Compact shelf assembly

A shelf assembly configured to be selectively arranged in an assembled configuration and a nested configuration, the shelf assembly comprising a plurality of shelves and a plurality of posts comprising first and second ends and being configured to maintain the shelves vertically spaced from one another at a fixed distance;

• each shelf being formed with a substantially flat panel and one or more depressions comprising a plurality of first apertures disposed vertically spaced from said panel, each aperture being configured to receive therein a first end of one of the posts;
• the shelf assembly further comprising one or more shelf caps secured above the depressions, each of the shelf caps comprising one or more second apertures being disposed, when its corresponding shelf cap is secured to the shelf, so as to lie in registration over a corresponding one of the first apertures;
• wherein in the assembled configuration the posts are vertically arranged such first and second ends of adjoining posts constitute pairs being adjacent one another, one end of each of the pairs being coupled with one of the first apertures, and one end of each of the pairs being coupled with its corresponding second aperture.