Here’s how to find the ideal wall shelf

Here’s how to find the ideal wall shelf

You want to tidy up the mountain of books? Do you stack dishes in the kitchen or safely store TV plus magazines with decorative objects? The three most common uses of a wall shelf:

Wall board – floating shelf

  • Model: Horizontal, levitating and individually orientated, wall boards offer plenty of storage space for books and the like. They need minimal space and optimally utilize bare walls.
  • Design:
    – Simple: white, without any decoration
    – Characterize the room with contours: Natural wood colors and grain
    – Places visual emphasis: bright colorful wall shelf
  • Materials: Wooden and painted surfaces are popular as well as solid wood and steel
  • Extra tip: A simple wall shelf made of one board can enlarge a small room visually. Several wall boards next to each other create a harmonious setting.

Hanging shelves – cube shelves as additional storage space

  • Model: Rectangular, square, with symmetric or asymmetric compartments and dividing walls – you don’t need an expansive wall shelf for your favorite books, candle holders or glasses. A hanging shelf is perfect.
  • Design:
    – Simple: floating hanging shelf on steel wire ropes
    – Characterizes the room with contours: Cube-shaped shelf with rounded corners
    – Places visual emphasis: a white hanging shelf whose individual compartments have different colors
  • Materials: Wood, aluminum, steel, plastic, glass
  • Extra tip: Since hanging shelves don’t need any floorspace, you can use the smallest corner of your room for storage. At the same time, hanging shelves are a practical way of jazzing up a bare wall. Like display boxes, you can furnish them with vases, pictures etc.

Multi-functional shelf – shelving system with decorative factor

  • Model: With different compartments and different depths, a multi-functional wall shelf can form a rectangle but it doesn’t have to. It can ascend like stairs at one end or it can be open at the top.
  • Design: A multi-functional wall shelf must be flexible and have a suitable compartment for each object. That’s why modular systems for expanding or matching, function best.
  • Materials: Wood, steel
  • Extra tip: Due to their unusual shape, you can almost view a multi-functional wall shelf as a sculpture. You should be economical with other decorations, depending on where the shelf is.

As storage space, an organizer and an aesthetic eye-catcher – wall shelves are essential in every home. No other piece of furniture gives your home the same character than a shelf on the wall.

An organizer which should be in every home: Wall shelves provide plenty of storage space.

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