Centex Custom Closets Blog

Backpacks. Lunchboxes. Sports bags. Jackets. Cleats. Dance shoes. Hats. Water bottles. Purses. Once all of these items come into the house, where do they go? On beds, under beds, on couches, on tables, and more! Having a landing space for your entire family to keep their commonly used items will be a lifesaver as everyone gets back to the hustle and bustle of back to school! Here are a few amazing benefits you can bring into your home simply by adding a mudroom:

Workspaces have truly become a necessary part of our homes. Whether you work from home, manage a side job from home, or strictly use your home office as a place to organize your finances and files, having a functional space that allows optimum productivity is absolutely necessary!

While walk-in closets and garage closets are our most requested projects, we love when customers ask to organize other unique spaces in their homes. Laundry rooms, guest rooms with Murphy beds, display cases, entertainment centers, and linen closets are all small spaces that improve homes in big ways!

1. Hanging Space Almost all homes in Central Texas come with reach-in closets and getting those closets organized can be a challenge. At Central Texas Custom Closets, we can design, build, and install custom closet systems for reach-in closets in any room of your home. With a basic builder grade reach in closet, you typically get 1 to 2 rods for hanging space and maybe, if you’re lucky, you get some shelving. How can we take your basic builder grade reach-in closet and make it entirely efficient, functional, and beautiful? Utilizing your space for hanging clothing is always where we like to start with our designs for reach-in closets. We can install double, or triple, hanging rods to increase the amount of hanging space available for your clothing. Once we’ve established hanging space, now you can decide how you want to store your folded items. 2. Shelving Adjustable shelving provides you with an option for movement while fixed shelving provides a base for your storage needs. Within the shelving, you'll have the option of adding drawers, pull-out storage racks, trays, hampers and more to fit your needs.

I’m so excited to be featuring our most in demand product, custom walk-in closets, over the next month! During this post, I'll show you the process of choosing a closet organizing system, and design/layout planning, and then I will show you a client's finished dream custom closet. Step 1: Brainstorm Your Needs The most important step of this closet design is you knowing what you want from your finished product. I encourage you to take a notepad and walk through your closet and write down exactly what you need. Are you wanting shoe storage? Jewelry and accessory storage? Do you have a need for lots of hanging space or would you prefer more drawer space? Is a center island important to you or would you rather have open space in the middle? Do you have extra accessories like scarves, belts, and ties? If so, where would you like them to go and how would you like them to be stored? Does your closet hold other things like holiday items or linens? Write down every single thing that you want from you closet so that I have an idea of what to include in your design.

How do you feel about your garage? If you are struggling with garage organization, it is natural that you might feel overwhelmed and are not sure where to start to better utilize the space. After all, it is a very large space, and you probably have a lot of items that need to be stored in the garage. You do not need to feel this way any longer. Centex Custom Closets can design, build, and install a beautiful and functional custom garage storage system. I'd love to show you the 5 ways to best organize your garage!