Ligne Roset P&P 900

  Product:           P&P 900
  Vendor:            Ligne Roset

  Configurability: Poor
  Looks:                Great
  Service:              Sales - poor, installation - great
  Price:                  $$$$

The P&P 900 is a modular system that uses aluminum beams to support adjustable shelves.  Ligne Roset's literature describes beams that can be either attached to the wall or to the ceiling, but the sales person at the New York SoHo store claims only the wall-attachable beams are available.  The shelves and other components available in two widths - about 19" and 36" - and can be ordered in ebonized oak, covered in white lacquer, or in glass. 

The ebonized oak looks great on pictures, but up-close it seems a bit dull - though certainly of a higher quality than it did two years ago, when it looked like you could easily get a splinter if you were to move your finger over the wood.  The quality of the white lacquer seems good.

There are also chests that are available in both widths, a 36" wide writing desk, 15"-wide cabinet, a desk, and a shelf for supporting a television and two A/V units.  The cabinets have doors that are hinged on the top edge, so they are a bit awkward to open if the handle is at eye-level, because you'll have to move your head out of the way quickly as you open the cabinet.  The chests have three drawers each and work without fail.  The desk is just 36" wide, so you won't be able to have much more on it than your laptop, but if you are doing real daily work, you'll probably opt for a real desk anyway.  The TV shelf is also good for a small A/V set-up.  Their depth of 22" is just right for most A/V components that are about 18-19" deep and need a few inches for cabling in the back.  But if you have a serious set-up, it's no substitute for a real A/V rack or for hiding your components in a closet. 

All in all, this seems like a very nice system that can be made to look great:  a lot of books, a couple of vases, a flat-screen television, and a laptop would give your room a good dose of stylish simplicity.  But if you need a lot of surface area for your work or own half a dozen things needed to make your TV and speakers work, you'll obviously need separate furniture for those tasks.  Price-wise, this system is certainly on the very high end.

 

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[Drazenka]

P&P 900 in white lacquer with aluminum beams does look. Think about white BMW.

DK

[ny custom furniture]

Adjustable shelves make it very easy for the user as sometimes the need varies.It looks very good for an office library or some sort of that.