What are some cool and affordable organizing solutions from elfa?

In summary, the person liked the closet organization system and it was worth the money they spent on it. They also liked that it was customizable and allowed for different configurations.
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That place always sells great stuff, and every time I buy something from them it ends up being money. My closet used to be the typical one shelf and rod that comes standard in most houses. I wanted to organize all my stuff so I bought this shelving system from a company from Denmark called elfa. Its really cool stuff. Its all sold in parts, so you can buy as much or as little as you like and make it to your presonal preference. I think it is really cool and worth the money I spent on it. Admittedly, its a bit pricey, but it was 30% off so I gave it a shot. Check it out.

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http://www.elfa.com/
 
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The sad before pictures.

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(its a different closet, but the same exact size and kind as the one in my room before I changed it)
 
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For someone who only seems to own t-shirts, that's quite a bit of organization! I personally prefer just having two rods to double the space for hanging shirts, because anything else requires folding the laundry first. :rolleyes:

So, that's what the container store sells? I saw one when I was in Atlanta, but it was already closed for the night when I saw it. I was curious what it sold (or if it was like one of those mailbox etc places that sells lots of boxes to mail stuff).
 
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I have more stuff, but its in the hamper or was being washed when I took the photo. The container store sells all kinds of storage and organization stuff. Bins, shelves, shoe racks, stuff like that. It's a really cool store, you should check it out.

www.thecontainerstore.com
 
  • #5
cyrusabdollahi said:
They've got a location here, in town. I'll check it out when next I get a day off...maybe in March!

What's holding the slotted sections to the wall?
 
  • #6
cyrusabdollahi said:
I have more stuff, but its in the hamper or was being washed when I took the photo.
Maybe you should have included a big hamper as part of your closet organization. :biggrin:

The container store sells all kinds of storage and organization stuff. Bins, shelves, shoe racks, stuff like that. It's a really cool store, you should check it out.

www.thecontainerstore.com

That is really cool...good thing there isn't one anywhere near me! I'm planning on buying a new house this fall (now that I'm planning to stay put in this town a while) and am trying to save for a bigger downpayment (or for fixing upping, depending on what I end up buying). Having a store like that arond would put a real damper on those attempts at savings (I'm ogling the home office organization stuff...but no point in organizing any better until I make the next move).
 
  • #7
Gokul43201 said:
They've got a location here, in town. I'll check it out when next I get a day off...maybe in March!

What's holding the slotted sections to the wall?

Thats what's so cool about it, they only attach to a top track along the top of the wall, so you don't screw the long vertical tracks to anything. You can slide them left and right and change the configuration completely if you want to.

MoonBear said:
Maybe you should have included a big hamper as part of your closet organization.

I have my hamper in my bathroom closet, along with underwear, undershirts, etc.
 
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My goodness, those units do improve focus quite a bit!
 
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me + credit card + Container Store = danger.

I completely lose control. It's more dangerous than Ikea, but not quite as bad as Walmart.
 
  • #11
Do you have Ikea in the States?
 
  • #12
I'm thinking of getting something similar for my closet, it would be nice to be have things a bit more organized sometimes. The nicest thing about the one you have is you can set it up however you want, my closet is kind of weird so the closet organizers you buy in kits won't work for it.


Math Is Hard said:
me + credit card + Container Store = danger.

I completely lose control. It's more dangerous than Ikea, but not quite as bad as Walmart.

Ikea is the devil! You can get in but they won't let you out. I have been in an Ikea 3 times and gotten horribly lost every time!
 
  • #13
Anttech said:
Do you have Ikea in the States?
Yes we do. But I avoid places like that. :biggrin:
 
  • #14
Anttech said:
Do you have Ikea in the States?

Sure do. In Texas and California, anyway. I don't know about the other states.

scorpa said:
Ikea is the devil! You can get in but they won't let you out. I have been in an Ikea 3 times and gotten horribly lost every time!
:rofl:
They are some honkin' big stores. I like the realistic displays they set up of entire living rooms, laundry rooms, etc. Me and my ex-boyfriend once took a bunch of pictures posing in the different rooms pretending it was our house. (yeah, it was silly, I know :redface: )
 
  • #15
i don't see the point of it, i can find any cloth from the rubble laying on my bed.
 
