Whilst we know lots about storage products here at STORE we’d never really thought about using elfa as a van racking system before, however our friends at Volt Air Marine Engineering were so complementary after testing our elfa shelving system and plastic storage boxes as a van racking solution that we thought some readers may like to see the results:

Installed in the pride of Volt Air’s fleet (a 2-week old Vauxhall Vivaro long wheel base van), our elfa van racking and storage system cost £950 (incl VAT) in total  to rack-out the entire vehicle. This included all basket shelving, storage boxes, sparring baskets, and part bins AND (we’re told) was a third of the price of the last van racking system Volt Air installed.

Volt Air MD Adam White explained that:

“The total weight of the metal elfa van racking system is around 85kg which is a fraction of the weight of other metal and wood van shelving systems we’ve used in the past. The last thing we wanted was a van racking system that then limited the weight of tools and parts we could carry on-board and elfa has proved spot on…there’s even room to carry a fully laden Euro pallet on the deck without snagging the shelving and parts bins.”

Our elfa basket shelves and elfa sparing baskets have also proved ideal at minimising movement of tools and stock in the test van on motorway journeys making life more pleasant on long drives and tool and parts storage more organised and easy to hand for the marine engineers once on site.

Thanks to Volt Air Marine Engineering for sharing their van racking images and thoughts on our elfa system with STORE. Volt Air are suppliers of electro-mechanical engineering solutions to the fishing and shipping industry providing everything from general ship management to superintendant work.

Elfa van racking systems from STORE are available in component form online for easy DIY installation. For details of a bespoke and fleet installation , please contact Simon at STORE

As I write this blog our stylish shoe cabinets are literally sailing their way across the Gulf of Finland to arrive at STORE HQ in around a week’s time.

As ever, our brief to Leon (our friend the shoe cabinet designer) was to ignore the cheap tacky flat pack shoe storage cabinets that flood the UK market and instead concentrate on a range of items that were both stylish, well made but still affordable.

Leon has done us proud with some new shoe cabinets and storage benches that we really think you’ll like.  They’re both slimline, look great and are fairly priced. Better still they’ll stand the test of time unlike some UK shoe storage cabinets we’ve tested!

STORE’s new range of shoe storage cabinets goes on sale as part of our summer range  in mid July. To purchase online visit our Shoe Storage Solutions section online at www.APlaceForEverything.co.uk

Our summer storage solution sale started only a week ago and we’ve already sold 75% of our allocated stock of these funky coat hooks so do hurry because at 50p they’re not going  to be hanging around for long!

Thanks for featuring STORE in your July magazine LivingEtc. There’s a really neat article inside called 20 Tricks to Max your space which is definitely worth a look especially as it contains some pearls of wisdom on making the most of your space by gods like Sir Terence Conran who wisely suggests in the article:

“Be ruthless with your possessions – you cannot afford to waste any space on redundant clutter.

Take everything out of your home and only put back in the things you need or love. You will feel surprised at how much space you save and how good you feel”

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As shown, our placing was illustrated with an image of our famous clear shoe storage boxes which we bring to STORE all the way from L.A.

It’s always very flattering when STORE products get noticed in the press, especially when it’s alongside big names such as Next and Debenhams. It’s also nice to know that all our hard work at sourcing stylish storage solutions is getting noticed.

We do try our very best to go the extra mile, looking for items of decent quality and something that little bit different when adding to our range of storage solutions and a pat on the back from House Beautiful no less is very welcomed…thanks guys!

To read their storage solutions article see,

http://www.sixtyplusurfers.co.uk/products2.html

Do hurry though as our neat summer discounts are only around for a few weeks in July.