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I'm in desperate need of good affordable storage.
Suggestions, other than PAX. Please!

I love the idea of "storage living." Since my apartment already has my things in it, my "storage" would be somewhere else. Could you recommend a place where I can store my objects, not in my apartment?

I would suggest looking at Dan Hisel's Z-Box and Frederick Tang's Lumen Room System. Lots of good ideas.

I'm trying to figure this out for my new loft. The picture of the pod above is exactly what i'm looking for except that I want the pod to be a bit lower so that i can put a futon mattress above it to make a sort of sleeping loft. I'm having a few carpenters come out and quote me an estimate.

But she could build a closet room in her loft for much less than any $2K. What's the point of a loft if you add these large obstructions right in the middle? If she didn't want to build a room, she could do a closet system against a wall, and then screen it with ceiling hung sliding door.

I would like to hear more about my loft.

I'm not sure what kind of storage you're referring to, but if your ceilings are high enough, take a look at a platform and pulley system (http://www.garagestrategies.com/harken.htm). My boyfriend and I are installing one in our new place for storage of backpacking and rock-climbing equipment, which only needs to be accessed once a week or so. The wardrobe/pod concept just doesn't work for the layout of our condo.

One of my daily personal goals is to come home with one useful brainstorm from AT.

Thank you for this post and thank you aaron for leading me to the idea of a transparent wall.

Now, if I can find a source for this

http://coroplast.cat-x.net/Catalog.aspx

that doesn't require a 5000 s.f. order I'm set. Anything is possible.

@duffduff,

Here's a similar concept

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009I8AO6/sr=8-1/qid=1203202134/ref=pd_cp_hi_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1203202134&sr=8-1&pf_rd_p=277661601&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00006JBL3&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1A4QNXH464J95178GPFN

I have a crazy plan to install turntables and mixer on this. I will keep it hoisted until I need to lower to table height to install to an amp for operation.

Sounds like you throw a mean party, art!

We're still shopping around for systems and I've added that one to our list. Thanks!

that's awesome....i need to move and i wish i could just get a forklift

Here's a less expensive approach, though it would require a little more basic carpentry. From last year's Small-Cool, you could build a variation on this closet/office to your own specifications. The transucent plastic they used cost them $15.99/4x8 ft. sheet, about the same as my local Home Depot. For a nice crisp look, be sure to paint all parts of the wood frame bright white before adding the translucent panels.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/small-cool-2007-entries/11-victor-soeuns-romantic-loft-021235

Good luck with your project!

Excellent point on painting the frame white Joanna D. I'm thinking of paneling over a steel stud wall and am unsure about how the studs behind the panels will appear. Perhaps painting them white will make a difference.

I'm still looking for 4 x 8 sheets of coroplast locally though (Chicago).