Shelving Ideas
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ISS Designs: Modern System Shelving
555 N. El Camino Real, Ste. A-400
San Clemente, CA 92672
949.366.0780
website
ISS there another choice? Yes there is. We have used Elfa Shelving (inexpensive and beautiful) from the Container Store time and time again, and once installed Vitsoe Shelving (expensive and beautiful), but we have yet to find a great shelving solution that fills a mid range price point. Luckily we recieved this tip from Adam yesterday, who wrote in recommending ISS Designs, saying he had bought it and set it up himself, and that you could buy it online. All of this is true.
ISS Designs, or Infinite Storage Solutions, is located in Richard Nixon's old hometown of San Clemente, California, and they offer very stylish, minimal and modern system shelving that can be configured in any number of ways, from housing a large library of books to a small shelving and desk work area. Like Elfa, Vitsoe and Rakks, there system is based on standards and brackets that easily lock into place and can be mounted at any height. Shelving can either be mounted behind compression pole standards or in front of wall mounted standards.
We have contacted them to see where their dealers are in NYC, but we would trust ordering online. This is pretty straightforward stuff. Prices look good, and right now they are having a sale on some of their predesigned solutions. For example the arrangement at right is $621 instead of $828. (Thanks, Adam!) MGR
From ISS:
We do work directly with consumers to help design their shelving. We also can provide a total solution including the shelves and cabinets shipped directly to your readers’ doorstop via FEDEX!
We also do have a local dealer in NYC that has a display of both our pole mounted and wall mounted designs. They are call Astech Closet Systems, Inc. located at 270 West 36th Street (between 7th and 8th). Bill Skinner, the owner of Astech has many years of experience in construction and his firm is able to provide design and installation along with shelves and cabinets. Visit their web site at www.astechclosets.com for more details.
08/16/04 11:35AM
shelving & storage
Two other good-looking compression pole shelving designs: Pendiente from Julian Sander Objekte, available through [link]http://www.thisisauto.com[/link], and Pogo from [link]http://www.urbanworkshop.us.[/link]
My challenge is finding a system that will allow shelves of 18'' depth. So far, it seems like Rakks and Vitsoe will both work, but I've been afraid to ask how much they cost...
Posted by pessoa at
If you want something similar and don't insist on the sleek look of metal, you might also try building your own shelves out of wood, which is what I did.
Instead of compression poles, I used 2x2 poles, cut to fit my 8' ceilings. I tightened them in between my floor and ceiling using adjustable glide levellers.
I had the folks at Wood-o-Rama (where I got all the lumber, standards, and brackets) cut a groove on one side of each pole into which I fit and screwed your basic 1-slot standards.
The result is perfect for a rental apartment and won't break the bank: adjustable shelving for my office, with no drilling into the wall, floor, or ceiling. I made a set of 6' by 12" shelves for a total of $250.
See them at http://www.johnmccrory.com/i/new_shelves_in_office.jpg
Posted by John McCrory at
John McCrory: those look great!
If you have a moment, could you explain how the glide levellers work? I'd like to undertake a similar project, but mounting via compression mystifies me.
Posted by Josh at
And at $250, you could regain that "sleek look of metal" by silver-leafing the whole thing! Nice job. I look forward to the glide leveller tutorial too, and I wonder if using heavy duty shelf brackets would allow for the poles to be mounted on the sides of the shelves rather than on the front.
Posted by pessoa at
About those adjustable glide levellers: I didn't know what they were called until recently, either!
They are the round metal or plastic or rubber "feet" that you sometimes find on the bottom of cafe table legs; they screw up or down to keep the table level.
Here's an example from Rockler Woodworking :
http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=385&sid=AFC00
You can get them at most hardware stores in sets of 4 for about 3 bucks. I got metal ones at the wonderful Grand Metro Hardware on 94th and Broadway. They come with plastic sleeves that fit into a 3/8" hole.
To prevent the metal from making a mark on my ceilings, I covered the metal surface with a small circle of felt backed by adhesive -- the cheap felt that you put on the bottom of furniture legs to protect wood floors.
For my shelves, I drilled a short 1-inch deep hole in the top end of each pole using a 3/8-inch drill bit. I then tapped in the plastic sleeves. Then I screwed in the levellers. When it was time to position the poles for my shelves, I just put each pole in place, then "unscrewed" the levellers until the pole was nice and tight between floor and ceiling. Once I put stuff on the shelves, I tightened them a bit more, since the weight bent the poles ever so slightly.
I hope that clarifies what I was talking about! Sorry for the confusion.
