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25 Beautiful Bookcases You’ll Want in Your House

Add storage and style with one of these amazing bookcases for your home.

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Family Handyman

Hanging Wall Bookcase: Suspended Bookshelves

The steel cable and shaft collars add style and strength to this suspended bookshelf. Build this simple set of book or display shelves in a single weekend. They're strong and stylish. By changing materials or finishes you can easily customize them to fit the décor of any room. Get the project plans here.

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Family Handyman

DIY Bed Built-in Shelves

Nightstands are just not big enough for everything: lamp, alarm clock, phone, photos of your kids ... so books, magazines, your tablet or your cup of tea ends up on the floor. This shelf unit gives you about 10 times more space for decorative and essential stuff. And its dazzling design will transform your room. Best of all, it's easy to build with basic tools. Get the project plans here.

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Family Handyman

Build a Built-in Bookcase

No complex wood joints, no tricky techniques—simply glue, screw and nail the parts together. Learn how to use inexpensive materials like birch plywood and standard trim to build this classic, built-in wooden bookcase. Get the project plans here.

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Family Handyman

Built-in Mission Oak bookcase

This built-in Mission Oak bookcase features loads of shelf space, vertical grain wood, solid oak construction and a design that can be easily altered to fit your room. Get the project plans here.

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Family Handyman

Leaning Tower of Shelves

This stylish but sturdy shelf unit will neatly hold your stuff - and you can build it in a day. The shelves are tough enough to hold books, while its whimsical look makes it a perfect addition to almost any room. It's a great woodworking project to give as a gift or use in your own home. Looking for more styles? Here’s our list of different types of shelves to organize your home.

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Family Handyman

Stylish Shelves

As far as built-in bookshelves go, this is one of the easiest projects to build yourself. We used basic building techniques and cabinets from a home center to make the construction as simple as possible. But despite its simplicity, the shelves have a custom-built look that will enhance any room. Get the project plans here.

It’s no wonder built-in bookshelves are one of the top trending DIY projects of 2022.

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Family Handyman

Install a Wall-Bed-Bookcase Combo

A wall-bed combination or drop-down bed helps save a lot of room in a tight basement, so consider installing this DIY Murphy bed and bookcase. It's one of many great basement bedroom ideas. Further, a Murphy bed can be super simple: Some are just an upright box that contains a folddown bed. But this is a deluxe version because it includes ample storage. Get the full project instructions here.

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Family Handyman

Classic Simple Bookcase

A veteran woodworker and a beginner team up to build a classic bookcase. Craftsman-style furniture designs are still popular today, and with modern tools you can build a bookcase like this classic from the Stickley catalog in a weekend. Get the project plans here.

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The Family Handyman

Small Room Ideas: Floor-to-Ceiling Bookcase

A floor-to-ceiling bookcase shows off a small room's height while adding a lot of space-saving vertical storage. Click here to get detailed plans for building this Greek Revival-style wood bookcase.

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Family Handyman

Bifold Bookcase Hides a Secret Room

How about building a secret room hidden behind a door that's masquerading as a bookcase—just like in the movies? Not sure how to build the entrance? Well, just buy a kit. These bookcase doors from Woodfold Manufacturing are perfect for disguising the secret entrance. The bifold-style doors look like a typical bookcase when they’re closed. In fact, you can even load up the shelves with 500 lbs. of books or knickknacks. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room. Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves. The doors are available in hardwood veneers, MDF or vinyl-lam. Bookcase sizes range from 36in. to 66in.wide and up to 96in. high. Order them directly from the manufacturer. The system, weighing 400 lbs., will show up on a single pallet. Prices start at $2,200 (plus shipping) for the entire system.

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Via themurphydoor.com

Hidden Bookcase Storage

You can easily create a hidden storage space that is concealed with a bookcase. When you need to get into the space, just pull the bookcase out and then push it back to hide your treasures when you are finished. Plus: How to build a bookcase

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Photo: Courtesy of Crates and Pallet

Crate Bookcase

Create a stylish bookcase on wheels from some old crates. Check out the complete plans here.

