A bookcase doesn’t have to be just for books!

There’s great scope for versatility with our furniture here at Furniture in Fashion, and we would certainly urge you to resist simply using such pieces for the most obvious purposes.

Consider your bookcase, for example – what possessions of yours could it display, besides your favourite novels? We’ve got some tips below to help you to come up with answers to this question.

Get rid of unhelpful clutter

There could be various items around the rooms of your home that are unjustly concealed or simply look out of place. Perhaps a beautiful watercolour painting of your hometown has been left in the attic, or a gorgeous vase is in a teenager’s bedroom, where it is often ignored.

Gather all of those objects in the space where your bookcase is. Of course, you should also have, at close hand, all of the books that you intend to keep in your bookcase. This situation should help you to judge where you can place your tomes and the potential for complementing them with seemingly unrelated objects.

Resist a top-heavy approach

If the number of books is actually relatively low given your bookcase’s size, now is the time to look for the visually ‘heaviest’ of your gathered accessories. Place this on the bottom shelf, as it will balance the top-to-bottom weight of the bookcase.

More delicate items, such as pieces of china, are better left on higher shelves. If you have a particularly tall accessory or piece of artwork, put it on the eye-level shelf. The item can then be off-centred through the placement of another accessory or bunch of books at the shelf’s other end.

Adopt a zigzag strategy

Another great tactic for managing the weight on your bookshelves is zigzagging it. This involves not formally lining up objects across shelves, but instead putting stacked books on the bottom shelf’s right side, positioning books on the above shelf’s left side, and then doing the opposite with the next shelf up. Continue in this pattern for the next shelves you see as you bring your gaze higher.

That formation can look spectacular in one of the wonderfully-designed bookcases that UK customers can buy from our online store; why not see how easy it is to browse the product listings here and secure a great deal for genuinely high-quality furniture?