Closet Solutions of Boston

Closet SALE on my Mind

Saturday, April 18, 2009 by Steve Nickse

I Just Read Your Thoughts
Here's What I Saw Flitting thru Your Unconscious Mind

My closet is too small
I don't have enough closet space
My closet has wasted spaces
My closet needs more shelves

Furthurmore...

My closet is lacking poles for hanging
I have a pile of shoes on the floor
I wish my closet had some drawers
My sweaters keep falling over

Am I correct in saying some of these things? I'll continue.

I would like a place for my suitcase
I could use a basket for my sweats 'n stuff
I need a place to hang my robes
I need a safe

Just a few more thoughts...

I need some hooks for things
I hate my closet
My closet hates me

I'll get what I want ...

Maybe now
Maybe later

Don't hafta' wait - the SPRING SALE is NOW in full Swing
HINT: The words 'spring sale' are a hotlink to the sale page

If you know me you know that I don't believe in fake sales. It's real savings on the same top quality products that are sold for more everyday of the year.

I don't sell shoes...

but I'll get you somewhere handy to put them.

Shoe shelves are included in the SPRING SALE

Love it or lose it... piles of clothes lying around and old books and rubbish cluttering up the home can really have a negative effect on your mood. Look at your stuff, if you don't love it - lose it. Just go out the door with it one way or another. This is the cheapest way to expand your closet space. Of course it isn't the answer for people that actually like their stuff and wouldn't dream of using the out-the-window solution.

closet messy

Unlock the science and secrets of closet expansion and your closet and storage capacity will be doubled or tripled with minimal effort on your part. Skip the part where 1000 ways to buy cheap closet organizers doesn't result in the success that's promised by late nite or Sunday morning TV commercials.

Buying that stuff is bound to make you more of a guitar Zero than a guitar Hero.

The transition from cluttered closet to closet convenience is just a matter of adding the components that are so often missing - shelves in abundance, drawers, poles and baskets- places for hats, hand bags and huge amounts of misc. goodies.

So here's the solution - trash your out-of-fashions and whatever doesn't fit. If you haven't worn it in a year- make it be gone. Closet designers with any real talent are aware of every possible way to get you organized and use all the space. Work with one and your unrealized closet potential can become the trophy that's the envy of all your friends.

luxury closet

I'm talking about a way out of your present or anticipated closet storage situation. It can be better, have hope for a bright outlook.

Closet Organization

Sunday, March 29, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Neatness counts for something. You know how people like to say ‘nice-n-neat’, as if everything neat is nice. My old girl friend was neat – but not very nice. So the two don’t always go together like salt and pepper. In fact when it comes to the shambled state of some pretty new custom closets I have observed a great disconnect.

People like me - in the custom closet business, (designing and installing closet systems), like to run ads in the paper telling everyone that with a custom closet you will have ‘A place for everything and everything in its place’. Well - that’s more of a possibility than an actual probability. Please understand that a well designed closet system actually will give you a place for everything. That’s true…but will you put everything in its place? On a daily basis? Not likely.

Now it’s time that I reveal the Lazy Lady’s way to keep a ‘nice and neat’ looking closet.
Here’s the secret sauce: ‘Off the floor and behind a door.’

No one can see through solid doors, so if it’s a wreck inside the cabinet nobody knows. From the outside everything is beautiful.

Here’s an ‘open’ type custom closet with no doors (looking brand new and neat).

Custom closet

Here’s a similar ‘open’ type closet about two weeks later. Things have started to get less organized.

Custom closet Boston

Here we go- it's getting realistic.

Messy Closet Organizer

Receiving the new closet obviously did not bring out the ‘hidden organizer’ in this closet owner whose initials are N.R.

Next - Here’s a partial view of a closet that has doors and drawers in abundance. It looks beautiful each and every day. It may be a jumble inside those drawers – behind those doors , but nobody can see it. That’s the beauty of the secret method, ‘Off the floor and behind a door.’ It works in a snap every time.

Luxury Closet

So to summarize… what’s the Lazy Lady’s secret to organize her closet and make it look nice and neat? Does she work at it every day, attending to her closet like a hen tending to her brood? Nope.

The Lazy Lady wisely invested in doors and drawers to hide the evidence of her upcoming disarray. It worked for her and it will work for you too. Cabinet doors save time, look good, and get you lasting results with less time spent organizing your closet.

