Everything you need to know about finding a shelf installer

Shelves can offer a great way to extend the amount of storage space you have within your home. They can also offer a way to enhance or decorate an otherwise vacant wall.

Whether your shelving needs are practical or decorative, it’s important to choose the right type of shelves to best suit your needs.

Shelf Purpose

The intended purpose of your shelving should be a primary consideration for the type of shelves you choose. Shelves need to be sturdy and stable enough to hold the items you wish to store without threat of falling or breaking.

Of course, if your intended purpose is purely decorative and the items you plan to put on your shelves are only light-weight, it’s possible to choose something that works as a form of adornment on a wall or within a room.

Storage and Space

Shelves offer a way to extend the amount of storage space you have available. This might mean adding a few shelves along a wall in your garage to store outdoor items. Shelves in a laundry can help to free up space within cupboards.

Installing small shelves in a kitchen can give you more space for canisters or spices or utensils. You may also have room inside your pantry to install smaller shelves to increase your storage space here as well.

Extra shelf space in a bathroom or over a bath tub can be ideal for holding additional toiletries or bathroom items that don’t fit anywhere else in the room. If you’re the type of person who enjoys a long soak in the tub, use a shelf to hold your bath oils, bubble bath and even a few scented candles to add a decorative touch.

Of course, children’s rooms are often smaller than master bedrooms and often need more available storage space for toys, games or books.

Corner Shelves

In most homes, the corners of rooms are under-utilised. We tend to put furniture along walls and tend to hang paintings or pictures in central locations, but the corners can be left forgotten and bare.

Placing corner shelving in a room can add a point of interest to an otherwise bare corner, especially if you have a decorative item or photo frame displayed there. You can even match the material used for the shelving to complement the other decor within the room.

Display and Decorative Shelves

The vast range of decorative shelves available can make it very easy to enhance your overall decor. Use strategically placed shelves to highlight any collectibles you have, or display ornamental features.

It’s also possible to purchase highly ornamental shelves that serve a double purpose. A good example of this could be using a wall sconce to act as a shelf to keep lit candles out of the way.

Glass shelving can remove the focus from the actual shelf and highlight the features you’ve place on the shelf instead. If you want to increase the decorative effect of an otherwise plain shelf, consider using fancy wall-mounting brackets.

Shelving for Safety Purposes

Keeping poisons, bleach and other potentially harmful household products in a cupboard can put them in easy reach of young children. Installing shelving in a laundry to store these items can offer a way to keep children safe and keep harmful products out of reach.