dBodhi Shelfmate type A - Black Stain, Smoked Iron

The dBodhi Shelfmate Type A in Black is 65cm wide, 25.5cm deep and 35cm high, as a single stackable module. It is built to combine with other Shelfmate modules rather than to stand alone. At 25.5cm deep it fits a narrow wall.

A modular shelf is bought for what it becomes rather than what it is. One Type A on its own is a low console; three stacked and offset is a wall of shelving, and the same money spent on a fixed bookcase gives you one arrangement forever.

At 25.5cm deep these are shallow, which is correct for books and wrong for boxes. That shallowness is what lets them go in a hallway where a standard 30cm shelf would be in the way.

The caveat is that modules are only worth it if you buy more than one. A single unit is an expensive small shelf, and the system pays off from the second piece on.