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by Steve Gamel | cover by Nick Allen Photography interior photo of the Hembys by Your Candid Memories ( YourCandidMemories.com) • closet and desk photos courtesy of Closets by Design
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hen the coronavirus hit in March, and you and your family were forced to work and learn from home, you knew whatever makeshift workspace you had wasn’t going to cut it longterm. But your family made do — an office for mom and dad at the dining room table, a fold-out table in the hallway for the kids, a quiet nook area with a lamp in a walk-in closet for anyone who needed some quiet time — and said it was only temporary. Eight months later, what was supposed to be temporary now looks permanent. Clearly, something needs to change. Jay and Lisa Hemby with Closets by Design have been regarded for years as your home organization specialists. And while much of what they do still involves solutions for closets, pantries, and even garage makeovers, their design team has been asked quite a bit lately to flex their creative muscles in another space: home workstations. Rather than a makeshift setup that leaves a lot to be desired, more and more families are having closets, bonus rooms, bedrooms, and smaller
offices professionally outfitted with
permanent workstations that are designed and customized to look like they came with the house.
These are complete with
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desks, drawers, filing
systems, cabinetry, and anything else you can
think of to make work and
school life more organized, efficient, and manageable
desks’ that were maybe just a counter
and a drawer for some pencils into an
area with drawers for filing, cabinets, and even a new cut-out area for a printer.
Some homes have little nooks — we’ve put workstations in those, too. Other
homes have offices that are only set up for one person. We’ve come in and added additional workstations.”
Lisa agreed, saying the ideas brought to
life have been impressive, to say the least. “I recently saw an entertainment station/ workstation combo in one home, and it was really neat to see. It’s all about
creativity right now,” Lisa said. “And it’s a fun time for our designers because they can really think outside the box.”
for everyone in the home.
The fact that people are calling Closets by
“This is a new gear for us,
surprising. Closets By Design specializes
and boy have we been
busy,” Jay said. “We’ve done bonus rooms that were previously a free-for-all room,
and now there’s a quiet place away from the bedroom for the kids to do their
school work. We’ve converted ‘moms’
Design for these solutions and more is not in designing and remodeling attractive storage spaces for any
area of your home, including everything from that packed closet in the master bedroom to home offices, kitchen
pantries, and garages. They have over 60 www.CastleHillsMagazine.com
