Is your closet SO messy you think you need a dose of divine intervention to tame the clutter?

Your clothes are packed in as tight as Buckeye fans enjoying another victory over the team up North at “The Shoe.”

Your shoes are a disheveled mix buried under hanging clothes – lurking in the dark depths of your closet.

Your sweaters resemble the ‘leaning tower of Pisa.’ They’re stacked at the top of your closet in near impossible-to-retrieve…

“All closet systems are basically the same,” the confident woman said to me. “They are just a bunch of white shelves stacked on top of one another.”

As a designer and owner of a custom closet business in Columbus and Cleveland Ohio hearing this was like nails on a chalkboard for me. When I stopped to think about it – I can see how at first glance, closets can look pretty generic. Many are white, have a bunch of shelves, some closet rods…

When you and your spouse bought your home you had no idea you’d have be doing so much debating (OK – maybe it’s also been a bit of fighting!) on seemingly simple projects like closet organizer systems. Choosing the right products, contractors and installation systems can make the difference between success and failure in any home improvement project – whether it’s a complete bathroom remodel or a walk in or reach in closet.

If you’re in the…

A laundry room which is fun and functional? You may be saying right now, “Mike you’ve got to be crazy!” If your laundry room is a cluttered mess with mounds of dirty clothes which has been overtaken by un-paired socks you’re not alone. Let’s face it, the laundry room is the “Rodney Dangerfield” space of the home. It gets no respect. Is it possible to love a room which is associated with dirty laundry? Could it be possible with the right

Every year I attend the Columbus Parade of Homes where builders and designers show off the latest new products and interior design trends. What continues to blow me away is how I see $700,000 to over $1 million-dollar homes using cheap wire, or un-adjustable white painted pressed wood closet ‘systems’ (I use this in quotation marks because they’re not much of a system).

As an owner of a closet company (no – I’m not Jay with Pritchett’s…

“Turn around I HAVE to see your Butt in that dress,” the way-too-opinionated sister of the bride says. This is OUR wedding day and this dress just isn’t happening, she goes on to say.” Just another funny episode of Say Yes to The Dress.

Admit it – even if you’re not a bride to be, going to be in a bridal party or even the Mother or Father of a bride – it’s mind-blowingly funny to watch Say Yes to The Dress. Emotions on steroids. Humanity at…