Minimalist or delirious, shelves, and more particularly bookcases, are able to give an atmosphere, a warmth or an original cachet to the room in which they are located.
If you unearth without inconvenience design shelves at Ikea, as long as you are a little imaginative and handyman it is not excluded to make your own storage while inventing a new way of occupying the space. The only condition:to respect the law of gravity… although. Ideas.
The advantages of this option:considerable space saving and a nice and unusual effect. And for good reason, what better than stepped shelves to fill the void... under a staircase?
Matching the colors of the latter, why not lacquered for an even more chic look, your library will welcome "open columns" the most beautiful works of your collection. You can give it a more relaxed look with boxes of different sizes, or play it sober with small well-ordered boxes. A new column every 2 to 3 steps seems a good compromise.
There are examples on the Madeindesign.com site; an extraordinary cut-out storage that is not easy to create yourself because its cells require neat finishes. We can imagine a honeycomb bookcase made of cardboard, a material more flexible than plywood and which can then be painted as you wish.
In the trade, they are found in natural wood and in various colors:white, red, gray, black. Whether you make it yourself or not, the stylish effect is guaranteed in a clean room or even in your bedroom for a "cocoon" effect.
We already know the coffee tables with storage inside or on the sides, ideal for slipping in your novel of the moment and reading on the sofa. But it's a shame not to take advantage of the aesthetic assets of the book as an object, and find a way to display your pocket library under sliding glass, for example:a scholarly arrangement of the copies and that's it!
And why not take up the idea for a bedside table or a desk, for an atmosphere that is both studious and aesthetic.
Cardboard furniture is definitely in fashion! Making a book rack (or magazines, CDs, etc.) out of a solid cardboard cube is entirely possible:all you have to do is cut slits in it with a cutter to the desired dimensions.
So your reading tools will be well set up, and why not transform it into a footrest or paint it and place it in your toilets:a touch of color and reading, what more could you dream of? It can also be hung or fixed to a wall because the advantage of this creation is its lightness (provided, however, that it is not overloaded with books).
