Bookshop protagonist: but how to choose it?

Cicero said that a house without books is like a body without a soul. For those who love to read it is essential to find the right place for each book and, if you are renovating your home, it is good to think about how to place them right away.

The category of bookcases includes furnishing accessories of the most varied types: from modern bookcases in wood to metal ones, from wall models to modular ones.

But how to choose the right one for our home? Not only excellent materials, it is also necessary to evaluate practical solutions for each environment: modern modular and modular bookcases, wall-mounted or suspended to satisfy any space requirement.

Here are the tips of lively, reference portal for home renovations, for a choice in line with your furnishing style.

Full wall bookcase
If there are so many books, there is nothing better than dedicating them an entire wall. Contacting a carpenter will allow you to take advantage of the full height by also using the space above the doors or windows.

For a minimal style, you must choose white but, if you love the warm tones of wood and have large spaces, a dark oak will give authority to our collection.

Industrial style
An iron structure with wooden shelves is the ideal solution for those who choose industrial style for their home. A solution of this type, with a stable structure, makes it possible to avoid anchoring to the wall or to the ceiling.

Take advantage of the corridor
In older homes, the corridor is a difficult space to exploit. If the width allows it, placing a large bookcase along the entire length of this passage area will allow on the one hand to obtain useful space in the living area and on the other hand it will help to furnish a space otherwise difficult to organize.

bedroom
Who said that books have to be organized in a single library? If the space in the living room is not enough to accommodate all our books, nobody forbids us to create different reading corners in the house: if the architecture allows it, it is possible to exploit niches or create them specifically as well as to place a bookcase with a desk in bedroom.

Corner bookcases
In recent times, corner bookcases have become very popular, a category of design bookcases that is very useful for those who have to deal with a small house. This type of library gives the possibility of furnish the most difficult areas of the house, that is the angles between the walls. And when the corner bookcases are also vertical, maximum optimization is achieved.

Column bookcases
Another type in strong expansion is that of column bookcases; very narrow vertical furniture, which can be fixed to the wall or placed on a base on the ground. They usually consist of a vertical column floor lamp, and a certain number of horizontal shelves, designed to insert books and furnishing objects.

In the gallery above some design ideas to draw inspiration from.