The problem of free space is always relevant, especially for small apartments. What to do if you want to place your favorite books or children's crafts? Corner shelves will help out.
Almost always in the apartment there is an unoccupied free corner in which a rack or small shelf would be perfectly located. This will free up some space and also add a new decorative element.
Materials for making shelves
Today it is difficult to find a house or apartment that does not have shelves. They are convenient for laying out personal hygiene items in the bathroom, arranging books, flowers, kitchen utensils or small crafts and trinkets. The angular position provides great opportunities for design imagination when creating various shelf configurations.
Corner shelves Due to the design, they can save space in the apartment and at the same time aesthetically decorate the corners.
Today it is possible to choose a corner shelf on the wall for any room. Specialized stores are ready to offer a wide range of shapes and designs from various materials. But the cost of such shelves does not always suit every potential buyer.
Wooden wall hangings have a traditional and classic look. It can be made in a minimalist style, but will still remain attractive.
In a new review, the author has collected examples of racks and shelves that you can make with your own hands. They must, of course, be used according to direct purpose. Having looked at the photographs collected here, you can easily make sure that there is nothing fundamentally complicated in the proposed option.
1. Circle shaped
An original round shelf, the edging of which is made of thin fiberboard, and the shelves themselves are made of ordinary boards painted in White color. Of course, such a design is not suitable for storing the entire home library, but it can accommodate several educational books, a small indoor plant and a couple of framed photographs.
2. Wall shelf
A charming hanging shelf that can be made from a few unwanted books or notepads same size. This shelf is not only suitable for storing cosmetic accessories and small decorative items, but in itself will be a wonderful decoration for any wall.
3. Arrow
Stylish arrow-shaped bookshelf with backlight, made from leftover metal water pipes, will fit perfectly into the interior of a teenage boy’s room or a bachelor’s apartment.
4. Practical and unusual
Original and practical shelf, which can be made from a small tray from an old cart and several wooden blocks. This shelf is reliable and spacious and is suitable for storing a wide variety of things.
5. Charming shelving
A stylish and original shelving unit made from a slightly modified door painted white. Filled with your favorite books, candles, family photos and small decorative elements, such a shelving unit will be a real highlight of any space.
6. Narrow slats
Old skis that have been collecting dust in the closet for many years can be used to create unusual shelves. Such shelves will fit perfectly into the interior of a nursery and are suitable for storing toys and books.
7. Stylish copper
Massive shelves made of wood covered with a stylish copper-colored film are perfect for placing house plants.
8. Old pallet
Old wooden pallet Simply turn it into an original shelf for storing magazines and family photos.
9. Industrial style
Stylish storage system that is relevant now industrial style, which can be made from wood or MDF boards, painted in grey colour and interconnected by a structure of metal water pipes.
10. Bright honeycomb
Original shelves, made from brightly colored hexagonal gift boxes attached to mirrors of the same shape. Of course, this design is not suitable for storing large, heavy objects, but it is suitable for storing little things that are dear to the heart and decorative items, and will also become a unique wall decoration.
11. Stylish transformation
Drawers an old table, ready to be thrown away, can be used to create original shelves. Carefully painted and modified at your discretion, the drawers can be attached to the wall, both vertically and horizontally, and used to store a wide variety of things.
12. Rough design
Rough shelves made of untreated wood, exposed with varnish or paint, will fit perfectly into the interior of a room decorated in a rustic or country style.
13. Abundance of cells
A huge wall-length shelving unit made from many wooden boxes, painted in bright colors, can become a stylish and budget-friendly alternative to a massive store-bought wardrobe.
14. Wicker basket
MDF shelves.
Compact MDF shelves with fruit slices painted underneath them will become a bright and functional decoration of the kitchen wall.
17. Rustic style
A dense piece of bark or raw wood can be turned into a fantastic hanging shelf, which will become an original alternative to the standard bedside table.
One of the ways to decorate a room is to use shelves. But they are not only an object for decoration. Much more often they are functional. Shelves are hung on the wall, placed on the floor, some are hung from the ceiling or beams. But the best thing is that they are easy to make yourself, with your own hands.
Types of shelves in the house
Depending on the installation location, shelves can be wall-mounted, floor-mounted or hanging. If the floor shelf has a large height - from a meter and above, it is often called a rack. A few words about hanging ones: usually these are decorative structures that hang on a pipe or a specially driven bracket. This option is popular in rooms where heating pipes run under the ceiling: they just beg to have something hung on them. Shelves are hung on the pipe in the kitchen and bathroom: it’s convenient there.
