
The Container Store is one of those supply shops where they might not have the most cutting-edge solutions, but they're a good place to go for basics and they have a lot of good small-space options. Every year, they have a shelving sale - right now they're offering 25% off on freestanding, wall-mounted, and modular shelves. We rounded up a few solutions for a small apartment...

The Elfa system is a popular way to customize a closet or add wall-mounted shelving. Prices range from below $100 to several thousand dollars, depending on what you want. All Elfa shelving is currently 25% off. (Freestanding uprights can also be purchased if you don't want to drill into the wall.)

Ladoro Modular Shelving: Similar to the ever-popular Cubits, these translucent polypropylene shelves can be stacked in different interlocking configurations. This credenza arrangement is $260, marked down from $345.

Qubes by Umbra: This system uses steel dividers inside laminate cubes. The Wine Rack and CD/DVD Shelves are $75 (marked down from $100) and the Book Shelf is $60 (marked down from $80).

We see these acrylic wall-mounted shelves in a lot of bathrooms, although they also work in the kitchen (as a spice rack), bedroom (as a floating bedside table), or living room (as a small bookshelf). On sale for $10 and $11, marked down from $13 and $15.

Umbra's Conceal Shelf allows you to stack books on the wall, appearing as though they're floating. We love the way Emily and Craig used theirs in the bedroom. On sale for $10, marked down from $13.
For all sale shelving, click here.
Please remind me who designed the face plates in the first photo.
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What is the system in the first picture? It would be perfect for my living room...
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Nevermind...Fornasetti, yes?
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chi_cass, it's the elfa system linked just below the jump.
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I just recently installed the Elfa system in my laundry closet and I wrote about the trials and tribulations of choosing a shelving system on my blog: huntpeck.blogspot.com, specifically, start with page http://huntpeck.blogspot.com/2008/08/behold-closet-tearout.html
Hope you enjoy...
Vanessa
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Yes, redshoes et al. The plates are Fornasetti.
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We have Elfa in our living room, took us 20 minutes to install and it's a beautiful addition to our house.
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Urban Outfitters also has a version of Umbra's conceal shelf...for bath towels!! If some freakazoid hadn't installed two towelbars in a one bedroom apartment, leaving me with no free wallspace, I would so install a conceal shelf for the bath!
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