Mustard Made Lowdown Locker Review: Stylish Storage

I’ve all the time been the type of one that’s surrounded by “doom piles”—random collections of my belongings that don’t essentially have a rhyme or purpose. I’ve ADHD and a love of Issues, and I’m a Millennial who’s by no means had sufficient built-in storage in her dwelling. Be it sneakers, further toiletries, random crafting provides, or my ever-growing military of stuffed animals, I by no means knew the place to place something. After which I began a job as a product reviewer, and my assortment of doom piles expanded twentyfold. I get stuff despatched to my home for a dwelling—and that stuff will get promptly deposited into piles round my workplace. And kitchen. And lounge. And bed room. And take a look at as I’d to corral all of it with plastic totes and clear bins, these find yourself making my home really feel like some kind of distribution middle for my Stuff. Champagne issues, I do know, however issues nonetheless.

This yr is the yr I made a decision I wanted to determine learn how to retailer and set up my issues, each work and private, as soon as and for all. And the Mustard Made Lowdown Locker is among the finest options I’ve discovered up to now. (No marvel Senior Commerce Editor Julian Chokkattu included these lockers in his Work-from-Home Gift Guide.)

Set It Up

This flat-pack locker is available in an extended, rectangular field replete with plastic wrap and styrofoam. Meeting is comparatively easy. I appreciated the clear paper directions, plus the video directions for visible learners like myself. All you really want is an ordinary cross-head screwdriver, although some meeting is less complicated when you have a pal round to assist. I managed to arrange The Lowdown all on my own, and I solely swore a handful of instances. (That’s factor in comparison with my traditional sailor mouth when assembling something for work.)

{Photograph}: Louryn Strampe

The metallic items and panels are straightforward to piece collectively, although one among my again panels was both machined incorrectly or broken throughout delivery, resulting in an imperfect nook form that made it exhausting to fit in on one aspect. After a lot swearing and elbow grease, I failed to maneuver it again to the place it needs to be. I ended up forging forward with the remainder of the meeting and all of it labored out OK, although clearly this flaw just isn’t superb (and in case you run into an identical scenario, you possibly can e-mail photographs to customer support and get your part replaced). Aside from that, the items have been all machined easily with few tough edges, and the paint was utilized completely throughout every bit. And regardless of my barely misshapen again panel, I managed to get every part squared away. It’s essential to notice that, after taking a look at different opinions on-line, this error appears to be an anomaly. Absolutely assembled, the locker is sturdy, and it appears improbable. The doorways keep put and the legs are straight. I do want the doorways snapped shut with a satisfying sound much like those I’d slam in highschool, however even with out the tactile satisfaction, they’re strong.

Fill It Full

Every shelf of The Lowdown can maintain virtually 90 kilos—Your further gift-wrapping provides! Your exercise tools! Your random tenting gear!—and also you get a few further brackets to regulate the default format if you want. The default format is 2 cabinets throughout the locker on the similar peak, however the further brackets will let you place every shelf at completely different heights. These brackets are the one further {hardware} items you get—one other minor factor that bothered me. Once I was attaching one of many handles, I dropped the teeny-tiny screw and washer. The washer disappeared into the jungle of my carpet. It ended up being superb—I simply hooked up it with the screw—but when the screw had disappeared, I might’ve been fairly upset. So preserve monitor of your {hardware} whereas assembling!

{Photograph}: Louryn Strampe