I’ll admit right up front I have no stock in Ikea and (crazy as it may seem) I don’t like they’re Swedish meatballs (although I do LOVE their crispy oatmeal chocolate cookies!).

And I’ll even admit on a few occasions my custom closet design and installation company has lost sales to our Columbus Ohio Ikea mega-store (and I’ll even share an example in this article why Ikea made more sense than buying from my business – bummer).

And while there…

There’s no reason to keep this a secret from you so I’ll ‘spill the beans’ right up front.  I lead a business which designs and installs custom closets in Columbus Ohio. We don’t sell to DIY’ers. However, we know a lot of them come to our blog for closet design advice (which is cool).

And while it would be nice for my business if everyone who visited our blog for education was somebody who wanted to buy from us, this isn’t realistic. And as a…

When you hear the word ‘custom’ (or custom closet) does it send shivers down your spine? Are you picturing money gushing out of your purse faster than Khloe Kardashian can say, “I bought another pair of Jimmy Choo’s?”

If you’re looking to upgrade your master closet, a reach in closet for your kid’s disastrous bedroom, or just want to ‘find’ space in your hall closet so everything doesn’t come tumbling out, you know figuring out the…