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Posts tagged “shelving & storage”

DIY Project: Ikea Bonde TV Bench... Simplified

On Ikea Hacker today, Swedish hackster Oscar Cederwall turns a gigantic Bonde TV add-on into a slick sideboard. "The main reason for why I decided to build my own side board from Bonde is because I ...

Crate & Barrel: Fulton Collection Goes Retro Modern

It's been a while since we've stepped on CB grounds. However, their new Fulton collection sure is capturing our hearts (and wallets) with its trendy minimal lines and mixed materials for a fresh, rust...

5 Small Scale Home Media Cabinets

Aaron over at Apartment Therapy New York shares his hunt for a media storage unit for his TV setup: I've been on the hunt for a new solution for attractive living room media storage — and I've...

Wiimotes Are at Home in Wii-Branded Cozies

One of the quickest and easiest ways to keep a gang of remotes from cluttering up the coffee table and looking tidy instead is to simply bundle them up into some kind of cozy. Whether it's a cloth bas...

Sidecar Furniture TV Console by David Johnson

If there was one piece we could imagine ourselves actually wanting for our own apartment that we during our parade of the Dwell on Design exhibition this past weekend, it would have to be this TV Cons...

Sleek and Simple Walnut Media Cabinet

Designed by Eastvold Custom, the solid walnut console features passages throughout all the shelves and partitions along with the bottom and back of the piece to route (and hide) cables and wired. T...

Velvet Media Bags Are Great For Storage, Travel

We give plenty of thought to storing all of our tech parts and pieces, coming up with easy and inexpensive solutions like repurposing old photo storage boxes. But it's nice to see that we're not alone...

Inspiration: Hiding the TV

Aaron over at Apartment Therapy New York has already posted about this stunning maze of storage and 6 small sized rooms (which add up to approximately 645 sq ft) in Paris. But our favourite feature of...

Acerbis Integrated Projection Screen Unveils Up!

The common solution for a projection screen setup is to either install a pull-down screen (like the one we have in our apartment) or to place or paint a permanent surface to project a picture onto. An...

DIY Project: Thomas Wold Turns Grandma Dresser Into Hip Grandkid Media Cabinet

click for more pics Ok, so we love Thomas Wold. We especially love his column in ReadyMade, Solid Wold. For some reason we missed this project, a hacked and painted media cabinet, he did a few issu...

Test Collective Turns Up the "Volume"

It's a bench, it's a shelf, it's a stereo cabinet...Test Collective's Volume storage solution constructed from bamboo and Corian is all these things in one. It's also happens to be one of the most eye...

ICFF 2009: Holey Shelves Help Save Cables

We like to keep as much off our desk as possible, since no matter what it ends up cluttered by the end of the week. One way we keep the peace upstairs is bringing components like our modem and route...

Zoning Off the Home Office From the Home Entertainment

There was this great post over at Apartment Therapy DC about using bookshelves as partitions to create "zones" within an open space. This is especially a great idea for those of us who have to work ri...

Brikolör Furniture: Built For Simplicity, Built To Last

To continue with our ongoing tech minimalism coverage, we have an ambitious furniture set designed by Brikolör of Göteborg, Sweden. These minimalistic cabinets leave absolutely no room for a receive...

15 Year Old Shocks Again
Upgrades Bedroom Office on Teenager Savings

click for more pics Remember that 15-year-old with the wicked bedroom office set-up? Well he just redecorated again! Lew needed a bigger desk and his TV was on its way out so he and his mom split the ...

SUCK UK's Pre-Grunged CD & Vinyl Dividers

LPs are on their way back and seeing increasing sales over the past few years, thanks in no small part to big artists releasing content exclusively on vinyl. If you're starting a collection, or you're...

Framing Your Flat Panel

click for more pics Steve Miller of Teo Flatwear sent us some photos of his company's newest flat screen mounting accessories that aesthetically bridge the gap between mounting a set directly onto bar...

Look! Modern Shelves + Tivoli Stereo + Antique Wall = Fab Room

We're loving these shelves found in a French home used solely for TV, movie, and photo shoots. What we love about it are the clean, modern lines of the shelves against the rough and natural backgroun...

Keepin' It Cool: Window Blinds on a Media Cabinet

Tired of having your A/V equipment overhead inside those media consoles with great designs but bear no mind to any means of ventilation? In comes the Shade media cabinet by GREATBOYS, a simple solutio...

Rock Band Storage Ottoman—With Drum Lift!

It's no secret we love to play Rock Band and look damn good doing it. But making sure our living room looks good long after we've strummed our last strum? Not so easy. Those guitars, the mic stand (ye...

Aluminum DVD Shelves for Budding Cinephiles

There seems to be two schools of thought when it comes to DVDs -- flaunt or conceal. Some of us like to show off our wicked taste in the cinema. Others like to hide their copies of Real Cancun and Sl...

Blogging... Box Audio Racks and Shelves

Been lookin' for the perfect shelf to store all of your audio goodies? Perhaps you might want to check out the great selection they've got at Brooklyn-based Box Audio. From amp stands, to single and ...

Flickr Finds: Trollsta Sideboard as TV Stand

We've posted about the possibility of using Ikea's Trollsta sideboard as a TV console alternative. Now we've found it in the wild within ~ a yummy life's Flickr set. ...

Look: Asymmetrical Modern Television Stands

click for more picsAs general human preference dictates, the aesthetic eyes tends to gravitate toward symmetry, whether it is number of chairs on each side of a table, a model's facial features, or th...

In Case You Missed It: Kimberly's Greenwich Village Mini Loft

ATNY has a great house tour from an architect who designed and/or built almost every aspect of her loft. We absolutely love Kimberly's living room, which features a low profile shelf that her flat sc...