Kwasny Cabinets | Gardena, Calif.

Susan Mason enjoys a shipshape closet after a redesign.

"I told Bob [Kwasny, owner] that my place is so small he should think of using space like a boat. It turns out he knows boats well, so this was a useful metaphor," Mason says. "I'm extremely happy with how it looks and how efficiently space has been used. Everything was custom made to my needs."