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

Varieties

There are several types of designs.

Wall mounted

These models, due to this arrangement, will not clutter up the space and provide maximum savings in usable space. Secured shelves are safe and comfortable enough to hold toys, books, dolls, toy cars, and more. For a child of a younger age, it is advisable to choose structures equipped with a side that protects against falling objects.

Floor standing

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

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

Open

They are considered the most versatile solution, due to which you can significantly transform the nursery environment, 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 closed facades, contribute to maintaining order in the room and provide a systematic storage of a variety of items, in the form of clothes, books, toys and others.

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

Racks

These horizontal or vertical structures are very often installed in the nursery, as they competently organize the space and visually facilitate it. Shelving is sometimes assembled with partitions, drawers and boxes, pallets, back walls and various cabinets.

Combined

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

Built-in

Thanks to the built-in models, it turns out to rationally use every centimeter of the room. The shelves located in the niche are perfect for any purpose and undoubtedly become an original highlight of the entire room.

Materials (edit)

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

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

In the photo there are shelves made of plasterboard in the interior of a children's room for a girl.

Shelf shapes and sizes

Quite often, in the design of a 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 pleasant addition to any design. In addition, the elements, in the form of squares, can be arranged in different ways, thereby achieving the desired composition. Compact small shelves will be an excellent option for creating a comfortable interior in a small room.

Corner models, which differ in diverse design solutions, cope most successfully with saving free space in space. These shelves can be simple and laconic, have rounded edges, be symmetrical or complemented with side walls.

Design of interesting children's shelves

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

Bright interior accents can be set using models equipped with multi-colored backlighting, small diode lamps or classic spot lighting. By placing such structures over the sleeping place, you can also provide the child with a comfortable reading before going to bed.

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

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

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

Hanging open or closed shelves on ropes or ropes attached to the wall or ceiling are also quite fashionable and stylish solution.

In the photo there are shelves-houses in the interior of a children's room for a girl.

Colors

The most common option is white shelves, which harmoniously complement any stylistic solution of the nursery and are advantageously combined with various shades. These products can merge with wall decoration or vice versa create unusual contrasts. No less popular is the use of designs in blue tones, which have a positive pacifying and calming effect.

The interior of the 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 revive the atmosphere of the nursery and form a truly iridescent atmosphere in it.

How to arrange the room?

Popular places to place shelves.

Over the bed

For safety reasons, it is not recommended to install too bulky structures and filling in the form of heavy objects above the child's sleeping place. The best solution would be to use several lightweight shelves in an unusual design.

In the photo there are 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 are often equipped above the desk or computer desk. Also, a stylish and spacious single-level, multi-tiered or corner console is sometimes hung over the working area, on which you can place various pictures, photo frames and other knickknacks.

Near the window

Thanks to such furniture elements located near the window or as a frame around the window opening, it is possible to achieve maximum savings in usable space, 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 the children's room with shelves located under the window openings.

In the corner

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

In a niche

The shelves are the perfect complement to the wall recess. The niche provides these products with the required support, which allows them to place heavier objects on them.

What to put on the shelves?

Options for filling the 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 their beautiful design, form an exclusive and creative interior. Also, narrow strips are often used, which suggest the location of the books with the cover first.

In the photo there are narrow white bookshelves in the children's room for a girl.

For toys

For toys, open, closed structures are chosen, or racks 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 separate cells, each of which can easily accommodate a toy car.

For children's things

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

Under the TV

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

Flowers, decor, crafts

Open shelves or closed structures with transparent facades will be an excellent option for a visual demonstration of children's crafts or various decor that does not need to be hidden.

Age features of the choice of shelves

Several nuances to choose from:

• In the nursery for the baby, it is recommended to install models with rounded outlines, without the use of a mirror and glass, in order to ensure maximum safety.
• Products for a schoolchild's child should be equipped with many sections in which storage of study supplies will be assumed.
• For a teenager's room, deeper structures, characterized by strict shapes, in the form of squares, rectangles, minimalistic narrow models or modern transforming shelves, are best suited.

Shelf ideas for girls

A traditional solution for a girl will be products in white, pink, crimson, lilac or other beautiful and delicate colors. Various 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 the little princess, there are mainly a large number of things, it is sometimes decorated with spacious 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, car 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 accustom the boy to order and responsibility.

In the photo there is a white open shelf above the bed in the room of a teenage boy.

Examples of design in various styles

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

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

Photo gallery

The shelves in the children's room, due to the 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.