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Unusual Japanese Device for Adding Posts to a Room Without Drilling

Labrico, probably inspired by anti-earthquake braces

By Rain Noe - October 2, 2023

in Interior Design

These unusual Labrico objects hail from Japan.

They slide onto the end of a piece of dimensional lumber, cut slightly shorter than your room, and you then screw an upside-down leveler up until it reaches the ceiling. It then holds the impromptu post in place, while a cap on the bottom protects the floor.

It's obviously not structural, but ought hold the wood in place securely; in Japan they use a similar ceiling-contacting mechanism to prevent bookshelves from toppling over during earthquakes.

They also sell little shelf supports so that you can fashion shallow racks.

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Peter Wachter

a year ago

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I’m sure the instructions clearly point out the structural ramifications. Fewer holes means happier end-of-lease negotiations. From the creative land that put creamy condiments in upside-down containers 30+ years before us Yanks. I can see a line expansion that deserves its own corner in Muji or Hands. Throw some Marimekko fabrics in for good measure. Voila, new spaces.

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Jim Lewis

a year ago

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Be mighty easy to pop a hole through sheetrock with one of these.

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