Ideas in Designing a Bedroom with Bookshelves

If you have so many books that you keep in your bedroom, you will love this post we have today. For sure, you will be able to get ideas on what you can do with your books especially if they are all scattered and cluttered. It is always good to keep our books well-arranged so that it won’t be hard to get those that we need. Also, it will look better in your bedroom.

Yes, you can have a library in your home and aside from a separate home library, you can have it in your very own private hub. Avoid seeing your books with your socks or under the bed covered with dust. You can always put up lovely shelving for this stuff. Aside from a separate shelf, you can always incorporate that to your headboard. It will work better that way too. So, let us now take a look at the bedrooms with bookshelves below.

94 Harvard Sq.

No, this isn’t wallpaper. These are real books arranged above and around the bed.

Rosedale Bungalow

Saarinen Large Womb Chair makes a perfect seating while reading but the shelves on the side also makes a perfect spot for storing books.

Turtle Creek High-Rise Condo

If you don’t have enough space for a tall bookshelf like the ones above, then go for a low one like this.

Guest Bedroom

The shelves are 6′ in one direction and 5′ in the other- just right for a lovely shelf in the bedroom!

River Road Cottage

This bedroom with built-in beds and book nooks looks minimal and we’d guess that this is what every book lover needs for their home!

Artist Home

Bookshelves frame the windows of this bedroom. It really is a nice spot to place it.

Tiny House

A tiny home can still have a space for books just like this one that occupies the wall for the tiny bedroom.

Aster

You can also place floating shelves on both sides of the bed to carry the books for you.

Teen Boy’s Bedroom

A Yankees fan bedroom with built-in shelves and cabinets that will suit the needs of a young man.

Bedroom

We love how the books were distributed in the shelf and how spaces were left on some areas.

Parkwood Road Residence Master Bedroom

A tranquil bedroom that is gifted with a bookshelf under the television. So, what would you do? Read or watch?

Crockett Residence

Bamboo flooring, a blue Ikea bed, floor to ceiling shelving and an opaque confetti-patterned vintage chair- what else would you need for a boy’s bedroom?

Bedroom Transformation

Yes, the door is unique but draw your attention to the books on both sides of the passageway towards the bed. Isn’t it a good way to keep your stuff?

Corvallis Custom Kitchens & Baths

It would really be nice to read on a bench just beside the window! And that is possible because the books are just around the bench.

Mill Valley

Try using the upper area of the wall for bookshelves. And yah, you have to provide a ladder too.

Booklovers will surely love to see how this list where bedrooms have their own shelves for books. It is like a library and bedroom in one! Nice, right? For sure, you already have an idea on what you will do with your own bedroom if it comes to book arrangement. You can also see dining rooms with bookshelves which looks as stunning as this list. With this, you’ll have a different option as a library aside from the bedroom.

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15 Concrete Exterior Staircase Design

Concrete steps are widely used for the outdoors because it is durable, easy to maintain and versatile. A lot of designers prefer the use of concrete for the exterior because you can do mostly anything to it like painting, staining, applying tiles or even shape it this way and that and provides designers with the opportunity to incorporate the environment to the design. They also last long and cost-efficient and easy to blend to the external style and concept for landscaping.

For this article, we are featuring 15 Exterior Concrete Stairways with various designs and concepts. Concrete exterior steps are often utilized to boost and compliment the landscape and exterior façade of the house. They also add value and elegance to the home. So, take time in choosing what you like best and have fun while you check out this article.

Saratoga Estate

This grand exterior Mediterranean inspired staircase is designed for a home, the Saratoga Estate. The light brown brick pattern courtyard and paving stones with varying colours and tiled staircase gives it a Spanish look that matches the Estate.

Santa Monica Canyon Residence

The concrete steps with metal railing, gravel landscape, a fire pit combined with soft lighting on the exterior in this home adds a modern look to the place. It is simple yet edgy.

Russian Hill Residence

The exterior concrete steps in this home, The Russian Hill Residence complete the whole look of the home. It is a perfect blend where contemporary meets modern.

Leasure Residence

The whole look of this house is equipped with different styles. The modern pool, stone patio and the concrete stairs outside the wall is simple yet gives an edge of elegance to the home.

Wild Oak

Everything on the exterior of this home screams modern, yet exquisite. The concrete cement patio, concrete stairs and metal railings, the pool, everything is modern inspired and simple yet beautiful.

Bullnose Concrete Steps with Stained Porch

The brown concrete steps in this home blends with the whole house, it is simple yet fetching. Isn’t it nice?

Grounded- Modern Landscape Architecture

The concrete and wood deck of this modern patio is another simple yet beautiful exterior landscape.

Classic Modern Mix

The long concrete steps that leads up to the fire table and dining area on this patio is somehow perfect for a traditional yet modern landscape design.

The Logan Residence

This is an exterior of a home designed for a contemporary artist. The floating treads, concrete patio steps and metal handrail give it an edge of modern in a contemporary place.

