Closets By Design Franchise News

November 23, 2011 // Franchising.com // [Cypress, CA] - Between shopping, cooking, cleaning and traveling, the Holiday season is always a hectic time of year for families. Before the chaos sets in, there are simple steps home owners can take to make room for guests and new gifts, and thus make for a more enjoyable, organized time of year.
To help consumers clean up and organize in preparation for the upcoming holidays, local storage design experts with Closets by Design can offer the following tips:

Sort and Donate – Sorting through your closet will help you decide what you want to keep and what you can discard to make room for the bulky winter items like sweaters, scarves, hats, etc. you will receive this year. If clothes are in good condition, take the items to a consignment shop or donate to a tax-deductible charity...

New Site Gives In-Depth Look at Company’s Vast Home Organization Capabilities
Cypress, CA (September 12, 2011) – Closets by Design, a national leader in the home organization and storage remodeling industry, unveiled a new, user-friendly website designed to give consumers a more comprehensive overview of the company’s wide selection of custom organization products and services.
Showcasing photo galleries of nearly every space in the home, the website mirrors the same sleek look and feel as the storage solutions themselves. Visitors see how they can maximize their existing storage spaces and incorporate organizational solutions into other areas of their homes, including the home office, garage, laundry room, kitchen pantry, and hobby room...

Closets by Design offers quick tips to simplify life for you and your kids August 03, 2011 // Franchising.com // The weeks leading up to the start of school are filled with signing up for classes, shopping, sports practices, and other hectic and sometimes costly activities.

To ease the stress of the 2011 back-to-school season, the designers with Closets by Design, a national leader in custom home organization and storage solutions, offer homeowners quick tips on how to get organized before the chaos sets in: Do an inventory. The first step to making the back-to-school bustle easier is to clear out any junk that has accumulated over the summer months, and do an inventory of school supplies and equipment. Likely, you will find you are checking off items on your shopping list without ever having to leave your home, which will save you time and money...

June 08, 2011 // Franchising.com // Cypress, CA – The organization experts at Closets by Design have helped countless homeowners makeover their closets – now, one Closets by Design fan will have the chance to upgrade what's in their closet with a $1,000 shoe shopping spree.

Whether it's 20 pairs of $50 shoes, or two of the most amazing $500 pair of shoes, the winner of the I Dream of Shoes contest will get to spend the $1,000 at their favorite shoe retailer. The contest starts today, and the rules for entering are simple: 'Like' the Closets by Design Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ClosetsByDesign). Post a pic of your favorite kicks or pumps! Share your entry with friends and family. Get the most votes by July 22, 2011 and win a $1,000 shoe shopping...

September 24, 2010 // Franchising.com // These days, the average family has a bustling schedule of PTA meetings, daily soccer practice and dinner parties. With the constant in and out, a mudroom is no longer an optional addition to the home - it is considered a necessity and can ease hectic daily routines. Mudrooms help bring order to the most used entry of the home and can be created in even the smallest spaces.

The experts at Closets by Design provide the following tips to help you construct an ideal all-purpose mudroom: Location, location, location. One of the key purposes of a mudroom is to store all of the items that are utilized on a daily basis, such as shoes, coats, keys and purses. The mudroom should be located just inside the most frequently used entryway...

Industry Veteran Taps into Residential Market with Home Organization Company Closets by Design April 21, 2010 // Franchising.com // Spartanburg, SC – Local entrepreneur and industry veteran Ben Ratterree is helping Spartanburg area homeowners get organized…one closet at a time.

Ratterree, who currently owns Blue Ridge Cabinetworks in Spartanburg, is tapping into the residential market with Closets by Design, part of the nation's leading home organization company. Located at 208 Oak Forest Rd., Closets By Design is rescuing area homeowners from disorder in their lives while grabbing a share of the $3 billion home organization industry.

"On average, Americans spend about four weeks each year hunting for their belongings," said Ben Ratterree, owner of the Spartanburg Closets by Design...

Award reflects company's consistently high level of customer service February 17, 2010 // Franchising.com // CINCINNATI — Closets by Design in Blue Ash has been awarded the 2009 Angie's List Super Service Award.

The Super Service Award is given to companies who have achieved and maintained a superior service rating on Angie's List throughout the past year. Fewer than five percent of the companies on Angie's List meet the eligibility requirements to be considered for the award.

"Our Super Service Award winners are the cream of the crop when it comes to customer service, said Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List.

Angie's List Super Service Award winners have maintained a total and overall grade of "A;" have received a minimum number of reports; are NOT in the Angie's List "Penalty Box" and do NOT have an unsatisfactory rating with the Better Business Bureau...

Closets by Design Professionals Offer No-Cost Clutter Busters July 24, 2009 // Franchising.com // Professional organization systems installed by Closets by Design are helping consumers across the U.S. get organized and the company's professional designers offer up expert advice to help clients keep their closets uncluttered. Here are five simple tips from the pros that every consumer can use:

An Operating System Isn't Just for the Office – Organize your clothes by color or by casual to formal and then hang like-types of clothing together (i.e. shirts, pants, skirts, etc.). Make the Shoe Fit – Squeeze in more shoes per shelf by arranging pairs with one toe facing out, one toe facing in. If you like to keep your shoes in boxes, make sure you the label the original box or use clear storage containers...

Leading Home Organization Franchise Plans to Open 6 Canadian Locations by 2010

October 09, 2008 // Franchising.com // BARRIE, Ontario - One of the leading home organization companies in the United States, Closets by Design, announced today it will make its international debut in Ontario, Canada. Executives of the 33-unit franchise have already signed a deal to open its first Canadian location in Barrie, Ontario in November and expect to open at least 5 more locations throughout Canada within the next 2 years.

With more than 25 years in the home organization industry and a proven franchise model, Closets by Design is poised to capture a significant share of Canada's home organization industry, projected to exceed $8...

Los Angeles – Fueled by a series of success stories within its franchise system, Closets by Design, the nation's leader in the closet organizing and storage remodeling industry, is concentrating efforts to recruit independent business operators in the closet segment for conversion to its proven franchise model. This strategy complements the 31-unit chain's traditional franchisee recruitment efforts.

The move to reach out to the owners of independent home organization companies was fueled by a series of successful conversion case studies within the Closets by Design franchise system. In one case, an independent operator in Washington, DC who had run his own closet business for 10 years, converted to the Closets by Design franchise model...