ISS Designs: Modern System Shelving
555 N. El Camino Real, Ste. A-400
San Clemente, CA 92672
949.366.0780
website
ISS there another choice? Yes there is. We have used Elfa Shelving (inexpensive and beautiful) from the Container Store time and time again, and once installed Vitsoe Shelving (expensive and beautiful), but we have yet to find a great shelving solution that fills a mid range price point. Luckily we recieved this tip from Adam yesterday, who wrote in recommending ISS Designs, saying he had bought it and set it up himself, and that you could buy it online. All of this is true.
ISS Designs, or Infinite Storage Solutions, is located in Richard Nixon's old hometown of San Clemente, California, and they offer very stylish, minimal and modern system shelving that can be configured in any number of ways, from housing a large library of books to a small shelving and desk work area. Like Elfa, Vitsoe and Rakks, there system is based on standards and brackets that easily lock into place and can be mounted at any height. Shelving can either be mounted behind compression pole standards or in front of wall mounted standards.
We have contacted them to see where their dealers are in NYC, but we would trust ordering online. This is pretty straightforward stuff. Prices look good, and right now they are having a sale on some of their predesigned solutions. For example the arrangement at right is $621 instead of $828. (Thanks, Adam!) MGR
From ISS:
We do work directly with consumers to help design their shelving. We also can provide a total solution including the shelves and cabinets shipped directly to your readers’ doorstop via FEDEX!
We also do have a local dealer in NYC that has a display of both our pole mounted and wall mounted designs. They are call Astech Closet Systems, Inc. located at 270 West 36th Street (between 7th and 8th). Bill Skinner, the owner of Astech has many years of experience in construction and his firm is able to provide design and installation along with shelves and cabinets. Visit their web site at www.astechclosets.com for more details.
08/16/04 11:35AM
shelving & storage
Two other good-looking compression pole shelving designs: Pendiente from Julian Sander Objekte, available through [link]http://www.thisisauto.com[/link], and Pogo from [link]http://www.urbanworkshop.us.[/link]
My challenge is finding a system that will allow shelves of 18'' depth. So far, it seems like Rakks and Vitsoe will both work, but I've been afraid to ask how much they cost...
Posted by pessoa at
If you want something similar and don't insist on the sleek look of metal, you might also try building your own shelves out of wood, which is what I did.
Instead of compression poles, I used 2x2 poles, cut to fit my 8' ceilings. I tightened them in between my floor and ceiling using adjustable glide levellers.
I had the folks at Wood-o-Rama (where I got all the lumber, standards, and brackets) cut a groove on one side of each pole into which I fit and screwed your basic 1-slot standards.
The result is perfect for a rental apartment and won't break the bank: adjustable shelving for my office, with no drilling into the wall, floor, or ceiling. I made a set of 6' by 12" shelves for a total of $250.
See them at http://www.johnmccrory.com/i/new_shelves_in_office.jpg
Posted by John McCrory at
John McCrory: those look great!
If you have a moment, could you explain how the glide levellers work? I'd like to undertake a similar project, but mounting via compression mystifies me.
Posted by Josh at
And at $250, you could regain that "sleek look of metal" by silver-leafing the whole thing! Nice job. I look forward to the glide leveller tutorial too, and I wonder if using heavy duty shelf brackets would allow for the poles to be mounted on the sides of the shelves rather than on the front.
Posted by pessoa at
About those adjustable glide levellers: I didn't know what they were called until recently, either!
They are the round metal or plastic or rubber "feet" that you sometimes find on the bottom of cafe table legs; they screw up or down to keep the table level.
Here's an example from Rockler Woodworking :
http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=385&sid=AFC00
You can get them at most hardware stores in sets of 4 for about 3 bucks. I got metal ones at the wonderful Grand Metro Hardware on 94th and Broadway. They come with plastic sleeves that fit into a 3/8" hole.
To prevent the metal from making a mark on my ceilings, I covered the metal surface with a small circle of felt backed by adhesive -- the cheap felt that you put on the bottom of furniture legs to protect wood floors.
For my shelves, I drilled a short 1-inch deep hole in the top end of each pole using a 3/8-inch drill bit. I then tapped in the plastic sleeves. Then I screwed in the levellers. When it was time to position the poles for my shelves, I just put each pole in place, then "unscrewed" the levellers until the pole was nice and tight between floor and ceiling. Once I put stuff on the shelves, I tightened them a bit more, since the weight bent the poles ever so slightly.
I hope that clarifies what I was talking about! Sorry for the confusion.
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Date: 2004-09-13 08:58 pm (UTC)Of course it works if you always put things back in their place, but it's too much work... books are open on a certain page, etc. I wonder if there's some system to let you find what you need while still allowing you to be undisciplined. RFID tags?
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Date: 2004-09-13 11:25 pm (UTC)