Another great piece of modular furniture we came across os the EZIOcase. Designed by Francesco Esposito and Marianna Contaldo of Esprimo Design, the  transformable modular bookshelf is all about geometry and flexibility. The contemporary bookcase is perfect to create customized shelving unit and will fit right in modern apartments or any other contemporary space.

EZIOcase Modular Bookcase

It is hard to fathom then do check out the Harry Allen Roller Stop. The iconic furniture designer is known to translate everyday objects into art and this is reflected in the whimsical bookend. The Harry Allen Roller Stop is a cast from an original skate from the 70s and works like a treat as a doorstop or bookend. You can order it online from here and the fact that it has been featured in British dailies like  The Telegraph, The Times and Easy Living, makes us want it more.

The Harry Allen Roller Stop Bookend

The Dolly Bookshelf With Wheels

If you are looking for practical ways to make your reading materials such as books within reach, the Dolly Bookshelf should be a great solution. Studio DZ offers a bookshelf on wheels, a keen alternative that will make sure as well that your books are kept properly organized as well as some light materials that are not fragile.

The Dolly Bookshelf features a simple, powder-coated steel finish that helps it blend into your home’s existing decor. If this mobile bookshelf is something that interests you, be ready to shell out $850 for it.

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The Dolly Bookshelf

Here is another uncanny design for people seeking functional pieces for their home. This time around we have a book shelf designed by Sebastian Errazuriz of Chile. He calls it the Metamorphosis, a bookshelf reportedly inspired by an ivy-covered garden from the designer’s grandmother.

This is a limited edition piece, hand-carved and made from Baltic birch plywood. The expensive bookshelf will debut debut at an exhibition of the artist’s furniture work “beautiful premonitions,” which opens April 28th, 2011 at the Cristina Grajales Gallery in New York. It is priced at $75,000.

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The Expensive Metamorphosis Book Shelf

If you are still looking for a flexible storage solution for your home, the Twirl the Giro One furniture should be something functional for you. Multi-functional in a sense that it can be a shelf, a side table stand or even a floor lamp, depending on what you fancy.

The Twirl the Giro One furniture boasts of modules which can twirl up and down. The storage cubes are easily movable and able to twist and turn up and down the stand-up bar. Have one of the cubes adjusted to your sitting height and you can rest your coffee on it while you’re reading.

The Twirl the Giro One furniture was designed by Juil Kim and should be a great add to any place in your home.

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Twirl the Giro One Furniture

Having cats in the home is common for some and if you want a piece of furnishing that can both appease to cats and human needs, the Cat Library is certainly one worth checking out. This is one modular design that aims to address storage needs while at the same time offer some cat pothole for people who don’t want their feline-friend wandering off that much in their home.

It comes with a few fun features that should add some activities for cats. It even comes with an attached staircase system that should make it easier for your four-legged friend to get on it. The Cat Library is easy to integrate in a large variety of modern and even traditional interiors.

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The Cat Library for Cat Lovers

Improve your home organization by adding a different kind of bookshelf to store books or other stuff you want to get a more organized living space. The Chinese Chess Bookshelf is actually part of “Imprints: Designing for Memories” exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore, accompanied complete with chess pieces.

The joints are fitted with strong magnets to hold the chess pieces, offering an alternative way to change the visual display of books and whatever else you usually put on a bookshelf. A great piece you can consider for the any type of home setup.

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Chinese Chess Bookshelf

If you want something different in your home, here is one for you. It is called the Twister Shelf Concept, an oddly designed shelf that comes with shaped hangars that should hold your belongings and offer a tidier environment.

The modules are shaped in the form of organic leaves and are curved and varied in size to accommodate smaller to bigger objects like keys, mobile phones, wallets, scarves, etc. The Twister Shelf Concept should be great for pads and modernly designed homes, particularly the ones looking for something different to organize their clothes and other clutter.

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The Twister Shelf Concept

Here are some great storage solutions for people who want to have some organization in their homes. They are called the Dado Shelving and come from the ingenious mind of Marc Haldermann for Dear Bird Design Products.

They offer a modular appeal, chopped down to essential units to make sure your books and stuff are organized as possible. The whole idea makes a selection of box shelves and C-shelves fit precisely in a set of bigger boxes which should fit in nicely in any home setting.