They are made of wood, fiberboard, and have glass shelves. The same materials are used as stands, but they are also made from metal, plastic and other absolutely incredible things - for example, pipes or bottles.
IN living rooms It doesn’t really matter what material the shelf is made of. It is important that its design is in the same style as the interior. Even functionality is not always important: some play a purely decorative role. If they have anything on them, it’s only one or two items. Their role is to give the interior of the home a special style and flavor.
A laconic style of apartment design and the same laconic shelves in a contrasting color. In this interior they - main element The free space above the sofa is organically filled with shelves to match the walls
If we talk about shelves in technical rooms - the kitchen and bathroom, in particular, then in addition to aesthetic considerations, practicality requirements are almost universally added. Even decorative shelves The kitchen must be cleaned well. For bathroom shelves, the requirements are generally high: from time to time there are very high humidity and materials are required that can carry it without any harm. There aren't many of them. It's plastic and stainless steel. They also make bathroom shelves from MDF, but they can be used normally if they are in good condition.
Shelves on the wall
In any room there are places on the wall where you just need to hang something. After all, the majority modern furniture occupies only the lower part - sofas, tables, couches. The upper part remains empty and dissonance arises: the lower part of the room is overloaded and the upper part is half empty or completely empty. These voids on the walls are organically filled with shelves.
The whole system, and the most “dead” space is used - the corner
Structurally, most shelves consist of the actual shelves and lintels. But these components are combined into so many options that it is impossible to count. A simple design is good: you can make any shelves with your own hands. Moreover, these products may be the first self-made things. It's really simple.
How and what to attach it to
It’s not for nothing that we start with fasteners. The design of a wall shelf largely depends on the type of mounting. Or maybe it’s the other way around. It depends on what to dance from...
Traditional hinges
Eat traditional way- on the hinges. It is suitable for wood and fiberboard, any other material that is thick enough to attach. Screwed onto the sides with self-tapping screws. Then the distance between the centers of the loop holes is measured and marked on the wall (make sure it is horizontal). At the marked points, holes are drilled for the dowel, the dowel is inserted and a dowel-nail with a small head is screwed into it, which fits into a loop or bracket (a pin slightly bent upward). Then a shelf is hung on them.
Not all materials can be drilled. For example, glass shelves. You definitely can't screw anything into them. Fastenings for glass shelves are special: they consist of two parts, between which glass is inserted. Often elastic pads are installed between the holders. The bottom mount usually has a small clamping screw to secure it in place.
Fasteners for glass shelves
The most popular mount for glass shelves is called “pelican” - for its unique shape. He looks good himself, there is different colors. The thickness of the glass it can hold is from 8 to 34 mm. You can insert not only glass into it, but also any other material of such thickness. It just looks stylish with glass.
It’s easy to make glass shelves on the wall with it: you buy a mount, order it from a glass workshop the right size and shape pieces of glass with processed edges (or cut them yourself if you know how). All that remains is the assembly itself:
- Attach the pelicans to the wall. Two dowels each. Collapsible body - decorative overlay comes off and there are two holes in the mounting plate. One is higher in the body, the second is lower. We secured it and put the decorative trim in place.
- Glass was installed.
- Tightened the screw. All.
There are other forms of similar fasteners. The photo below shows a few of them.
Decorative brackets
Another type of fastening is brackets. They are reliable, some are decorative, so much so that they themselves are decorations.
Concealed installation - shelves without support
And the most amazing device for hidden installation. It makes it possible to hide the fasteners. A seat for the pin and the holder body is cut out at the end, and the shelf is simply put on it.
As you can see, even simple board or a piece of glass on such mounts is already quite good. But there is still a sea of all sorts of ideas.
Bookshelves
There are strength requirements for bookshelves: they can hold significant weight. Therefore, the fastening, materials and design must be reliable. Traditionally, bookshelves are made of wood, laminated or veneered fiberboard. And then fiberboard with a long span (more than 90 cm) sag over the years.
When planning shelves for books on the walls according to your own dimensions, keep in mind that the distance between the supports should not be more than 90 cm. Then even when fully loaded it will not bend. There are two types and varieties of shelves: wall-mounted and floor-mounted. Both of them can be angular.
In the simplest case, it is a board secured in one of the following ways. Some options, especially correct delivery they look very good.
And with imagination, several planks turn into very interesting thing, which can even be the main element of decor. Ideas for self-made collected in the photo gallery.
