@eduo: you never know which one came in first ;)
I always wonder – looking at these flat furniture modells (i.e. shoe stands) that they come with two stands although they have to be attatched to the wall as well. By just holding them with screws to a wall, itwould make a perfect furniture for me; much easier to clean underneath. Just my 2 cents.
On the other hand: really nice piece to have to get your small office stored away perfectly. :)
They usually come with two feet because it’s very common to have a shoe molding at the bottom of walls, and the back pair of feet would hit it, not allowing the furniture to rest flush with the wall.
The feet are there to support the weight, obviously. Otherwise the usually thin backing is the one that has to support the displaced center of gravity pulling away from the wall and down.
I’m with you that the very thin back can’t hold the weight of the -in this case- flatmate, but you can use mountings for storage racks which will hold the sides to the wall. Works pretty well in our house.
Swissmiss is an online garden Tina Roth Eisenberg started in 2005 and has lovingly tended to ever since.
Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
Become a Sponsor
Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS Feed? Click here to learn more.
O.M.G… Instant fave! Absolutely and utterly utter. #want
Nov 4th, 2011 / 4:16 pm
Ah, I’d say it’s a stylish descendant of Ikea’s Ludvig:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40146171/
Nov 4th, 2011 / 4:19 pm
@eduo: you never know which one came in first ;)
I always wonder – looking at these flat furniture modells (i.e. shoe stands) that they come with two stands although they have to be attatched to the wall as well. By just holding them with screws to a wall, itwould make a perfect furniture for me; much easier to clean underneath. Just my 2 cents.
On the other hand: really nice piece to have to get your small office stored away perfectly. :)
Nov 6th, 2011 / 2:20 pm
They usually come with two feet because it’s very common to have a shoe molding at the bottom of walls, and the back pair of feet would hit it, not allowing the furniture to rest flush with the wall.
The feet are there to support the weight, obviously. Otherwise the usually thin backing is the one that has to support the displaced center of gravity pulling away from the wall and down.
Nov 6th, 2011 / 2:25 pm
I’m with you that the very thin back can’t hold the weight of the -in this case- flatmate, but you can use mountings for storage racks which will hold the sides to the wall. Works pretty well in our house.
Nov 6th, 2011 / 4:06 pm
Great space-saving idea. Thanks for sharing!
Julie
Nov 7th, 2011 / 2:46 pm
Looks like it makes it so that you can totally free up floor space by having your workspace up against the wall. Great idea.
Mar 9th, 2012 / 2:23 pm