Cool Combination: Locker Storage at Home
Get the Fun, Flexible Storage of Lockers, Old and New
Want to add great storage with vintage flair and loads of personality? Consider lockers. While they may bring back memories of forgetting your combination, these metal cabinets can fit all kinds of items while adding big style to any space — from a playroom to a kitchen, from a child's bedroom to a dining room. Oh, and there are no combination locks required in your own home. Let's take a look.
Wowzah! What goes with bold bright horizontal stripes? Tall colorful lockers.
This unit can serve as a coat closet/landing strip. Family members can have a locker or two of their own for coats, backpacks, crocs, etc. They can also serve as extra kitchen space for china, linens, pantry items, Tupperware — you name it.
These colors set the palette for this boy's room.
This stylish locker cabinet can serve as a media cabinet or dining buffet.
A vintage aqua adds loads of personality and color to this room.
You can find vintage lockers on sites like eBay and Etsy, as well as your favorite antique emporiums, salvage yards and flea markets. If you find a vintage locker, you may want to leave the graffiti but scrape off the gum.
Tip: Professional powder coating is a good way to freshen up vintage lockers and make them look good as new.
Tip: Professional powder coating is a good way to freshen up vintage lockers and make them look good as new.
This fire-engine red cabinet from IKEA is a stylish steal that's perfect for a child's room.
The low locker cabinet is also great for a living room or family room. It has the storage capacity of a trunk with the added bonus of a flat top for books and a lamp.
Locker-inspired nightstands are the perfect choice for a soccer-themed room. Wait, the duvet says "Liverpool," so I should probably say "football-themed room."
Want something in a different material than metal? Let the old lockers inspire a contemporary built-in cabinet system.
I love the chic look of the beadboard, vents, and those darling bins on top.
A padded wall of lockers adds kid-friendly softness to a locker-inspired look.
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