Closet Makeover

Thursday, March 26, 2009 by Steve Nickse

60 Minute Closet Makeover

If you're like me your spare time is limited and so is your closet space. Anyone can double their closet hanging space and triple their shelving with just a little time invested in a co-operative effort with a closet makeover specialist.

Why do people even consider giving up a precious hour or so for planning with a closet designer? Because the extra effort will pay off handsomely - the results often being a more pleasant daily dressing experience plus a few extra minutes for leisurely daydreaming while sipping a latte before rushing off in the morning.

Jamming and stuffing clothes into inadequate closets is a time waster and worse than that, it's just plain awful.
Long ago I determined to be organized, fit more in, and use all the space at my house. It's a definite possibility with the contemporary closet systems available in virtually all urban areas these days.

When the closet remodeling is completely finessed here's what you should have - hangars that glide along on smooth unjammed poles and shoes lined up nicely on shelves - no more shoe mountains heaped or jumbled on the closet floor.

Better yet, cubbys to contain the cardigans will completely eliminate sweater avalanches.

You can neaten your tangle of necklaces with a handy necklace organizer.

A closet renovation could be saving time by eliminating the cluttered disorganization that leads to dressing in whatever's close at hand instead of something well chosen and pleasing.

Invest 60 minutes in a closet makeover plan with a local expert, before you know it you'll be on your way to a more organized and happier you.

The author :
Steve Nickse is experienced in the art of closet makeovers, he co-operates a custom closet company in the Boston area with his partner Jackie Cherenza.

Luxury closet fashions

Sunday, March 15, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Luxury closet

This seasons biggest fashion trends aren't just about clothes, it's about luxury closets to put them in.

Larger, prettier and more functional than ever, luxury closets are evolving way beyond what the futurists would have projected in 1975. Closets are well-appointed with modern amenities, including coffee bars, flat screen televisions, custom cabinetry and granite countertops.

Homeowners are turning closets into high-end dressing rooms, complete with benches to sit down, a dresser that doubles as an island, generous lighting and of course, lots of mirrors. Mirrors are a must for today's closets, but even if homeowners don't have the luxury of huge space, it's easy to sneak them in on the front of tall cabinet doors.

Dreamy closets aren't all that rare. My research reveals closet renovations topping out at 150-plus square feet aren't unusual. That's not so surprising, given the fact that only 30% of homeowners rate their current storage spaces as adequate, according to a survey by the National Home Builders Association. Additionally, homeowners are super-sizing closets in order to add enough drawers for everything. His-n-Hers dressers are no longer wanted in the bedroom.

As the popularity of closet organizing continues to grow, creative types are coming up with products designed to make closets even more attractive and functional. For example a low cost valet bar is hugely popular.

When it comes to great closets, it's the details that count, the right color selection can really help to beautify the dressing space.

Closet doors with frosted glass panes are a popular way to hide some dissaray on the sweater shelves.

Wood or wood veneer is a sometimes must-have for luxury closets, depending on personal tastes and deep pockets. With generous amounts of money invested in today's luxury closets, homeowners don't need or want to hide them. Cabinet doors are often chosen to match the cabinets in the attached bathroom.

The best outfitted closets - with fine finishes, top-quality accessories and luxury furnishings add substantial value to any home. A beautiful dressing room makes the home more attractive to potential buyers.

Luxury home builders know they have to include spacious, well-lit closets in their projects because consumers have come to expect them. Not only do designer closets increase the value of the home, in many cases they have now become essential in order to get the property off the market.

Luxury Closet fashions are in forward motion as closet designers continually push the limits - tempting us with over-the-top closet solutions.

Luxury closets are high on homeowners priority list when...

Saturday, March 14, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Luxury closet

Houses often won't have enough closet organizers to arrange everyone’s skirts and suits and average size shoe collections. Luxury closets are now high on the to-do list for many Boston homeowners who are considering remodeling, experts say.

And in those renovations, closets are moving from dimly lit caves-for-clothing to fashionable, well-lit dressing rooms where everything is easily seen and accessible.

