Compact Living System Studio Divider and Storage System in Painted MDF

a run of double faced 800mm modules that splits a studio into a sleeping half and a living half, tension fixed at the ceiling with no drilling.

Everything we sell is under 800mm wide. That is not a style, it is the constraint the whole range is designed around, because it is the measurement that decides whether a piece of furniture works in a small flat. Eight hundred millimetres is roughly the width of a standard internal door, the width of the gap most people have between a sofa and a wall, and the point past which a piece stops reading as part of the room and starts reading as an obstacle. Designing to it is harder than designing without it and it is the only interesting thing about furniture for small spaces.

Specification

• Dimensions: 800mm module grid, nothing over 800mm wide in any single piece
• Floor footprint: about 1.4 square metres
• Material: moisture resistant MDF sprayed in a two pack polyurethane, which is harder than a brushed finish and will not chip on a door edge
• Finish: one finish across the whole system
• Capacity: bed platform rated to 200kg, storage modules to 40kg each
• Assembly: flat packed, two people, about five hours
• Getting it in: Flat packed in 8 cartons, largest 820mm by 1300mm by 380mm. Through a standard 762mm door: on its side, yes. Into a small lift: yes
• Weight: approximately 154.8 kilograms
• Module size: 800 by 400 by 360mm throughout
• Extends and rearranges: modules unbolt and go back together elsewhere
• Ceiling height needed: 2100mm
• Fixing: tension fixed floor to ceiling, no drilling
• Comes apart into pieces none of which exceeds 24 kilograms

What you get

• Every module, flat packed
• Connecting bolts, dowels and levelling feet
• The padded top with a removable washable cover
• Tension feet and ceiling plates
• One hex key, one spanner and a layout drawing

Assembly

Flat packed and best done by two people, mostly for the moment you stand it up. About an hour with a hex key and a spanner, both in the box. Fittings are cam locks and threaded steel inserts, so it comes apart and goes back together properly rather than chewing out the panel.

If you are renting

This fixes without drilling, using a tension mechanism between the floor and the ceiling. It leaves a 40mm circle of pressure at each end and no hole at all. Check your ceiling height against the range below before you order, and if you have a suspended or lath and plaster ceiling use the wide foot plate that comes in the box.