How To Get the Best Results from your Built-In Home Improvement Project
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The decision to have a custom storage solution designed and built in your home can bring you long lasting results and satisfaction.
It can also be a daunting process because you’re working with someone to “create a one of a kind original from nothing”, so to speak.
You’ve got the designated space where you want this storage solution to “live” – and you likely have an idea of the kinds of things you need stored there (files, books, clothes, electronic equipment, etc.).
Now you need a design/build professional to work with to make this all happen.
The most important variables to consider as you’re working on this project are form, fit and function.
Form
This is the “look” and “feel” you want your project to have.
- Do you want it to blend in with the rest of your décor, or stand out and make a dramatic statement?
- Do you like a rustic, knotted wood or a smooth, high-gloss, lacquered finish?
- Do you want open storage, closed storage, or both?
- And what about shelves, drawers and doors?
An experienced design consultant can guide you through this part and will be sure to ask you all the questions that you didn’t even know you had to answer!
Fit
Making sure a built-in fits the space is crucial – otherwise – it’s no longer a built in – it’s a mistake.
All obstacles need to be considered in terms of allowing access and making sure the pieces are manufactured so they work and fit correctly. This includes outlets and vents as well as sprinkler heads and anything else that resides in that space.
Any special AV or office equipment that will be stored within the units need to be measured and incorporated into the design – so there’s no such thing as “it’s just a standard printer” or “40” flat screen” when communicating with your designer. We need to know the precise measurements of any special equipment that you plan to incorporate into the design.
Function
Function is the place where a skilled designer can really take your project to the next level. Any woodworker can make a box and add shelves or drawers. It takes experience to know that 24” deep shelves aren’t good for much in a closet space unless they pull out. And that shallow shelving as well as deep shelving increase functionality in areas like pantries and home offices. And that corner shelves in lower cabinets end up becoming “big, black holes”.
Having an experienced design consultant, like one of the team members at Closet Organizing Systems, that can work with you to make your dreams come true – is – well – quite frankly – a dream come true.
So how can we make your dreams come true?
- Do you want it to blend in with the rest of your décor, or stand out and make a dramatic statement?
- Do you like a rustic, knotted wood or a smooth, high-gloss, lacquered finish?
- Do you want open storage, closed storage, or both?
- And what about shelves, drawers and doors?
An experienced design consultant can guide you through this part and will be sure to ask you all the questions that you didn’t even know you had to answer!
Fit
Making sure a built-in fits the space is crucial – otherwise – it’s no longer a built in – it’s a mistake.
All obstacles need to be considered in terms of allowing access and making sure the pieces are manufactured so they work and fit correctly. This includes outlets and vents as well as sprinkler heads and anything else that resides in that space.
Any special AV or office equipment that will be stored within the units need to be measured and incorporated into the design – so there’s no such thing as “it’s just a standard printer” or “40” flat screen” when communicating with your designer. We need to know the precise measurements of any special equipment that you plan to incorporate into the design.
Function
Function is the place where a skilled designer can really take your project to the next level. Any woodworker can make a box and add shelves or drawers. It takes experience to know that 24” deep shelves aren’t good for much in a closet space unless they pull out. And that shallow shelving as well as deep shelving increase functionality in areas like pantries and home offices. And that corner shelves in lower cabinets end up becoming “big, black holes”.
Having an experienced design consultant, like one of the team members at Closet Organizing Systems, that can work with you to make your dreams come true – is – well – quite frankly – a dream come true.
So how can we make your dreams come true?
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