Presidio Heights Pueblo Revival

The totality of this patio implies relaxation and lounging. The furniture, soft and subtle colour of the steps, the colour scheme and the outdoor lighting is simple yet relaxing.

Battaglia Construction Stonework: Stairs

This beautiful stone walkway on the entrance of this home just blends with the exterior and gives it a bit of a Mediterranean look.

Large Blocks for Concrete Steps

This concrete steps with large blocks in neutral colours looks rough but beautiful. Perfect for landscaping and exterior designs for a traditional feel to the landscape.

Boulder Contemporary

The beauty of this concrete contemporary stair design is credited to the LED light underneath the treads that glows at night giving a “floating” effect. Perfect for homes that have a dark exterior so that you can watch your steps and not tumble down.

Modern Cardiff

The cool exterior combined with those concrete steps with clean lines and landscape gives away to everything modern in this home. It is another simple, yet beautiful exterior design that compliments the whole house.

Santa Ynez House

This exterior concrete steps in the home designed by Fernau and Hartman Architects completes the whole look of this home. The exterior stairs has a wall separating the home, soft lights and handrails.

As you have seen above, those exterior concrete steps really is a big help in providing beauty to a home. Some are quite simple but still manages to compliment the entire look of the house. The steps might be simple, but it blends into the landscape. It’s not just for everyday use, it also adds beauty. 

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20 Bedrooms with Wooden Panel Walls

There are indeed so many different ways to design an interior. One can even choose from a variety of materials which has a big effect to the look of the entire space. You have already seen the use of exposed bricks in bedrooms and into other areas of the house. You have also seen how a certain space looks with murals and wall papers on them. This time, allow us to show you another group of interior wall treatment using wood. Wood can be added to a room’s interior in different ways. It can be wooden panels or tiles. It can be arranged in various creative ways.

We will be showing you bedrooms with wooden panel walls. It could be used for the entire walls of the bedroom but it can also be used merely for accent walls. You will also see how wood textures vary and how wood created a warm and relaxing ambiance in the bedrooms. Take a look the bedrooms below:

Europeo Bedrooms

This contemporary space could be everyone’s dream bedroom because of the ambiance it creates. You can notice the wood panels on the wall that matches well with the rest of the elements inside the bedroom including the platform bed and the carpet as well.

Bedroom Visualization

Spell beauty and you will surely be able to insert this bedroom into it. This modern contemporary creation is no doubt awe-inspiring.

Hill Country Residence

A simple bedroom with wooden panels on one side of the wall. It also played the role of headboard at the same time.

Bedroom 7

Who said a luxurious bedroom with a hotel-like feel couldn’t use wooden panels? This one would make you change your mind if you disliked wooden accents before.

Berkshire Country House

A bedroom with high ceiling accented with wood not just on the bed’s headboard part but also on the ceiling.

Sugar Bowl Residence

Earth colors are used in this bedroom. The wooden walling just looked right with the colors in it.

South Coogee

Wood isn’t always brown. It can also be gray/ This modern bedroom sure looked lovely with the grayish touches in it.

Rustic Retreat

The owner of this bedroom must have a thing for wood. Since the bedroom is concrete, he added a canopy headboard made from wood panels. Great idea isn’t it?

Dyna – Portage Bay

The aura of this bedroom of blues and grays is soothing and relaxing which was brought not only by the colors but by the use of wood in it.

Unity with Nature

While the rest of the bedroom designs here made use of varnished wood or laminated wood, this one used raw wood exposing its real textures.

Utilitarian Eclectic Bedroom

There are a few stuffs in here but the decoration – no matter how minimal it is- made this bedroom look beautiful. The black and white pictures hanging on top of the bed is a sure beauty.

Minimalochka

Wood tiles are used for the detailing of this accent wall. Isn’t it lovely?

Apartment in Yacht Style

This is a bedroom with a nautical theme but it made use of wood for its wall which gives it a totally different appeal.

Bedroom Kaliningrad

The skylight is a good feature of this bedroom. Its use of wood panels for one side of the wall adds a soft touch to it.

Model Home Portfolio

An eclectic bedroom looks more appealing with these wooden planks as accent wall.

Philadelphia Penthouse Apartment

Look at the variation of wooden textures used in this accent wall. It sure made this space look unique.

Rustic Chic Master Bedroom

Instead of retaining its wooden texture, this one was painted in white but still retain its wooden look for the walls.

Greenwich Village Townhouse

Add sophistication to your bedroom using wood tiles like this one. Shelving was even added to it which is a good idea.

Bedroom Children

Simple yet beautiful room for a little girl. Painted in beige for the walls and white for the ceilings, the wooden panel looked great.

Modern Desert Home

This bedroom sure is luxurious with a contemporary touch. The furniture in it are simple but with good detailing. The use of wooden panels on the headboard part adds more beauty to this space.

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