Chipboard inside the sides and base is what separates this from a soft sack: the walls stay vertical at 12 inches of height even when the bin is half empty. The footprint is 18.5 by 15 inches, and a handle on the front face pulls a loaded bin out from a shelf.
Poly-cotton canvas is stretched over a chipboard frame in the walls and the floor, so a full bin of linens keeps its square corners and a lid still sits flat on top. Stacking depends on that flat top. The bin folds down flat when it is empty, which a rigid tub cannot do, so off season bins do not hold shelf space in the months they hold nothing.
The handle is on the 15 inch front panel rather than the side, so a bin pushed to the back of a closet shelf can be drawn forward without reaching past it. That is the only way to move 18.5 inches of width down from above shoulder level with one arm. Once the bin is out, the lid lifts straight off.
A lid closes the bin fully, which is what keeps dust off seasonal clothing through a summer on an open shelf. Silver toned poly-cotton canvas stays neutral against white melamine shelving and reads as deliberate when the bin sits in a bedroom rather than a garage. Office supplies and spare linens get the same cover.
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.
