Sofa with shelves: comfortable space saving (22 photos)

Equipping the living space around us, we are increasingly striving to minimize the number of possible actions and movements so that nothing could interfere with our vacation. In search of another solution to this non-trivial problem, designers all over the world have proposed a new design option for a seat - a sofa with built-in shelves.

This element of the furniture is a successful combination of soft sections and rigid structures, created to store pleasant little things that can diversify the rest of the household. A sofa with wooden shelves can be a great place for your favorite books and magazines, snacks, if you prefer to have a snack while watching movies and TV shows, as well as for folding the necessary trifles, including the TV remote control.

Such sofas, depending on the design, can be built into a corner or located along the wall. The location of this interior element is determined by the location of the shelves and the needs of the owners themselves to provide the necessary access to items on the shelves.

Useful benefits

Creating such comfort in a sofa zone, it is impossible not to voice the advantages that a convenient design with integrated shelves gives its owners:

• provides constant free access to necessary trifles: books, magazines, a bowl of fruit, etc. You no longer have to pause the film to get up and go for popcorn or the phone, all this can now be successfully placed on the side shelf;
• the modular shape of the sofa allows you to install shelves in a variety of places: in the corner, between sections or from the side;
• sofas with shelves are usually not much more expensive than ordinary soft designs, so this solution is not able to hit the wallet;
• the versatility of such a sofa has no analogues - in addition to a comfortable sitting or sleeping place, you have a convenient rack. The whole structure perfectly saves free space (you can abandon bulky cabinets and hanging shelves), while remaining a comfortable place to relax.

The disadvantages of such designs can only be attributed to the fact that sofas with shelves for books and other pleasant little things will take you a little more time to clean, because, like any horizontal surfaces, shelves collect dust that needs to be removed periodically. You can also say that this design is dangerous for children, some corners of the shelves are traumatic for small family members, however, with the right choice of design it is possible to avoid all the troubles associated with this.

Design features

Depending on where exactly the wooden structures for storing things will be located, there are several most popular options:

• in the armrests;
• in the corner;
• in the back.

All these options are convenient and ergonomic, only the dimensions of the room where the sofa will be installed and the wishes of the owner can determine the right choice of the necessary design.

Armrest sofa

Everyone probably noticed that the outer side of the armrest of the sofa is usually the most durable wooden frame, covered with fabric, of which the rest of the upholstery is made.

So, furniture designers decided that this place was unforgivably stupidly left out and offered sofas designs in which the outer side of the armrest sides is equipped with comfortable and roomy shelves.

Here you can arrange your favorite books or magazines, photographs in frames or figurines. Shelves in this form are very convenient to use - just bend over or even lower your hand through the windowsill to get the necessary items. If the shelves serve only as a decorative element of the interior, then interesting decor items made in the same style will perfectly fit on them.

It is important to note that this design of a sofa with shelves is more suitable for families in which there are no small children and pets. The low location of the shelves and the availability of items on them will provoke minor troubles. However, it is always possible to cover these shelves with frosted or transparent glass, as well as with deaf wooden doors, which may even make the design of the sofa more original.

Sofas with a shelf in the corner

As the name implies, structures of this type must have an angle into which the necessary shelves are built in. Therefore, only a corner sofa with a shelf in the corner is suitable for such a description. Such designs are most often installed in small rooms, they save space well, while remaining a comfortable place to relax and a convenient storage for books, decor items and even flower arrangements.

The shelf in such sofas is located in the corner between the soft sections, separates and simultaneously combines both sides of the sofa. Here you can store books, magazines, put pictures in frames, flowers in pots and just put the remote control from the TV.

Many residents of modern apartments prefer to install such a sofa in the kitchen, usually in the dining area. Guests and households thus sit around the table, and on the shelves at the same time you can place a fruit basket, napkin holder or bread box. In their free time from the feast, a telephone or a TV can be located on the shelves so that the hostess does not come off her favorite TV show while cooking.

Options are also possible when the corner shelf extends and turns into a small but comfortable table on which you can arrange a pleasant tea party. Such a corner sofa with a table and shelves provides the convenience of meeting and gathering with friends when there is no way to arrange large feasts.

Sofa with a shelf in the back

As well as the external space of the armrest, the space of the back is most often filled with emptiness. Why not use it correctly?

A wide sofa with shelves on the back allows you to place almost the entire home library, your favorite crockery, photographs and figurines. Of course, this arrangement of shelves is least convenient to use, but as a rack in the room, he does not know the shortcomings. In the past, you would have placed bulky bookcases in addition to the sofa, but now convenient storage and a soft place to relax were found in the same design.

Such sofas with shelves are most often found in large living rooms or in studio apartments. Moreover, in the latter version, the sofa can serve as a kind of separator between the hall and the kitchen, and then on the shelves in its back you can place the little things necessary in the kitchen.

Popular variations

An important advantage of the design with shelves is that for such a modification does not need any specific mechanisms and configurations. Shelves can be equipped with a direct sofa, and corner, folding and roll-out designs.

Shelves on straight sofas can be located in the armrests and rear backrest. There are also designs when the armrest itself rises, turns over and becomes an excellent stand for a small meal or hot tea.Shelves can also be equipped in the armrest space itself - most often they equip a home bar.

A corner sofa with shelves, as already mentioned, can be equipped with a shelf in the corner, but it is also suitable for shelves in the armrests and back. It all depends on the size and capabilities of the room, because the placement of such a sofa in it will determine the accessibility to items on the shelves.

There is also a “dolphin” corner sofa with shelves in the corner, when the soft part of the structure unfolds in a comfortable sleeping place, and the corner shelf acts as a bedside table where it is convenient to put an alarm clock, phone, glasses or a glass of water. Such a sofa bed with a shelf will be an excellent solution in a small room, because in fact it is a functional combination of three pieces of furniture at once.

Despite the fact that we examined the most popular options for placing shelves separately, there are also sofas where all three options for shelves are provided. Of course, this design is less like a sofa, however, despite the presence of a large number of storage surfaces, it does not cease to be a convenient place to relax. Only now your vacation will also be provided with a minimum of movement.

You can arrange shelves on the sofa with glass or metal inserts, carved or glossy platbands, there are options with doors (sliding and swinging), you can place a climbing plant or decorate with lighting. All options will look great if they match the style of the room in which you place such a sofa.