OT: IKEA storage (trofast system) anyone have it?

[MyEbella]

Years ago I loved this storage unit and now we have an IKEA close to us AND we converted our never used dining room to a play room... I NEED more storage and to be better organized...


http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/ca...ns_ikea/12019/

they have lots of different sizes of totes w/ lids!
Heck I should get some just to store other stuff in
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/ca...ns_ikea/12022/

heck they sell them w/ this combo...

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09848447
**I could even get 4 of them...two for each kid and then no more toys!! LOL

so a little help..

do you have this?

do you still like it?

what is your best suggestion for the tote sizes... a couple small ones and the rest big? vary them?? hmm.....

[Andrea Gourley]

I used to have this in my office but since we remodelled it's now in my classroom. I teach 5/6 year olds and it holds stuff like lego, dinosaurs, cars etc. I love it and would really recommend it

[junebug]

i don't have them, but i have been looking at Ikea lately for some storage ideas for our future playroom and for our future new bedroom for storing my paper scrap stuff. So the kids stay out of it, lol. These are awesome!

[MyEbella]

yeah good to hear a good response!!

Thinking of taking tomorrow off and trying to convince hubby to go shopping =)

hmmm Ethan can go to the Lego store and I can go to IKEA!! =)

[mcardall]

No, I don't have them!!! But I want them really badly! I am trying to find storage for my kitchen & my daughters' room.


This is what I have been looking at my girls' room. You can turn it on its side and they have boxes that fit in it. We actually have a breakfast bar in our kitchen that we only use about 1 foot of. So I am thinking about getting another one of these to put under the bar. Did I mention that we have NO pantry and no storage in this old house? It's over 100 years old. So the stuff we would put in it is just in boxes under the bar. Looking for something prettier!

[MyEbella]

that would be cool under the counter top... cute baskets or "totes" whatever they sell for them...

you might could even "embellish" them a little!

=)

[sugarink]

We bought the cubicle shelves and baskets for our living room and love it! My kids toys are easily stored away when guests come over, very convenient and stylish at the same time...

[SamaraGugler]

Originally Posted by mcardall

No, I don't have them!!! But I want them really badly! I am trying to find storage for my kitchen & my daughters' room.


This is what I have been looking at my girls' room. You can turn it on its side and they have boxes that fit in it. We actually have a breakfast bar in our kitchen that we only use about 1 foot of. So I am thinking about getting another one of these to put under the bar. Did I mention that we have NO pantry and no storage in this old house? It's over 100 years old. So the stuff we would put in it is just in boxes under the bar. Looking for something prettier!

I have the big one in my office and I love it! I bought the 4x4 for the kids play room and found that the boxes are too fragile when loaded with toys. I ended up taking their unit for my office. I do like the unit from the first post, I might have to look into that!

[jodo]

Originally Posted by mcardall

No, I don't have them!!! But I want them really badly! I am trying to find storage for my kitchen & my daughters' room.


This is what I have been looking at my girls' room. You can turn it on its side and they have boxes that fit in it. We actually have a breakfast bar in our kitchen that we only use about 1 foot of. So I am thinking about getting another one of these to put under the bar. Did I mention that we have NO pantry and no storage in this old house? It's over 100 years old. So the stuff we would put in it is just in boxes under the bar. Looking for something prettier!

We dont have a pantry either so we got this for our kitchen and I LOVE it. It fits right under our window. I am going to get the big one for our basement and then add the baskets for toy storage.

[rsk]

We have the first one that you postedt & we love it so much that we are planning to get a couple more.

[Laura_A]

It's one of the most sturdy storage systems out there and totally customizable. I would suggest more of the shallow drawers than the other depths, cuz in my experience, the deeper the drawer, the easier it is to lose stuff at the bottom. LOL