Monday, June 12, 2017

Nearly All New Homes Include Prefabricated Closet Kits

By Margaret Adams


They were initially marketed to professional organizers and housewives in mix-and-match units they found at container stores or discount shopping centers. Remodeling programs on television put the kit into the general consciousness. In little time even contractors were signing up to buy prefabricated closet kits.

They are the perfect option for organizing what was once walls of wasted space. Smaller dwellings are made more comfortably livable, and so are older homes that were often built with a micro-closet for a sprawling bedroom. Consumers can choose between cubes, boxes, divided slots for hanging garments, or a set made to organize those with an outrageous shoe obsession.

They are modular in nature, so one can set up their space in whatever manner fits best. In fact, it can be changed easily, with the different parts and pieces all snapping or stacking into place. They can be taken apart and moved from place to place, even if the basic framing of it has been attached to walls for stability.

The manufactured housing market really picked up the notion in the early 1990s. They modified the original idea by bringing a plastic-coated metal style that could be pre-measured in manufacture, and quickly put into place during construction. Additionally, they are lightweight, so they were able to make a much better working space while still keeping to stringent weight restrictions.

Of course, the first time the American public saw a personal space being re-imagined, it was done by contractors who made it as a large, wooden structure which had to be built and installed on site. Somewhere along the way, the personal organizing industry was able to create a more standardized style which was marketed in the retail world. By making these wood cubes from particle board, they became a do-it-yourself hit.

Within the construction industry, manufactured housing has always presented new ways of putting homes together well before the stick-built housing market does. In fact, it took contractors two decades to pick up on the idea of bathrooms with garden tubs, and many people purchased these homes for that reason alone. They did not take so long to pick up on this new fad, and now one could hardly find a new home without closets being wall-to-wall modular organization.

In fact, many of the particle board storage cube kits people put in their living rooms, offices, and home libraries were first presented in those home improvement shows. As the average person has changed in their personal tastes in furniture, these ultra modern and functional options are becoming the norm. Such styles make better use of limited living space, which is a selling point for young people who adhere to a style known as minimalism.

Now we find ourselves in the midst of a micro-home revolution in this country. With the plastic-covered metal bracket styles now available in a variety of designer colors, there are more options in these lightweight, flexible units. For those who live a constantly mobile existence with their tiny home pulled behind them, the lessened weight as well as inherent flexibility are a primary selling point.




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