Projects

Knocking down walls

dressing room, dream closet, closet island, vanity, center island, shoe wardrobe, shoe storage, closet storage, custom closet, walk in closet, room to closet, custom closet designer

DOWNTOWN BAG CLOSET

Handbag Closet, glass doors, designer bags, handbag display, purse storage, custom closet, custom closet design

Downtown Dressing Room

Closet Clean-Out with Joelle Garguilo, NBC New York

Daily lifestyle NBC New York show giving viewers the best in all things New York:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/new-york-live/closet-clean-out/2490258/	

Hudson Harbor Luxury Townhouse Office

home office, custom cabinetry, desk, file storage, modern office, corner desk, custom office design

Hudson Harbor Luxury Townhouse Offices

Men's Dressing Room

men's closet, men's dressing room, custom island, center island, bench, shoe storage, shirt storage, dress shirt storage, suit storage, isalnd with drawers

Featured on Real Housewives of New York

real housewives of New York, Bethenny Frankel closet designer, organizer, custom bag storage, shoe tower, lighted closet, custom dressing room, center island, island with drawers, RHONY, Bravo TV, celebrity designer, dream dressing room, dream closet

Bethenny and Fredrik Bravo TV

Featured on this season of Bravo TV show Bethenny and Fredrik designing a custom walk-through closet/dressing room. Bravo TV, Fredrik Eklund, Bethenny Frankel, Custom Closet, Walk Through Closet, Dream Closet, Madison Square Park Closet, Shoe Storage, Vanity, Desk, Lighted Closet Rods, Lighted Shelves, Glass Doors

White Dressing Room

Dream Dressing Room, Walk in Closet, Room to Closet, White Closet, Custom Closet, Island with Drawers, Tilt out Hamper, Valet Rod, Closet with Doors, Large Handles, Black Handles, Closet,Deep Cabinets, Dressing Room, Closet Island

Custom Closet Island Dresser

RHONY Laundry Room

Updated to Two tone melamine with Brushed aluminum and white. Created upper cabinetry for storage, folding and sorting area. Under counter opening for laundry cart. Paneled around stackable washer dryer.  Featured on Season 10 of Real Housewives of New York. 

Laundry Room featured on Real Housewives of New York

New Rochelle, NY Dressing Room

Childs Wall Unit

Mirrored Wall Unit with rechargeable lights, shaker faces and doors, shoe storage, hanging and drawers. Brushed brass accessories.

Child's Wall Unit

Another Sloped Ceiling

I helped a client to design the space needed for a walk closet in a sloped ceiling area of the master bedroom. After her contractor built the walls I was able to deign three walls of storage for her. 

Home Offices

Working with Andrea Gary on my new office was an absolute pleasure. She immediately understood what I needed and added smart elements that enhanced the design and functionality of the plan. She kept my budget at the forefront, but was creative in suggesting ways to maximize every dollar. The finished product is exactly what I hoped for - I am already more productive and working in my new office is a pleasure!

NJ Dressing Room Makeover

Wire shelving (builder special) and lack of storage made for a messy walk-in closet. Everything accumulated in piles on the floor. My client was inspired by my designs for Bethenny Frankel's dressing room so we chose to use wallpaper as the backing and to design an elegant dressing room with shelving and drawers to accommodate all of her accessories including, belts, jewelry, scarves, shoes and bags along with hanging. The crown molding added to the final look. 

In my client's words:I LOVE LOVE my new closet!!! Andrea did an awesome job designing it. She went in detail thru all my needs and used all the space available to make the best out of the space I had. She spent several hours with me just going over the design, specifics and all the small details. She recommended where things should go, which made it much easier on me (since I'm not the greatest at imagining things). People who came to install it were very nice. They did a great job installing everything. Once they finished I couldn't wait to see it all come together, so I stayed up almost all night putting things in their spot. Once I was done, IT ALL LOOKED FABULOUS!!!! I would most definitely recommend the entire team!!! Once again, GREAT THANKS ANDREA!!!!

Closet Becomes Office at the River House, Sleepy Hollow, NY

In my client's words: For the second time, Andrea Gary has used every inch of space to design, customize, and install five exquisite closets for our move to a new condominium at Hudson Harbor. Her brilliant "coup" this time was turning a clothing closet into a computer station, which we originally thought might be placed in the utility closet. The Queen of Kerfuffle listened to our thoughts and, with her innate creative flair, pointed out that we really needed the larger closet for storage; she purposed opening up the smaller closet into a unique, working computer space and library which has become the showplace of our new den. 
Andrea, a true professional, spent four hours thoroughly assessing our needs when we downsized from our four-story house six years ago, counting every book and shoe before devising a plan for all the items we wished to keep. Her work, done in a timely fashion within our budget, enhanced the value of that first apartment and, most importantly, provided us with a comfortable living space for which we have been most grateful. About to embark likewise on her new creation, we recommend without reservation the unique services of this most competent designer, who goes the extra mile to oversee the actual installation, ensuring perfection of the final product which she crafts. 
Jim and Donna Quinn

Closet Becomes Office at the River House

Garage Makeover

Review from client: Every time I walked into our garage, I would think to myself that we really needed to tackle the project of reorganizing and finding an efficient and nice looking system to store all the STUFF! With three kids worth of sports gear, bikes, helmets and sidewalk chalk; a husband who golfs and has a healthy supply of tools and gardening supplies; and my own growing stash of outdoor Christmas décor - our plastic, snap together shelving was not cutting it anymore. I was referred to Andrea by a friend, and was so excited to be tackling this project! Andrea was a pleasure to work with; she is very personable, detail oriented, and was available to start on our project in a very reasonable time frame. She came in and assessed our needs, asking lots of questions about what we would be storing and working to make the most efficient use of the space. Andrea had quick turnaround on the design, and was definitely cost-conscious. She suggested how to trim costs and never pushed for upgrades on anything. Andrea had a lot of great ideas - I love the baskets for all the loose sports gear, and now everything has a space so it won't get cluttered. I am completely pleased with how our garage storage units came out, and the wall storage hooks are perfect for our bikes, ski gear and tools. I highly recommend Andrea Gary, and will definitely use her again for my organizing and custom storage projects!

