You can make your home cozy in many ways, including the right furniture. It's no secret that well-arranged furniture adds to the atmosphere of comfort. And often, not expensive soft corners and headsets, but bookshelves bring a special chic.
In a modern design, they are not just a way of organizing space, they are assigned the role of full-fledged decorative elements that bring a unique charm to the interior. Their appearance allows you to create a special atmosphere and unobtrusively demonstrate the presence of an excellent sense of style.
Modern bookshelves may well play the role of decorative elements.
The variety of assortment and design developments in this direction is so great that it already requires systematization and classification. Shelves can appear in any part of the house, making the space balanced in every way. Even combinations of numerous shelves will not burden him, since in this case there are many ways to arrange them in such a way that they do not look crowded.
Metal bookcase does not look bulky
Let's take a closer look at these designs.
back to index ↑Bookshelves: classification
Today they are sorted according to the following criteria:
1. According to the material of execution.
2. By design.
3. Installation method.
In the first option, the compliance of the textured solution of the shelf with the general stylistic design of the room is considered. Metal and glass shelves fit perfectly into office spaces, as well as minimalist environments.
Metal and glass bookshelves
But in the nursery, such beauty can no longer be hung, because it will be unsafe. Here you will have to look after something from the universal wooden structures, and when choosing, you will need to remember to harmonize the shelves with the color scheme of the main furniture and interior doors.
The bookshelf in the nursery can also perform a decorative function.
The second point will require you to carry out some analytical operations. So, you will need to calculate the current volume of your library and decide how big the need to purchase books will be in the future. This will come in handy when calculating the number and capacity of shelves. You need to take into account:
1. Sizes of folios. Grouping by format will greatly affect the visual experience.
2. The area of the space where it is planned to place the structures.
3. Room height.
4. Shelf depth. If it is large, then the organization of the backlight may be required.
For deep bookshelves set the backlight
And, of course, bookshelves should be convenient to use, therefore, they need to be located in accessible places. They may well occupy the empty space under the stairs in two-story country houses.
Bookshelves under stairs
But in a library or office, they can be built up to the very ceiling and equipped with a retractable stepladder, which makes up a single composition with a shelf system.
A movable ladder will make it easier to access books
In small spaces, it makes sense to organize a mobile storage for books. Supplying the shelf with wheels will allow not only rearranging it within the same room, focusing on the situation, but will also make it possible to move the entire structure to the next room.
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Traditionally, wood is used to make such furniture items. The material fits perfectly in both classic furnishings and ultra-modern decors.
Modern wood and metal bookshelves
In the latter case, metal, plastic and glass can become an alternative to wood. The most popular of the trio are glass bookshelves. They are frequent guests of modern interiors. And this is not surprising, since glass is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also unpretentious in maintenance. The surface of such a shelf will be easy to get rid of dust. Designs are not afraid of moisture, so glass shelves will serve for a long time and faithfully.
Practical glass bookshelves
Plastic shelves win in terms of design, as they are often transformers. Sometimes it seems that their bizarre forms are trying to defy the laws of gravity, but this does not prevent them from perfectly coping with the main functional task.
Textured plastic bookshelves
Shelves can have movable elements such as sliding or opening doors. In this case, you need to check the quality of the manufacture of fasteners. Ideally, the hinges will be made of stainless steel.
Ergonomic sliding bookshelves
The same goes for the rest of the hardware. Painted handles will not be aesthetically durable. Frequent touches will quickly ruin the protective layer.
back to index ↑Choosing a book shelf
“With a large number of books, bookshelves will be required throughout the wall”
There are no strict selection parameters for bookshelves. Here it is impossible to unambiguously determine that one model is great and the other is bad. You can take a standard design and force it with books. Such furniture will be as functional as possible. She'll provide a place book storage and will allow the hostess to keep the shelf clean, showing himself to be a highly qualified specialist in the fight against dust.
Laconic bookshelves in a classic design
You can go the other way and order a model of an unusual design. In this case, the shelf can combine a book storage area and a resting place, for example. It will turn out a sort of bookcase-sofa.
Functional bookshelves under the sofa
You can go even further and make the bookshelf the main interior accent. For this, there are plenty of designer products of the most bizarre forms.
The bookshelf can serve as the main interior accent
When choosing a bookshelf, you need to know exactly where it will integrate in your home. You also need to decide in advance and what functions will be assigned to it. In the latter version, a lot depends on the features of the interior solution of the room and the budget.
If the shelf is planned to be mounted above the desktop, then it is better to look at compact, but at the same time roomy models. You need to hang the structure so that you can get the book from it without getting up.
The bookshelves above the desk should be within reach
With a large number of books, wall-to-wall bookshelves will be required. The selected options must be reliable, since the volumes standing on them are very heavy. A good solution would be to collect shelves in shelving structures.
Full wall bookcase
Shelves and books in the interior
Look at your room and try to decide for yourself what exactly from the shelves will impress the existing design. If classicism prevails in the setting, then the shelves for books should echo it. Here it would be more correct to choose floor options for shelves occupying the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe wall.The design looks pompous and cumbersome, so only owners of spacious offices, living rooms and libraries can afford such a solution.
