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A hip step up from the Billy’s, Delta Office Furniture’s “Limit” shelf is a playful and geometrically intrigued solution to where to store and highlight your stuff.

I’m pretty sure my partner would banish this stainless steel behemoth from our home if I attempted it, but you do have to hand it to the person for a very clever solution.

I had to surrender my home office to make room for my new baby boy I took an Ikea stainless steel kitchen “work table”, some Ikea computer tower desk trays, two steel tabletops, and two grated steel shelves to make an “office” that I could pack away into a closet.…
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I may be a bit of a minimalist with a generous place  in my heart for the simple clean lines of modern design, but was very taken with this fusion of industrial pipework and semi-processed wood (I just learned the term is “live edge”).  Its part of a collection by Akke 780 so check out the other pieces as well.

The Steam Collection was inspired by the sub-genre of science fiction called Steampunk. With an emphasis on fantasy and futuristic innovation, Steampunk incorporates steam power components into Wild West settings symbolizing human potential.…
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I’m a big fan of flatpack and furniture that can be easily broken down or reconfigured.  These little things look like a great way to make your own with nearly infinite variety.  Chalk this one up as one of those “Why didn’t someone make these before?”

Making your own furniture can be considered an art, we suppose. Heck, we sometimes wonder how good Jesus was… But that’s a question for another day. The point is, making tables and chairs and things is fairly hard, yo. You have to measure right, angle cuts precisely, and do a number of fairly complex …
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I’m not sure this is the best way to store books, but it certainly is an attractive design choice.

Young Italian designer Marica Vizzuso has designed B-OK, a space-saving alternative to the usual bookshelf. Vizzuso asks, “Why do you place books in a conventional way when you can have both an amusing and aesthetically interesting alternative?” The shelving system is constructed like a giant tower, yet unfolds into a room divider. Instead of stacking books side-by-side, you pile books on top of one another into a variety of slots.…
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