Interior Design – Creative Shelving

Every home needs storage.  Whether for books, artwork, architectural interest, electronics, stereos, toys, games or other necessary items, the simplest piece is a shelving unit.  A bookcase or shelving is one of those items no home should be without.  Built-ins are always wonderful but a home’s architecture or budget doesn’t always support them.  However, there are options for every home decor.

Our friends at Design Milk recently introduced us to a fabulous shelving and storage option for the DIY challenged from BrickBox.  It couldn’t be easier.

Brickbox shelving boxes

Photo by Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre via Design Milk

Free standing units are great if they are the appropriate size for the room.  Big room = big shelves.  Plus there is the added bonus of a spectacular design element or color.  Nobody says the bookcase should be boring.

Dune Snowflake Shelf

Via Dune-NY

Billy’s Brother by Johan Malmquist + Andreas Karlsson + www.addi.se

Zelli Bookcase

Above 2 photos via Designboom

At the very least IKEA always has inexpensive options.  Yeah, I’m a fan… there are 9 different IKEA shelving/bookcase options scattered throughout my home. 🙂  And I still have custom built-ins.

Bookshelves, bookcases, shelving of some sort is appropriate in every home.  Sometimes built-ins are the right answer and sometimes a free standing unit is better.  I admit if I walk into a home without bookshelves my inner dialogue starts going… if there are no books, what is upstairs?