1981 headquarters http www.storables.com store locations revenue owner dodd fischer slogan make room for living website http www.storables.com storables is a specialty retail chain that carries a variety of products aimed at helping consumers organize their homes and work spaces in the west coast of the united states . its products are categorized into departments including audio baskets bath closets furniture kids kitchen laundry novelty office and utility . the company s motto is make room for living . 1 storables was founded in 1981 by owner dodd fischer who had an interest in the housewares lifestyle store concept . at the time the storage goods business was beginning to emerge as a specialty niche in the housewares business with plastic storage containers and organizers beginning to appear in department stores . 2 the first storables shop was located in beaverton oregon outside of portland and by 1985 the company had rapidly grown to five locations in california oregon and washington state . the stores were comparatively small at that time averaging about 1 000 square feet . 2 by 1992 the product range had grown to feature additional options materials and colors which required a larger store format . 2 in 2005 storables expanded into both scottsdale arizona and edina minnesota after a competitor organized living went bankrupt making the two locations available . 3 the economic downturn eventually led to the closing of both stores with the arizona outlet closing in 2009 and minnesota in 2011 . 4 5 currently storables operates in four locations including two in seattle washington and two in portland oregon . 6 it also has a significant presence online offering its products through its web store and has ventured into various business to business relationships . 7 see also edit hold everything store chain that closed in 2006 organized living chain that closed in 2005 the container store references edit home page . storables.com . retrieved november 28 2012 . a b c about . storables.com . retrieved november 28 2012 . new retailer takes over scottsdale ariz. site . . the tribune . mesa az . june 24 2005 . retrieved oct 28 2009 . culverwell wendy july 3 2009 . landlord reject storables bankruptcy . portland business journal . retrieved oct 28 2009 . whole foods to open edina store . minneapolis st. paul business journal . august 6 2010 . retrieved nov 28 2012 . store locations . storables.com . retrieved november 28 2012 . business sales . storables.com . retrieved november 28 2012 . external links edit storables.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title storables & oldid 732225969 categories companies established in 1981companies that have filed for chapter 11 bankruptcyprivately held companies based in oregon1981 establishments in oregonretail companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 july 2016 at 13 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view