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IKEA Ivar

The IKEA "Ivar" system.

As soon as this site went online, I was flooded with e-mails (please do use the comment function on the site if you have questions on a featured item or related issues). Enquiring minds wanted to know what I myself use to store my collection and what I could recommend. Well, despite my posts to the contrary, I use the ultimate budget system, a simple IKEA shelf system called “Ivar”, slightly “tweaked” to fit my needs. Before you read on: Ivar is not one of those Ikea products that you need an IQ of 200 and infinite patience for to put together. You don’t even need any tools besides a screwdriver, and the skills required to put it together tend towards zilch. Fact is, it doesn’t get much easier than Ivar (and I have lots of IKEA experience with other, err, less successful products in that regard). Continue Reading →

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Can-Am Cabinets (CD/DVD)

Can-Am Cabinets

Going for Can-Am media cabinets will probably mean that you have to walk around nude for a year or two, they are that expensive. But they are also worth it. Of course, I don’t have any of these myself, especially since it would cost two arms and half a head to have them sent to Europe, but I’ve seen and handled them in a shop in Copenhagen, Denmark, and boy, can they take a lot of weight and abuse.

They are not really beauties, but chosing the right color (White, Black Satin, Black Gloss Textured, Navy Blue, Steel Blue, Teal Blue, Beige, Hunter Green, Plum, Fog Gray, Storm Gray, Charcoal Gray, Director Red, Chocolate Brown, Metallic Steel Gloss, Metallic Silver Satin) and adding a suitable counter top (Wood Grain, Black, White, Navy Blue, Beige, Hunter Green, Fog Gray, Storm Gray, Charcoal Gray and Metallic) can make them fit in and look quite cool. Continue Reading →