And this is a serious way to expand the space due to the angles between two windows. Nonlinearity - they are always interesting, and on such a shelf you can put books of different heights
Floor bookshelves can be loaded more seriously. Here the forms are different: there are racks to which shelves are attached. The highlight can be a broken or unusual line of shelves, as well as interesting racks.
It's more likely bookcase or even a closet, but the essence does not change - original color and interesting small shelves in the central part and the structure looks interesting 
A very interesting idea - non-linear shelves and lintels made of thick glass
On the manufacture of fountains (both small indoor ones and more substantial ones for country houses, gardens or garden plot) read.
Hanging
Not very numerous, but an original type. The most important thing is that it can be done easily: a few planks, four ropes or two belts and you can get to work.
This is a complex system of blocks...and the shelves can be located at any level. Two planks, four ropes and half an hour of time are all that is needed to make this shelf. How to make a hanging shelf - graphic step-by-step instructions
To the nursery
While the child is very small, I want functional shelves, but with children's drawings. But where can you get these? Do it yourself. Any shelf of the configuration you like can be covered with non-woven wallpaper or thick wrapping paper (glued with PVA). After drying, coat with varnish twice. water based. Such shelves can be washed, but what’s most interesting is that the shelf can change with the child. You tear it off old decor, glue a new one. The idea is simple, it works perfectly.
For children, the shelves are not very different in design. If we talk about floor or shelving, then they must be strong, taking into account the fact that older children will definitely want to climb on them. Therefore, often even those shelves that stand on the floor are additionally attached to the wall: so that they do not collapse and crush young climbers. Based on these considerations, they are not made tall: even if they fall, it’s not scary.
The shelves in the children's room also differ in color - they are brighter, can be made in the form of letters, and boxes for toys can be installed in them: this makes it easier to keep them in order. In general, functionality and security must be combined.
System with drawers - cleaning will be quick Combination of open and closed shelves - convenient for preschoolers
Shelves and shelves for the kitchen
Say what you like, but in the kitchen the main thing is functionality. Not so much free space even on the walls: cabinets occupy large territory. Therefore, one of the tasks is to make the most of free space. There are interesting ideas for small or even very small gaps between the wall and the refrigerator or other household appliances. Strictly in size, you can make a pokka on wheels, which can be pulled out and completely hidden there. It is wide and narrow (see photo).
It’s easy to make such a retractable shelf-rack on wheels for different jars. Everything you need is at hand and out of the way
Is there some more interesting ideas about saving space. If the sink or station is located near the window, you can take the sides. There is an interesting hanging option- a grid on chains to which all utensils are attached. But such a shelf is possible if the desktop is not against the wall. Another option for saving space is if the kitchen-dining room is zoned with a counter, you can also make a shelf above it, which will be partially hanging. One part of it rests on the wall, the second on the counter or “hangs” on the ceiling.
Covering the entire wall above your desk with cabinets is not the best solution. They look heavy. The problem can be solved by glass doors, but not everyone likes it. The solution is to make open shelves between the cabinets. They will add more lightness to the interior and work zone will not put so much pressure on the rest of the space.
Glass and open shelves will “lighten” the interior The style is different - the idea is the same Closed and open shelves in one system - convenient and non-standard
Decorative and original
Often, shelves on the wall play a purely decorative role. They are designed to attract attention and this goal is achieved by an unusual shape, contrasting with the walls and color. You can’t bet much on it: one or two things, but how interesting they are.
Another option for “square” shelves. Two identical sets arranged differently If traditional square shelves decorate the edges with curly frames, the style turns out to be completely different
Another one interesting topic- glass shelves. Just one glass is not very interesting. Its combination with wood and steel is more attractive. The effects are sometimes unexpected. Glass is assembled on guides: the material is fragile and heavy, and it needs to be held. Steel can do this.
In fact, these systems are intended for creating store interiors, but also in apartments modern style or look stylish.
Also suitable for vintage style
What are shelves made of? Even from pipes. Metal and plastic. Do you have any samples left from the renovation? Put it to work and get a designer item, interestingly, assembled from trash.
This is an interesting variation of a bookshelf made of pipes
Stylish concept of a shelf in the form of a snake. A very interesting design, which is made of durable plastic with a matte finish. Delicate color, original texture, precision of lines - everything speaks of the modernity and stylishness of the designer piece of furniture. The shelf differs from all the others in that it is designed to cover the entire height of the wall, from ceiling to floor; moreover, it is voluminous, very spacious and multifunctional. The shelf is suitable for any type of design and interior, and besides, it harmonizes perfectly and goes with all colors, but it is better when the colors of a delicate, light palette are present. The shelf, of course, can be used for decoration, but it is advisable to use it for its intended purpose, because it is voluminous and can store many things and objects. An excellent choice for a modern person.
