Shelves above the bed: design, color, types, materials, layout options

Design Features

The main design nuances:

• It is very important to think about the place of attachment so that you do not hit your head on a shelf. Products with smoothed corners are considered safer.
• To place books or other heavy objects on a suspended model, you should choose wooden strong products with a metal frame.
• In a small room in Khrushchev, the area should be used as rationally as possible, so it would be better to replace bedside tables with tall narrow racks connected to each other by means of a transverse shelf.
• If the bed stands with its head toward a narrow wall, visually expanding the space is possible due to the elongated hinged structure.
• According to Feng Shui, it is believed that the shelves hanging above the head contribute to constant tension, pressure and thereby interfere with a comfortable sleep. Therefore, this philosophy does not recommend such placement. In addition, open horizontal structures cut the space and do not favorably affect the atmosphere in the room. For this, it is recommended to choose closed models.

Types of shelves

There are several varieties of these products.

Embedded

Due to the fact that the built-in models externally represent a part of the wall, they especially harmoniously merge into the interior space.

Mounted

They are the most traditional, versatile and fairly reliable option that is hung on the wall with the help of fasteners or even mounted on the ceiling with special cables, ropes, chains and other materials.

In the photo there are wall shelves without fasteners located above the bed in the bedroom interior.

Open

Such designs are chosen to decorate the room, as they focus on their content. Open shelves can have different widths and depths, they look quite easy and do not clutter up the space, which is especially true for small rooms.

In the photo, a teenage girl’s room with open shelves above the bed.

Closed

Such shelves allow you to preserve the aesthetics of the environment and deprive the room of clutter. Closed models protect things perfectly and prevent dust from accumulating on them. These products can be with doors, textile curtains or differ in the glazed execution.

Combined

Combine several materials at once in the form of wood and glass, metal and plastic, or at the same time combine open and closed facades. Combined designs have a very interesting appearance, which adds originality to the interior.

Material

Most often, the following materials are used in the manufacture of these furniture items:

• Glass. They are made from ordinary or organic glass, which can be frosted, transparent or colored. Particularly striking design is the stained glass shelves.
• Wooden. Such products always look very stylish, expensive and due to their naturalness fill the space with energetic heat.
• Plastic They have a modern and high-tech look, have a wide color spectrum and are considered quite unpretentious in operation.
• Fiberboard / particleboard. They are mechanically strong, have a very attractive and elegant appearance and, thanks to perfect processing technology, can reproduce the textures of a wide variety of materials.
• From drywall. They can be a fairly convenient design of any shape, which can easily be mounted with your own hands.

In the photo, the interior of the bedroom with shelves above the bed made of natural wood.

Also, very often combined materials are used in the manufacture of shelves, so you can give the products a truly distinctive look.

In the photo there are multi-colored shelves made of plastic, placed above the bed in the interior of the nursery for boys.

Location

Popular accommodation options:

• In a niche. Such a recess provides a very functional and practical arrangement of shelves. In addition, the niche can be supplemented with a mirror, different lights, original fixtures or sconces.
• At the head of the bed. Basically, shelves at the head of the bed are mounted at a convenient distance or are built directly into the back, which allows you to keep an alarm clock, gadgets, books and other necessary things at hand. Most often, these models have an elegant, concise design and have a calmer color.
• Side view. This arrangement is especially appropriate if the structure above the headboard causes discomfort and fears of falling during sleep. The shelves on the side of the berth look no less interesting and can be placed in a linear or asymmetric order.
• In the corner. Corner shelves mounted on two adjacent walls are an unusual solution that allows you to rehabilitate the useful space and significantly transform the environment.

Shelves should differ not only in beautiful design, but also have a competent location. Thus, it turns out to provide convenient access to things, as well as turn the shelves into a decorative finishing part of the entire interior.

Design and decor

Shelves for books are sometimes placed above the bed, which can be open, glazed, differ in a laconic design or original execution. Thanks to the huge designer imagination, the products can be made in the form of a tree, ladder or bee honeycombs. Also hang designs for paintings or photographs, which are framed in different frames with a mat. Such decor is able to give space a special aesthetics and style.

In the photo there is a bedroom with bookshelves above the bed, equipped with spotlights.

Shelves complemented by lighting, small diode lamps or other types of lighting look very original, as well as corner models that differ in various functional loads and have excellent decoration.

Colors

The color of these products is mainly chosen for the tinted solution of the bed and wall decoration. Shelves can be contrasting or vice versa merge with the surrounding design. Bright colors will allow you to highlight the design against the general interior background, and the design in discreet colors will create a feeling, as if the decor placed on the shelf, soars in the air.

In the photo there are white shelves above the bed in the interior of the bedroom for a teenage girl.

The classic solution is white models that are suitable for decoration of any interior space. They do not visually clutter up the room and contribute to a lighter and more spacious environment. Shelves in black, chocolate-brown tones or wenge hue designs look very advantageous, giving the room special graphics and brightness. To create interesting accents, choose colored products in blue, yellow, red, green and other colorful designs.

Bedroom Ideas

The interior of the bedroom for adults, has a particularly careful planning and attention to all the minor elements.The area above the bed is especially popular, here shelves are most often a decorative item that is complemented by various photo frames, souvenirs, books, beautiful candles, elegant vases or other cute trinkets.

In the photo, the interior of the bedroom has a double bed, equipped around with open shelves.

Shelves can be not only an aesthetic element in the design of the bedroom, but also represent a fairly roomy structure, which can easily replace a bedside table. A particularly practical and interesting solution is considered to be bedside modular products that provide the arrangement of objects in separate sections.

Photo in the children's room

In the design of this room, they primarily pay attention to the safety and functionality of the structure. For children, mostly brighter and more colorful models are chosen, and for newborns, shelves in shape resembling a cloud, a house or letters. Such products are placed on top, side or in a corner, both in a linear order and at different heights.

In the photo, the teenager’s room is decorated with white long hinged shelves above the bed.

For the nursery, shelves located in the niche are also quite in demand. It will be convenient for the girl here to arrange dolls, plush toys and other cute little things, and the boy to arrange a collection of cars, airplanes or various designers. In the room of a schoolchild’s child, these products are perfect for storing your favorite books, photo frames or other necessary and necessary items.

In the photo there are wooden shelves in a niche located above the bed in a room for two children.

For teenagers, they prefer more spacious models or designs that have an original and stylish design, for example, in the form of fish, a fire escape or a guitar.

Examples in various styles

In a modern interior, it is appropriate to use concise shelves of geometric shapes made from a variety of materials. An excellent addition will be closed models with frosted, transparent or patterned glazing, as well as stylish designs with backlight.

For classic design, they prefer natural wood products that can be located in a niche or just hang on the wall with beautiful brackets. By the color scheme, they select more calm and neutral shades.

The photo shows shelves of light shade on the side of the bed in the interior of the bedroom in the attic in the style of minimalism.

The Scandinavian style is characterized by hanging open shelves above the bed, which are decorated with living plants, black and white posters or photographs, adding to the atmosphere an atmosphere of special comfort and romance.

Provence or country, mainly decorated with wooden structures, decorated with openwork ornament or panel, and for minimalism choose the most simple and plain options, made of wood, plastic or transparent glass. Models made of wood or metal harmoniously fit into the urban loft, with a primitive finish and deliberately aged surface.

Photo gallery

Shelves above the bed are a very modern furniture accessory that can give the interior a special twist and effectively complement the decor of the room.