Brilliant modern bookcases for your home

Funky Modern Bookcases for your home

Not a Kindle fan? Join the club. Some of us prefer the solidity and texture of old-fashioned paperbacks – and hardbacks too, of course. However it does leave us with a rather large problem in the form of where we’re going to store all those books we just can’t let go of. And for that very reason we’ve come up with a set of modern bookcases that wouldn’t look out of place in any modern apartment or villa. All of the modern bookcases shown below are available in our Farnham or Ash Vale stores or you can buy online.

Consider curves

The aptly-named Swerve bookshelf with its continuous curved wooden shelving and circular chrome frame will soften any straight hard edges in your room. Available in a choice of veneered walnut or oak this is perfect for the modern study, hallway, bedroom or sitting room.

Rest and read

One thing for sure, with one of these wooden bookcase chairs at home you’ll never be bored since you’ll always have a book at hand, foot or head. Perfect for small apartments since it combines seating and shelving in one stylish piece of furniture.

Clever Clara

Get the Scandi minimalist look with this striking Clara Bookcase. Available in a choice of three up to five shelves, the smart white lacquered shelves and unassuming bamboo frame can be assembled in various ways to best suit your space and storage requirements. A very contemporary ‘step ladder’ design and a stylish piece of furniture all round.

Focal furniture

Your bookcase doesn’t have to be in the form of a unit that sits quietly tucked up against the wall, minding its own business. Nor does it have to be a multi-functional room divider. That’s because it could, in fact, take a pictorial form – such as this protruding black plastic ‘wall ornament’ bookcase (which reminds us of half a globe of the world).

Relatively rustic

The striking Apollo Eclectic Collection contains this Art Deco style bookcase. In this case, it’s taken on more of an industrial design feel, thanks to all the grey silver metal framing and rustic pine shelving. Very stylish, contemporary and perfect for a loft-style apartment and vintage villa.

Handy hanger

Not all bookcases have shelves and the next image is a case in point. This book rack in solid wenge has 12 pins which contain a little wooden plate on which a book sits. The length of the waxed cotton on each pin can be adjusted so that the tops of books of different heights can be aligned to sit at the same level. Designed by Gustav & Augusta, the couple plant a tree for every book case they sell.

Sensational staircase

It makes sense to use up all that space under the stairs as wisely as possible. Often that involves putting in shelving, rather than leaving the area either empty or converted into a miscellaneous junk cupboard and somewhere to hide the hoover. This way you get to store your books within easy reach of an armchair and again, it celebrates that contemporary large shelving look. You could always display a favourite vase or two in there as well.