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So they might not be the most efficient way to store books, you have to admit there is geek cred to be had for storing your Batman trade paperbacks in a shelf like this one.

You need a practical bookcase, one that can efficiently serve as storage for the mountains of paperbacks that you refuse to throw once you’ve read them. You need to be able to order them alphabetically, for easy retrieval. You need to look at them in neat stacks. After all, you always get your ducks in a row. But you’re looking at this case, and you …
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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.

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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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