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Americans are opening the door a bit wider on cedar closets. A current survey of 1,000 adults showed that although only 10 % actually personal a cedar closet, 41 percent would contemplate installing 1 in their houses when informed about the benefits.

"Our investigation clearly shows that the benefits of cedar closets may be America's greatest- kept property improvement secret," says Bev Head, CEO of Huntsville, Alabama-based Giles & Kendall, the #1 cedar closet liner manufacturer in the United States and makers of the CedarSafe Natural Closet Liner brand.

Those benefits include:

• Repel and resist moths, roaches, silverfish and mildew

• Offer a wonderful cedar scent

• Safer than mothballs and smells much better

• Frequently found in costly or older homes

• A wonderful place to retailer out-of-season garments.

A 2005 study by Unity Advertising and marketing shows that 15 percent of homeowners who make $150,000 a year or a lot more have cedar closets. That is about the identical percentage as those who own wine cellars or outdoor hearths. According to the CedarSafe survey, 44 % of cedar closet owners inherited them when they bought the residence. Far more than 30 % installed them on their own.

Closet Makeovers Are Large Organization

In current years, closet makeovers have grow to be large organization-a $two billion industry. The boom helped spark a new trade magazine, CLOSETS, which notes that the typical value of a closet installation has improved from $two,000 to $3,500. A lot of that expense comes from generating custom closets with lots of shelves and drawers.

"You never have to invest a lot of funds to take pleasure in the benefits of cedar closets," says Head. "In fact, you can set up cedar panels or planks oneself for $150 to $360 for a standard-size closet."

The planks and panels are created of one hundred percent Aromatic Eastern Red Cedar and actually line the walls of the closet. They perform with standard metal bars or rods or even custom drawers.

The planks offer an sophisticated appear to a closet in a master bedroom. It would expense about $360 to line 180 square feet of wall space with cedar planks.

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