i came across this great photo pool on flickr called ikea shelves. i love all the cute ideas on how people have used their shelves they’ve bought from ikea. i’m going to buy an expedit shelf for our basement to store toys, books, etc, but i’m trying to decided on the 4 cube, by 4 cube one… or the 5 cube by 5 cube one. any thoughts?
anyhow, here are a few of my favorites from the ikea shelves flickr pool.
from shopursula
from giac1061
from den design studio
from oh food, from domino mag
wow, i could go on and on … but i’ll stop here.
to check out more, click here.
that second pic was inspiration in our house plans… that i hope to one day use to build an actual house.
i say go with the 5×5! go big or go home right?
I say 5×5- You can never have enough storage!
We have the 5×5 and bought 13 little red canvas tote boxes to put toys in. It is one of my favorite things in our playroom/familyroom. Makes it so easy to keep everything organized for easy clean up.
Those are all really cute! We have the 4 x 4 and the 5 x 5 ones. I love the shape – they are really stylish and simple. I also bought some wicker baskets at Ikea that are made to go in the shelves. I keep a row of them at the top of my 5 x 5 unit.
Good luck!
XOOX
Jen
I love this. I was in need of shelf inspiration today, for real.