Question: What are people looking for when they dream of closet makeovers?
Answer: What you are going to do is to optimize the space that you have. In a lot of cases, a good design will double the hanging space and quadruple (at least) the shelving. So a luxury closet makeover will make a huge impact on the amount of usable space.
I would say drawers are one of the most popular accessories because closet drawers allow you to cut back on furniture in the bedroom. Plus it also gives you a dressing area with everything at your immediate disposal, getting dressed is easier. The luxury of having everything at your fingertips and organized as well... there’s a certain emotional satisfaction to it.

Q: What are some more of the most popular closet accessories?
A: Velour lined jewelry trays are very popular and cubbies for hand bags. Valet bars (which are telescoping rods) so that when you walk into your closet you have a temporary hanging spot for your dry cleaning or whatever until you put it away.
Belt and tie racks are very popular. Drawer dividers are semi-popular. Adding the moldings and decorative doors to your closets makes it furniture rather than just a set of utilitarian shelves.

Q: What can someone expect to pay for a luxury closet?
A: All over the map. It's like asking 'how much does a luxury car cost.' They have quite a range. Large walk-in closets can be as low as $10,000 - $20,000, depending on the options. A less-than-luxury closet will be very, very nice and come in at a lower price.

Q: What features would you get in a $20,000 closet?
A: You would get wood grain melamine or real wood veneers. You would get crown molding, matching base molding, frosted glass doors here and there. You would get drawers and jewelry trays and dividers, shoe shelves, designer handles. Self closing drawers. More.

Q: What features would most help optimize the space in a small walk-in closet?
A: The advice that I give is determined by what people want to do but only as long as that first meets what they need for accomodating their personal collection of clothes.

Q: Is there anything else a homeowner should consider when planning a closet renovation?
A: Spend the right amount of time with a designer so that you think of everything you want to have in your closet. Cutting that part of the process short could be a mistake, don’t be afraid to tell a designer what you want. Also, make sure that your closet company is very well experienced. You don't want beginners practicing on your house.

Luxury closet - at huge cost. Learn more.

Saturday, March 14, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Boston- Luxury Closet Report

Annette Yeomans, 51, is an slick thief with a taste for the luxe life. Police detectives say the alleged embezzler used a large portion of her ill-gotten gains to build a luxury closet to house hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of clothes and designer shoes.

Organized shoe shelves

Those in the know say Yeomans converted a large bedroom in her San Marcos, CA home into a luxury walk-in closet and outfitted it in elegant style, with a crystal chandelier, stone-topped island and plasma TV.

Apparently, Yeomans was no couch potato when it came to organizing the closet either. Her $240,000 collection of designer shoes was stored in 400 original shoe boxes, each with a color picture on the front to indicate which pair was inside.

It wasn’t a need for a bigger closet that brought Yeomans’ shopping spree to an abrupt end though. On Friday, March 6, 2009, Yeomans turned herself in to cops, after claims that she took $25,000 a week over a period of seven years from her employer Quality Woodworks Inc. led to charges of grand theft and embezzlement.

From 2001 until February 2008, Yeomans was chief financial officer at Quality Woodworks. Her husband was also employed by the same firm as a cabinet installer. He claims to know nothing about the alleged fraud.

I personally doubt that his plea of innocence will be believed and keep him out of jail. What kind of shoes will she take to wear in prison? I'm guessing the PF Flyers with black and white stripes would be perfect.

Elements of Luxury Closet Design

Tuesday, March 3, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Elements of Luxury Closet Design
by Steve Nickse

Luxury closet designers are the trendsetters in an evolving industry; I call it closet designers gone wild. Closet fashion like any other fashion is a follow-the-leader thing. Some are leaders – the rest follow. Trendsetters are early adopters...sniffing out every new and better twist on closet design.

Rich and famous homeowners take these 7 elements of luxury closet design for granted.

· Color – White is still popular for contemporary closet systems but rarely the 1^st choice for a true luxury closet. Wood grains are preferred.

· A full length mirror is a must–have, but is not a qualifier. True luxury demands a 3-way full length mirror – so you can preview what the paparazzi will see when leaving the mansion.

· Shoe shelves – not just any wire rack type of thing. Preferably shoe shelves should be tilted just so and have polished chrome or acrylic shoe stops to prevent slippage.

· Drawers – super smooth gliders self-close the drawers...the same slides used in the $300,000. Gourmet kitchens of the stars.

· A bench seat – not for lounging but for the basic necessity of putting on your socks and shoes.