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“Dado” Shelves

Here is a cheeky way to lighten up your room. Ideal for the nursery or a kids room, the Woodland Bookshelf and Bookend should help the young once relate easier to those classic tales.

The Woodlance Bookshelf and Bookend comes with Orson the Owl or Finley the Fox as well as Bentley the Bunny or Daisy the Flower. These are familiar names for kids stories and should be something neat to consider. However, it does cost a lot. At $1,500, people may think twice before actually buying one.

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The Woodland Bookshelf and Bookend

They are eco-friendly and functional to have in your home. This refers to the Danny Giles 800g Library, where potential users can metaphorically assess the depth of its ecological footprint. They are made entirely of recycled cardboard scraps and was created with simple methods of construction.

The stackable shelf is something anyone can truly make do well within their home. It is eco-friendly and serves as an inspirational idea for people to get into recycling and turn them into something useful and neat for their home or even their office.

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The Danny Giles 800g Library

Here is another one of those dual-purpose furnishings perfect for the people pressed for space. This is a funky fitness unit which when unused could be a great storage or shelf to use in any home.

The piece was designed by Lucie Koldova, carrying a trendy and contemporary design with lots of aesthetic appeal. Build those muscles with this piece which incidentally lets you use your own weight to stay fit. It is perfect for those who don’t have much space to spare in their homes or don’t have the time and motivation to hit the gym.

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Funky Fitness Unit/ Furniture

Bookends don’t have to be simple and if you want to add some flair, these halve bookends should be perfect for people who want t combine functionality and some odd designs. These Halve Bookends take the form of a familiar fish bowl cut into two, unique and something that should spice up your organization needs in the home or office.

They were made by Gnr8 and don’t necessarily need fishes to make them brighten up your place. Alternatively, they can act as vases too or something to hold pebbles or maybe even candy. Depending on your ideal, these are bookends that can certainly fit in well with your living space.

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Fish-Friendly Halve Bookends

Taking an odd design that seems to portray the human spine, the Schiena bookcase renders some bone-like pieces tasked to hold your books and stuff. It employs sliding elements and combines balance and dynamism while movement can be found in this beast through the circular attachment plates.

The bookcase was designed by Pietro Travaglini and can be made of different materials and colors. It even comes with LED lights at the back.

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The Schiena Bookcase’ back is bent

Vidame Creation offers something different as far as potential furnishings to place in your home. This is a “curvy” table and bookshelf that are made of powder-coated aluminum. They were chiseled with the use of bending machines designed and developed by Vidame Creations themselves.

The shelves can also be stacked up horizontally or vertically according to your preference and to suit your needs and the aesthetic appeal of your room. They are available in an array of colors, offering interested peeps the best design for their home delight.

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Curvy Bedside Table and Bookshelf

Though the Elastico Sound Book Case was meant to serve as a book case rather than rendering some funky sounds from your iPod, you will agree that this gears more towards the latter. Armed with powerful speakers and an elastic-like make, you have to wonder how you can fit as many books as you like if this is really taken seriously.

Anyhow, the Elastic Sound Book Case from Italian designer Arianna Vivenzio comes with a pair of 40 watt loudspeakers and looks more like an elastic docking station you can pin on your wall. The speakers work as pegs, stretching out the elastic while the main docking system includes an Italian handmade box with a soft ambient glow.

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Elastico Sound Book Case

Regardless of how you want your room to be organized, here is a bookshelf made for storing your books and other stuff in any which way you want them to be. The Need Not Arrange Anymore Bookshelf is a cool looking solution for organizing your clutter, not to mention an easier way to look and throw your books around your room.

With its circular shape, all that is left is to find an accessible area to place it.

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Need Not Arrange Anymore Bookshelf

Here is another in-home solution for you to keep your books and stuff organized. Called the Zen Bench, this is actually a bench/bookshelf made of dead wood which should serve you something handy for any occasion.

Placed properly, this is a dual-functioning piece that should provide anyone the necessary seating solution and storage alternative to produce a well-organized home.

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The Zen Bench

Hanging Bookshelf

With the many times you will be saying this product, it is obvious that it caters to sitting and storage. The Chair Bookcase Bookcase Chair should be a great solution for bookworms and people who want some seating in places that don’t have the luxury of satisfying both due to limited space. It is made of more than one wood type: walnut, birch, and CDX ply.

