Short on Space?

For many homeowners, it’s a tough choice: home office or guest room. Yet Larry Fox, president and owner of Valet Custom Cabinets and Closets, insists there’s no need to make a choice because a comfortable wallbed allows one room to do double duty.

His wallbed customers all face the same challenge—lack of space. “We have customers with growing families,” he says. “They need room for visitors but they also need the extra bedroom as an office. They want to have a home office, craft room or sewing room but they also want an extra room their guests. Grandparents often visit.

Other customers want it for everyday use, maybe they’ve moved to a retirement condo from a house, or they’re just starting out in a condo. They don’t want a bed to take up space when not sleeping.”With their vast assortment of wallbeds—queen, double and twin size bed are available in both vertical and side-tile options. Valet also offers beds with fold down tables and even beds that open with the touch of a remote. Designers work with customers to create a personalized and fully integrated solution that can include a home office or craft center, as well as storage such as wardrobe cabinets or bookcases. “We are not a furniture store selling a wallbed,” says Fox. “We are a custom cabinet maker.”

That’s a big distinction. The team of in-house designers can devise a custom solution for all kinds of scenarios where space saving and multiple uses are the goal for a room. “Because it’s custom cabinetry, we can do anything a customer would like,” says Fox. Customers can opt for wood, or laminates and a variety of different decorative options. Valet’s 20,000-square-foot Campbell woodshop is a certified green facility and that 95 percent of all materials used are sustainable.

The most requested options? Fox says reading lights and decorative cabinet fronts top the list.

For Valet’s customers, the result is a multi-purpose room rich in the details that come only from a fully integrated solution that hides its multitasking talents elegantly. The Valet’s solutions even add value to a home when an owner goes to sell. Fox hears from customers that buyers rarely want their integrated cabinetry removed. In fact, “it’s written into the contract that it will stay,” he says.