· A safe for valuables. If you can afford a two thousand dollar fire proof safe you probably need one for all the bling bling, stacks of cash, and items of sentimental value.

· Doors. That’s right - doors with or without glass add some wow factor and that’s not all. Doors are the perfect way to hide the disarray that appears when you’re getting dressed in a hurry and don’t take time to neaten things up after searching for the perfect fashion.

Consider the 7 elements of luxury closet design as a starting point. With imagination it’s easy to add to the list. Here’s one not to be overlooked - size. Size matters--the longer and wider the better when it comes to luxury closets. If the closet can’t accommodate an island in the middle it may not fall into the category of a genuine luxury closet.

Any luxury closet can be made even sexier with the addition of a stone counter top and mood lighting. Hang a chandelier over the stone topped island and everyone will be raving with envy.

Any closet designer can produce a set of plans which will use all the available space and create organizational opportunity. Including a high level of built-in beauty takes any closet to the next level where it can accurately be called a true luxury closet design.

A closet makeover will yield great benefits to you, whether you intend to sell your home sooner or later. Nothing is quite like the sense of peace and harmony that comes from having a beautifully organized wardrobe closet that greets you every morning. When you sell your home, a luxury closet is a feature that all potential home buyers will appreciate.

The value of true luxury can’t be measured but the cost of a luxury closet can range from $ 5 - $75,000. Or more. Actually the sky is the limit.

Closet Systems not ON SALE with no FREE Installation.

Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Steve Nickse

I'm not a store. Stores always fake the price. "Regularly $1895. now $995." Baloney. They priced it with fake stickers the minute it arrived through the back door. It was never $1895. Never.

I just got home from shopping. Almost every item was "ON SALE ". C'mon, I doubt it. .. Liar- liar pants on fire. They marked it up just to mark it down.

I sell shelves and poles which I buy at wholesale-only lumber yards. I get discounted prices for buying a ton of closet shelves and paying on time. Then I transform them into closet systems for people like you..at a minuscule profit.

3 Reasons to call:

1) Design expertise - I've spent years developing my closet design skills. You generally get that all for free even before you decide to purchase closet shelves.

2) Timely arrival - that's not nothing. It's hard to get places on time with everything ready and done right. Boston traffic is ...well you know.

3) Complete cleanup - When I'm finished building the closet or whatever it's all cleaned up for you - ready to re-stash your wardrobe.

It's usually possible to fit more in your closet and to neaten things up but you do need the closet system to make it all happen.
Your stuff could be neatly arranged on adjustable shelves, in divided drawers, or hung up on easy-to-slide poles with matching hangars.

I agree with you when you think "I want it done right, and I want it priced right." That's good thinking. Your messiness can be bettered. The piles can become orderly. The price can be right. If it's your turn now, then make your move.

Some closet companies offer "Free Installation and 20% Off." You and I know better, - that's impossible because..

No closet installer works for free. Not one. Zero. And their price has been 20% off continuously for 10 years. 20% off what?

Don't fall for that piece of junk advertising. Instead consider the alternative. Me. Fair prices combined with over two decades of closet design experience let loose on your behalf.. and I guarantee your satisfaction with a money back guarantee.

I guarantee you'll like what I build or I will take it out and get your money back. That's good business.

Just come to my closet showroom (after calling first) and I'll buy you lunch or a coffee while we just chat about your closet or cabinet needs. After the chat you can walk away without buying a thing and without obligation. To me it's advertising expense- and money well spent too.

You can see the Closet Solutions showroom in Porter Square - Cambridge, near Harvard Square. Get this closet thing nicely done and move on with your enthusiasm renewed for the next home improvement project.
It's a good life - enjoy the sizzle.

I'm Steve the ClosetMaster - I wish you well.

Luxury closet pictures

Thursday, February 26, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Closet pictures and ideas for luxury closets.

Buy a necessity - live with a luxury..

Closet - Siena luxury closet

The Siena closet system will serve you well, only the highest quality materials are compended for long lasting value and everyday enjoyment.

Luxury closet system - Siena by National Closet Group

CEO Quality. Components can be walnut, cherry, mahogany or other. These closet cabinets are fully backed for maximum visual impact.

