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Buying a shelf for someone in Nairobi

A tall sage shelf full of books against a yellow wall, with a reading lamp and a mustard armchair in front of it.
A customer's shelf at home, in Sage.

Not every shelf is bought by the person who will live with it. It might be for a parent's sitting room in Nairobi, paid for from abroad, or a sister's first flat, or a family house that is being set up. It might be an office gift for a colleague who is retiring or moving house.

Buying furniture for a room you cannot see comes with the usual worries. Will it fit the wall? Will it look like the picture? Will it arrive? This is how we take those away.

Send them the link first

Every design has its own page, with its size, its color and its price. Send that link to the person in Nairobi. On their phone they can stand the shelf in their own room at its real size, through the camera, before anyone pays.

If it is too wide for the wall, or the color is wrong for the room, you find out then, not on delivery day. They can also change it themselves in our builder and send you back a new link.

Try it with The Quadruple, four tiers in Marine, or The Low Console, three tiers in Charcoal. The link opens best in Chrome or Safari, so if it comes through Instagram, open it in the browser.

One person pays

Every price is on our site, and it is the same for everyone. Units start at Ksh 6,500. Delivery is charged by area, and we tell you the fee before you pay.

We ask for full payment before we make the shelf, by M-Pesa or bank transfer. A bank transfer to our Kenyan account works from abroad, from your own bank or a money-transfer service. We provide an ETR invoice in whichever name you give us.

When an office collects for a send-off, one person usually holds the money. They can choose the design, share the link with the person it is for if the surprise allows, and pay once.

We deliver it standing

We deliver within Nairobi, assembled, within a week of payment. If you are not there on the day, ask us for a photo of the shelf in place.

Our shelves are modular, which means they are made of separate parts that stack together. So a gift does not have to be the whole wall. Start with one unit, and the family can add another later without anything being taken apart.

Where to start

  • A low unit for a TV, an entrance or a child's room. The Starter, 98 cm wide, Ksh 6,500. The Low Console, three tiers, Ksh 12,000.
  • A bookcase. The Quadruple, four tiers and just over a metre tall, Ksh 17,500.
  • A clothes rail with shelves, for a first flat. The Clothes Rail, Ksh 34,000.

The rest are on our shelving page, each with its price and its own link to send.

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