Another interesting shelf is the snake. Also made of light, delicate shades, which speaks of the elegance and elegance of the product. Shelf height small sizes, although it is large in width. Suitable for both decorating a room and storing things. Excellent design solution– color, shape and style, that’s all you need to modern man. In addition, on the top shelf there is a secret matte cabinet purple, which will fit perfectly into any interior with elements purple shades. As you can see, the photo shows an interior with wall cladding in gray tones - the shelf fits perfectly with this design. Such a shelf is suitable for an extraordinary person with imagination, so if you are just such a person, then you will like this thing perfectly.
Excellent, small and convenient snake shelf. Suitable for every interior and every situation in your apartment or office. The shelf is made of durable plastic and coated with paint and varnish, which gives it shine and gloss. You can easily purchase such a thing for decoration - a figurine or a vase on it will look perfect and impeccable. The shelf is attached to the wall using joints - this is convenient and durable. You can place such a design in the bedroom, in the living room or in the hallway - it will find its purpose everywhere. Each of your guests will like this thing, because it is creative and unique. So if you welcome everything new and non-standard, then such a snake shelf simply must become part of your interior.
In small rooms it is always important to use every centimeter of space. Shelves on the walls allow you to place almost all the little things: from cosmetics, decorative elements, flowers to heavy books. And most importantly, they are inexpensive, easy to hang with your own hands and even make. We have prepared interesting shelf ideas with photographs.
For the simplest shelf you don’t need much: one laminated chipboard board and two brackets will cost less than 500 rubles. It can support up to 50 kg when using high-quality brackets. It should be remembered that beautiful decorative brackets are not designed to hold a lot of weight.
- For attachment to concrete wall use standard dowel-nails 6x60 mm. The shelf can be hung more securely on anchors.
- If the wall is made of plasterboard, fastening is done using special dowels (butterflies, umbrellas). At the same time, the maximum load is significantly reduced: it is no longer possible to store heavy books.
- For walls made of cellular concrete When fastening, special expansion anchors are used.
We use every corner
In the kitchen, narrow shelves can be placed above dining table in several rows. This will free up the table.
The space in the toilet behind the toilet is usually not used in any way; pipes run there. If you install narrow shelves, they will not disturb anyone, and the new storage space will household chemicals will appear.
Open shelves behind the toilet. 
They can be closed with doors. 
Or roller shutters.
IN narrow rooms shelves are mounted between two walls.
For books
On horizontal shelves, books need holders or side walls. Therefore, they often make small vertical shelves, diagonal, corner ones - this way the books will not fall. 
In a schoolchild's children's room, the shelves are located above desk. They should be convenient size and with a secure fastening so that all textbooks fit. 
Shelves from IKEA
IKEA LACK. Universal solution- IKEA LACK shelves. Why and how they were not used. They are sold in several versions: 110, 190, 30 cm, in white, black, red, wood. There is also a 30 cm vertical shelf module. With a base thickness of 5 cm, classic colors and no visible fasteners, they have a modern look that matches and complements IKEA cabinets.
LACK can be mounted evenly in a row, offset, in corners, at an angle; narrow shelves can be mounted vertically and used as limiters.
Corner shelves for small items. Mounting to adjacent walls. Shelf module in the bathroom.
Shoe storage. Storage in the toilet. Mounting above the desktop with offset.
A hidden metal bracket is attached to the wall, a shelf is placed on it and secured with two small screws from below. Maximum load 7-15 kg, depending on length and base.
Decorative
Decorative shelves are not designed for heavy loads. They are needed for arranging accessories in the style of the interior, flowers, paintings.
Original shelves made from scrap materials
If you can’t find suitable shelves on sale or you have limited finances, you can make them yourself. To do this you will need several boards, screw ties and a standard set of tools. When making original designer shelves, the choice of material depends only on your imagination. Simple shelves are made from boards or chipboard. In the latter option, be sure to cover the ends with an edge. The shape and size of homemade shelves can be absolutely any. If in the hallway or closet you can give preference simple designs, then it’s better to come up with something original in the kitchen or living room. For example, for the kitchen you can make vintage shelves for spices or original bottle shelves. 
Shelves are open place for storage without door. This must be taken into account if you want to make a large shelving that covers the entire wall. In the living room, once filled with objects, they will look ugly, so it is better to use them there only for decorative elements. Using shelves in the interior will not only help put things in their places, but also add originality to the interior.
