We have Elfa in 2 spots. A 1yr old 2ft section hanging in the kitchen and a 2 yr old 10ft section hanging in the closet. It's a pretty robust system. The kitchen unit holds cook books, decorative stuff, coffee maker, and Kitchenaid stand mixer. The closet Elfa unit holds about 27 tons of clothing & shoes. We are extremely happy with them.

Their website is not the best, but when you go to the store, they will bend over backwards to design what you need. We installed both units ourselves, one into brick and the other over drywall. Very easy and straightforward. I think we paid just over $100 for the kitchen unit and about a grand for the closet. Not the cheapest, but the quality is fantastic.

Another vote for Elfa, we have used them in 2 houses, for both master bedroom closets, garage & basement shelving. They install easily, hold a lot of heavy items with ease and last. Both systems were done with the help of their designers on-line. If you send them measurements they will set up several designs, especially if you are specific about how and what you would like to store. They were great to work with over the phone. If you subscribe to their e-mail notifications they will alert you to sales, which I thought happened more than just once a year. Great product.
Helene

Yet another vote for Elfa. I've used in in two houses - master closets, linen closets, and pantries. My (now ex) husband is a structural engineer and he said that the design was really good and strong. I load mine up with glass canisters, canned goods, mixers, etc and never worry about the load. I especially like the wire shelving because it doesn't block the light the way a solid wood shelf does, so lower shelves aren't dark.

Also, Elfa has been around for a long time and in my discussions with the Container Store folks, it seems that it is one of their core products, so you shouldn't have to worry about it getting discontinued.

Highly recommended!

Thanks everyone for your input. We have a Container Store here so I was able to meet with one of the designers. She was quite good and listened to all that I had to say about how I wanted to use it. I walked around for about a half hour and thought of some other things and she did some modifications. The whole thing was about $1500 without installation but I know DH can do that. They have a sale right now but it is only on certain Elfa pieces. She did say everything would be on sale after Xmas but I can't wait that long.

Yes, the big annual Elfa sale is usually Dec 24th until end of Feb I think??? 30% off everything Elfa, including installation (DH could have easily installed it himself, but it wouldn't have been done as quickly with everything else on his plate). We had it installed in a bedroom closet and will likely have another closet done with Elfa during the next sale. Quality is very good.

We had installed some Closet Maid shelving from HD, in a guest bedroom closet shortly before purchasing the Elfa system (we were adding to existing shelving we had installed in there years ago). With the sale price on Elfa, the cost was comparable to, or at least in the same ballpark as the Closet Maid stuff (shelving, tracks, etc).