Apr. 02, 2018

Closet Blog: Honorable Awards in 2018

Closet Works Walks Away with Honorable Wins in 2018

This year's ceremony for the Top Shelf Design Awards — a design contest for the top designers in the closet design industry to be celebrated, was held in Pasadena where winners were officially announced for select categories. Closet Works walked away on top with not one, but three Honorable Mentions/Second Place awards. Up against the ropes in highly competitive categories, Closet Works was awarded with three prestigious and commendable titles out of a slew of submissions by other top industry designers.

Closet Works has won numerous times in the past, with many of our designers receiving 1st place in multiple categories. In 2017 we had four first place winners and one honorable mention. We plan to keep a winning streak going and continue to create show-stopping, award-winning designs for years to come. This year's winners include:

Susan Murawski: Honorable Mention in the category of Home Office: Over 150 sq. ft. for her design Multipurpose Office
Greg Cetera: Honorable Mention in the category of Closet: Laminate under 18 linear ft. for his design West Suburban Wardrobe
Lynn Casanova: Honorable Mention in the category of Specialty for her design Precision Workshop for the Furniture Artist

A Few of The Closet Works Top Shelf Trophies

2018 Top Shelf Submissions

Closet Works had a total of 14 entries, some designers entering more than one design. Categories included:

Garage: under 600 square feet; Garage: over 600 square feet
Home Office: under 150 square feet; Home Office: over 150 square feet
Closet: Closet: Laminate under 18 linear feet; Laminate over 18 linear feet; Closet: Wood over 18 linear feet; Closet: Reach in
Specialty: (craft, pantry, laundry, mudroom)
Wine Cellar

Closet Works Entries:

Gerry Ayala top shelf 2018 closet entry — Gerry Ayala

Gerry Ayala top shelf 2018 home office entry — Gerry Ayala

gerry ayala top shelf 2018 wardrobe closet entry — Gerry Ayala

Lynn Casanova top shelf 2018 woodshop specialty entry — Lynn Casanova

Greg Cetera top shelf 2018 closet entry — Greg Cetera

Tim Higbee wine storage and home office — Tim Higbee

Lisa Lauren 2018 top shelf home office entry — Lisa Lauren

Teri Magee 2018 top shelf closet entry — Teri Magee

Lina Meile 2018 top shelf garage entry — Lina Meile

Lina Meile 2018 top shelf specialty entry — Lina Meile

Susan Murawski 2018 top shelf home office entry — Susan Murawski

Katy Shannon 2018 top shelf closet entry — Katy Shannon

Sue Tinker 2018 top shelf closet entry — Sue Tinker

Sue Trainor 2018 top shelf specialty entry — Sue Trainor

2018 Top Shelf Awards

2018 Honorable Mentions:
Sue Murawski - Multipurpose Office, Greg Cetera - West Suburban Wardrobe, Lynn Casanova - Precision Workshop for the Furniture Artist

Susan Murawski's Honorable Mention home office design:

"My client and his wife were downsizing from a large house to a condo in the city, hence a major need for his own office and personal library/lounge space with lots of storage. The condominium featured fewer rooms than the old house, and he wanted the new office space to be more than just a place to work. Wall 1 of the new office is used for extra counter space and place to put refreshments so that the area can be used for entertaining or quiet relaxation." See More...

Greg Cetera's Honorable Mention closet design:

"This wardrobe was created for a couple that has a very large Master Bedroom and a relatively small Master Walk-in closet. Since my clients do not have a television set in their Master Bedroom, we decided to take advantage of an open wall that is nearly 17' wide with an alcove at the far right side of the wall. My client wanted to create a system to store a combination of short hanging, long hanging, folded items, purses, drawers, folded garments, jewelry storage, hooks for necklaces and bracelets, a place to store their laundry hamper, and shelving with doors to display her saris. Although the systems were designed with the wife's needs in mind, the husband wanted to maintain a small area where he could iron clothing within the bedroom and hang a few garments for special occasions. After much discussion, we decided to create a small section for the husband in the alcove portion along with a section of drawers with shelving and pullout necklace/bracelet storage for the wife." See More...

Lynn Casanova's Honorable Mention specialty design

"The client designs and builds contemporary, one-of-a-kind art quality furniture and desired a haven for his craft. An allotted area in the basement behind a secret, hidden door of the home needed to be transformed into a workshop that could make use of every square inch of the limited space. He requested that I maintain visual height consistency between components for the overall aesthetic as well as functionality. His extensive collection of diverse tools required that each section be precisely sized to meet exacting tool specifications. Heights of the countertops needed to be uniform with a rolling table to move heavy work materials around the room and onto special tops to be worked on in different zones." See More...

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