As a housewarming present, my sister gave us a gift card for Elfa shelving from the Container Store. We were originally planning on using it to reconfigure one of the closets, but with the baby coming, we are losing our guest room and so we wanted to rearrange our office so the setup is slightly less awkward for guests. We also needed better storage options than the current way the desk in there is set up. We went to the Container Store website and picked this option to purchase as a kit. It was college night on Sunday night, so we headed to the store knowing they wouldn't pull custom Elfa at the event, but I had called earlier to ask if they had the kit in stock and was told they had everything in stock. Then we got there, they told us that a kit doesn't technically exist, but we sadfaced them about driving all the way from Baltimore to Rockville and they very very kindly agreed to pull it for us. We did make a modification which resulted in losing a shelf, but the office is so short another shelf would have been too crowded. We also can reconfigure our existing Elfa a bit now as well and might get more room that way.
This is the new desk setup, currently still over our futon, which will be moving to the other end of the room once we have gotten the desk out of the way.
This set of Elfa will be moving into the baby's room, most likely with only the basket shelf (which has a closet rod attachment that we can use to hang fancy baby clothes, since the room has no closet), and two of the white shelves. The third white shelf will move to Mark's desk above the monitor.
This Elfa will probably stay the way it is, except that middle rod, which is part of their "back of door" solutions will be moving most likely to the baby's room or to the bathroom, depending on where we decide we need more storage. This is my original set of Elfa, which I've had since college. We have had it in four apartments, plus the house, and it has held up great. It's about 8 years old and has been extremely versatile. My hope is to get the craft area a bit better organized, maybe this weekend, and get all of the stuff moved over so we can get the desk out. Apparently Salvation Army will come pick up furniture, so that may be our best option for getting both the desk and the bookcase out.
