Of all the forms of furniture that IKEA has produced in recent years, the trolley is the one with the most difficult price-utility ratio. Not because it is a particularly sophisticated object, but because it solves a problem that fixed furniture cannot address by definition: the need to have a support surface or a holding surface in different parts of the house at different times of the day. The new JUTTERSBO adds to this already unified logic a typical variable that had never been explored in the IKEA series: the completely circular shape, without edges, in dull grey-green which comes closer to the tones of high-end garden furniture than to the aesthetics usually associated with cheap accessories.
The result is an object that visually does not belong to the same family as the SHOULDER FOREST or his NISSAFORSthe rectangular trolleys that IKEA has been selling for years. The round silhouette eliminates corners that become obstacles in narrow corridors and passageways. The wheel wheels a 360 degrees they allow you to move it laterally without having to rotate it, which makes a real difference in small kitchens and bathrooms. The three circular shelves with a low perimeter edge keep items in place even when moving around without the need for additional containers.
In the kitchen: the mobile shelf that is always missing
The kitchen is the place where only the JUTTERSBO trolley justifies the purchase price. In kitchens with insufficient counter spacehaving a third movable shelf that is placed next to the stove during preparation and moves to the table during service solves a problem that no amount of reorganizing the drawers can solve.
The top shelf, with its circular diameter, is just the right size for a round cutting board, a large bowl or a pot waiting to go on the stove. The middle shelf accommodates bottles of oil and vinegar, the most used spices or equipment that is often needed but does not have a permanent place on the surface. The lower shelf, closer to the floor, is suitable for weights: a five liter water bottle, a bag of flour or the spare bottle of detergent.
Il grey-green of the finish works well alongside kitchens in white, natural oak or charcoal lacquer. Less well with kitchens with dark walnut or cherry wood, where the cool grey-green tone creates a contrast that is not easily resolved. Combined with top in Carrara marble o inside white quartzthe result is far more refined than the basket price suggests.
In the bathroom: the trolley that replaces furniture that doesn’t fit
In small bathrooms, often under the 4 square metersthe problem is not a lack of objects to contain but a lack of surfaces on which to place them. A low cabinet does not fit between the sink and the shower. A shelf requires drilling the tiles. JUTTERSBO goes where fixed furniture cannot go because it moves: during the shower it can stay in a corner, when you use the sink it approaches the surface, at night it is next to the door.
On the top shelf there are products for daily use: face cream, deodorant, electric toothbrush charging. The intermediate shelf accommodates rolled or vertically folded towels, a solution visually reminiscent of hotel design proposals rather than a typical domestic bathroom. The bottom shelf, thanks to the perimeter edge, can also accommodate highly packaged products such as shampoo and conditioner without them sliding around when moving.
The only limit to consider is humidity: JUTTERSBO has an in painted steelnot stainless steel. In very wet or poorly ventilated bathrooms, the paint on the points of contact with the wet floor can deteriorate over time. Keeping it away from the direct shower area and drying it if it accidentally gets wet extends the life of the finish.
In the living room: the coffee table that is not a coffee table
In the living room, JUTTERSBO works best not as a replacement for the central coffee table, which requires stability and surface area that a three-shelf trolley cannot provide, but as a mobile side element next to the armchair or sofa. In this position it becomes the support surface for anything gathered nearby during an evening of reading or watching: cup, remote control, open book, glasses.
The circular shape makes it compatible with every corner of the living room without creating geometric tendencies with the surrounding linear furniture. Next to an armchair with a wooden structure brass o inside nutsthe grey-green of the finish acts as a connecting tone between the warm wood and the light colored walls. Next to a white or cream boucle sofa, it creates a light contrast that visually defines the area without weighing it down.
The lower shelf in the living room can become a place for small plants, reading books or shelf baskets for cables. The middle shelf, at a height between 40 and 55 cm approximately from the ground, it can be perfectly reached when sitting from both the sofa and the armchair, which makes it functionally equivalent to a fixed side table with the advantage of being able to move.
In the bedroom: the bedside table for those who change their minds
The bedside table is the piece of furniture that is most often bought quickly and kept for years even when it is not working. Too high, too low, too small for the lamp, too big for the space between the bed and the door. JUTTERSBO as an alternative bedside table solves the problem of flexibility: if the position does not work, it is moved. If the height of the top shelf does not match that of the layer, the middle shelf is selected as the main shelf.
For bed with mattress height around 55-60 cmthe top shelf of JUTTERSBO is at the right height to place your reading lamp, charging phone and glass of water. The middle shelf becomes the place for open books or for the alarm clock. The bottom shelf, close to the floor, holds your slippers or electronics bag.
In the bedroom, grey-green dialogues well with the linen washed sheets in natural tones, with plush sage or dove gray headboards and with the light wood nightstands already, if you want to use JUTTERSBO as an add-on on just one side instead of replacing both nightstands. The round shape next to a rectangular bedside table does not create dissonance: it creates a formal variety that in modern bedrooms is often more interesting than perfect symmetry.
A trolley that costs less than fifty euros and is carried to the kitchen in the morning, to the bathroom in the afternoon and next to the sofa at night is not a compromise: it is a furnishing option that fixed furniture cannot reproduce at any price.
