A luxurious bedroom is the dream of many, but the process of creating comfort in this room takes a lot of time and sometimes requires a non-standard approach. Ask yourself: where do you first of all glance when you enter your favorite bedchamber? The answer may come as a surprise to you, but that place would be... the head of the bed. Designers call this zone the visiting card of the bedroom, which means that it must be designed with special care. How to fill the void is a rhetorical question. Paintings, mirrors, and lamps will be appropriate here, but the most interesting solution may be shelves above the bed.
Although they are not very convenient to use, from a decorative point of view they are simply irreplaceable. If you want to make it both beautiful and practical - place the shelf below. Now you can "settle" on it all the necessary accessories, such as an alarm clock, a book, a jar of cream or a night light.
The presence of such a shelf will allow you to abandon bedside tables, which is very important in modest bedrooms. But stop! Let's talk about the possibilities of using shelves in bedroom decor in more detail.
Two wide wooden shelves above the bed
Design delights
In small bedrooms ... instead of traditional pedestals, high narrow shelving is built, connected by a transverse shelf. The presence of this shelf above the bed gives the design a complete look.
Modern designers have a rich imagination, so they often offer their customers shelves of very intricate shapes as wall decorations. These can be structures of many cells, very reminiscent of a honeycomb, or entire systems, in general, looking like a tree with spreading branches. Shelves of such a non-standard shape, placed above the bed, will really decorate any, even super-stylish interior..
Shelves above the bed
But what about simple classic options? Have the usual horizontal shelves already sunk into oblivion? Not at all! They also have a place in fashion design projects. For example, they are indispensable over a bed that does not have a headboard. The most ordinary flat shelf can replace it and give the bed a more traditional look. It can be made a direct element of the sleeping structure, that is, simply fixed on a wide back, or you can put together several shelves and create a whole headboard-rack.
The style of country and minimalism does not tolerate decorative excesses, so it is quite enough to place one small open shelf on the wall at the head of the headboard. It looks natural, so with this technique, professionals kill two targets at once:
- the headboard area gets rid of emptiness;
- the room does not look crowded.
Small shelf for photos above the bed
You can choose more complex shelf systems and also place them above the bed. A group of single products will look very original if they are scattered asymmetrically or, on the contrary, distributed in an orderly manner on the wall. You can assemble them into a kind of hanging rack.
If there is a narrow wall behind the head of the bed, then the designers will have the task of visually expanding it. And in this case, a long, full-wall shelf will help again. Her presence will make the room more spacious.
In small bedrooms, the bedside area is generally sought to be used with maximum rationality, therefore, instead of traditional pedestals, high narrow shelving is built, connected by a transverse shelf. The presence of this shelf above the bed gives the design a complete look. You can tie the shelving together using hanging cabinets, but they look more massive and often create a cluttered effect. People lying in bed will not feel very comfortable. Such effects are alien to open shelves, so their use is preferred.
Shelves for toys in the children's room
Niches at the head of the bed
If there is a niche at the head of the bed, then its space should also not be aimlessly empty. A niche can be the entire wall and reach the very ceiling, as well as be divided horizontally or vertically. Regardless of the design features, it simply needs to be turned into the main element of the interior. Highlight the niche space with colored lighting or cover it with 3D photo wallpapers, place one or more shelves in it - and a nice-looking corner is ready! Is the bedroom spacious? Continue the niche along the side walls. The extended airy design is a great alternative to a bulky closet. On its shelves will be able to coexist:
- books;
- cute trinkets;
- candlesticks with candles;
- decorative pillows;
- figurines;
- photographs in frames and mini paintings;
- ornamental plants in ceramic pots.
Glass narrow shelves for books
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How to fit shelves above the bed into the interior
A room saturated with the spirit of Provence, decorated in vintage or country style, will make irresistible shelves above the bed, from which it breathes antiquity.
You can arrange shelves in the interior in different ways. It all depends on what role they play. In ascetic styles, they are often made almost invisible, merging with the wall. The objects placed in them seem to be just floating in the air. The reception is quite effective and popular. A radically opposite result will give contrasting shelves. They will draw attention first of all to themselves, and only then to the objects standing on them. Such shelves perfectly emphasize the geometry of the interior.
white shelf over black bed
Bright, accent shelves and shelving will also play a dominant role in the setting. This solution is optimal in children's and adult bedrooms, where modern styles reign.
A room saturated with the spirit of Provence, decorated in vintage or country style, will make irresistible shelves above the bed, from which it breathes antiquity. It is not necessary to look for museum exhibits, you can “age” quite modern furniture, covering it with a network of cracks and deliberate scuffs.
Full length wall shelves
The choice of shelves and colors is not limited. In the range of stores you can sometimes find incredible combinations of shades, but the most popular are, oddly enough, white shelves. Trite? Yes. But the white color not only easily fits into any interior, but with all its naive simplicity, it refreshes it with its conciseness. Look, in almost all bedrooms there is something white, which is quite reasonable to complement the same snow-white shelf.
As for the raw materials, the shelves can be traditionally wooden, glass, metal, plastic or even mirrored. The main thing is that the shelves hanging above the bed fit the main style.. The same can be said about the shape of the products. It can be straight, angular or generally smoothly curving structures. The latter, by the way, are also very popular in trendy modern interiors.
Shelf above the bed in a teenager's room
If the shelves are destined to carry a functional load, you need to know how to place them correctly. Let's start with an axiom. You can hang a shelf above any bed. In the event that you prefer to lie in bed before going to bed with a book or a tablet, the shelf must be fixed so that you do not beat your head against it, that is, fifteen centimeters higher than your height while sitting. The problem is that it will not be easy to get the desired item from such a shelf if you lie down in bed. Are you not sitting in bed? Then fasten the shelf at arm's length. The easiest way is with shelves not above the bed, but in a niche. They are not directly above your head, so the lowest bunk may already be 40 centimeters from the bed mattress. Incredibly practical and convenient! The only caveat is the initial absence of a niche in the room. To create it, you will have to build up the walls - but this will naturally reduce the space, which is not always acceptable.
Shelf with lighting in a niche
Conclusion
As you can see, the use of conventional shelves gives room for a flight of design ideas. With their help, they not only decorate the room and focus attention, but also give the room the desired atmosphere. Put candles on the shelves above the bed, equip them with spotlights or organize LED lighting - and intimacy romance will forever settle in your bedroom. Do not be discouraged if life has not endowed you with design talent and you do not have building skills. Contact the experts. They are quite capable of making your desires come true. But dreams must come true, right?
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