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Little City Farmhouse

Plaid Bookshelf

Cait Miller from Little City Farmhouse gave this old bookshelf a new look with some fresh paint. She painted a plaid pattern on the back which is a good contrast with the gray-blue color used on the outside and the shelves.  Learn how to refinish furniture from a pro.

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TheGreenSceneAntique/Etsy

Victorian Bookshelf

This Victorian-style bookshelf was painted white for a fresh look. It would not only work to store books, but also to brighten up a dining room where it could be used to store cookbooks and decorative mugs. The beveled mirror insets add to this bookshelf’s uniqueness. Here are 12 ideas for organizing with open shelving.

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RehabVintageLA/Etsy

1970s Steel Bookcase

This tall, steel bookcase with adjustable shelves is refinished in lime green. If you’re looking to bring some bright color to a room, try painting an old bookcase in a bold, unexpected hue. Try these top paint colors for 2018.

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LeonsFurnitureShop/Etsy

Chalk Paint Bookcase

Here’s a DIY bookcase that was made 20 years ago and recently refurbished with white chalk paint. Chalk paint gives furniture a distressed and antique look, perfect for some decorating styles. Learn how to finish and protect your chalk paint projects.

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RusticFurnishings/Etsy

Turquoise Bookshelf

If you find a perfectly sized bookshelf that needs a little TLC, try experimenting with different paints and painting techniques. This bookshelf is finished with a bright base coat and then has a top coat in a different hue. Milk paint can give your furniture a similar look. Check out these 11 ways to use old fashioned milk paint in your home.

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ArtbyJillBrown/Etsy

Patterned Bookcase

This refurbished bookcase was finished with a rich, glossy black paint and features a patterned backing. Depending on the finishing method you choose, you can make an old piece of furniture fit in with your classic decor.

Wait, look closer. This is actually a piece of refurbished Barbie furniture! Gotcha! Here are 14 not-tacky ways to use contact paper.

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Chad Mellon/Homepolish

Marry Form and Function

This former chicken coop was turned into a light, bright, streamlined, and serviceable office extension for Goop HQ! Designer Melanie Burstin festooned wall-mounted bookcases with offerings from the respective departments (in this case, gorgeous home goods) to distinguish each team’s area.

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Cory Conner Designs

Keep Contrasts to a Minimum

In this living room by Cory Connor Designs, built-ins flank the window seat and disappear into the wall color, giving the appearance that the books are floating. This is ideal for bibliophiles who need lots of storage.

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Raji RM & Associates/Sukio Design Co.

Infuse Artistic Flair

Dreaming of a workspace that encourages creativity? Take a cue from Virginia-based designer Raji Radhakrishnan. Her office merges contemporary and artistic touches like pop art prints, hand-carved wooden artifacts, and a slew of inspiring reads.

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Claire Esparros/Homepolish

Use Bookcases as a Backdrop

Bored of blank walls? Paint is expected, but built-ins (like those in this boho Brooklyn loft) are a clever way create a beautiful backdrop and add some much-needed organization for your beloved books and treasures from your travels.

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Apartment Therapy

Create a Cozy Home Library

Ultimately, the success of a home library is measured by two things: Functionality and pleasurability (meaning it needs to be a pleasant place to flip through pages). This rustic sanctuary hits the mark on both counts. The comfy lounge chair, framed by a large window, invites you to have a seat next to the floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled with your favorites — what more can you ask for?

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The Hunted Interior

Go Vertical

Take advantage of every square inch. Kristin Jackson of The Hunted Interior took it upon herself to make this black beauty. The built-in, floor-to-ceiling design displays a carefully curated selection of books and decorative objects.

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Crates and Pallets

Versatile Crates

This crate bookcase works great vertically as well as horizontally. See what went into building it.

Originally Published: October 14, 2019

75 best options for different interiors

Beautiful mirror shelf for books by the window in the office interior

There are books in any house, they are placed in the closet, on the shelves, in general, they take up a lot of space. Many have entire libraries, this is becoming very popular. I would like the shelves to be not just standard, but unusual, so that they fit perfectly into the interior. Here you need to be a designer and come up with some unusual bookshelf or rack for the room. Even a simple old shelf can be restored, some new elements added, decorated, then the library will be transformed, and a comfortable, comfortable corner will appear in the house. nine0003

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What is it and how it works

Interesting and non-standard shelves for books in a children's room

What is a bookshelf? This is a piece of furniture that does not have a facade, the back wall is either present or absent - it all depends on the designer's imagination. It contains books or other items. Shelves can be made of metal, glass, wood, chipboard, MDF, even from ordinary boxes. Fasten to the wall with different types of fasteners. If desired, you can mount the backlight there. nine0003

Illuminated bookshelf in the living room for comfortable and pleasant reading

If you decide to make an unusual bookshelf yourself, there is nothing difficult, and an original thing will appear in the house.

