Apartment Therapy: shelving & storage

Consider A Glass Console Table

There are tons of tricks to make your small space feel bigger. Aside from mirrors, great lighting and floating furniture, consider using glass in your small space. We spotted......

The Expedit: 7 Ways to Use It

We recently read a Craig's List post advertising the sale of Ikea's Expedit with the line "It's soldiered its way through two homes but now it's time to let it go." Clearly this poster didn't know ...

Look: Furniture from Repurposed Industrial Materials!
Austin

Who doesn't love good-looking, modern, repurposed furniture? We’ve found a local Austin designer who’s recently started his own furniture line, and it’s safe to say his first stab at furniture ...

The Small Space Office: MisoSoup Design's K Workstation

Not much information about MisoSoup Design's K Workstation, but the surface winding design speaks for itself, incorporating a near continuous wall mounted surface that provides desk space and overhead...

Look: Accordian-style Aluminum Attic Ladders

Have an attic but a limited amount of space that won't allow for a traditional fold down staircase? This spring-loaded suspension ladder offers from 9 to 15 steps to reach your stored away Precious Mo...

Attua Aparicio Torinos' Cabinet
A Small Space Entertainer's Dream

This storage cabinet by Spanish designer Attua Aparicio Torinos is easily the best product design we've seen this week. At first glance, it doesn't seem all that special. But it offers something wonde...

Look! Store Your Books in the Rafters

We were charmed to the core over this ingenious book storage idea. Yes, these are just planks of painted plywood nailed to the supports for the loft above. They create perfect cubby spaces to stor...

Look!: Drawer Steps!
Austin

We’ve all seen step bookcases be gorgeous aesthetic and storage additions to a room, but what if the things you need storing aren’t good-looking enough to see all the time? We found inspiration f...

Best Products: Luca Nichetto's Hook Box

A while back our friends at AT: San Francisco put together their list of Top 5 wall hooks. We'd like to add another one to the list... ...

Great, Simple, Affordable Shelves

Recently we were at the new Firefly store in Venice when our friend commented on how much she liked the solid, simple shelves they were using for a display. She was surprised to hear where they were ...

Flickr Finds: Colorized Bookcase

We've posted before about organizing books by color and it's always inspiring to see this idea shared by our Apartment Therapy community. Chez posted this very organized-by-color bookcase in the Apart...

Look! Freestanding Bookcase Ideas

We love the look of a freestanding or independent bookcase that doesn't need a wall to feel stable in a space. While it's common to place a bookshelf against a wall, setting the case in the room or fl...

The Boby by Joe Colombo: Revisiting a Classic

During our visit to the visit to the Rosebowl Flea Market this weekend, we noticed a few of these carts for sale. The shiny dense plastic and freely moving wheels invited touching. Our friend had nev...

Hot or Not? Using the Fireplace for Storage?

Personally, we're a bit torn about this storage idea from Beach Studios. We like the use of the fireplace space, but we're not so sure about the execution (looks too willy-nilly for our anal-retentive...

Adding Fabric To a Bookcase

We have seen this idea a few times and are even considering it for our own space – adding fabric to a bookcases to create color, depth and texture. If you are looking for a ways to add an accent t...

Piola Leaning Bookcase

While we love a traditional bookcase to showcase our favorite reads, we couldn’t help but bookmark the Piola Bookshelf for our “must have one day” list. Take a look at this neat leaning bookcase...

Mark Tuckey: Packing Crate Book Shelves
Melbourne

We really like the asymmetry of these book shelves by Melbourne based furniture maker/designer Mark Tuckey. Made from recycled packing crate wood, the different shaped boxes create a frame-like effect...

Pixel Pattern Customizable Sideboard

Polish designer Agnieszka Bartosiewicz's sideboard was designed to be customized using 3500 holes and colored felt pieces, a cool idea that should appeal to the 8-bit set. It reminds us of our childho...

IKEA PAX Wardrobe as Room Divider

We first saw this idea when AT:LA reader Alex shared his DIY loft room divider made out of a PAX wardrobe from IKEA. Here's another version of the same idea spotted on Ikea Hacker. They used IKEA lami...

2008 VIP Asia Award: CONCEPT40 Kitchen

We love the idea of having a particular space to store everything away, whether it be in the closet or the kitchen. So although we're not exactly in love with the cafeteria of the future aesthetics of...

Drawerment Storage System

One of the constant and fondest memories we have throughout our childhood all the way up until college was spending hours upon hours in the library sifting through card catalogs in the old fashioned v...

Plop! bookshelf by Joyce Hong

Here's an idea that's green, transportable, perfect for small space living, stores your stuff and because of it's neutral colour, easily customizable. Oh, and it takes an age-old problem and solves i...

Reyneldo Rodriguez TV Consoles

We've blogged the challenges of incorporating a television smoothly into your decor. As well as not orienting all of your furniture towards your tv, as if it's a modern update of a fireplace, where t...

Wilkerson Furniture at Dwell on Design

There was one booth at Dwell on Design we were completely and utterly drawn to like a moth to a flame. Wilkerson Furniture's booth was filled with attractive chairs, tables and lamps all influenced by...

Utility and Serving Cart from Brands On Sale

Also spotted in the Summer 08 O at Home was this "industrial chic" steel utility cart. It's powder coated in a bright red that would bring instant pop to your next outdoor shindig. It has two shelves...

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