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Hot take: IKEA pegboards are overrated for office storage
I stopped by a friend's place in Portland last weekend and he had this whole wall of Skadis boards. Looked neat at first but I noticed everything was just... sitting there. Pens, cables, little trinkets all collecting dust. For the price of those boards and hooks you could get a proper shelf system that actually holds stuff without it falling off every time you reach for a charging cable. Am I the only one who thinks these things are more about looks than function?
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bell.jessica2mo ago
Honestly, you're totally right. It's like the whole thing is just a Pinterest aesthetic that looks good in photos but falls apart the second you actually try to use it for real life. Tbh, I'd rather just have a couple of cheap bins on a shelf than deal with hooks that always pop off when you grab something.
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mason.drew2mo ago
Read an article that said those popular pegboard setups actually fail because people overload them with stuff they don't use. Basic bins for the win.
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alext522mo ago
Those cheap bins actually sound way more practical, you just totally changed my mind about that whole setup.
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