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Yea or Nay? Dash Modern's Gridded-French-Cleat-Based Modular Wall Units
I kinda love it. Count me in as someone that has a French Cleat wall in his workshop. Do I rearrange my tools often? No. I only rearrange when I've purchased a new tool and built a holder for the tool. For inside the home, this might get setup, rearranged numerous times until the right layout is achieved, and then left until either a new holder is acquired or a new layout is envisioned.
I think the whole idea of the French Cleat revolves around storing portable objects. People reconfigure things for a fresh look. Moving these units around doesn't really change the aesthetics of a wall. I am not fond of the grid look & prefer the horizontal rail. I use it for extension cords with their outlet boxes, mini compressors & outdoor placeholders for these & other portable items. It visually cleans up my otherwise cluttered workshop. French Cleat? Yes. Interior design? No.
I really like it! There are some obvious things to like about it: the aestheric, flexibilty, tool free changes, reparability. Mostly i love a good product ecosystem, they're much easier to buy into and i'm pretty indecisive. The only thing i don't like is their website. There are plenty of images of systems that are put together with interesting modules but i can only see a few of them in the catalogue.
It's interesting mentioning utility over the long term especially if you're using a versatile system that you never change. I wonder if just the possibility of change alone makes you place a higher value on a product in the same way that the 'Ikea effect' works? You might look at your shelving set up and think, "even if i buy a bunch more coats, i'll be fine, i can just buy another couple of hook modules" even though that kind of reassuring thought is very fleeting and probably sub-conscious, it has value, doesn't it? Isn't that's why we all put French cleats up in our workshops?