15 ideas to furnish your home with shelves in an attractive style and design

by Mark Bennett

February 01, 2022

15 ideas to furnish your home with shelves in an attractive style and design
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In every room of the house there is a need for some shelves or shelving to place objects of all kinds, taking advantage of the vertical space close to the walls, or even creating with the shelves themselves an ideal wall that separates the rooms - and at the same time allows you to keep order and harmony.

Shelves and shelving, therefore, are useful and indispensable accessories, but they can also become occasions to add elements with an attractive design, and thus furnish with taste. Here are some ideas to draw inspiration from:

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Shelves arranged in a lattice but with a depth that tapers at the ends, and with different lengths so as to look like a sphere emerging from the wall.

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You can also "play around" with a more interesting choice of brackets to support shelves - much more interesting than those from standard models.

Simple wooden boards that circumscribe a grid of squares and rectangles on a white wall, to be filled with vases and decorative objects that follow the same aesthetic theme: an entire wall becomes a work of art.

Wide but shallow: a large wooden panel with frames that protrude outward and create the squares in which to place small objects - a simple idea with a decidedly rustic charm.

Like wooden boxes, but made with pieces cut to size and varnished: geometric interesting modules to be used as a bookcase.

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Sturdy iron pipes fixed to the floor and to the ceiling to create a dividing wall that separates but without completely closing off the rooms.

Another idea for a sort of sphere that emerges from the wall - minimal and very elegant.

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Tutorial via aglassofbovino.com

Tutorial via aglassofbovino.com

Shelves with a classic and rich design, enhanced with their small brass railings.

A shelving type that is an easy DIY project and is very popular, is that of the shelves supported by leather straps.

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An optical illusion created with shelves that thin out gradually along their length as if the whole shelf is slowly disappearing into the wall.

Tutorial via project.theownerbuildernetwork.co

Tutorial via project.theownerbuildernetwork.co

Retractable shelves: not only simple shelves, but also more complex furnishings that can be used in any spaces in the house.

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A simple box that seems to defy physics - very impressive and unique!

Even the simplest shapes become even more interesting with bright colors.

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Intersecting squares - a simple and elegant design on the wall.

Geometric shapes and retractable shelves: you can combine them all to equip an entire wall with a bookcase with a modern and fascinating feel.

Which idea do you like best?

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