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RECOMMENDED: Tailored Living featuring Premier Garage (Ottawa)

This was a great experience!

The Do-It-Yourselfers may groan at the idea of having someone do the garage for you and will point out that you can get floor cabinets but after looking online and going through our garage renovation, there were two things I learned:

1. Garage floors aren't flat. That means you HAVE to put things on the wall if you want them straight.

2. Full on wall cabinetry is expensive, especially if you want to handle heavy loads. The ones you buy from Home Depot and the like can't handle heavy items - many top out at 25-50 lbs per shelf.

Enter Tailored Living.

Jason Allen met with us and went through several design iterations. His original proposal (a fully loaded garage) was a little on the expensive side but he worked with our budget, putting up with me asking for "try this, try that" and ensuring the finished garage work would meet our needs. As he said, "you can always expand later".

He had us scheduled in very quickly - within two weeks of deciding on a plan. On the day of the installation, Ian did the installation - he was EARLY and just fantastic. The work was done fast and he even helped put some of the heavier items into the cabinets.



We look forward to working with Tailored Living again for additional work!

Side note: I wish we had known they did inside closet work as well. While we are very happy with our California Closets, it was interesting that Tailored Living did not show up during a Google search.

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