Mustard Made Lockers Review: An Honest Australian Guide
Powder-coated steel storage, designed in the UK, sold flat-packed and finished in a range of colours you don't normally get in furniture. The whole body is smooth, matte and magnetic — which matters more than it sounds, because it turns the side of a locker into a noticeboard, a spot for magnetic hooks, or somewhere to stick artwork in a kids' room.
They're not office lockers. There's no institutional grey, the proportions are domestic, and they're built to sit in a living room or a bedroom rather than a corridor.
The Shorty — $229
One door, two adjustable shelves, one hook. The bedside-table one. It's also the only model where you choose which way the door opens, which matters if it's going into a corner or beside a bed.
The Skinny — $419
One tall door with a removable hanging rail, four adjustable shelves and two hooks. This is what people buy when they need a wardrobe but don't have room for a wardrobe. Good in a rental, a nursery, or a bedroom with no built-ins.
The Lowdown — $419
Two doors, two adjustable shelves. Same height as the Shorty but wider and slightly shallower. Console, TV unit, or under a window. Choose it when you want length rather than height.
The Midi — $499
Two doors, four adjustable shelves. The workhorse. Toy cupboard, hallway catch-all, pantry overflow.
The Standard — $649
Four separate lockable doors, four adjustable shelves, a hook inside each door. Genuinely useful in a shared space where everyone wants their own compartment — a family mudroom, a studio, a shared office.
The Twinny — $799
Two doors, four adjustable shelves and two removable hanging rails. Effectively a double Skinny, and the closest thing in the range to a freestanding wardrobe.
The Collector — $1,199
The glass one, shown here in Sage. Fluted glass panels in a metal frame with medallion handles. This is display furniture rather than storage furniture — for the things you want seen.
Two more round out the range. The Mixer ($699) is the low, wide one — two fluted glass doors, two adjustable shelves, adjustable feet and medallion handles. It works as a drinks cabinet, kitchen buffet or sideboard, and holds 40kg on top. The Kit ($349) is the odd one out, because it doesn't stand on the floor at all: it's a wall-mounted cabinet, a vintage medicine cabinet reimagined, with one adjustable shelf. Good above a basin, beside a desk, or anywhere you have wall but no floor.
The Shorty, open — two adjustable shelves, air vents and the lock
Every locker has adjustable shelves, at least one hook, a lock with a custom keyring, air vents, cable holes and wall-attachment points. The wall fixing is worth taking seriously, particularly on the taller models in a house with children.
They're made to order — allow up to two weeks. Mustard Made pieces are custom ordered. If you need storage this weekend, this isn't it.
They arrive flat-packed and you assemble them. No horror stories in our experience, but budget the time — a Twinny is not a ten-minute job. Mustard Made's build guides walk you through each model.
No PO Box delivery. They have to go to a street address.
Colour is genuinely hard to judge on a screen. Even the brand says so. Sage, Olive and Slate in particular photograph differently to how they read in a room. Our colour guide covers all twelve, including which ones Australians actually buy — or come and look at them.
