The sisters behind a sell-out colourful, vintage locker business have this week released their newest piece of storage — and it’s guaranteed to go straight to the top of your wish list this season.
The newly-released “Standard” four-door cupboard isn’t just a TV unit, she’s the ultimate multitasker and your one-stop for storage.
With four lockable doors and adjustable shelving inside, the new $649 Standard cupboard is billed as a “console with confidence”.
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The sisters behind Mustard Made describe the cupboard as “an entertainment hub, perfect to house your TV or your vinyl collection”.
“She’s the storage solution for toys, shoes, cables and more. Pop her in your entryway, under a window, in your living space or at the foot of your bed,” Becca and Jess Stern say.
Available in 12 different colours, there’s a “Standard” unit for everyone, whether you’re a pastel girl who loves Blush or you love a pop of bright Butter.
There are also darker hues like Olive if you like to keep things deep and earthy in your home.
The cupboard comes complete with four adjustable shelves, two cable holes, two wall attachment points, four doors and four keyrings.
Whenit comes to how to use the “Standard”, Becca and Jess have four different ways you can use it at home.
First up, it works perfectly in a kitchen or dining area with your glassware and china safely stashed away, with room on top for your special styling pieces and recipe books.
Alternatively, if you have kids, you could use it in their room or the playroom to store toys and trinkets inside, while the top is the perfect play surface.
You can also lock the doors if you want to keep their breakables safe, too.
Next, Becca and Jess recommend you try it in the hall or mudroom as an organisational device.
“Tuck away bags and umbrellas and keep your floors clear of mess. Keep shoes out of sight, and use the top to drop your keys, wallet and essentials as you come and go,” they explain.
Finally, the “Standard” is perfect in the living room, where it works as the ultimate TV unit or media console.
“Store your record player and vinyl collection in style, keep your tech hub tidy with the handy cable holes inside, and add some mood lighting on top for the finishing touch,” Becca and Jess explain.
Right now, you can even get your hands on a limited-edition “Rainbow Standard”, which features every single Mustard colour in the rainbow in one beautiful longline locker.
Created to celebrate the power and meaning of the rainbow as a symbol of love, equality, diversity and resistance, Mustard will donate an impressive 50 per cent of all sales of the “Rainbow Standard” to Outright International.
Outright International is an LGBTIQ human rights advocacy organisation that combats human rights, violations and abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people.
This particular “Rainbow Standard” will be available from June 18.
According to Becca and Jess, Mustard came about as a way to keep seeing and speaking to each other, as both sisters lived on other sides of the world.
“We always dreamed of starting a business together as despite the physical distance between us, we’re so close,” Becca previously told Best Picks.
“Mustard Made was dreamed up while I was on maternity leave and when Jess came out to visit me and my new baby.
“We basically hatched a plan to go into business together so we’d always get to see each other.”
The name Mustard Made came about because Becca and Jess knew that colour was going to be one of the defining features of the brand.
The sisters understood that while not everyone loves lockers, those who do feel passionately about them – much like mustard.
“Lockers are an acquired taste,” Becca says.
“Our dad was like no one is going to buy these, it doesn’t make sense. And now he has several at his house.”
Becca adds: “I’ve always had a strange fascination with old, rusty vintage lockers and old furniture. I live in a really old home with no built-in storage”.
They launched in 2018 via a wholesale approach, partnering up with several leading homewares stores and doing a showing at a trade show, where they promptly sold out out.
Since launching in 2018, Mustard Made has only enjoyed more success, and now Becca and Jess’s lockers are found in thousands of homes around the world.
The different types of lockers they sell are often used for different places.
The Shorty, for instance, makes the perfect bedside table or office cabinet, while the wider Lowdown style is an ideal TV unit, console or storage unit.
Finally, the Twinny is a wardrobe that’s perfect for kids’ rooms, or you can stack several Skinny cupboards together in different colours for a fun mix and match effect.
For more information and to shop the new “Standard” shape from Mustard Made, head here now.