Perhaps inspired by my own
color-coordinated bookshelves, TeamSugar member
Citygal decided to give her Ikea EXPEDIT bookcase a major overhaul of color!In under half an hour, her personal library was transformed from sloppy to sophisticated. She chose to go the rainbow route, beginning with red-toned books at the top, then to greens, blues, pinks, and finally whites and blacks at the bottom. Considering that her personal interests on her profile read "television, writing, books," it's no wonder that she's got a great collection — so why not show it off.
When you've got storage like the
Vitra Kast Tall Storage ($10,695), even your Encyclopedia Brittanica collection can look sexy — all the way from aardvark to zygote. The modular unit has a shelf and wall cupboard combination with colorful sliding doors. Although there's a lot going on with the color palette (pink, dark green, bronze grey, dark blue, sulphur yellow, and bright white), the clean lines and perfect proportions of the unit give it a restrained look that's elegant and distinguished.
For the next installment of
this game, take a look at each of these leaning bookcases, and then see if you can answer my questions about them.
Who doesn't like to read in the bathtub. Antonio Lupi's Biblio free-standing bathtub has a bookcase built around it, to provide storage for all of your bathtub tomes. I love the idea, but can't imagine books weathering the humidity too well.
Bluesuze recently posted a picture of an old bookcase in need of a new look in the group
Vintage/Antique Furniture Wabi Sabi.
She writes
I picked this old bookcase/china cabinet up a few years ago. It has since moved around my house but has found a place in my living room. The colors don't go at all, it's a forest green and my walls are a light tan, and my furniture colors are dark cranberries and browns.
Stanislav Katz Book Shelving (inquire for price) takes any notion you have of a bookcase and hangs it up on the wall. What looks like a flat steel piece shaped like the silhouette of a traditional armoire lays flush against the wall, with hot pink
Ikea Lack-like shelves affixed to it, to cut out an entire dimension of a classic "bookcase." I'd love to see this executed with a wall decal or a can of paint and some basic shelves. What do you think?
