Shelves in the nursery: types, materials, design, colors, options for filling and location

Varieties

There are several types of structures.

Wall mounted

These models, due to this arrangement, will not clutter up the space and provide maximum savings in usable area. Reliably fixed shelves are safe and convenient enough for placing toys, books, dolls, cars and other things. For a child of a younger age, it is advisable to choose designs equipped with a side that protects from falling objects.

Floor

They represent the most practical design, which, if necessary, can easily be moved to another place. Floor models can differ in a wide variety of configurations and perform different functions. Such storage systems are quite roomy and can withstand heavy loads.

On the photo there are white floor shelves in the interior of the nursery for the newborn.

Open

They are considered the most universal solution, due to which you can significantly transform the nursery, emphasize its style and give the space a certain airiness. The only drawback of such products is their impracticality and frequent cleaning, due to the rapid accumulation of dust.

Closed

Such unusually functional shelves, due to the closed facades, help maintain order in the room and provide a systematic storage of a variety of objects, in the form of clothes, books, toys and other things.

In the photo there is a nursery for two girls with closed shelves with glossy pink facades.

Shelving

These horizontal or vertical structures are often installed in the nursery, as they competently organize the space and visually facilitate it. Shelves are sometimes equipped with partitions, drawers and boxes, pallets, rear walls and different lockers.

Combined

Products combined with a pedestal are especially useful if you need more space for storing children's things. Due to such an additional module, it turns out to significantly expand the functionality of the nursery.

Embedded

Thanks to the built-in models, it turns out to rationally use every centimeter of the room. Shelves located in a niche perfectly fit any purpose and undoubtedly become the original highlight of the entire room.

Materials

In the manufacture of shelves, a wide variety of types of materials are used:

• Wooden.
• Metal.
• Plastic
• Particleboard / MDF.
• Drywall.
• Glass.

On the photo there are shelves made of drywall in the interior of the children's room for the girl.

Forms and sizes of shelves

Quite often in the design of the nursery there is a set of shelves, consisting of individual square-shaped modules. Such designs, due to their grace and strict geometric proportions, are a nice addition to any design. In addition, the elements in the form of squares can be arranged in different ways, thereby achieving the desired composition. An excellent option for creating a comfortable interior in a small room is compact small shelves.

Most successful with saving space in space, corner models cope, which differ in a variety of structural solutions. These shelves can have a simple and concise design, have rounded edges, be symmetrical or complemented by side walls.

Design interesting children's shelves

In order to further emphasize the individuality of the nursery’s interior, they choose interesting and original shelves from environmentally friendly wood, plywood or chipboard, made in the form of cars, a garage, a train, a rocket, a boat, a tree and other things.

You can set bright interior accents due to models equipped with multi-colored lighting, small diode lamps or classic spot lighting. When placing such structures above the berth, it is also possible to provide the child with a comfortable reading before bedtime.

In the photo there is a children's wall shelf, stylized as an airplane.

For older children, unusual, more solid products, stylized as a semicircular sphere, spiral, ladder or, for example, models, in the form of skateboards, are suitable.

In the photo there is a room for a girl with shelves in the form of a white cloud.

Also quite fashionable and stylish solution are hanging open or closed shelves on ropes or ropes attached to a wall or ceiling.

The photo shows shelves in the interior of the children's room for the girl.

Colors

The most common option is the white shelves, which harmoniously complement any children's stylistic solution and are advantageously combined with various shades. These products can merge with wall decoration or vice versa to create unusual contrasts. Equally popular is the use of designs in blue tones that have a positive pacifying and calming effect.

The interior of a child’s room can be diluted with colored shelves in bright yellow, orange, red, green or other more saturated colors. Thus, it turns out to significantly revitalize the children's environment and create a truly rainbow-like atmosphere in it.

How to arrange in a room?

Popular places to place shelves.

Above the bed

Above the berth of the child, for safety reasons, it is not recommended to install too bulky structures and fill in the form of heavy objects. The best solution is to use several lightweight shelves in an unusual design.

