Shelves in the room: hinged, wall and other types, photo examples of interior

With the use of shelves, the interior looks lighter and the room more spacious. An obvious plus of these products is the visibility and accessibility of everything that is placed on them. Therefore, it is advisable to use shelves on the wall in a room to place items that are necessary for daily use.

Absolutely any shelf always performs both a decorative and a functional role.

By purchasing modern wall mounted open original shelves in a room of any functional purpose, you can not get only pieces of furniture, but also independent bright decorative art objects due to their interesting shape or unusual registration.

To change the appearance of a room, very often it is enough to fix a shelf of the original design on the wall.

Quite often you can hear the opinion that it is not practical to hang open shelves in a room on the wall - they are going to dust, which often has to be wiped off, not only from the surface of the shelf, but also from those located on it items. And not everyone likes spending time keeping order on the shelves. Another thing is a closed cabinet that hides all the contents. If you give up on maintaining order, then over time, the initially beautiful interior will become uncomfortable.

It is convenient to store all sorts of little things on the shelves, but they cannot boast of good capacity, so the most practical design option is to combine them with closed cabinets.

The choice of shelves depending on the room

Shelves in the bedroom

In the bedroom, for safety reasons, it is advisable not to use hanging shelves above the bed. And floor shelves - whatnots perfectly replace bedside tables.

Connoisseurs of minimalism will appreciate the laconic hanging shelf, which can be completed with a drawer

Shelves in the living room

When arranging items on a shelf in the living room, their combination with each other should be taken into account so that the placement is logical and balanced, and does not cause discomfort. To align items on the shelf in height, you can use the principle of layering, for example, put a low vase on a stack of books, raising it to the level of a tall vase standing next to it.

With the help of shelves of various configurations in the living room, you can organize a fairly convenient storage system

It is desirable that the surface of the living room wall, on which the shelf will be placed, be painted in a solid and discreet color. This will allow items placed as decor on the shelf to visually come to the fore.

As an example, we offer you to get acquainted with interesting photos of the shelves on the wall in the hall, which we have selected for you.

And others

In a small office, shelves are often used as bookshelves. If you need to balance books of large and small format, standing on the shelf in the office, it is enough to combine their vertical and horizontal arrangement.

To support the weight of a home library, bookshelves must be very sturdy.

When using a shelf on the balcony for storing small items, to avoid the feeling of clutter, it is better to sort items in small beautiful boxes, baskets or caskets, which are offered in large quantities and variety by the trade network. But the process of making them yourself, for example, together with children, will give you true creative pleasure. Small items, dishes, magazines hidden in organizers will no longer interfere with keeping the shelf clean and tidy.

An interesting idea for a balcony - rearranged shelves, the position of which can be changed at your discretion

In the kitchen, the shelf is usually used not as an independent element, but as an addition to the kitchen set, so these two pieces of furniture must match each other in color, shape and size. It is better to place a shelf for arranging spices above the work surface closer to the stove. Depending on the preferences of the hostess, it can be single-tier, the entire length of the working surface, or have several tiers.

In a kitchen, it is advisable to store items used on a daily basis on open shelves.

Shelf types

In appearance, it is quite difficult to classify modern shelves, they are so diverse. It is much easier to divide them into types according to their location in the room.

Open shelves display their contents and provide easy access to items

Corner shelves

Sometimes there are corners in the house that are so unsightly that they just need something decorate to hide the curvature and protruding irregularities, but at the same time make this place functional. Corner shelves or corner shelving will help here as well as possible. In this case, in addition to a purely decorative moment, an additional convenient place for storing a wide variety of things is formed.

Unusual loft-style corner shelf made of scraps of water pipes

Even if you are lucky and all the corners in the house are perfectly flat, why not use the free space. Corner shelves can be made from a wide variety of materials (metal, wood, plastic, drywall) and have any shape:

• triangular;
• square, located on both sides of the corner symmetrically to each other or staggered;
• radius, both convex and concave;
• closed and open;
• full angle or low;
• covering only the corner or smoothly merging onto the walls.

It is noteworthy that the shelves can be used to close both the inner and outer corners of the wall.

Wall mounted

A wall shelf, in the usual sense, is an ordinary board mounted on the wall. But even such a simple design has several fastening methods:

• a shelf with a hidden mount - designers like this option very much for their airiness and originality, such products always attract attention;
• a shelf on supports - the most common, reliable and convenient design;
• shelf on hangers, which can be used as chains, twine, jute cord, leather belts, such hangers can be attached both to the wall and to the ceiling.

