There are certain things about school that make us all nostalgic. The smell of the library, industrial bathrooms and the way chalk floats in the air when an eraser is slapped against the board.
Click through the jump for a few suggestions on how to use these Book Trucks in your own home without being reminded of the smell of meatloaf in the morning.
This Smith System Gorilla Book Truck is currently selling for under $15.00 (sorry for the initial pricing error - the seller is correcting their website as well - we just spoke to them) $353. and has a realm of possibilities in the home.
Can you picture them in a children's bedroom holding the obvious books, shoes, toys or art supplies?
What about in the kitchen holding your cookbooks and stray pots and pans?
Or how about the laundry room? A room that needs a little bit of an industrial feel to it, but could usually use a little pizazz.
With the addition of a few small potted plants an outdoor space would be easily accented by one.
They could divide rooms or be media storage, the possibilities are almost endless.
Best of all, they come in 13 different colors, so if purple isn't your idea of a good time, no worries they have you covered.
They also carry larger sizes if you are looking for something with slanting shelves or more shelves. Either way you go it's a good deal.
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Um. The little black dividers are $15. The carts list for $500, marked down to $350.
view feathers's profile
So cute! I don't actually need bookshelves at the moment but I'm dreaming of uses for one right now. Would it be psycho to have a baby just so I could use one in the baby's room? Yes, completely psycho but they're still really cute!
view Cynthia in SF's profile
Yeah, that's a large error on the price.
view amt230's profile
I'm having visions of having several of these puppies and something like a regular or bar-height table that they would slide under. When you need a book, just pull out your cart. Otherwise, you have a workspace and can minimize needing lots of wallspace for books.
Alternatively they could slip into a walk-in closet quite nicely.
Tidy, compact book storage. I could really use this!
view dblitz1's profile
I wish the $14 was true cause I would absolutely love one of these
view mesilla's profile
um, yes, AT Staff, PLEASE check your prices before posting. My heart soared, then fell. If these were truly $15 I would buy the stock out! But not a deal at $350. BIG, BIG BUMMER!
view tartlet's profile
It looks to me that the $15 price mentioned in the post was correct for the small 3 shelf unit that measures 18 X 36 X 44 .
view r.b.z.'s profile
Um?
--- never mind. I just looked up book truck, and this is around the same price as it is for an ordinary beige or gray one. I tried to get one for free someone was throwing out of a storage room in my hallway, but she didn't answer whether she meant to keep it or promised it to someone else. :(
My boss wouldn't have let me take it home anyway, he's an office hoarder, never lets anyone take some other office's castoffs for personal use. Used office furniture probably has something like it to be "modified."
view K T G's profile
Called the number - no such luck; they are updating the site but feathers is absolutely correct: the shelf is $350 (on sale from $500) and 3 additional shelves are $15. So no matter the configuration, the library carts are $350-500 - in case you're wondering where your tax dollars are going.. ;P
view tartlet's profile
Wow, who would've thought that a simple metal cart would be so expensive?
Apparently the file carts in my office cost just as much!
view inertia's profile
I'm a big fan of those type of carts but they are way out of my price range
view LaDonnaNichole's profile
i work for an office furniture dealer. there are many, many companies that sell carts like these. try contacting a dealer in your area and they might be able to get you 25%-45% off the list price.
view itsabecky's profile
I want I want I want
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