Bookshelves As Room Focus

If you have been following us since September, you will remember some rather odd bookshelves we have featured here before at Home-Designing. Rather than going in the ‘odd’ direction this time, we lay more emphasis on how shelves can effectively become the focus of the room. The collections shown below are from two Italian makers: Mobilieffe & Mazzali

Space saving furniture

Space is a constraint that is beginning to hit us these days. With an ever rising population, the demand for space is only bound to increase with time. In this post we feature some intelligent space saving furniture that would be ideal for small space living.

What would you say if we told you all the furniture you see in the image below…

came from this small box?

Here is another similar concept by kenchikukagu but one that gives more emphasis to the kitchen.

We are pretty much sure that Bonbon Trading has been inspired by the Transformers movie in making this outstanding piece of furniture. Sofa for the living room doubles up as a bunkbed! How cool is this?


Too lazy after that late night movie you watched on the TV? How about napping on the Sofa after you convert it to a bed? More sofa bed transformations…

Via Apartment Therapy


Via Flying Beds

And space saving furniture always needn’t be folded up to save space. Mebel furniture series by designer Daniel Milchtein Peltsverger is a case in point. These ergonomically designed stackable chairs made of molded plastic are ideal for hotel and office lobbies.

Via Yanko Design



We have looked at space saving for the living, kitchen and the bedroom but aren’t we missing one place? Yep, you guessed it – The Bathroom.

by BHG

The sink in a drawer is a cool idea IF(and that is a BIG if) you have space to play with in the room adjacent to the bathroom.

Here is another more radical way to conserve space in the bathroom, infact it is more like a vertical micro bathroom.

Paul Hernon of Design Ltd calls it the Vertebrae. The Vertebrae packs a toilet, sink, two shower modules (one for children), storage space for shower, bath, shaving, and cosmetic products right along the column. Each component is a swingable module that can be used when needed.

Unusual Bookshelves

This post covers some of the most uncommon bookshelf designs you will ever see out there. We are sure it will give you some inspirational ideas.

Short on space but more on style? Try the Bed Case by Karen Babel. When you don’t plan to use the bed, split the bed and stack it on your bookshelf! The design has been awarded The New Designers KBSA Award for for simplicity, space-saving, user-friendliness and great attention to detail.


A design not in this list because of the ingenuity of the furniture but more so because of its organization. The rainbow bookshelf is a pleasure to watch.


A design that enhances the utility of the ordinary bookshelf by providing shelving which requires no bookends or heavy-handed adjustments when a book is removed from the stack. It’s simplicity also adds elegance without removing any previous storage or decorative capabilities. Designed by David Ngo.


Another bookshelf on the staircase. Photo from a house renovated by Adam Jirkal, Jerry Kozaa and Tomáš Kalhous, located in Všenory, Czech Republic.


Bookworm – The Flexible Bookshelf. An artist creativity combined with a great company’s technology, gives life to a bookcase design of industrial scale that can rightfully be considered the world’s most daring and revolutionary. Design by bonluxat


If you thought things were getting back to normal we are sure you would seriously consider changing your mind after seeing the Book Ceiling by Richard Wentworth.


Another similar concept but this time by Fishbol Design Atelier


Designed by Pucci de Rossi, the Dondola is a rocking chair that combines clean lines and curvaceous shapes. it is a beautiful object that showcases the italian craftmanship to which Made is deeply attached. The stainless steel structure made of two rounded arms that are linked together with three storing cases for books.


Where is the ‘bookshelf’ here? I see only books. Well, look carefully, the bottom most book is a cleverly designed bracket for the shelf. Want to try making this yourself?


We warned you with our title, but here is a bookshelf for the hopeless, die-hard book addict. Read and sleep with your books with Stanislav Katz‘s concept ‘Bookshelf with couch’.


A hybrid between a bookshelf, bath and an armchair. Design by Malin Lundmark


And it is not just bookshelves, who says drawers can’t be built on stairways?


Well, no post about uncommon bookshelves can call itself complete without featuring the staircase book shelf by London-based Levitate Architects who designed this ingenious solution to the book storage problem by designing a staircase that doubles up as a home library. Photo Courtesy: Apartment Therapy


Another fashionable book shelf from Lago shaped in the form of different postures assumed by a running person.


It’s the bee’s knees! Shaped in the form of a bee-hive, check out this shelf by Mostapha El Ouhlani, a designer from Marocco.


Are you a math whiz? We just got your kind of thing here. Check out the Equation bookshelf by Marcos Breder in which you can arrange stuff based on priority! Your most precious items go inside the paranthesis, the lesser ones go to the outer brackets. How is that for organization!