Top Ten: Modular Cubes

They may harken back to grammar school days, but there's a reason cubes (also known as cubbies) are invading our homes: open modular storage is highly functional.

Cubby systems for home use come at all price points and many now include doors, so if you like your belongings outta sight, you've still got options.

Here's a starter list of six; as always, please add to it if you know of other good sources and systems.

• Hoot Judkins' Pine Cubes, $59.88 apiece (3 cube-unit)
• Stumasa's LP Cubes
• Brookstones' Kids Stackable Cubbies, $79.95 - $149.95
• Cubits, $178 for a basic kit

• C&B's Cubix Stacker, 139 per L-shaped module
• Art at Maison's Teca Giano (pictured)

Comments (3)

I love this look. I also like the bookcases sort of in this style, like West Elm's rolling storage

http://www.westelm.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?partNumber=WE-PRODf075&storeId=17001&langId=-1&catalogId=17002&viewSetCode=E&parentId=WE-SH1FRNSTO&retainNav=true&cmsrc=WE-SH1FRNSTO

I recently redid the tutoring center at the university where I work, and we used Ikea's small Expedit shelves mounted on casters as room dividers/storage. Because they're on casters we can easily move them around when we want to reconfigure the room for an event. They're not modular cubes, but if you like arrangement they come in they're very inexpensive and sturdy. Since they're finished on all sides you can orient them in any way you want, and they're LOTS cheaper than West Elm's.

I have an big Expedit and love it, but I had so much trouble putting it together (by myself) I might just leave it in my apartment when I move next summer. There's no way it'll survive the move!