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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…

11 Dumb Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a Custom Closet System

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Updated September 7, 2020

How many custom closets have you designed in your life?

How many custom closets has your builder or remodeler designed in the history of their business?

If your answer to these questions is zero, nada, none, nient – you’re not alone (no matter what language you say it in).

Closet design is a niche business. It’s not something the average homeowner (or production builder or remodeler) does daily (or ever).

The challenge…

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…

Why you should NEVER buy a custom closet without a 3D closet design

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I was headed to a closet appointment and glancing over the hand-drawn closet ‘sketches’ (and I use this term in the most sarcastic way possible) my prospective client had sent me from one of my competitors.

And as I looked at these drawings (and you can see them for yourself below), I thought:

  • How in the ‘Sam Adams’ would any homeowner be able to make heads or tails of this design? While I’m in the industry and I can ‘visualize’ this 2D…

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…

How to Create a Luxury Closet Design WITHOUT a Kim Kardashian Budget

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There’s nothing like my annual trip to the Closets Conference & Expo to get ANYONE with a pulse jazzed about closets (in general) or luxury closets (in particular). The best closet designers in the country attend this show which offers ideas and speaking topics like ‘Designing for the Future’ and ‘Luxury on a Budget’ (and hey- we know luxury on a budget is a hot topic because let’s face it, most of us have champagne tastes, but our budget is…