Luxury closet - Siena

Luxury closets in the Siena line have 1 1/8" thick shelves and upright members for visual impact. Surfaces can be painted or stained in any color. Color matching is offered.

Closet carousel - for closet corners

The closet carousel is an element incorporated by some luxury closet designers. It's a fun space saver and not a bad way to transition the corners of your walk-in.

Luxury closet with slide-out pant rack
Individual slats lift up and out for easy slack management.

The Siena luxury closet is made to order.
For more information dial 617.628.2410.
Available nation-wide.

Ask for a full color comprehensive brochure - Free.

Teen Closet Organizer

Sunday, February 22, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Boston, MA :

Closet organization is for anybody aged in their teens. When your closet is a jumble you can't remember what you have so you end up wearing 20% of your clothes 100% of the time.

Then you go shopping, spend money, and buy more clothes that you will barely even wear.

If you're like me you have great fashions in the back of your closet - but out of sight and out of mind. Which means you never wear them.

"I'm a hazard to myself, I wanna be somebody else."

Pink said that and I get it for sure. Bumming about my messy self is easy. Just try being organized, If you're not already too set in your ways you could become a different person. If you leave your messy self behind, you just might be happier with a neatened room and closet. It's not that easy though.

If you're older and have the money - get a professional closet organizer to design and build you a closet system. But If your still living at home just ask your parents to buy it for you. You don't just want it, you really need it.

Organized closet of Jessica Cherenza

Nobody can be organized without a closet system of shelves, drawers and poles. Nobody can keep things straightened without that. So it's more than just a new closet, it's a permanent vacation from the ordinary way of living with a mess in your closet.

Call me or even email me for help to get started.
snickse@closet-solutions.com

Steve

Definitions Hanging Room Dividers define your space.

Saturday, February 21, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Hanging room dividers Boston, MA

Hanging room dividers boost your mood beautifully as they create boundaries where there were none.

These suspended panels are stunning to me. The beauty of simplicity.

Eco-resin panels suspended from aircraft cable with polished steel fittings make for one dramatic room divider. The lightweight eco-resin panels (as seen here) are 2x8 feet.

Many more colors and textures are available. Sizes and shapes are customizeable to your liking.

You can buy a variety of panels direct from a manufacturer such as www.3-form.com

or

www.armstrong.com/resclgam/na/ceilings/en/us/definitions.html

If it's OK with you - just get them from me. I'll do the ordering and installation.

Boston hanging room divider

It's probably not too late for you to be the first in your building.

Define your living space with this dramatic room divider.

Call me for more information and installation services.

Steve

Murphy bed won't fit through the door. "What do ya think?"

Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Steve Nickse

I got a call for a Murphy bed. 'John' wants to come to my showroom and see a Murphy bed. He sounds somewhat legitimate so..

'OK, I’ll meet you at the showroom in Porter Square.'

John buys the Murphy bed . He needs it fast, so the deal is done.
I will send the installers next Friday to put the bed together.

Simple plan. Suddenly installation day is upon us and since I am sick with a cold. I am definitely not going along for the bonding and rapport.

The phone rings, it’s my installer calling, “The Murphy bed won’t fit through Johns door”.. “what do ya think?”

I think I am going to lose money.

So, I am going after all.. not for bonding and rapport, but to be tortured.

Modern Murphy bed

The clouds are pouring down rain, I’m dreadfully sick, and now I have to show my highly paid installers how to do their job.
Upon arrival in Boston I arrive at a 2 second conclusion.. the Murphy bed definitely won’t fit through the door into John's condo.

I can’t even roll it over because the wizard who designed the 6 story condo building lowered the ceilings down in order to get 7 floors into a 6 floor building.

If we take the Murphy bed down the elevator and then carry it up a flight of stairs we might succeed.

I am not in shape for this, I will have to fake my part because it weighs about 400 pounds more than I can possibly lift.

John by now is ‘Johnny’, our best friend, we can’t lose him - this bed is way too heavy and he looks strong-like-bull.

With pats on the back and complimenting him for all his brilliant ideas Johnny leads the way.. from the low end.. the heavy end. Everyone starts pushing, shoving, and gasping up the stairs, barely making the turns and shortly thereafter winded but not bloodied, we celebrated our success, high-fiving like some kind of atheletic heroes.

The End.

Murphy bed

Her name is Anna. She's Johnnys friend. When she saw his Murphy bed she bought one too.

