Vanessa Nirode is a freelance writer who wrote a story for Time, the publishing company with a website called TimeStamped. In addition to being a freelance writer, she says she is a "pack rat" who is one of those people with "woefully unorganized and overstuffed closets."That was the premise for a recent story in which she tested various closet systems, and came up a list of 14 closet systems in a variety of categories that can help people to become more organized.

Join Lauren Schwartz, president of Meridian Closets, as she takes us through a tour of it boutique showroom in Fishers, Indiana. The showroom looks at a series of vignettes from a traditional closet to a Murphy Bed showplace and continues to a laundry space, mudroom and pantry.

Learn how to take advantage of opportunities in the closet market. The symposium takes place Aug. 5 in Atlanta, the day prior to the start of IWF.

1161 La Mirada Court in Southlake, Texas, near Dallas and Fort Worth, offers more than 13,000 square feet of decadence, including a swim-through grotto, two-story closet, movie theater, tennis court and 12 baths.