Propanel free standing shelving

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Diane Bruder April 17, 2014 at 7:05pm

Propanel shelving is way too expensive and if you do not have enough propanels to attach it to, you are sunk. I had a woodshop teacher offer to make me shelves and then at the last minute bow out on me because he has four other jobs in front of mine and will not have them ready for this summer..duh, that is when I need it and he KNEW it when he signed on in January...Oh, well, now I shop for shelving. I thought of buying my own lattice and making hinged sides so I can fold it down and then adding shelves for a stand alone unit of my own until I checked out costs of supplies and time. I still have to get ready for my June show and do not really have time to make my own. I did find a wonderful place that is more cost effective than propanels and I probably cannot make my own as cheap. I haven't checked into shipping but I am going to call. The company is Specialty Woods and they make foldable shelving in a variety of sizes and colors. Check it out!
- Phyllis Hendry > Diane Bruder April 28, 2014 at 2:33pm
  
  I do not have the experience that most of you do, however, after much research, we plan on ordering this setup in the next couple of weeks.
  
  http://www.artfairdisplays.com/
  
  They are re-vamping the website and the do not have everything up (I first saw them before this started) but, emails to them are promptly answered.
  
  Phyllis
  - Diane Bruder > Phyllis Hendry April 30, 2014 at 7:06pm
    
    Thank you, Phyllis! I like their shelving and think I will do business with them instead of the company I had previously mentioned on here.
Ann Marie Crosmun September 25, 2011 at 11:32pm

I have what I think is called, ladder shelving. There is a black metal 'ladder' on each side, with the propanel shelf bridging between them. I absolutely love them. You have so many options with them. And they give a nice clean look to my booth. The ladders velcro at the top and bottom of the propanels. Very easy to store and set up.
- Amy Ikenn > Ann Marie Crosmun September 26, 2011 at 7:08am
  
  so the ladders are velcro'd to the back piece? I don't want the wall panels because I want to get as much natural light into my booth as I can - I usually keep the walls up unless the weather totally sucks.
  
  Also are the shelves grooved to stay on the ladder, or do they just sit on it?
  - Ann Marie Crosmun > Amy Ikenn September 26, 2011 at 9:19am
    
    Yes, they are velcro's to the back poles of the panels. They are grooved, so, it is a nice tight fit. But, if you don't anchor them to something (maybe two very stable poles), you will get a leaning tower that will quickly fall sideways. (been there, done that).
    - Amy Ikenn > Ann Marie Crosmun September 26, 2011 at 10:07am
      
      I think we may be talking about two different things. Look at http://propanels.com/shelving.html and go down to the fourth item labeled "Freestanding Shelf Unit"
      - Ann Marie Crosmun > Amy Ikenn September 26, 2011 at 10:26am
        
        Wow, that is nice. I've got what is in the 2nd picture. The 4th one down--that looks stable & very workable. And those shelves look just like mine (which are grooved and hook unto the ladder system). I think that that is a very doable solution if you don't want walls. I bet that I could order that back standing stabilizing piece for my set up. They mentioned that they redesigned the shelves for more stability-the ones that I have are extremely solid. I'll have to call and find out......