If the Broadway Plan has taught us anything, the days of the spacious, 700-plus square foot living space are seemingly over.
It’s a generational realignment of the city’s housing stock, where Vancouver’s urban planners are replacing the larger, traditional spaces with little more than 450 square feet suites.
The team at is perfectly positioned to help Vancouverites navigate this transition.
A proudly , California Closets of BC has more than 40 years of experience in the design, manufacture and installation of custom closets and other custom home storage.
So when the inevitable downsize occurs, California Closets BC’s expertise spans custom-crafted walk-in closets, reach-in closets, wall beds, media centres, home offices, pantries and so much more.
“When it comes to smaller spaces, you're calling the right company – custom home storage and custom home space design is what we do,†says California Closets of BC owner and CEO Stephan Maingot. “We do a heck of a lot more than just closets.â€
Whether it’s a detached home, a townhome or a condominium, Maingot’s team is bound by the belief that all living spaces need to provide a level of beauty and function for the home to become a place of refuge and belonging.
And it’s this time of year, multi-space upgrades bring the “it†factor across Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»homes.
Those upgrades could entail transforming a two-bedroom space through an office-and-bed combo or media centre option, where one room is seamlessly transformed from sleeping space to office or leisure space.
Alternatively, Maingot suggests replacing the bed with a couch or shifting the leisure space to use as a home office.
The options are limited only by a customer’s imagination.
“Especially for people who are buying studio apartments, we highly recommend that you get a Murphy bed so that you’re not occupying all of that space throughout the day,†Maingot says. “We use the absolute best technology and hardware to give you a lifetime of use.â€
Therein lies the beauty of the California Closets of BC advantage. Convenience and modern style are effortlessly blended to maximize smaller spaces to suit an urban lifestyle that helps busy city dwellers stay organized.
It’s a process that involves four steps, beginning with the design consultation phase. This is where Maingot’s design team carefully determines budgets, lifestyle, trends and measurements.
Once equipped with design requirements, designers then create a virtual model of your space using proprietary 3-D software to demonstrate how your system will look, feel and function.
The designs are then custom-crafted by a team of local specialists using the finest materials in the world, with 95% of the company’s woods sourced from Canadian mills. As more homeowners prioritize Canadian-made materials for their quality and sustainability, California Closets of BC embodies this growing shift toward locally crafted home solutions.
The final step turns visions and dreams into reality. Each home system is installed by employees local to B.C. who are specifically trained in using and installing California Closets of BC products.
“We really treasure the ‘wow moments’ when a job is done,†Maingot says. “Customers are so happy, but they're very exacting customers, so we have to get it done flawlessly. That’s the most important aspect for us, to get the job done flawlessly.â€
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