subject: Bookcases, Are They Just For Books? [print this page] Could you use a bookcase to display or store other items? The answer is yes; bookcases can be a versatile and adaptable piece of furniture. Take the very practical and modest bookcase. As a piece of furniture it's probably not very inspiring. They can be dull, very plain and frankly wouldn't make you rush out to buy one. Well if that's how you feel, then you won't be alone. The thing is, you have probably looked in the wrong place for this piece of furniture, and bog-standard high street efforts are dreary and boring. If however you have a look online, well, a completely new world of opens up to you.
The prospect of buying a new piece of furniture just for books would not excite many of us. If you think about it though, bookcases are fabulous things to have in your home. If you want to encourage children to read, an array of colourful, entertaining and eye catching books on display is likely to entice them into at least looking at books. As for yourself, do you like to lose yourself in a book, shut out the world and just read for hours at a time? If that's something you do, then it is something you need. bookcases can be entertainment centres, holding pure escapism, wonder and fact all in one place.
If you do like reading, piling books high in a corner of the room, not only looks unattractive and untidy; it's not very good for the books. You may be lucky enough to own some first editions or some signed copies of books. If you do have items like those then bookcases are just the thing for showing them off, and giving them pride of place in your room. bookcases can fit into any room or space in the house - living room, bedroom, hall, landing, kitchen and even bathroom. I can't think of one other piece of furniture that is as equally at home in a space on the landing or in a bedroom.
Books are wonderful things; we should cherish and look after them. bookcases do the job they are intended for, looking after books and double up as other things. You can get open pieces that act as display cabinets as well. You can have pieces that have adjustable shelves to switch to different heights. These can accommodate a stereo or sound system. There are bookcases that have additional built in storage such as cupboard or drawer space. Therefore, versatility is the bookcases middle name, if furniture had middle names that is!
Wood, glass shelves, open, with storage, glazed and just simple bookcases, there are hundreds of styles out there. The difficulty will be having to make a choice. As they can fit in any room, the good news is, you can have several, all in different styles. Your precious books can be stored safely and also protected from dust and humidity by the use of a bookcase. You can also have your stereo on display or some other items displayed with your books, making bookcases a great piece of furniture for any room.