I can get your Murphy bed made and installed. See more pictures and information here. closetsolution.googlepages.com/wonderfulwallbed

Steve

The $40,000. Designer Closet is missing

Sunday, February 15, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Closet Robbers struck in Massachusetts. It could happen anywhere. In fact it did. Here'sthe report.

Feb. 15th, 2009. Somerville, MA. Police officer Roberto Gonzalves responded to an APB (All Points Bulletin) involving the disappearance of $40,000. worth of designer clothing from the the closet of Ms. Jessica Lainge, a long time Boston resident. Ms. Lainge - formerly of Beverly Hills, reportedly left Police the following voice mail message:

"All clothes have been taken, important affair upcoming and nothing to wear."

Reportedly Ms. Lainge had left her 6.3 Million dollar condo unlocked while going out for a Cuque de Ville down the street from her 1st class diggs.

Upon returning from lunch the unlucky lady discovered her entire Boston walk-in closet with all it's contents had been absconded with. Experts agree that it was unquestionably an inside job. The crook knew she was 'out to lunch'. Everything - even the closet shelves, poles and drawers have now gone missing from the Boston condo.

Who other than the most tastefully tempted would so selfishly help themselves to the missing fashions? Was it the maid..the housekeeper, or the driver? The driver had keys, to the car and to the house. She could have done it.

Missing from the closet - the Bulgani Gown, The Affluenza Draperie and the ostentageous Formida Intenza - a gown made especially for the Bah de Gressa fashion extravaganza held annually in Florence, Italy.

Ms. Lainge expressed distress over her circumstances saying" I have banned myself from buying more clothes, whatever will I wear now?"
"My closet needs a total makeover- I'm going to call a Closet Designer as well as a personal shopper to get me out of this conumdrum.

Those in the know have gone on record as saying "She is traumatized, perhaps beyond recovery, we fear for Ms. Lainges emotional well being."
Immediate psychological counseling should not be cruelly withheld, who among us could easily survive such a devasting and sickening loss out of her closet?

Investigators have asked the public for help - any leads or suggestions in this case should be called in to interested authorities at Closet Solutions in Somerville.. 617-628-4864.

They would steal your closet if they could

Monday, February 9, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Busted

I'm really disappointed by the men at the top. All my life I suspected that they were mostly crooks. But did they have to go ahead and prove it? Well they did.

I'm starting to feel like one of the few honest business guys around.

And that is not very comforting. Creeps. Creepzoids. They are getting me angry.

Somebody with 'the check book' gave'em bailout money to help the country and they just stole it from us. .you, me, and our unborn kids.

I'm listening but I don't hear the footsteps of any Feds following the money trail. I think they just wrote off the first 700 Billion as non-recoverable. No lie there, because no one kept track of where the money was handed out. Unbelievable.

White collar criminals run our country. Elected traitors. Members of the Judas party.

I don't have much to offer in the way of suggestions to resolve the problem. Maybe put an addition on Guantanamo Bay and fill it to the top with the bandits from Wall Street.

If you're not irate like me you must be tranquilized.

As for me, I'm holding onto my integrity..I hope you're with me. Say yes to right conduct, right thought and right living.

If you need some free advice on closet organization or some related home and stuff storage project, I'll help. Not everyone who reads this can afford to pay my rates so just ask and I'll help you design your do-it-yourself project. No charge.

No thanks to the elected crooks we're all together in some messy times right now. Us little people will be better off helping each other to make it.

I'm available, call my office or email me, right now. I'm feeling generous toward those of you who can't really make ends meet and need a free closet design, even if you're going to build it yourself. That's a novel idea, and not ever been offered by any professional organizer as far as I know.

Steve Nickse - ClosetMaster

617-628-4864 snickse@closet-solutions.com

Boston Home Office

Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Sell the boat - invest the cash into a home office command center.

Home office

I install quite a few home offices because everybody needs a place to do the bills and sit comfortably with their laptop. File drawers, pencil drawers, shelves and counter space pave the way for organization instead of rampant ruins.
If your home office needs evaluation and free space planning ideas I'll come over - see your pain and plan a better way for you to operate with ease and organization at home.

Home office Boston

I built this home office in a chocolate color with long bar pulls. Any style or size is OK. since they are made to order in my cabinet shop.

