Mariah Carey or Ellen DeGeneres). Check out one of these cool closets below:

While it’s fun to aspire to one of these fabulous and spacious walk in closets – this may not be your reality today (sorry to splash that cold water on you!).

Although today’s budget may not allow you to afford…

Wouldn’t it be cool if the small reach in closet in your Upper Arlington, Dublin or Columbus home could suddenly turn into a glamorous walk in closet complete with a chandelier and a seating area like a Hollywood star? Well unless you’re going to convert the entire bedroom into a walk in closet (which has been done after the kids leave the nest) the most practical strategy for your reach in closet is to take Mom’s advice and do the most…

You may be saying right now “a fun closet, you must be kidding me!” Yes – you heard that right – not only a fun closet, but also one which is super-useful. While I’ll admit I’m not a magician (and I don’t play one on TV) I do have some tips to rejuvenate your closet which you may not even realize has actually been doomed from being useful from the start.

Ouch – doomed from the start – why is that? The reason most closet are doomed and…

Everyone knows what a closet is, but does anyone know what a universal design closet is? Well one way to find out is to take a trip to Columbus Ohio and visit the Universal Design Living Laboratory. You may be asking, “Mike – why would I want to go, or read about, a laboratory (which sounds like a place with a bunch of crazy scientists in white lab coats) and learn about something (universal design closets) I don’t really know what it…

“Are you crazy?” my friend Ron (and business partner of mine) said to me. “Writing two blogs at the same time, you’ve got to be nuts!”

Well Ron just might be on to something here. Yes I am a passionate guy and when I get into something I become a learning and growing fanatic. Reading, writing with the occasional speaking engagements sprinkled in have been the creative outlets for this learning over the last 30 years of my life. 

So at this point…