WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Some of the closet and garage organization industry’s most talented designers will be recognized at the 2008 CLOSETS & HOME ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE & EXPO™, Feb.27-29, in West Palm Beach, FL.

A special awards celebration is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the Second Annual Top Shelf Design Awards. The awards program honors innovative and aesthetically pleasing and functional residential closet and garage designs. Winning entries will be featured in the April 2008 issue of CLOSETS.

To qualify, the projects must have been installed since Jan. 1, 2007. Entries will be judged in the following nine categories:

• Reach-in
• Walk-in, melamine, up to 18 linear feet
• Walk-in, solid wood, up to 18 linear feet
• Walk-in, wire, up to 18 linear feet
• Walk-in, melamine, more than 18 linear feet
• Walk-in, solid wood, more than 18 linear feet
• Walk-in, wire, more than 18 linear feet
• Garages up to 1,000 square feet
• Garages more than 1,000 square feet

Entries for the awards program will be accepted through Dec. 14. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.iswonlne.com/topshelf08.pdf. Additional information can be obtained by contacting Michaelle Bradford, CLOSETS managing editor, at (847) 415-8057.