Queen of Kerfuffle/Organized and Neat

Wallunit Headboard

Boston Installation

I am thrilled with the beautiful closet that Andrea designed and installed for me. I had some ideas about how I might change a small office off my bedroom into a walk-in closet, and Andrea was able to take my ideas and run with them. She brought so much expertise to the project, adding accessories. giving me so much storage, but more than anything, really making it beautiful. I was thinking about having a place to put things away, and I ended up with a showpiece, a room I can really enjoy. She was pleasure to work with, always listening to what I wanted, and while being very respectful, still willing to speak up when she thought something else would work better. And that's what working with an expert should be -- they listen, but make sure you are still getting the best.


Dressing Rooms/Walk-In Closets

Designing for someone on the other side of the world was a wonderful experience. My client Nuha found me on Houzz and wrote to me asking if I could design her new closet for her new home. I truthfully had never heard of the country of Oman and wondered if it was a real request. We eventually met and skyped over the course of 2 months working with floor plans of their newly constructed Villa and from photos of their clothing we were able to come up with a beautiful Dressing Room design to meet all their needs. We went back and forth making several changes along the way to produce exactly what would work in their climate and with their lifestyle. I learned the names of the clothing - like Dishdashas and so much more. I can't wait to see the finished product when it is built. I am happy to say I also now have a dear friend in Oman.

Pantries/Broom Closets

In the words of my client with the organized cabinet cover photo of this project:
Andrea Gary is the best ever. She is a total take-charge professional, no nonsense and thoroughly enjoyable to work with. She is respectful, clever in how she thinks about space and lifestyle, a team player with various other designers and vendors who are also involved in projects, and happy to stay involved. She helped me in consolidating three huge households into one NY apartment and later helped my son move into his first owned apartment. She worried along with me about everything--made the whole process just flow smoothly. I could NOT have done any of this without her and will hire her for the rest of my life.

Kitchen with Island

Laundry Room/Dressing Room Makeover

Baby room Wall unit Before and After

So much fun turning a nook into a Nursery Wall Unit for my pregnant client!
In her review of my work:
Andrea was extremely patient and honest. She held my hand throughout the entire process and brought a personality to the project. What sets her apart from her competitors is her passion and experience. You can easily see she loves what she does. Thanks for guiding me to organization even in my chaotic life!


Nursery Wall Unit Before and After

Manhattan Bathroom Redesign

Gut renovation of bathroom for client who had water damage and needed to upgrade for resale. Before, during and after photos.

Closet Before/After

Andrea Gary did a fantastic job on my closet. She turned a nothing closet into a dream closet. Can't wait to use her services in the future.

Reach In Closet Makeover

Laundry Room

Commercial Showroom

Bethenny's Closet/Dressing Room

Bravo TV - Bethenny Ever After - Bethenny  Dream Closet

Corner Office

From my client's review: Andrea came highly recommended, and after working with her for several months, I understand why. First of all, Andrea was great with communication. She promptly returned emails and phone calls and was just a complete pleasure to work with. Andrea's designs for a home office space and closets were well thought out. She did not mind spending the time with myself and my husband in tweaking layout and colors. We never felt rushed or pressured. She asked detailed questions about what we needed. We couldn't be more pleased with the final product! Andrea made our lives more organized and thus less stressful!!! Thanks so much!!!

Dressing Room Makeover

Closet Makeover

Closet Makeover - Sorted through 10 years of clothing - rethink, redesign, reorganize - all in a day

Dressing Room Tribeca Before and After

Dressing Room reorganized and styled at NBC

Redesigned, Organized and styled for KLG Bday surprise

Kathie Lee Gifford Dressing Room makeover at NBC

Reachin Closets

Reach-in Closets

Doorway becomes closet/wardrobe

Linen Closets/Bathroom Cabinets

Angled Roofline Walkin Closet

This project was hand-picked by Houzz writers to be featured in an editorial ideabook on the homepage of Houzz. See it here:

https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/32789244/list/espaces-difficiles-comment-amenager-un-dressing-sous-les-combles

George To The Rescue/DiMarco Rescue

Slanted/Sloped Ceiling Dressing Room

I was thrilled when my client Andrea said she had found a recommendation for me on a website I had never heard of before. Apparently one of my former clients belonged to the local site called Next Door a group for the Larchmont, NY area. She had decided not to do an add on to her historic house with sloped ceilings in her closet and called me in to help re-think it all. I helped her and her husband John with layout ideas and with the idea of moving the door a few inches over to accommodate an additional shelving unit. And suggested moving the hanging further back to create more space to move around and creating more of a dressing room feel. The final results were wonderful. See more photos in her review of my work.

Corner Wall Unit

Home Office

Kid's Workspace

Room Divider

Room Divider created with cabinetry

Master Bedroom

This family was ready for the luxury of a master suite & home retreat.  From the roof rafters emerged a dormer addition that compliments the existing home’s character & houses a master bedroom, 4-piece bathroom, home office and both His & Hers closets! A theme of cool & clean washes over this addition and leaves the rooms light & bright. 

Location: New Rochelle 
Construction: R&M Construction

A Sweet Suite

Entry Halls/Mudrooms/Benches

Entry Halls Mudrooms Benches

Andrea Gary/Queen of Kerfuffle™

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