Our tips for designing a bookcase for your home
Wall-mounted or freestanding, bookcases are indispensable furnishings in our homes, to be placed in the living room, but also in the bedroom or corridor. Find out how to design yours!
Where to place a bookcase in the house
In our homes, libraries are an essential presence. They can be placed in various environments: born for the living room where today they are able to contain not only books, but also the TV cabinet and digital devices.
Small and suspended models are perfect for study, l& # 39; home office l& # 39; domestic smart working corner.
In the bedroom, on a side wall, between two wardrobes or at the side of the bed, replacing the bedside tables, makes the room more ugly; dynamic. In the kitchen , the models suspended and light shelves can be integrated into the operational space that opens onto the living room. Finally, in the bedroom , it should be approached to the desk because it is; the boys have at their disposal what they need for their study.
Which type of bookcase to choose
Le bookcases evolve, becoming complex d’ furniture systems, multifunctional and versatile, customizable and modular. Choosing the right one is not è always easy, since l& # 39 completely changes based on the type ; aesthetics of the environment and the function to which the piece of furniture responds:
Suspended : light, suitable for small spaces, they are composed of più elements to contain and display and their design makes them a characterizing piece of furniture.
Partitions or freestanding, but also self-supporting, perfect for open spaces, they divide without separating the areas in an environment dedicated to più functions and activitiesà ;.
On the wall , the più classic, ideal for lovers of reading, they rest on the ground and occupy the entire wall. There are bridge models, which also exploit the space of the wall above the door.
The most suitable materials for bookcases
The materials with which the bookcases are made are important, as they must meet aesthetic and practical criteria, safety and resistance values.
Let's see which are the più used:
Wood , in essence or lacquered, solid or veneered. Very trendy are the natural oak and canaletto walnut woods.
Laminate, material, melamine : practical, economical, resistant and light are synthetic materials characterized by wood, concrete or colored effect finishes;
Metal and glass are used for the supplied elements: feet, handles, shelves and open compartments.
What are the measurements of a bookcase
Usually the bookcases are modular , so the measures are not standard and can be decided on the basis of your needs: available space, taste, the right balance with the other furniture and the dimensions of the environment.
Here you are forò some guidelines useful for designing your library. The shelves have a depth of 26-agrave; between 30 and 35 cm; può increase in some cases up to 60 cm in the più shelves; bass. The width includes modules of 30, 45, 60, and 90 cm. Shelves still più wide ones require supports that keep the structure solid and prevent the boards from embarking. Playing with such measures è You can compose your own library with great freedomà ;. And l& # 39; height ? It varies according to the model: from the meter up to 250-300 cm in the case of full-height bookcases, which cover the walls up to the ceiling.
Equipped wall with bookcase
To furnish a small living room we thought of a suspended equipped wall , equipped with a TV stand panel to hang the television screen. The side wall unit, partly closed and partly open, and a long suspended chest of drawers guarantee good 26-agrave; containment.
Here's what we thought of for an open space living room
How to integrate a bookcase in a living room overlooking the kitchen ?
We studied a continuation of lines and materials that did not interrupt the style of the open space. The metal wall bookcase è slender and light and shows the same rhythm and design as the open wall units of the kitchen, which continues with further closed compartments of different materials, taking on così one's identityà individual.
A smart solution to complete a wall bookcase
To avoid the closing effect given by the presence of this tall equipped column, we have designed and conceived an open end unit , characterized by 6 shelves that act as a bookcase.
It is a modern and winning idea, especially when the space of organization and containment è little and the room è small. The change of material signals a change of function of the two elements that characterize this library.
