Organize this: achieve shelf-sufficiency with these clever closet systems - products: off the shelf

Residential Architect, August, 2003 by Shelley D. Hutchins

mod squad

The Bilbao collection's single modular wardrobes can be tailored and combined to create individualized closet arrangements. The aluminum-framed units contain maple melamine, cherry, or rosewood drawers and shelves and feature hinged, sliding, or folding doors in acid-etched or silver-coated glass.

Frighetto, 888.651.7143; www.frighetto.it.

epicurean order

ORG, formerly Closet Classics, has expanded its tidy talents to the kitchen. Its new pantry storage system mixes corner shelves, solid beech drawers, wine racks, produce baskets, glass-front dry-goods bins, and a stand-alone hutch with a recessed toe-kick. For veneers, choose from white, alloy, midnight ebony, summer flame, and more. ORG, 800.562.4257; www.homeorg.com.

neat trick

California Closets joined forces with Whirlpool to produce the Personal Valet system, which removes wrinkles and odors from clothes. In about 30 minutes, clothes can be spruced up right inside the closet. The 3-foot-wide by 5-foot-high by 1-foot-deep unit crimes in white or maple and accommodates three pieces of clothing at once. The system plugs into a standard 110-volt outlet; no water lines are needed. California Closet Company, 415.256.8500; www.calclosets.com.

heady hue

ClosetMaid introduces a new finish for its MasterSuite line of laminate storage vessels: Warm Cognac. Configuration options include shoe cubbies and racks, double and single hanging rods, drawers, open shelving, and center island pieces. Door and drawer fronts come with raised or flat panels and polished chrome handles. The system's heavy-duty European hardware and dowel-and-screw construction ensure durability. ClosetMaid, 800.227.8319; www.closetmaid.com.

stow business

Rich detailing like decorative inlays and hand-stitched leather handles embellish a choice of woods--maple, beech, mahogany, or mahogany-stained beech--in studiobecker's Ultimate Wardrobe System. Drawers are fully extendable, shelves are adjustable, carousels rotate 360 degrees, and swing rods pivot. Inventive accessories include a slide-away, full-length mirror; jewelry inserts; specially engineered hangers; and a hidden safe. studiobecker, 510.865.1616; www.studiobecker.com.

bureau chief

The 84-inch-tall hutch from ProClosets brings the look of custom furniture to any closet. The unit, which coordinates with the company's other closet-storage products, consists of a set of fully extendable drawers beneath open shelving, and comes in widths of 18, 24, and 30 inches. Colors include white, ivory, cherry, oak, Captiva maple, candlelight, and light maple. ProClosets, 877.BUY.A.PRO; www.proclosets.com.