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Shelving ideas for the home
‚ÄúA place for everything and everything in its place‚Äù – it’s a well worn phrase, the origin of which is unknown but the first printed citation was in 1827 from a text entitled ‘Neatness’. With that in mind we want to talk to you about ‘neatness’ in the home and ‘a place for everything’ so what better products to help you achieve this than shelves. Shelving can be wall-mounted, modular or free-standing but the most important thing to remember when choosing shelves for the home is that they should suit the way you live and the space you’ve got available.
Designer shelving around the home
The hallway is the main entry and exit point of the home and typically the place where you need certain items to hand as you come and go. Keys, mobile phones, post and memos all get scattered around the house but when you’re in a rush to leave you don’t want to be hunting these things down so put up a few of these mini-shelves in the hallway to keep everything in one place.
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Shelving, storage and the 6 inch nail
OK, so there I was musing on the subject of shelving and storage – it was a slow day Рand my thoughts turned to how boring the majority of options available are. Sure, there are many finishes to choose from, but the basic principles remain the same.
Shelves are lengths of wood, metal or whatever, held up by brackets attached to the wall by several screws. Invisible fixings and racking systems add a touch of excitement to the deal but that is about it. Books, in particular remain destined to be shunted along endless boring rows of variations on the standard bookshelf, many never to be read again.
Garages, garden stores and workshops are festooned with the legacy of, admittedly highly satisfactory, sessions whacking 6 inch nails into any available wall space at varying heights. From these, everything from spanners to saws, spades and screwdrivers hang limply like some still life piece eulogising the pleasure & pain of DIY.
