17 Mind Blowing Bookshelves You Need For Your Library
Behind every successful person, is a pile of read books. Everyone needs to learn from somewhere. Life is too short to be learning them all from our first hand experience. Hence, reading is one way where we can learn from others. It’s very common that we keep our books on mundane bookshelves. You know, the kind that is like horizontal planks installed onto the wall. Today, you will see a different idea. Experience a new concept of bookshelves that isn’t only a wonderful house for your books but also make amazing interior decoration as well.
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1. Tree Trunk Bookshelf
It’s a unique tree growing shelves around it instead of branches! This amazing tree trunk gets to live a second life as part of a book shelf. This might look like those shelves are being skewered by one piece of trunk. That might be so. But, it’s easier to actually stack those trunk pieces with shelf boards in between. Just be cautious when adjusting the trunk to create the illusion that it’s a solid long piece.
2. Cartoon Walking Wall Bookshelves
Like an art piece on a wall, these bookshelves are designed to interact with the wall sticker. Three separate shelves are installed onto the wall to resemble items that the character is carrying. The rest of the part of the bookshelves are stacked accordingly into the shape of a stair. It’s a wonderful interaction between a 2D art to that of a 3D bookshelves.
3. Staircase Bookshelves
Grab a story book on your way up to your bedroom! This staircase bookshelves is designed to encourage reading! You can be like dozing off the couch and want to just go up the room and hit the sack. But hey, on your way up, there’s this line up of books just within reach. So, pick one and bring it up! This shelves involve cutting up a wooden plank into tiny little stairs that can fit books. The downside of this DIY is that it can only fit a book of certain thickness. But, it is a creative idea!
4. The Throne Of Books
It’s not just a chair. It’s a throne fit for a reader! This chair has an entire bookshelf designed into it. So, you can sit back, relax and pick your favorite reads without lifting your rear off the chair! You don’t even have to get off it when you wanna read another book. Because it’ll just be … well, under you?
5. Piano Bookshelf
Sometimes, unusual things too can be turned into a bookshelf. In this case, it’s a piano. Just topple it sideways and you have quite some space to be stuffing it with all of your novels. It’s a grand decor for musicians and also book lovers alike.
More piano upcycling ideas here: 13 Repurposed Piano Parts Into Useful Stuffs
6. Flower Corner Bookshelves
Creative arrangement of simple boxes is all you need to transform them into amazing looking shelves. Not only this creates a nice display at the corner of your house, it also makes a fine display shelf that will awe your guests. You can put decorative ornaments into the higher shelves. You know, those that doesn’t need to be accessed. Put those books that you will sometimes need into the lower boxes for easier access.
7. Chair Bookcase
It’s a chair! It’s a bookcase! It’s a chair bookcase! Lay down comfortable and enjoy your reads from the books just under you! This creative bookshelf idea is created by Sofia Alexiou for the Athens University’s library. It would probably be even more comfy if there’s a padding of cushion on it!
8. Side Stairs Bookshelves
These stairs have spaces on their sides where you can slot in books and kinda like stack them up. It’s another unique way to be storing your books on visible platform. There isn’t much height to it so all the books have to be laid down horizontally. It’s still good because you can see all your collection at a glance. Try sort your books out by color. That would turn it into a majestic display of colorful books!
9. Book Staircase
It’s one heck of a smart staircase! It’s full of knowledge! These stairs have a good way in utilizing its space optimally. It’s shelves on stairs! You can stuff it with books, magazines and all that you can think of. It also gives a good view of all that you have within these shelves. So, you can get your hands on the book you want with ease.
10. R Shelf
It’s a hollowed R letter that can fit your books!
11. Owl Shelf
This book store is doing it right! Night owls can be readers too! This is a fascinating design to appreciate all those night owls that stay overnight just to read! Only the body part is turned into shelves because if it gets any higher than that, it’ll be hard to reach. It would be awesome to have certain compartment emptied out for displays of LEGO, horse statue and what not to decorate it a bit.
12. Head of Books
Book shelf in the form of a human head! Truly a great idea to encourage people to read more and have more knowledge in their head. There’s a huge space at the mouth of the shelf which would be a great idea if you could put a potted plant there. The greens would cover up the space a bit, giving it a cozy feel to it.
13. Bicycle Shelf
Bike lovers will love this. One can fill it all up with books on bike maintenance, bike riding and all there is to know about bikes! Why? Because it’s the right thing to do. There’s also round part of the shelves that would be perfect for books too. It would be nice to have some photos and succulents to be placed on the flat part of the shelves for more aesthetic enhancement.
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14. Giraffe Bookshelf
Giraffe shelf is the best shelf you can ever have for your kids! Not only it looks like a giraffe which kids would love, it also has hollowed section within it for storage of toys and books. Do handle with care though because kids would find it hard to resist themselves from sitting on it!
15. Round Window Bookcase
This window has a round book case built around it. It might be hard to reach the books at the top but hey, it does make a nice decorative element that no other house would have.
16. Circular Ceiling Bookshelves
What a stunning study room! This room has a circular bookshelves on top that is accessible by a ladder. It’s totally a super smart way to be using the empty space on top of your head.
17. Overhead Bookshelves
Warm and cozy is the right word for this reading spot. You can probably store more books on top which is accessible by the ladder at the side. That’s the best spot where you can keep your read books. Meanwhile, put those fresh books onto the side of it for instant access. Simply pull them off those side shelves and enjoy your read through the ride at a comfy sofa just right under this amazing shelf setup.
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