Multi-Function Comes Home

It seemed like a good idea at the time, turning your infrequently used guest room into a home office for the family. It was a good idea…until the houseguests arrived and you didn’t have a comfortable space for them. Why compromise? With a custom designed home office and wallbed you can have your work space and your guest room. The ideal solution!

Larry Fox, president and owner of Valet Custom Cabinets and Closets, points out that in a standard 12 foot square room a homeowner has more than enough space for both an office and a guest room without sacrificing workspace or a comfortable room for company.

A typical design will have a desk and workspace on one wall wrapping around to a wallbed with side cabinetry on the adjacent wall. Custom office features might include multiple workstations, specialty cabinets designed for computer equipment, concealed wire management, and lighting. Wallbeds are often accompanied with side cabinets that offer wardrobe storage and nightstands. “It’s a fully integrated solution that meets the needs of the family and the individual,” says Fox. The results go far beyond what most of us could conjure up using elements from a catalog or furniture store.

Customers often start by visiting one of Valet’s showrooms to gather ideas and see the product features and quality first hand. They gain a good feel for what can be accomplished and an expectation of cost. The focus then shifts to design and a complimentary in-home design consultation is scheduled. “We ask a lot of questions to fully understand each customer’s specific requirements and goals,” says Fox. “With the aid of our computer CAD program we are able to develop a custom solution that ideally meets their individual needs in both function and style.”

A designer will ask about things the client may not have even considered. For example: How much filing space is needed? Will you be using a laptop or computer tower? Would you like your guests to have reading lights in their bed? Follow up questions are then asked, such as do you need standard or legal size files or both? “We work on the functionality first and then we craft the aesthetics and styling options,” says Fox.

Valet’s experienced design team excels at making the most out of any space while complimenting the elegance of the home. Whether it is utilizing corner spaces, placing printers and CPU’s on slide-out shelves under a desk, or adding in a locking ergonomic laptop tray that slides under the desk when not in use, every inch of space is thought out. Designers will also recommend which type of wallbed will work best in the room. In addition to twin, double and queen sizes, wallbeds are available in both vertical and side-tilt options. Vertical tilt beds can even be ordered with an integrated fold down table.

“Our primary objective is to create a unique solution that fits for you,” says Fox. In one home, Valet installed an office and wallbed in San Francisco for a customer who has back issues. To address the customer’s need to be standing while working, one section of the desk was raised to 45 inches high for his laptop.

Customers can choose from a wide range of material options crafted in Valet’s 15,000 square-foot Campbell factory, a certified green manufacturing facility that uses 95 percent environmentally preferred products.

Valet services the entire Bay Area with over 40% of their business coming from repeat customers and word-of-mouth referrals. Fox, who has owned the company for 10 years, prides himself on the 96.4% on time rate once an installation appointment is set. “We provide a unique and personal service,” he says.