Skip LaBella of Closet America, Lanham, MD, is a finalist in the 2015 Top Shelf Design Awards competition with his project “Hidden Feline Passageway in a Luxury Closet” entered in the Closet: Wood more than 18 linear feet category.

Designer Denise Butchko of Butchko & Co., Chicago, gave a morning presentation on closet design and design's role in project sales, part of the continuous employee development program at Lanham, MD-based Closet America.