  • #16
Math Is Hard said:
Sure do. In Texas and California, anyway. I don't know about the other states.
There's IKEAs in about a dozen states. They've got no clocks (to tell the time) or windows - just like casinos.

From QI Series 1(on the BBC):
Stephen Fry: Where is ninety percent of the universe?
Jeremy Hardy: Ikea. :biggrin:
 
  • #17
Math Is Hard said:
me + credit card + Container Store = danger.

I completely lose control. It's more dangerous than Ikea, but not quite as bad as Walmart.

I've managed to never shop at an Ikea. They're always just far enough away that it would be a hassle to take home anything I bought, so that's been incentive to stay away (and when I still lived in NJ with one closer to me, I didn't have money to buy furniture, not even Ikea).

I haven't had much trouble with WalMarts. If I'm desperate enough for something that I have to go into one, as soon as I walk in, I'm ready to get out. Too many annoyingly slow people wandering through that store (it also used to be such a pig-sty in the store, and overly cluttered that I felt dirty just walking through the doors, but in true WalMart style, they've abandoned the old store in the now dead mall and moved to a new store, that they haven't cluttered up yet, and hasn't been open long enough to get totally filthy).
 
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Moonbear said:
I've managed to never shop at an Ikea. They're always just far enough away that it would be a hassle to take home anything I bought...
There's one just by the exit to 279N from I79 - not much more than an hour north of you. That's the closest one to me as well (and the only one I've been to) but they're opening a store in Ohio sometime soon.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
There's one just by the exit to 279N from I79 - not much more than an hour north of you. That's the closest one to me as well (and the only one I've been to) but they're opening a store in Ohio sometime soon.

Yep, I know where it is. That's still too far to have to drive something home if I bought it. (And don't tell me anything about everything being packed in small boxes that'll easily fit in my car, because if that's true, I don't need to know it!) I usually only head up to Pittsburgh to shop when I have something specific in mind that I can't find closer and really must have it, so don't really go up there to browse through places. I'm not much of a shopper, so driving over an hour to get to a mall doesn't really excite me the way it does other people around here.
 
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Moonbear said:
Yep, I know where it is. That's still too far to have to drive something home if I bought it. (And don't tell me anything about everything being packed in small boxes that'll easily fit in my car, because if that's true, I don't need to know it!)

It's true! I brought an armchair and footstool along on a bus actually, the boxes are no bigger than small suitcases!

I usually only head up to Pittsburgh to shop when I have something specific in mind that I can't find closer and really must have it, so don't really go up there to browse through places. I'm not much of a shopper, so driving over an hour to get to a mall doesn't really excite me the way it does other people around here.

That's the one I go to! I avoid going there, because once inside it takes half an hour to find the exit.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
There's IKEAs in about a dozen states. They've got no clocks (to tell the time) ..
aha! So THAT'S what clocks are for. I was wondering why I see them all over the place. :tongue2:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
aha! So THAT'S what clocks are for. I was wondering why I see them all over the place. :tongue2:
Ha ha...very funny!

I bought a clock at Ikea.
 
  • #23
Rach3 said:
It's true! I brought an armchair and footstool along on a bus actually, the boxes are no bigger than small suitcases!

Didn't I tell you not to tell me that?! :grumpy:
 
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Do they have nice cafeterias at Ikeas? I had heard of folks who take their families to an Ikea store, not so much to buy furniture, but to pass the time, like going to a museum.
 
  • #25
Chi Meson said:
Do they have nice cafeterias at Ikeas?

If it's as big as they sound, they better, or else I'd never buy anything! If I start getting hungry, I don't care how much I love some item I've found, I'm going to stick it back on the nearest shelf and look for a place to eat (I get a bit grouchy and very short on patience when hungry, so the last thing I want to do is stand around waiting for a salesman to help with something or get in a long line to pay for stuff).
 
