Retro Renovation stopped publishing in ; these stories remain for historical information, as potential continued resources, and for archival purposes. The Idea Svalnas shelves and standards are bamboo; the Cados still made today in Denmark have veneer on the MDF shelves, and solid walnut or oak standards.
The Svalnas brackets are powder-coated steel, which sounds good to me. One of my dream jobs: Professional Ikea Hacker. I got on Ikea Hackers once with this project. Update: This now looks to be discontinued.
But still check out Ikea β their storage system designs are generally impressive and they usually have something with the mid century modern look. Looks like to me those are bamboo-veneered pressboard for the shelves.
I wonder if you could use the standards and the shelf supports, then buy some nice wood and custom cut and stain the shelves yourself? If you make the call or the attempt to customize it, will you please post a follow up on what you learn? I would appreciate the input.
I can take it from there. If so, I apologize and can try to give it a whirl myself. Somehow I missed these, but good old Retro Reno to my rescue. These will look fantastic along our 23 ft long brick wall with fireplace in the middle. Will probably have to paint them brown to match the brick a bit better. The brick is that cool 70s swirl of cream, terra cotta and chocolate. Certainly have to check these out in person.