In the photo, bedside shelves made of wood in the design of a children's room.

Over the table

For convenient storage of school and office supplies, textbooks, books and other necessary things, shelves above a desk or computer desk are often enough equipped. Also, a stylish and roomy single-level, multi-tier or corner console is sometimes hung over the work area, on which you can place various pictures, photo frames and other trinkets.

Near the window

Thanks to similar furniture elements located near the window or as a frame around the window opening, it is possible to achieve maximum savings in useful area, which is especially important in the design of small rooms. The window-sill space can be equipped with a low rack, supplemented with a mattress, sofa cushions, thereby turning it into a cozy resting place.

The photo shows the interior of a children's room with shelves located under the window openings.

In the corner

Competently optimize the space, save free meters and give the room a special functional practicality, allow the structures installed in the corner. Such models contribute to the rational placement of various necessary things, leaving them in the public domain.

In a niche

Shelves become an excellent complement to the wall recess. The niche provides these products with the required support, which allows you to place heavier objects on them.

What to put on the shelves?

Options for filling shelves in the interior of the nursery.

For books and textbooks

Such models, first of all, should be distinguished by high strength, reliability and withstand significant weight. Shelves or shelves not only provide an orderly storage of books and textbooks, but also due to the beautiful design, form an exclusive and creative interior. Also often used narrow bars, which suggest the arrangement of books with the cover forward.

The photo shows narrow white bookshelves in the children's room for the girl.

For toys

For toys, designs of open, closed type are chosen or shelves are installed, supplemented by boxes, wicker baskets or plastic containers that can be placed in sections in any order. The optimal solution for storing cars is a shelf with individual cells, each of which easily accommodates a toy car.

For children's things

More functional and practical options are models equipped with hooks for clothes or a bar for hangers. Such products are especially relevant in the design of the nursery for the newborn, where they are mainly installed next to the changing table.

Under the tv

Such products can have the most diverse designs and be made of any materials. Most often, for the location of a TV device and other equipment, mounted models or racks are chosen.

Flowers, decor, crafts

Open shelves or closed structures with transparent facades will be a great option for a visual demonstration of children's crafts or various decor that you do not need to hide.

Age features of the choice of shelves

A few nuances of choice:

• In the nursery for the baby, it is recommended to install models with rounded outlines, without the use of a mirror and glass, to ensure maximum safety.
• Products for the child of the student must be equipped with many sections in which storage of accessories for study will be assumed.
• For a teenager’s room, deeper structures that are strict in the form of squares, rectangles, minimalistic narrow models or modern transformer shelves are best suited.

Shelf Ideas for Girls

The traditional solution for the girl will be products in white, pink, raspberry, lilac or other beautiful and delicate colors. A variety of designer shelves will not only contribute to the organization of a comfortable storage space for various items, but also form a unique author's interior.

Since, in the room of a little princess, there are mainly a large number of things, it is sometimes decorated with roomy shelves, stylized as a castle or a house.

A selection of photos for boys

The main colors are green, blue, blue, gray shades or restrained colors. For the boy, both a laconic model and products resembling a ship, plane, machine or fortress will be appropriate.

Through the use of shelves and racks, it turns out to achieve a more accurate appearance of the room and to accustom the boy to order and responsibility.

Pictured is a white open shelf over a bed in a teenager boy’s room.

Examples of design in various styles

The classic style is characterized by a presentable type of furniture, which is mainly made of natural wood. Such designs have elegant shapes and symmetry; moldings, carved, forged parts and other elegant elements are often used as decor. For marine applications, lightweight wood models with a faded effect or products in white shades are appropriate.

In the Provence style, shelves are distinguished by natural performance, vintage design, light shades and decor, in the form of painting or decoupage.

Photo gallery

Shelves in the children's room, due to competent design, contribute to a significant transformation of the room and become a harmonious addition to the rest of the furniture or a separate original element of the interior.