Assembly Required

If you have a Harbor Freight near you, and you need/want a cart in your art room- may I suggest you go looking this month?  They had this cart on sale at my location for $47!!!!!.  I bravely took the box of pieces and our socket wrench set, and I spend my morning tightening bolts.  I thought they were manufacturing holes as I was assembling- there were a lot.  But, at the end, I have this nifty cart to put my Elmo on for demonstrations, I have space for the examples and the materials I need. And, I have a turn in spot for flat projects, until I have a chance to store them.  It will roll away when not needed, AND, because there is a "lip" or edge all around the shelves, I do not have to worry about someone knocking off my expensive Elmo.  (Not that accidents ever happen in the art room...)

Found this easel by "Melissa and Doug".  I normally would not want to order such a thing online, but I know M&D products, and knew it would be quality.  My plan is to put this in my K/1 corner for our discussions/lessons.  I can clip prints, and also make use of the white board.  There is a chalkboard on the other side, and the ability to have a roll of paper.  That makes it really adaptable, and allows this one thing to be used for many things- always a plus.

Ideas?

I have 24 or so wooden table easels.  Nothing fancy, but they work pretty well for us.  In the past, I had a parent who bent really heavy wire, from the ceiling, and we hung them from the "hooks" when we were not using them.  It worked well, and it got them out of the way.  I am now in a new shiny art room, and wondering, are there other better, less "dangerous" ways of storing those easels when not in use?  I thought perhaps running a PVC pipe through the exposed ceiling could be sturdier, but would they "spin"?  Maybe run two pipes and hang the easel through the middle?  Anyway, I'm open to whatever ideas you have-surely there's another teacher out there who has easels that need storing.