Showing posts with label Lennart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lennart. Show all posts

3/01/2025

LENNART Drawer Unit (30x34x56 cm)

I have three pieces of this Lennart drawer unit at home. I bought it because of the sweet clean simple design and great price. I store my acrylic paints tubes and inks in them and I can put them under my desk or like a mini furniture piece on the wall. I store A4 notepads and loose paper sheets and scraps on the top shelf. Despite its feeble appearance, this unit holds a lot of stuff and weight, 5 kilos per drawer, and a bit extra on the top. 
 
Personally, I'd buy a different drawer unit if I wanted to store office documents or have it in a home office that receives visitors. However, this unit is great for arts and crafts storage, especially if you're on a budget and you expect paint splashes to fall on it. Said differently, I wouldn't cry if this got ruined by my paints.
 
Assembly is  relatively easy, and the resulting unit is light, cute and compact.  

I suggest reinforcing the drawers base with thin cardboard to make it stronger. 

DOWNSIDES
  • > The unit only has castor on the back legs. 
  • > The castors aren't the best, so they aren't mildly helpful when the unit is fully loaded.
  • > The front lowest side has a lot of empty space that could have been used to place another drawer.   
  • > The back crossbar doesn't properly protect the drawers rear. The bar is meant to act as a stop for the drawers not to fall off backwards, but the crossbar is a bit too thin and on the short side; shorter than they should be, I think.  
  • > Some of the screws that link the top shelf with the structure bars don't screw fully with a manual screwdriver. 
DESIGNER Jon Karlsson.