ikea bookshelf - decor ideas needed
April SM
6 years ago
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need built-in bookshelf suggestions
Comments (9)I put my cookbooks 2 deep in my end cabinets and it drives me crazy. I put the ones I use most in front but when I have to get the ones behind it means I have to pull 2-3 out in front to really see and get the one I want. Maybe shelves would be different as long as there's enough height b/t the, but I don't have a lot of height so can't grab it and pull it over the top of the other books once I remove 1 and see the one I want. Unless the one in back is thinner than the one in front I can't just pull it out straight, I have to remove 2 in front to pull 1 out from the back row. But I really don't want to stick my crockpot behind either b/c then I'd have to pull *everything* out to get it! I'd put the cookbooks on shallow shelves (maybe a wall cabinet? I had one built into the island at old house and thought it was a big waste of space without a deep cabinet on other side, but now I miss the convenience of having cookbooks and phone books 1 deep) in the kitchen and leave the deep storage for big things. I think I have to purge my cookbook collection and find a place for the ones I use often, put the rest in another room....See MoreNeed bookshelf design for wall en route to dining room
Comments (17)Boxerpups, I needed those images. Thanks so much! Isn't it amazing how a simple image can clarify so many things? Am reminded about the architect Sarah Susanka's comment that bookshelves are like wonderful wallpaper. I hope that my cookbook collection and the other items I need to store on shelves will function in that way. Was on a road trip to a wedding recently and had lots of time to make sketches. I have a better idea of my bookcase options now, but hadn't been able to picture the moldings and such. These images are very helpful. The red-painted shelf units with the curved trim are so intriguing. Wonder how they suspend those long shelves? Or did they make a vow to only store lightweight stuff? The images of various same-width multiple shelf units are extremely helpful; You're a painted cabinetry gal, aren't you? I am trying to imagine them in oak instead of paint. These regular soldier-like niches are likely what we'll end up doing. The over-the-door shelf is something I had considered but DH vetoed. Now that he's sat with me looking at your images, it's back in consideration again. I am supposedly working on the denoument of this project's planning but am still dithering about cabinet glass for my kitchen so I went to a local glass company to talk. They said they make lots of glass doors for labs, businesses, etc. I think that they would help me with sliding glass doors for bookshelf if I want them. They are in the custom glass etching business so they can even temper and etch decorative (textured) glass, which would allow me to get a strong, textured, opaque effect for lower shelves that may accumulate junky stuff. It would be expensive, but extremely distinctive. (This added to my dithering and got me off track, again.) [Confession time: Problem is further compounded by seeing an antique piece that would work in that space also. Unfortunately, when he was working on wallboard phase, DH refused to wallboard the back side of the bookcase space when it would have been easiest to do it, claiming that it would be redundant work. So there are literally a number of holes into the inside of the wall on the back of the bookcase niche to contend with if I win the piece at auction. Am in another quandry. Best solution: stay out of auctions and antique shops and estate sales.] ___ Leel: would love to learn more about the steel shelves you have used. Sources?...See MoreNeed bookshelf recommendations for my home office...IKEA kallax??
Comments (5)Google 'cube storage'. Target and Walmart and just about any other retailer carry that style of shelving. If I bought from Home Depot or Kohl's or Target or a lot of other retailers near me I could pick up at the store and pay zero shipping. I'm sure the same goes for the nifty baskets and bins that fit inside. My local Dollar Tree carries 10.5" cubes!...See MoreBookshelf design help needed
Comments (4)It's not terrible. One thing I notice is that you have everything pushed to the ends on all of the shelves, and the items are all the same color/tone, size, and depth. I've posted a good how-to link below. Also, I'd lower the television - the height it is placed now throws the proportion of the area off. And, place the chairs with more symmetry to the fireplace. A few tweaks and you'll have it! https://www.drivenbydecor.com/how-decorate-shelves-bookcase-ideas/...See Moresummersrhythm_z6a
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