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New Partnership | McLean Village Retirement Community & California Closets
McLean Village in Simsbury CT and California Closets have partnered to bring you beautiful, customized storage solutions in your new home. We invite you to visit our two model displays at the Villa model home and to browse the photo galleries below to get ideas for your projects.
McLean Village Retirement Community & California Closets | 3D Design Options
Stephanie Bonini is your California Closets Design Consultant for McLean residences, and is based out of our West Hartford Center showroom. Please visit her page here to learn more about her and view her work.
DESIGN OF THE MONTH > DEC 2011 > WINNER: Ellen Gundersen!
Congrats to Ellen Gundersen! She is the winner of the Design of the Month – December, 2011. Ellen transformed an outdated basement bar into a breathtaking Before & After! This beautiful bar features sleek High Gloss cabinets, chrome accessories, Ecoresin details, and a granite countertop. It was installed by Rachel Precourt.
Before: The existing bar counters were basic off-white laminate. There was a lack of storage due to the small area behind the bar counter there were no back cabinets – just a blank wall.
After: From drab to dramatic! The bar is now a beautiful focal point. In the designer’s words “It looks fresh and the Hollywood Silver eco resin creates visual excitement. She got lots of extra storage in the back cabinets and the pull-out wine racks. She added new bar stools, and a new juke box to finish off the design. It’s very cool!!”
Ellen used California Closets 3D CAD Software to create the design. It looks just like the finished product!
The design called for more storage, so Ellen added 2 beautiful Chrome Stemware Racks (holds up to 12 glasses each). She also added Chrome Pull-Out Wine Racks, making wine storage a breeze!
In the designers words: ”I designed panels of high-gloss black and framed high-gloss with Ecoresin inserts to be installed on the front faces of the existing bar cabinets. These panels looked great because they visually tied the existing front bar cabinet to the new back cabinets.”
Meet the Designer
Contact Ellen by email: egundersen@calclosets.com
See more of Ellen’s work
800.225.6901 | californiaclosets.com
California Closets services CT, MA, ME, NH and RI.
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Offer available 12/1/2011 thru 12/31/2011 with purchase of any new California Closets system. May combine a maximum of 3 offers per purchase. Murphy beds not to exceed 15% of purchase price. Offer valid at participating locations only. Copyright California Closets 2011.
DESIGN OF THE MONTH > NOV 2011 > WINNER: Nancy Dayian
Congrats to Nancy Dayian! She is the winner of the Design of the Month – November, 2011. Nancy transformed an empty condo hallway into an organized storage oasis! She made the most of the space by creating a large wall unit to store folded items, shoes and linens. Brian Davenport installed the system.
The client had recently moved from Philadelphia into the Ritz Carlton Boston Condos. Their new condo was smaller than their previous home and had less storage.
They had seen a wall unit that appealed to them in another unit before they purchased their new home, which they had a picture of, and that provided the inspiration for what became their own wall unit.
The wall unit was designed in 3D Closet CAD – a tool all of the California Closets Designers use with their clients. It allows you to see the system in 3D and change the colors and accessories on the spot!
Client’s Reaction:
“We absolutely love our closets, and we have more storage space than we ever thought possible. We moved from a large home with big closets, and did not know how we would ever fit everything into this small condo. You did it Nancy! We [were able to] fit in everything we needed — you are number one!”
This contemporary design features Aluminum framed doors with frosted glass. The system hardware is a Stainless Steel finish. The wall unit is Lago Bellissima White.

Contact Nancy by email: ndayian@calclosets.com
See more of Nancy’s work
800.225.6901 | californiaclosets.com
California Closets services CT, MA, ME, NH and RI.


