Making an unusual rope shelf for books with your own hands

Types and examples

Original wooden bookshelf

Bookshelves, even unusual ones, can be very diverse:

Beautiful floor cabinet with bookshelves

Unusual bookshelf for office or home

Modular bookshelves made of individual blocks for the living room

Interesting floor-mounted bookcase

Bookshelves can be of various shapes and sizes. They are built into the stairs, into the table, placed in the middle of the room, mounted in the sidewall of upholstered furniture - all the options cannot be listed.

Built-in wood bookcases for an unusual interior

Like a library

Home library interior with a seating area

E-books are trying to replace conventional ones. But a home library must be in every home. How to organize it correctly, how and where to place books? We decided to create a library at home, most importantly, to do it beautifully, unusually, but also to properly justify a place for it in the room. nine0003

A small cozy home library with a place to read

As for furniture, it can be full-wall bookshelves, shelving, cabinets, if the library is in a private house, then it can be placed along the stairs. Optionally, complete the design with shelves, modules, sections. The main thing to consider is that the depth of the shelves is 22 centimeters, then they can accommodate larger books than traditional ones, as well as large copies. Now shelves are made for any wall, they can fill the void in the house, for example, the wall above the desktop. The spinning rack fills the corner perfectly. Everything depends on fantasy. nine0003

Alcove charm

Built-in bookshelves for living room with fireplace

Be an architect. If you have a fireplace in your house and there are alcoves on both sides of it, then this place is suitable for built-in bookshelves. If there is no fireplace, but there is a hidden nook, then organize a niche in this place with built-in bookshelves. We decided to make repairs and close the existing ledges, disguise heating pipes or hanging wires, then in these places you can build a drywall niche. nine0003

Unusual antique interior with alcoves

Place bookshelves in the resulting alcoves, complement them with lighting. The presence of a niche will allow you to correctly position the existing library. If the workplace is located in an alcove, then the bookshelves built in there will help to properly organize this area. Everything you need will be within walking distance.

My light, mirror

Bookcase with built-in mirror in the interior of the living room

Placement of mirrors between bookshelves or shelves will visually expand the room, give a feeling of lightness. This will allow you to aesthetically decorate the walls, which will create a positive mood. The mirror is known to be an ideal decoration element. It will complement the room with light, give the interior charm. nine0003

Hidden closet door

Use of a secret closet door in modern interiors

Hidden doors remain quite popular these days. Especially often they can be found in modern homes. Place them anywhere. Behind them there may be a staircase leading to the second floor, a bedroom, a pantry, a bathroom (if placed in the hallway) can be located behind the closet. The construction will give irresistibility to the house, modify the room.

Secret door leading from the library to the armory

Office with a view of… books

Office for a respectable man with bookshelves for work and leisure

Many people in the house equip a room for an office or allocate a corner for a workplace. But it happens that there are no windows in the room, and the business area is located in the corner. In this case, you can place bookshelves. This will give the office a business style. But it will not be just an office, but a comfortable room where you can work and relax.

Advantages and disadvantages

Angled bookshelves for a small library

Bookshelves are undoubtedly beautiful, practical, but they also have both advantages and disadvantages.

Benefits: Weaknesses:
a beautiful decoration item; take up enough space;
have excellent heat and sound insulation; covers in different colors do not always give a neat look; nine0134
you can organize a good library, build an amazing collection. cleaning takes a long time.

