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Perfect Pantries for Happy Holidays
The holidays are here! A well organized pantry will make meal preparation so much easier. Drawers work well for small packages, towels, and even food wrap and zip bags. Your pantry is your personal grocery, so organize it into departments to save time finding...

Our Open House: Closets & Cocktails
A sincere thank you to everyone who came out to support Closets by McKenry last night during our Closets & Cocktails open house. CEO Chris McKenry opened his home to showcase his custom-designed master closets, office spaces and storage options. Despite the rain,...

5 Tips to Help Your Kids Get Their Rooms Organized
Getting your kids to keep their rooms clean and organized can be a never-ending battle. Tell them to put their toys away, place their books on the shelves and hang their clothes up in the closet, but sometimes it’s just no use. Don’t give up! Instead, consider...

Back to Basics: Color Coding
Getting organized doesn’t have to be complicated. Even though tackling a messy closet, pantry or garage can seem intimidating, with color coding, it can actually be very simple! Chris mentioned color coding during his interview on Mornings with Fox 43 about...

Fall Back in Love With Your Garage This Season!
For most of us, the garage has become the pit of all the junk we don’t know what to do with. Everything from the treadmill we once used and our extra pots and pans, to the toys and tricycles the kids have overgrown have ended up in piles in the garage. The...

Back to School: Getting Organized
With the kids shifting their summer gears to get ready for school, there’s no doubt that as a parent, you’ll want to prepare too! Undoubtedly, the school year will be a hectic one filled with band and soccer practices, exam dates and study groups, and dentist and...

Kick Start the Summer with a Seasonal Lift
It’s can be hard to determine which changes faster—the transitions between the seasons or our personal styles. With the hotter months finally here, we’re quickly shedding our winter coat for lighter, breezier wear. So what should you do as you switch out your...

Creating a Home for your Hobbies
Hobbies and crafts are just more enjoyable when all your supplies are an arm’s reach away. But what do you do when they’re not? If your art and craft supplies are piling up in a disorganized mess, it may be time to call Closets by McKenry. Creating an organized...

Multipurpose Garages
Garages serve multiple purposes – shielding your car from environmental elements, storing your toolbox and workshop equipment, providing creative space for your DIY projects, and offering a default location for all those “odds and ends” objects that you want to hide....

The Benefits of an Organized Office
“A messy desk is the sign of a creative mind”: truth, excuse, or maybe a little of both? We’re not here to judge your desk, and whether or not you agree with the old adage, having some organization in the mix is always beneficial. Consider this – in a crunch time,...