What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you’re thinking about shelves? Beautiful wall mounted shelves, or libraries from floor to ceiling, are only some of the many designs that give your room a special charm. Shelves can help you get more organized, but they can also lend you an artistic style.
Built-in shelves
The most popular built-in is the one surrounding the TV, which is specially designed for living rooms. You can try covering the entire room with built-ins, and you’ll get more storage and a fancy look. A built-in doesn’t have to be all floor to the ceiling, you can choose one part of the room and display your personal collections there.
Floating shelves
Floating shelves are currently the most popular type of shelves. They don’t occupy much space, and they give the feeling of open and airy space. They’re great for stacking books or as a display area for your personal collectibles.
Kitchen open shelves
Without upper cabinets, you can make a small space feel more spacious. Open shelves are popular and they give your kitchen an awesome modern look. Don’t worry about the dust, put things you use daily on the lower shelves, like coffee mugs and plates. On the upper ones you can put spices in jars, and it will be a cute look and help you find what you need, without rummaging through the cabinets. You can praise with your vintage sets of dishes mixed with antique bowls to make art.
Fold-away
A great way to get more space is to build floating shelves, with a fold-away desk. You can put down the desk when you need it, but also have a hidden storage area for your personal belongings. If you don’t want to hide the shelves, you can try with a flip-down desk, either way it is a perfect space saver.
All shapes and sizes
There are shelves of all shapes and sizes, from triangles, squares, to honeycombs shelves. You can choose several styles, combined according to your personal taste. If a shelf isn’t fixed to the wall, you can choose different shelf heights and create more than a simple line. If your daughter wants to have a dollhouse in her bedroom, you can make or buy a bookshelf in the shape of a dollhouse, or a castle for your son, adorable and useful at the same time. If you choose this look, you can’t go wrong, it suits all rooms. You can always find awesome shelves and furniture online.
DIY
You can always make a shelf to your specific taste, it’s not that complicated, all you need is patience, skill and creativity. You can make a shelf from anything: plastic, wood, metal or even from old things you don’t use. Transform an old pallet into beautiful rustic shelves. You can use them as a wine holder in your kitchen or as a flowerpot on your porch. You can make a shelf from a magazine holder, it’s great for corner shelves. If you need more storage in your garage, you can make shelves from scraps and plywood, which is an ideal solution for storing your tools. Let your imagination do all the work.
Addition to the furniture
Why not make use of the empty space you already have under your furniture. You can use the empty space under your bed for creating shelves to store the bedding, or use the space under your stairs to create a cozy reading nook, with shelves and stacks of books.
Having shelves in your home is simply a must. They provide for a warm and cozy home, covering the otherwise blank walls. Shelves display our memories, our favorite books. In fact, you can view your shelves as little displays of the homeowners nature.