Floor standing

Floor racks are a versatile piece of furniture that can perform several functions at once. It can be a stand for flowers, paintings or other objects. A shelf standing on the floor can be used as a coffee table, as well as a bedside table. On some models, you can put a pillow on top and get a comfortable pouf.

Floor shelf with fabric pockets for the smallest children

Shelf materials

A wide variety of materials are used for the manufacture of modern shelves, but the most practical products are made of wood, metal, plastic, chipboard and MDF boards.

Built-in chipboard shelves allow you to use dead zones between pieces of furniture or in wall niches

Made of wood

Wood is a common material for making any furniture. Depending on the interior, it can be aged or, conversely, polished to a shine and varnished. The only place where it is not recommended to use wood products is in the bathroom. Due to high humidity, a shelf made of wood can quickly lose its original appearance.

Three planed boards and a little thick rope are all you need to make such a shelf.

Hanging shelves on the loggia can be made of ordinary wooden boards, painted with paint and laid on supports. They are very convenient for storing seasonal items in boxes.

Made of metal

The metal shelf in the room of a teenage boy can become a completely harmonious detail of the interior, if the entire bedroom is made in the high-tech style loved by young people. But hanging such a model over the bed is quite risky; it is better if it is a convenient floor rack.

You can safely hang light black wire shelves on the wall of the room.

From glass

Toughened tempered glass glass shelves are featured in modern living rooms. In order to keep the product clean and shiny as long as possible, it can be treated with a special glass spray.

Glass shelves look airy and do not burden the interior of the room

Despite the beauty and sophistication of glass models, they cannot be used in a children's room.

And others

Convenient plywood or plank drawers hung on the wall can be used as a shelf for the pantry room.

Shelves made of wooden boxes painted in different colors look good

The choice of shelves for the style of the interior

For any interior, you can choose a shelf that matches the style. Even if the purchased product does not quite match other pieces of furniture, it can be easily decorated.

• The modern style allows designers to express and embody their imagination as much as possible. Therefore, almost any product will fit into a modern interior. In this case, when choosing shelves in a room, you need to focus on finishing the entire room. It is not appropriate to hang a shelf on bright wallpaper or painting; it is better to place it in a calm, neutral zone.
  

  White wall shelves, almost invisible on a wall of the same color

• The classic style, in contrast to the modern, does not allow for experimentation. Only traditional, time-tested materials are used here. Shelf shapes should also be as simple as possible.
  

  Multilevel shelves made of natural wood in a classic style living room

• Minimalism requires a designer to show maximum skill in order to achieve a laconic and not overloaded interior, and this is a rather difficult task, because at the same time the room should be comfortable and have the required number of systems storage. There should be a minimum number of parts, the shelves should not look cluttered.
  

  The design of the shelves should be the simplest, but their color can be used as a bright accent

• The loft style can be considered the most democratic. A rough wooden board, fixed on bricks protruding from the walls, will organically fit into this freedom-loving interior. You can make your own shelf even from metal pipes tied with ropes.
  

  The symbiosis of metal and wood is a great addition for a loft-style interior

Shelf decor examples

In order for the shelf to be not only functional, but to become a stylish element of decor, you should think over its design in advance so that it does not violate the general style of your home. Thoughtlessly placing items on shelves can lead to a sense of chaos and untidiness in your home.

Original shelf made of wood, made in the shape of a tree branch

In order not to be mistaken with the choice of different shades when painting the shelf, you need to follow the following rules:

• do not use more than three different colors;
• the color of the shelf should be combined with other colors of objects and walls of the surrounding interior, it can be contrasting with the color of the wall on which the product is attached, but at the same time match the shades the rest of the furniture.

Whatever purpose the shelves in your house have, do not forget to periodically sort through the things stored on them. Perhaps it's time to part with something, as unnecessary. You should not mindlessly add everything on them, turning your home into a warehouse of long-obsolete things.

Video: Unusual shelves in the interior of the room

Photos of interesting shelf ideas in the interior of the room

Photos of wall shelves of an interesting design will help you decide on the choice of a product for your bedroom.

A special selection of photos with ideas for shelves on the wall in the hall for those who want to make the interior of their room not only functional, but also beautiful.

Photos of finished products, collected below, will help you to come up with and make do-it-yourself comfortable shelves on the balcony.

Photos of such ideas for shelves in the corridor will seem to many to be the idea of ​​a professional designer, but in fact, such products can be made even by amateurs, you just need to make a little effort.