Massive bookshelves fit perfectly into a classic interior
In other cases, you will have to limit yourself to something more standard, like wall-mounted bookshelves decorated with stucco or ornaments.
Traditional bookshelves with stucco
But modernity does not like to read, and large-scale shelves have nothing to do in minimalist interiors. For a couple of books, small symbolic shelves are quite enough, and in modern and high-tech it is better to choose straight-line models. Great if they can be placed on the wall in a chaotic manner. The color solution is limited by the style palette. In favor are monochrome products in gray, white and black shades and metallic.
Art Nouveau airy bookshelf
In principle, these interiors will not resist contrasting solutions, so bookshelves can be made accent spots here, diluting the dullness of minimalist monochrome. The main thing is not to overdo it with the quantity, so as not to unbalance the situation.
Bright bookshelves will dilute the monochrome interior
Weightlessness in the atmosphere will help to bring glass shelves. They will fill the house with brilliance and brightness. Although glass is considered to be a fragile material, in its modern design it is able to withstand significant loads, so the glass interior is full of advantages.
Glass bookshelves bring lightness to the room
Such shelves do not cost anything to give the most diverse form. They can be made both massive and elegant, with different sizes, structures, textures. They are easy to combine, so that when creating your interior, you will not be limited by anything. Wall options will become an elegant decoration of the decor and can change the perception of the room of any functionality, so the decision to use glass structures will help to make the atmosphere more stylish, beautiful and interesting.
The market offers a large selection of glass bookshelves of various designs.
No less original solution - plastic bookshelves. But indeed, excessive severity and complete symmetry of the situation can drive even the most optimistic person into depression, so a portion of chaos in the room will not hurt. Plastic models are most often modular, and they are developed for those who do not like monotony and standard approaches. The appearance of such shelves can change at least every day, stimulating a new perception of the situation.
Irregular plastic bookshelf in the children's room
The fastening system of such shelves is more than innovative, and involves a single pin. This is quite enough to provide the product with mobility and allow various compositions to be made from its elements. Hidden holders prevent items from slipping off open and angled shelves. A strange, unusual arrangement of things will bring the spirit of weightlessness to the interior atmosphere.
The original plastic bookshelf is suitable for a high-tech interior
How modern designers see shelves
“The bookshelves offered by the designers will be 100% unique and unlike anything you have ever seen before”
It is not problematic to go to the store and purchase a standard configuration glazed shelf there, but if you want to have something original in your everyday life, then you should turn to the author's works. Already there you will find something unique that will sink into the soul not only for you, but for all your guests.
You can pick up an original bookshelf in designer furniture stores
The bookshelves offered by the designers will be absolutely unique and different from what you have seen before.How do you like, for example, such a model, on which volumes are not placed, not placed, and not even hung up, but are given into the hands of little men? Strange as it may seem, but with their thin legs and arms, these creatures are able to hold very heavy tomes. Notable is the fact that the limbs of the figurines are movable, so you will have the chance to adjust their position and decide for yourself in which particular angle they will hold the bestsellers enclosed in them.
Unusual bookshelves in the form of men
The only disadvantage of this composition is the inability to place a large number of books on it. With a creative approach, with the help of such bookshelves, you can put your favorite works on public display. The rest of the literature can be hidden in a drawer or a closed cabinet.
Spacious bookshelf in the shape of a tree
Someone prefers hanging shelves for storing books, someone prefers to store them in bedside tables, the design fantasy went even further and suggests folding the library into something similar to a box of a strict square shape. What is remarkable about this product? The fact that it is made of solid wood, without any fasteners and other side inclusions. Perhaps it is the naturalness and interesting processing that make the thing so cute. The box has legs, but this does not mean at all that it will stand on them. You can put the shelf as you like, even upside down, then the legs will turn into additional places for storing books. It is noteworthy that even in this position, objects will not fall out of it.
Bookshelf made up of irregularly shaped drawers
The secret of balance knows another version of the shelf, which is created from separate block compartments. The latter balance on each other, touching only edges and corners. You can try to assemble similar original bookshelves yourself. Consumables will be MDF or chipboard. The front faces are processed with a cutter, and the elements are connected with minifixes and dowels. You can use hidden fasteners.
Designer bookshelf will add originality to any interior
Many will like the unusual 3 in 1 shelf, which will be very appropriate above the bed. Its zigzag assembly allows you to place a book that is currently being read half-open on the desired page on the outer corner, put several regular volumes, and also fix a lamp in the inner corner.
Curved Plastic Bookshelf
Conclusion
Returning home, you enter not just a living room, bedroom, study - you find yourself in the environment where a significant part of your life passes, so the atmosphere in it should correspond to your spiritual and physical needs. Contemporary bookshelves do the job of aesthetically practicable home furnishing far better than nonsensical decorative pieces, so if you're in a dilemma of choice, prioritize the former.
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