Category: bookcase

Some book shelf solutions

Ah, the joys of Crib Candy – so many pretty things appear in my feed reader!

Of course, as a library geek, I keep a note of the nicest shelving solutions…hey, you never know when my employers might go mad and demand a redesign of the Library using only eco-friendly materials, or one entirely suspended from the ceiling, right?!?!

So, here’s some of the most interesting book shelves that I’ve seen recently.

Diagonal Bookshelves

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Slat shelf

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Rotating Bookshelf

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Rotating Shelving System

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Double Access shelf

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Leaf Shelf (with perhaps a OTT claim – “Available in all leaves of the known universe.”

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Leaves Bookshelves

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Bamboo Bookshelves

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Think that’s enough for now…more to follow!

Random library and book bits


A collection of some of the pretty / fun library related stuff I’ve bookmarked over the past few weeks…

Furniture and decorative bits, made out of those pesky, un-recyclable books:

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Elephant / bus / snail shaped bookshelves for kids rooms…funky!

Some fabulous, (and some insane) shelving / bookcase ideas here. My favourite is this one, the arrangement in the top right makes it look like a tree full of books:

And finally, a way to reuse all those Metro papers that keep appearing in the corner of rooms…. roll them into twine, and make them into rugs!

The bookcase bed, and the heart of the home?


This would certainly be fun in a smaller flat – who needs a sofa bed for guests when you can accommodate them with a bookcase bed!!

Not sure I understand the workings of it fully – apparently there’s 4 sections to make it into a double, and 2 for the single, but I can only see 2 parts. I assume there’s a double layer of mattress, one hidden behind the other, when it’s stacked against the wall?

And I also want this done in my house…unfortunately, I think I’m a teensy bit short of the space needed!!