Bookshelf Fantasy. Bookshelves. 46 Creative Bookshelves That’ll Have You Buying More Books. Home Library Design. If you happen to be a book lover or a voracious reader, it is likely that you have built up quite a collection of books over the years. Home libraries help you organize your book collection, make it easier to find books and make reading fun and relaxing within the comforts of your home. Here are a few tips to design your home library. By Andrew A color coded library! [via] While building a home library the three basic elements required are: space, shelves and books. You can either custom build a new room or choose an existing spacious room to house your books.
Recessed or built-in bookshelves can provide floor-to-ceiling storage and space savings. When considering library furniture, you may want desks if you are writing and taking notes on your reading. Designs from Vitsoe When selecting lighting, look for a lamp that will help you see the smallest text you read. Finally, a good system of organization will help you find the book you want quickly. By B&B Italia By Mobileffe. Study Space Inspiration for Teens. Beautiful Shelf Designs by Maria Yasko. A few weeks back, we featured the creative stylings of Maria Yasko in an article showcasing her design project for a family entertainment center.
Apparently, designers like her are in high demand for people in need of innovative ideas to maximize the use of space in their homes. It helps to create more storage and shelf space in such a way that doesn’t interrupt, but cleverly enhances the style of a room. The following series was designed by Maria Yasko who came up with some cool concepts for modular shelving that also serve as pieces of wall art. Go ahead…be inspired! (This could be a nightmare to clean?) Invisible Book Shelf. Reading Nook Design Spaces. Reading nooks are those nice little nooks in your home where you don’t mind spending a whole day buried up reading a novel or catching up on magazines. The design of these places can be tricky, as usually, focus on comfort overrides aesthetics when you create these spaces. But that doesn’t mean these reading nooks need to be untidy or unappealing to look at. [via] by Sarah Leeab by Erin [via] by Yohanes by Dark Haired Girl by Aaron From BeClever This is not from a home, but you got to love the atmosphere here.
If reading means more of the virtual thing for you, this setup would suit you: by Sage Kitamorn Here is a private library designed by architect Andrew Berman, in the woods of Long Island for his client who is a writer. [Via] Fore more reading spaces, take a look at our Set 1. Library Inspiration. This beautiful, victorian-inspired library designed by Viktor Fretyan placed second in the competition, and is my favorite rendering out of them all. This modern rendering by Jeffrey Faranial placed first in the competition. A Bookworm's Dream: The Bookshelf Tower. Although this bookshelf staircase is not functional as a living space, let alone for reading purposes, it is a pretty clever space-saving solution.
Even the speed reading bookworms would have trouble reaching enlightenment living in this enclosed structure- albeit housing an impressively accessible 6,000 books! But just for fun, let us observe Rintala Eggertsson’s ‘Ark’, which was built for a Small Spaces exhibition right inside of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Nothing short of a small architectural wonder well worth the peek… Here is a walk through of the tower. Rintala Eggertsson ‘Ark’ – tour of the book tower from Architects Build Small Spaces on Vimeo. Reading Nooks. We all have that cozy little place on our homes where we want to curl up with a book and pass time on a rainy day. These are the ‘reading nooks’ and we present some of the coolest ones we found out there. Do let us know if you want to suggest any more… by Leone Fabre by voodoq by Victoria by Square1 Studio by Estea by Mirjam Visser by Emily Steed by frankroop by Jonathan McPherson by Yvonne Stehle by dolly & DMC by Nishat And… our personal favourite… by Margaret There are plenty more.
Bookshelf Fantasy. Bookshelf as Room Focus in Interior Design. If you have been following us since September, you will remember some rather odd bookshelves we have featured here before at Home-Designing. Rather than going in the ‘odd’ direction this time, we lay more emphasis on how shelves can effectively become the focus of the room. The collections shown below are from two Italian makers: Mobilieffe & Mazzali The rest are from Mazzali [tags] bookshelf, bookshelves, wooden bookshelves, ikea bookshelves, bookshelf pictures, pictures of bookshelfs, bookshelf interior design, bookshelf designs[/tags]
Uncommon Bookshelves and Furniture. This post covers some of the most uncommon bookshelf designs you will ever see out there. We are sure it will give you some inspirational ideas. Short on space but more on style? Try the Bed Case by Karen Babel. When you don’t plan to use the bed, split the bed and stack it on your bookshelf! The design has been awarded The New Designers KBSA Award for for simplicity, space-saving, user-friendliness and great attention to detail. It’s the bee’s knees! Another fashionable book shelf from Lago shaped in the form of different postures assumed by a running person.
Well, no post about uncommon bookshelves can call itself complete without featuring the staircase book shelf by London-based Levitate Architects who designed this ingenious solution to the book storage problem by designing a staircase that doubles up as a home library. And it is not just bookshelves, who says drawers can’t be built on stairways? Are you a math whiz? Where is the ‘bookshelf’ here? Bookworm – The Flexible Bookshelf.