How to choose the right one

Living room odd shaped bookcase

Before you head to the store, decide where you want to place your bookshelf. What role will it play - just a small shelf, it is placed above the desktop, or do you want a rack, it is used as a partition, maybe a large floor-to-ceiling shelf for the library. It is important that the furniture is in harmony with the overall interior. Consider financial options. nine0003

Unusual book shelves in the interior of the room

How to do it yourself

Convenient and practical DIY book shelves

Making a bookshelf is not difficult, as it might seem. First of all, you need to choose a place, and you need to take into account that books do not tolerate humidity and sunlight. Do not place them in front of windows and where there is high humidity. Design, design. Prepare the necessary materials and tools.

An example of a drawing for making a bookshelf with your own hands

Then you cut the material to the required dimensions, process it with a grinder or sandpaper. Then the finished parts must be treated with special means to protect wooden surfaces. When they are completely dry, proceed with the assembly. For the manufacture of shelves, in addition to wood, they use chipboard, MDF, laminate, parquet boards. Show your imagination, then you can make an original bookshelf.

Original handmade bookshelf

Video: unusual bookshelves. Ideas for your library

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Types of bookshelves

Basic designs.

Wall-mounted

Most common, equipped with wall brackets. Mounted models can be a simple or multi-tiered structure with a different geometric shape. To create an original accent in the room, hanging shelves on ropes will help.

Pictured are hanging bookshelves near the window in the interior of a children's room.

Floor standing

Similar products in the form of a combination of a cabinet with open shelves for books are characterized by good stability and, if necessary, can be moved to the right place in the room. These furniture elements often have a classic rectangular or corner design.

Pictured is a guest room decorated with floor-standing bookshelves.

Tabletop

These models can be conveniently placed on a table or chest of drawers and serve as storage space for books of various sizes. nine0003

Shelving

Such through structures do not clutter up the room and do not steal space, which is especially important in small apartments. Shelving provides convenient storage of the necessary literature and creates a very comfortable and cozy atmosphere in the room. In addition, these shelves can be filled not only with books, but also with various decorative elements, in the form of figurines, souvenirs, dishes, photographs, flowers and other trinkets that complement the decor. nine0003

Pictured is a living room interior with a three-tier white bookshelf.

Shelf-rack

Basically, the shelf-rack is a rotating model or a horizontal rectangular structure on legs, special wheels or casters. Such products are quite mobile and are most often performed in an open version.

Material

Types of materials used in the production of bookshelves:

Pictured are wooden bookshelves in the interior of the living room.

Shapes and sizes

With bookshelves that reach to the ceiling, an entire home library can be placed. Such a multi-level rack is considered more relevant for bright and spacious rooms. A special softening of the geometry of space and the environment can be achieved with the help of round and semicircular models, which have graceful sinuous lines and smooth shapes. nine0003

Quite a stylish and at the same time practical interior solution is herringbone products, which consist of several separate modules, shaped structures with honeycombs or diagonal rhombuses.

The photo shows the interior of the study, decorated with a corner bookcase.

The most current and fashionable option are vertical and horizontal shelves or racks. They are very reliable, static and can have any design that blends harmoniously with the overall style of the entire room. In the case of a small room, narrow shelves are perfect, which do not attract too much attention and are a secondary piece of furniture. nine0003

Pictured is a modern living room with ceiling-height bookshelves.

Bookshelf colors

Designs in dark wenge shade are a classic solution. They look very expensive and endow the space with a certain luxury.

The photo shows white bookshelves located under the stairs in the interior of the hall.

For a more sober design, black, white, gray bookshelves or black and white models are preferred, which combine two contrasting colors at the same time, filling the environment with a modern spirit. nine0003

The photo shows the interior of the living room with hanging two-tier bookshelves in turquoise.

Location

For more rational use of free space in the room, book structures are installed in the corner. Such products can be wall-mounted, placed on the floor or have several sections. Window openings framed by books have a particularly original look. An elegant wooden or plastic model by the window will help create a new interior image and add some zest to the room. nine0003

Pictured are illuminated oblique bookshelves located by the attic window in a private house.

To spice up the atmosphere, you can arrange book shelves above the fireplace, place them on both sides of the hearth or TV. To create a stylish design and comfortable reading before going to bed, products above the bed in combination with wall sconces will contribute. Achieving significant space savings is easily achieved through a structure installed around the doorway, which involves the storage of a large number of publications. nine0003

Photos of shelves in the interior of rooms

Photo examples of decoration in the design of various rooms.

