Coffee cups chip at the rim and the handle, the two parts that stick out. Cardboard dividers inside this 12 inch square chest keep 12 of them apart, and the lid lifts off entirely rather than hinging, so a full row goes in straight. Height comes to 8.5 inches.
The lid is fully removable rather than hinged, so a row of mugs can be lowered in upright and lifted out the same way. Combined with a see-through front panel, that means the china is both visible on the shelf and reachable without tipping the box or working around a fixed cover.
Cardboard dividers form compartments inside the 12 inch square shell, keeping 12 coffee cups from touching. Handles are the part of a mug that breaks, and they break by catching on a neighbor, which is precisely what a divided interior prevents during a trip up from a basement or down from an attic.
Red canvas with green trim works as a labeling system of sorts: among the brown cartons and gray totes of an attic, the seasonal china announces itself. Riveted handles support up to 25 pounds of that load, and at 8.5 inches high the chest stacks neatly with the rest of the holiday range.
Six-piece black magnet set of four hinges and two handles that gives a steel garage door carriage-house detailing.
Six forest green fabric cubes with grommet pulls, each 11 inches square for standard cube shelving.
