Laura & Brody

Laura & Brody

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California Closets: My Garage Design Is Final

We last left off after Shannon, a home organization consultant from California Closets, came over for an in-home complimentary consultation: Previous Post HERE

Since then, I sat down with her at their South Tampa showroom to approve the blueprints she designed for my garage organizer and I’m absolutely busting with excitement! 

She remembered every little thing I told her when she was at my house because in the garage organizer plans she included baskets for my kids’ bike helmets. I almost forgot that I mentioned how the kids lay them on the ground because they have no good place to put them. 

She added specialty hooks for everything from our tennis rackets to our giant ladders that we could only lean on a wall before. There’s a work bench for my husband and drawers for his tools. There’s a tall cabinet for our beach toys and other gear we don’t use every day.

In the garage design, she added shelves for future items we might want to organize and keep out of the way.

But by far, the most thoughtful and exciting part of the design was her ingenious idea to add a mud bench with hooks for jackets or rain coats and storage slots for the kids to store their shoes in after they go outside! 

It wasn’t even something I would have ever thought to ask for in a million years, but I’ve desperately needed it!

That’s one of the differences between California Closets and other places I’ve heard about. My friends who went with big box stores were only able to get exactly what they specifically asked for. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a great designer so I wouldn’t even know what I needed! 

So far, Shannon has already thought of 3 things I never knew I needed, but now don’t know how I’ve been living without!

Another step in the process when you sit down to finalize everything is picking out fixtures and finishes and let me tell you…IT IS NOT EASY! But it’s definitely a good problem to have! 

I went with grey finish but who knew there were so many options!? Here are some of the samples I had to choose from and some of the displays at their showroom:

Stay tuned for the big day…aka installation day! 

Can’t wait to show you the before and after. I'll of course update you every step of the way!

For more design options, pictures and insane transformations happening right in the Tampa Bay area I put their Instagram and Facebook accounts below...WARNING: you'll be super jealous but it's such a great way to see all the things they can do:

*I’m a paid endorser for California Closets but also a real customer. Everything written is true and part of my experience so far.*


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