Shelves: main types and types of furniture products

Shelves - a furniture product that does not have a front, and sometimes a back wall. Designs are designed to store and organize books, flowers, souvenirs and other small attributes. Almost every furniture company is ready to offer a whole catalog of similar accessories of various shapes, sizes, configurations and stylistic directions. A brief overview of the main types of shelves will help to better navigate the modern market of furniture products.

Functionality of shelves

First of all, shelves should be divided according to the principle of functional purpose. Practicality, versatility, aesthetics and many other parameters in different types of designs are expressed to varying degrees. According to the purpose, the shelves are classified as follows:

A bookshelf is a classic form;
Shelf for spices and small kitchen utensils (usually differs in especially tiny forms, sometimes it is completed with doors);
Shelves for the bathroom (most often made of glass or plastic);
Designs for flower pots;
Universal views.

Roomy bookshelves are most often purchased, which are then used to store books and to create all kinds of interior installations. Simple designs look appropriate in any interior, you can give them festivity precisely with the help of the attributes that are placed on them.

Types of shelves for placement in the room

When there is very little space left in the room, it is with the help of the shelf that you can organize a small location-receptacle for all kinds of small attributes. The constructions will come in handy even when the whole wall is “empty” in the spacious apartments: several original shelves and the room looks completely different. The following types of shelves are distinguished by location in the room:

Wall shelf (the structure is mounted or leans directly against the wall);
Suspended models (fastened with cables, chains, other elements to the ceiling, not always adjacent to the wall);
Corner shelf (the design fills a space in the corner of the room and is attached to two adjacent walls).

The latter type of structure is subdivided into two subspecies. These are shelves for the inner corner and elements for the outer corner.

The design of furniture

When it comes to shelves, comparing different types of designs is inappropriate. Simply select the appropriate option in terms of style, aesthetics and quality. Functional potential is far from the first place, but functional execution should be given special attention:

Shelf-console (horizontal plane, which is securely fixed near the wall, perpendicular to the surface);
A model with side walls and an upper horizontal line (resembles a kind of wall cabinet without doors);
Shelf with a back wall;
Multi-tier shelf (structures of especially complex shape, consisting of several massive tiers at once);
Combined shelf (consists of horizontal and vertical planes, designed to store and organize things of a very different kind, including drawers).

Combined and multi-tiered designs are ideal for living rooms and offices. Small shelves and console-type models are appropriate in the bedroom and children's rooms.

Typical shelf designs

A modern approach to creating exclusive interiors involves the use of a wide variety of options and the most complex designs of furniture accessories to enhance the design concept. Typical shelf designs at different locations look completely different. Here are the most popular configurations:

Constructs with “hidden” fastening, creating the feeling that the structure is glued to the wall;
Console models with decorative attributes;
Stacked or modular shelves that are assembled from different basic elements like a designer;
Asymmetric options, where some structural elements protrude far beyond the surface of the support (most often, such a structural technique is necessary when creating complex installations with ampel-type indoor plants);
Vertical products resembling an improved version of a mini-rack;
Dual-use (may have hidden functions).

The larger the product, the more interesting it looks in the interior. Moreover, large shelves of the type of conductor or vertical type can be installed directly on the floor, to complement the already finished furniture walls and headsets with such elements. Absolutely any shelf is able to bring a sense of comfort, coziness into the house, contributing to the harmonious placement of decorative elements and household accessories.