Steve

Pantry organizer

Sunday, February 8, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Puppies have a downside.

Sure – they’re cute, funny, adorable … but they will chew your slippers, poop on the carpet, barf on the couch, jump your Aunt Mary’s leg – and ultimately, of course, they all die.

When you buy a puppy, you are in reality buying a series of crises followed by a future tragedy.
But..

They’re worth it.

Huggable, love-able little rascals barely talk back, and with enough bluff you will convince them to take ‘because I said so’ as reason enough to obey your command to stop barking whenever the door bell rings.

Little yappers, medium size cuddly, or big impetuous bruisers. When selecting a puppy it’s all about the right fit...the right size and especially the right doggy temperament that will go best with your family and environment.

All right, I confess..I never had a puppy dog.

So who am I to talk about doggies..my expertise is not in Boston Wire-haired Terrier .. more like Boston custom pantrys, - BUT I do have good design ideas for organizing and some have to do with your pets.

For example - those big bruiser dogs need 30 pound bags of food to hold them over for a week or two and the food bags need a designated spot in the pantry, on the floor, with plenty of access for dipping a big scoop into the bag. The big dog food bags are not going to fit in the 5” x 12” pantry cubby designed for tuna cans, peanut butter, and the like.

Good pantry design requires thoughtful planning .

Winging it just doesn't usually work out to your best advantage on a cabinet building project like a pantry or home office.
My design ideas are free in the Boston area for those who are not too handy with tools and need to hire a pro.

Wishing you well - call me soon and I'll get your stuff underway.

-Steve

I see custom closets in your future

Saturday, February 7, 2009 by Steve Nickse

“I smoke two packs a day and drink a quart of vodka every two days. I eat lots of red meat and cheese and rich, sugary deserts. I’ve never exercised a day in my life.

“My doctor says I should try to live healthier. I tell him to mind his own business. At 94, I like my lifestyle just the way it is. No way am I going to change. "

Some people win no matter what they do. On the other hand, some folks always seem to lose out.

Odds are you are neither one of these folks and your outcomes will directly reflect your decision making process.

What you are today is the sum total of all your past decisions.

Will your home remain a mess because you have no organizational infrastructure- it's up to you to influence your surroundings.

Be the Boss- take charge and things will turn out exactly as you plan them. Otherwise they will probably just turn out wrong.

Call me today, I'll change your life tomorrow.

617-628-4864

-Steve from Closet Solutions,
I wish you well.

Store it in the Google cloud? Sooner than you may think.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by Steve Nickse

GDrive will not hold everything you need to store, in fact if it's not uploadable - forget it. The GCloud will most likely be a great way to store all those irreplaceable pictures of your last beach vacation but you'll still need a bricks and mortar storage system for your t-shirts and sox.

Google cloud storage is an awesome concept.. allowing us to store our gigs of information and music in their server- you won't be needing a bigger hard drive, in fact before long maybe you won't need one at all.

Even with no official announcements as of today's date anticipation regarding 'The Cloud' has been compounding for years already and with recent discoveries there seems to be some evidence supporting the rumors of it's behind - the - curtains preperation.

We'll all stay tuned for that.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch we all still need a place to store pj's and high heels..that's where I come in. I'm the Facilitator.

I build closet and storage systems for regular people.

'Before' closet

Google can build you a cloud, I'll build you a closet.. much better than she has in this picture.

Steve Nickse

Closet Shelving System Boston 617.628.4864

Saturday, January 31, 2009 by Steve Nickse

Closet shelving system Boston

Simplify your life.

Those tempting words are in most ads placed by California Closet Company
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That's a nice idea, how does it work out in reality?

What you really need to do is to organize your stuff and that requires having places to put it.

I prefer this promise:

Double your Closet Space
Organize your stuff

A closet shelving system will hold shoes and foldables, hats, handbags- and everything else. Shelves are usually 12, 14, or 16" deep, 12's for shoes, 14's or 16's for sweaters.

I don't want to bore you with engineering details, so that's enough of that kind of talk. Your closets organized and maximized by a pro, that's what you are here for. That's what I do. Leave it to me.

Simplifying your life is really a whole 'nother thing. For that I suggest a good self-help book. You can find one at the bookstore across the street from my showroom in Somerville. Call me before coming.

Steve