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…

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…

If you’ve got an older home – like I do – and wish you had space for a mudroom for household supplies, coats, hats, and boots – but know there’s NO WAY your hallway from the garage is going to work, you’re not alone!

For homes built more than 20 years ago, a mudroom off the garage simply wasn’t included in house plans at that time. And I know – for one – in my house – trying to add a mudroom off the garage (which IS THE family entrance…

So, your tiny walk in closet will never be mistaken for a Kim Kardashian look-alike.

There’s ZERO room for a fancy island or opulent chandeliers.

And there’s not even a one in a million chance your closet will be featured on a celebrity segment of Inside Edition.

And if we’re being real, you’d be ecstatic if you could just fit what you need every day into your cramped master walk in closet.

You want to ‘find’ more storage.

You need to ‘find’…

You were soooo excited to have a walk in pantry when you moved in. Finally, more space for your dry foods, cans, appliances and even those H-U-G-E chocolate fountain and fondue makers the kids made you buy!

You thought everything would be so organized. Then reality happened. And now, here’s a few challenges which are so obvious:

• Your boxes and spices are falling over those aggravating wire shelves. And you hate when spice packets fall through…

If your home home feels disorganized, then If I’m a betting man –when you attempt to walk through your mudroom or into your laundry room, it’s a less than optimal ‘experience’ (and that may be an understatement)!

The kids and your ‘sloppier half’ are treating the mudroom as their ‘personal’ dumping zones.

And the laundry room – well, what can you say about this ‘less-than-wonderful’ place you have-to face waaaay more times a week than you…