To the children's room

This piece of furniture is an almost indispensable element in the interior of a schoolchild's room. Shelves with books placed on them provide a neat look to the room, greatly simplify the learning process and allow the child to be accustomed to neatness. For the nursery, they choose the most convenient and at the same time original models, for example, it can be a round rotating rack, shelves in the form of wood, snakes, letters and much more. nine0003

The photo shows the interior of a boy's nursery with letter-shaped bookshelves above the table.

The best placement option is a place next to the bed, which provides comfortable reading before going to bed. According to the color scheme in the child's room, both bright products in blue, red and green tones, as well as models in more muted blue, peach or pink shades are appropriate. For a girl, shelves are chosen in the form of houses, a cloud, a flower or various animals. More thoughtful transformer models or interesting options are suitable for a teenager, which can be in the form of a ladder, globe, hemisphere, spiral, zigzag or triangular design. nine0003

In the hall

In the living room at the expense of the home library, it turns out to achieve a truly aesthetic design. The place next to the shelves can be turned into a cozy reading nook by decorating it with a soft sofa or a comfortable armchair in combination with a floor lamp.

The photo shows a low floor bookcase in the interior of the living room.

On the balcony

A loggia or balcony area is often equipped with floor systems, hinged corner or straight models. In order to protect books from dust, moisture and UV exposure, closed shelves are also used. nine0003

In the bedroom

If there is a niche in the bedroom, it can be supplemented with bookshelves, which can differ in the most diverse form or be complemented by lighting. In this room, such products are often placed near the window, door or above the bed.

In the corridor

It is quite possible to place a home library in a rather long corridor. Such structures are mainly installed away from the front door, equipped with shallow shelves and open facades, showing neatly and orderly arranged literature. nine0003

In an office

Most often, shelving up to the ceiling is selected for an office and sometimes they are equipped with a retractable stepladder, thereby creating a single compositional design that adds special impressiveness and solidity to the interior.

Design Ideas

Quite an original and at the same time practical solution is a rack with glass doors. This design with hinged or sliding doors is perfect for storing valuables that need to be protected from dust, moisture and sunlight. Sometimes a transparent glass facade is decorated with a barely noticeable tint. nine0003

The photo shows the design of a bookcase with glass doors in the office interior.

Wrought-iron bookcases are particularly functional and highly decorative, which, despite their elegant appearance, are very durable. Antique products have a truly unique look and unusual design, undoubtedly becoming an original element of the entire interior.

Original shelf selection

Such unique designs are considered an independent interior decoration. For example, an original design solution is an armchair combined with book shelves, which saves space or various products of a non-standard shape, resembling a spiral, a wheel, a world map, and so on. Soaring models that have a hidden mount look especially unusual.

The photo shows the interior with original wooden bookshelves. nine0003

The tree-shaped structure with outstretched branches looks no less original and provides an interesting arrangement of books. Shelves or racks can also be made in the form of letters of different colors, such a design would be especially appropriate for a child's room.

Photo of bookcases

Shelves allow to emphasize the design of the surrounding space and form a practical interior. They are particularly light and mobile, which makes it possible to change their location at any time. nine0003

Pictured is a corner wood bookcase in a spacious living room.

Thanks to the narrow shelving, which have a rather sophisticated and elegant appearance, it turns out to make the most efficient use of the free space of the room. In addition, with the help of a two-sided design, you can achieve competent zoning of space.

Examples for different styles

For rooms made in the classical direction, natural wood shelves are especially appropriate, which can be decorated with beautiful openwork carvings. In the Provence style, simplified narrower designs of white, milky, beige, pale brown or pink are most often found, with a vintage finish and an old look. nine0003

The photo shows a living room interior in a modern style with geometric bookshelves located above the fireplace.

The style of the loft suggests bookshelves with casual design, placed, for example, in an asymmetrical or checkerboard pattern. More massive racks made of dark-colored materials fit perfectly here.

Scandinavian design, characterized by simple, open rectangular or square models, made in predominantly white or cool colors. nine0003

In high-tech style, shelves with a glossy surface look very fashionable and weightless, and for minimalism they prefer matte designs.

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