I told you all about my home office inspiration in my last post and the String shelving system was at the top of my temptation list. String is the original shelving system designed by the Swedish architect Nils Strinning in 1949. He was one of the leading mid-twentieth century designers who built the foundation of what we now call ‘Scandinavian design’.
And guess what? I’ve just started my collection! I call it a collection because that is how I see it: there is no way we could afford to buy a whole wall of String immediately but you can start off small and add to it over time. That is the beauty of it; when more shelf space is needed, simply add an additional side panel and some shelves. As well as shelves there are cabinets with sliding doors, cabinets with drawers, a desk surface, magazine rack and a new folding table. All of the different components fit together and can be repositioned and the dimensions of the system have not changed since 1949. Let’s put it this way, Jules is never going to struggle to work out what to buy me for my birthday from now on.
I’m currently waiting for our order from Haus and I know Skandium also stock String. In the meantime, I wanted to share some shelf styling ideas as I know that can be a bit of a stumbling block for a lot of us (or is that just me?)…
Kitchen
String shelving can look stream lined and clean in the kitchen and works just as well housing functional kitchen pieces or for displaying your favourite crockery.
Image from Simply Grove.
Image from Delikatissen.
Pocket String
If you want to start off small, the Pocket String is the perfect place to begin. They come in lots of different colours too.
Sold at Skandium for £113.
Office
String is perfect for a home office as you can choose the configuration to suit your exact needs.
Image from Haus.
Image from Story North.
Living room
The String system will make anything you need to store look better (or just hide it away in the sleek cupboards).
Image from Desire To Inspire
Image from Haus.
Children’s room
The system works really well in a child’s room as it is extremely functional, robust and comes in colours to suit any surroundings.
Image from Petits Petits Tresors.
Can not wait for mine to arrive!!!
Katy x
Love these shelves. Can you believe my mum had them in her studio in the 80’s. And yes, we gave them away.
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I can’t bear it, Katharine!x