From John Walker.
California Closets - Briarcliff
My wife and I live in a 3000 ft2 condo in a high-rise building near downtown KCMO. We love the views but we really needed more storage to help keep things neat and organized. We approached our local California Closets dealer for help with this and they delivered in a big way. We have done two projects with them so far:
• A 14.5 ft floor-to-ceiling combined drawer/cabinet/media center unit for our master bedroom
• A 11 x 7.5 ft floor-to-ceiling combined drawer/cabinet/media center unit wrapping around an outside corner in our guest bedroom
For the first master bedroom project, we started by visiting our local California Closets showroom. We met with our designer Mike, explained what we needed and checked out all their color/material options. A week later Mike came out to our condo to see our space, discuss options, and take exact measurements. Two weeks later Mike invited us back to the showroom to see 3D renderings of his design ideas for our space. Mike was able to modify the renderings on the fly as we discussed his design and our needs. We approved the design, scheduled a tentative installation date, and made our down payment.
A few months later, California Closets contacted us to tell us they were ready to install. Virtually all the individual components were pre-cut which made installation very efficient. First day was major installation, second morning was customization and touch up. We asked for a number of modifications to accommodate wiring and power issues, they did them on the spot! The installation team was great, they made things so easy for us.
After the installation, we realized that we needed to raise up our television a bit. The wall unit was installed on a wall adjacent to another condo unit so we were not allowed to attach the television (with speakers) to the wall. We called Mike, he suggested a custom-built “riser” platform using the same materials as our wall unit. Mike came out to take the measurements and a few weeks later the installation crew came back and put the riser in place. See attached photo for final result.
A year later, we followed the same design and installation plan for our second project. We subsequently ordered a riser platform for this unit as well, it was not installed at time we took the photo.
Overall, just a great experience for us from start to finish. Great design, great installation, great communications. We have ideas for a number of follow-up projects and California Closets is ready to help us again!