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Chi Meson said:
Do they have nice cafeterias at Ikeas? I had heard of folks who take their families to an Ikea store, not so much to buy furniture, but to pass the time, like going to a museum.

At the Paramus, NJ Ikea,
they have nice light breakfast offerings and somewhat tasty things for lunch. (I don't remember if you can get eggs the way you want them for breakfast.) I really like the inexpensive beef hot dogs (for 50c, i think) just after the checkout. YMMV at the other Ikeas.
 
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Moonbear said:
If it's as big as they sound, they better, or else I'd never buy anything! If I start getting hungry, I don't care how much I love some item I've found, I'm going to stick it back on the nearest shelf and look for a place to eat (I get a bit grouchy and very short on patience when hungry, so the last thing I want to do is stand around waiting for a salesman to help with something or get in a long line to pay for stuff).

The cafeteria at IKEA seems kind of sketchy to me. Stuff like salmon and swedish meatballs for $2...and that's 2 bucks Canadian :bugeye: ...now what kind of salmon have you ever seen that costs 2 bucks? Maybe it's fine though I dunno...when I lived on rez they had a bus take us to IKEA to get furniture and I only went along for the free hotdogs...which were actually as good as hotdogs can really be.
 
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Rach3 said:
That's the one I go to! I avoid going there, because once inside it takes half an hour to find the exit.

It just occurred to me...maybe we should have a regional PF gathering at that IKEA! Afterall, if the OR gang can meet up at Home Depot for hot dogs, maybe the "Pittsburgh Regional" PFers could meet up at the IKEA cafeteria. :biggrin:
 
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Gokul43201 said:
I bought a clock at Ikea.

Did they let you stick around for the Swedish meatballs or did Lars hustle you out the door?
 
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You guys are such a bad influence on me- I just ordered $50 worth of Container Store items on amazon.com. I am going to be so-o-o organized.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
You guys are such a bad influence on me- I just ordered $50 worth of Container Store items on amazon.com. I am going to be so-o-o organized.

Unfortunately for me, owning cool organizers like that doesn't help much...you still have to put your stuff in it for it to work. :biggrin:
 
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Math Is Hard said:
You guys are such a bad influence on me- I just ordered $50 worth of Container Store items on amazon.com. I am going to be so-o-o organized.

Awesome. Money well spent.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
You guys are such a bad influence on me- I just ordered $50 worth of Container Store items on amazon.com. I am going to be so-o-o organized.
I saw some of the prices on their website! For 50 bucks, you can organize a wee bit more than a stack of papers or a bunch of pens.
 
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Gokul43201 said:
I saw some of the prices on their website! For 50 bucks, you can organize a wee bit more than a stack of papers or a bunch of pens.

I just got some things for the kitchen. They have these stackers to make your shelves into two or three levels. My cabinets are tall but not very wide, so this will help a lot. They had a neat little basket that clamps and hangs underneath a shelf - couldn't resist that. I also got a rack that hangs on the back of a cabinet door to hold aluminum foil and saran wrap. I can never find them when I need them so now I will always know where they are.
 

1. What is elfa?

Elfa is a brand that specializes in customizable and affordable organizing solutions for homes and offices. They offer a wide range of products such as shelving, drawers, bins, and racks that can be easily assembled and adjusted to fit your specific needs.

2. How does elfa compare to other organizing solutions?

Elfa stands out for its high-quality materials, durability, and versatility. Unlike other organizing solutions that may be flimsy or limited in design, elfa's products are made with sturdy materials and can be easily reconfigured to adapt to changing storage needs.

3. What are some popular elfa products?

Some popular elfa products include their wire shelving systems, mesh drawers, and utility boards. These products can be used in various spaces, from closets and pantries to home offices and garages.

4. Is elfa affordable?

Yes, elfa offers a range of products at different price points to fit different budgets. Additionally, their products are designed to last for years, making them a cost-effective investment in the long run.

5. Can elfa products be customized?

Yes, one of the main selling points of elfa is its customization options. You can mix and match different components to create a storage solution that fits your specific needs and space. Plus, their products are easy to install and can be adjusted or expanded as needed.

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