From Bel Air estates to Malibu mansions, Hawaii’s Lisa Adams will give TV audiences a glimpse into celebrity closets and high-profile client demands with an encore airing of "Million Dollar Closets" at 8 p.m. Tuesday on HGTV.

The University Lab School graduate headed for California after high school intending to study chemistry. But she started having second thoughts. "I didn’t think I wanted to spend my whole career in a laboratory," she said during a phone interview.

Her new laboratory became the home, where she specialized in creating custom closets.

"During the renovation boom everyone else was so focused on bathrooms and kitchens. I thought closets were being overlooked," she said, considering that a well-organized closet can speed up the time getting dressed in the morning and for special occasions, and add to the feeling of being organized and in control of one’s life.

As chief executive officer of LA Closet Design, Adams built up a reputation as the go-to designer for the rich and famous, and HGTV came calling.

In a one-hour special that took six months to film, Adams takes on clients Kris, Kylie and Kendall Jenner of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" fame and designer/reality star Whitney Port.

Depending on the response to the pilot special, more episodes might follow. Although initially leery about being on reality television, Adams said she didn’t know what to expect working with teens Kylie and Kendall, who "had a little trouble with reality," she said. When confronted with the many options for treatments and finishes, they wanted everything, so she didn’t know how they would handle being reined in.

She was prepared to play the part of psychologist when it came to helping Port pare her piles of clothing and accessories to a more manageable collection. Adams sat with her during the entire decision-making process, which started with Port wanting to keep every piece of clothing and handbag, even those that were deemed hideous and unused.

Growing up in Hawaii prepared the closet designer for those moments. "Hawaii tends to have a lot of collectors," she said. It’s a phenomenon born partly from a plantation mentality of scarcity that caused great-grandparents and grandparents to pass on their philosophy that anything kept could come in handy someday. Turning scrap fabrics into quilts, for instance, they were recycling before it became fashionable.

Even so, there are limits, and Adams, who said she helped her mom edit her closet, believes strongly that everything should have a place.

Although she deals in details such as crown moldings and custom-built cabinetry, jewelry cases and walk-in closet islands for her clientele, she said even the basic Hawaii closet can easily be upgraded to be more functional. Initial considerations are the addition of dresser drawers and shoe racks.

She said one of the benefits of having an organized closet is that it lessens the need for shopping. "When you can see everything, it’s much easier to pull a look together from the things you already have. It’s always fun when you can shop in your own closet," she said.