Best Closet Design Companies

Buy on The Container Store

Why We Chose It: The Container Store is ubiquitous with custom closets and organizing essentials across the country.

The Container Store wins big points among users for its flexibility in terms of its variety of layouts, finishes, and cost. The nationwide brand is perhaps best known for its workhorse Elfa organizing system, which comes in the Classic and slightly pricier Decor models, but it also offers the upgraded options of the Avera and Laren systems.

The Elfa models make use of adjustable, wall-hanging steel components (and in the case of the Decor model, solid wood) to help optimize closet storage with hanging, shoe shelves, bins, and racks. The Avera system goes for the built-in look with its premium materials and includes amenity components like optional LED lighting. The priciest system, Laren, offers the most custom and upgrade finishes such as tempered glass-fronted soft-close cabinet doors and soft-close drawers.

The Container Store offers in-store as well as virtual design consultations that help buyers lay out their closets and choose the system that will work best for them. Customers who live outside of a 25-mile radius of a brick-and-mortar Container Store will incur additional freight and installation fees.

Buy on Californiaclosets.com

Why We Chose It: California Closets has a strong nationwide network with independent design consultants across the country to assist in areas where it doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar location.

The Cadillac of closet design companies, California Closets will customize an organization system for nearly any need. Not only does the nationwide brand design reach-in and walk-in closets, but it also designs other forms of storage such as Murphy beds, wine bars, work stations, and entertainment centers. While California Closets does have a brick-and-mortar presence, it also employs design consultants across the country who do at-home and virtual consultations to help clients design their organization systems based on style, as well as space and budget constraints.

The initial design consultation typically lasts approximately 90 minutes. From there, a design is finalized and then takes generally between four and six weeks to be fabricated. The custom closet is then installed by California Closets. The cost for storage varies based on the complexity of projects and the materials and finishes used, but the cost includes the materials, finishes, installation, and a lifetime warranty.

All of California Closets’ boards are made with a laminated composite made from recycled wood fiber, and all systems are mounted to the walls.

Buy on Ikea

Why We Chose It: The quality of construction, combination options, and affordability of Ikea’s Boaxel system trumped other budget picks.

Ikea retired its popular Algot system in 2020, but the internationally beloved home brand has replaced it with an equally worthy contender in the Boaxel system. If appearance is a primary concern over functionality, this is not the best pick. But the wall-hanging organization system will get the job done—and at a relatively reasonable price.

The Boaxel system uses a powder-coated carbon steel wall-mounted frame as its jumping-off point. Ikea sells pre-determined storage combinations, such as sets that include hanging space on top of mesh drawers as well as individual parts for creating a more personalized layout.

Ikea’s complementary Jonaxel system is a great pick for renters or those with too little closet space, as it's freestanding and doesn’t require wall mounting. The systems can also be used together.

Buy on Easyclosets.com

Why We Chose It: EasyClosets allows buyers across the country to design their ideal closet from the comfort of their own home.

EasyClosets is a web-based purveyor of organizational systems that gives buyers the option to custom design their own closet. The brand’s 2D and 3D online modeling tools make it easy to see what organization combinations will best work in the space. EasyClosets also offers a tool that shows the total cost during the design process, which makes it easier to stay on track with a budget. EasyClosets also offers design consultations, but the brand’s more unique feature is giving buyers the reins and empowering them to design their own product using advice from the Easy Closets Help Hub.

Going the DIY route definitely requires a little extra know-how when it comes to properly measuring and installing the product. EasyClosets recommends that buyers have on hand a tape measure, drill, screwdriver, hacksaw, and level to install the project, and also that they have a basic proficiency with home improvement projects.