So if you are reading, don’t bother to get up and get a new book to read. You simply reach out for it below and you are off. A simple but functional piece of furniture modern people are bound to love.

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The Chair Bookcase Bookcase Chair

For the collectors of retro game designs, here is a bookcase that was designed from that popular arcade game character, Pac-Man. It obviously comes in yellow design and has been proportioned properly to hold various stuff like books and CDs.

Also, you may want to consider positioning it nicely. Something like this where the Pac-Man bookcase is positioned next to an HDTV that seems to show Pac-Man eating it. Unfortunately the HDTV is now ghost that Pac-Man could gobble up!

(Source) Nerd Approved

The Pac-Man Bookcase

Boxetti by Rolands Landsberg

Platform beds have become the standard now in almost every furniture store. They’re popular not only because they’re beautiful, but because, with a good mattress, they’re extremely comfortable when you sleep. When it come to King Platform Beds, however, many people complained because there wasn’t enough room for their storage needs with this type of bed. Bedroom designers listened to these people, and now it’s possible to find both metal and wood platform beds that are perfect for your storage needs.

The Freemont Tall Platform Storage Bedroom Set with Dresser is a platform bed set that is perfect for people who want the platform bed look but who also want to have the ability to store their belongings without having to shove everything in a closet. This bedroom set comes with a tall bookcase headboard, making it easier than ever before to have plenty of room for your belongings, as well as a six drawer dresser and a nightstand, making it possible to outfit an entire bedroom with one purchase. The platform bed has extra storage underneath the platform for plenty of storage room, allowing you to put your linens or extra pillows right underneath the bed!

Prepac Furniture has made their name creating excellent products for the home, and this platform bedroom set is a prime example of how they can take a great idea and make it far more functional than ever before.

Freemont Tall Platform Storage Bedroom Set with Dresser

The MOLGER is a new Shelf with a Mirror that is retailing on Amazon for $79.99. It is available in different sizes and hence prices vary according to the size. The shelf is water-resistent and is suitable for use in high humidity areas.

Designer:
Eva Lilja Löwenhielm
Product dimensions
Width: 9 7/8 ”
Height: 63 ”

Width: 25 cm
Height: 160 cm

IKEA MOLGER Shelf

This sliding bookcase can be used horizontally or vertically, providing the proper storage space for your books and other reading materials. Maybe some Blu-ray and DVDs can be placed as well. As far as which position is to be used is entirely up to you. Maybe it should depend on how much space you need so better start checking the things you want to place in here.

Measuring 11.5cm x 17.7cm, it even comes with fall prevention add-ons in times of calamities such as earthquakes. Hence, as far as protection and storage is concerned, you can be that this bookcase keeps your journals and favorite books safe and sound.

Price: ¥15,645

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Sliding Bookcase in Any Which Way You Like

Adjustable and stackable, that is perhaps what best describes the AirSquare Shelving System. Don’t get limited to the large or small make of shelves. Get the space and the design you like as these shelves are quite flexible to organize and arrange for homes that want to look better despite the limitations of space.

On the bottom is “height adjustable powder-coated metal feet” that keep the system of blocks level on bumpy floors. And then thin metal cube tops can be placed on top of the system if they’re going to be acting as sideboards or tabletops.

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AirSquare Shelving System

For teens, kids and kids at heart who are agog over the Star Wars Saga, here is something simple yet useful to have. Books are sure to be stacked up somewhere and rather than leave them leaning and project such a messy table, here are some catchy designed bookends that should be interesting to have.

When set together, the pieces depict the famous garbage compactor scene from A New Hope. However, turn them around and the gang is struggling to keep your books or DVDs from toppling over. These Star Wars Bookends are said to be coming out by April next year and will cost $190.

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Star Wars Bookends

The Stretch Shelf adds a fresh twist to the everyday wall shelf. Due to the 10 m diameter, the shelf has a 10-inch diameter and can be stretched to a variety of shapes depending upon the user’s preference. You can use it as wall art, a bookshelf or even to put a family picture.

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Stretch Shelf

The name says it all. If you are familiar with the usual image of a DNA strand then the figure of this bookcase should not really be surprising. Then again, it can be something different in the modern home. It is a great addition to any room, particularly for people who invest in unique stuff.

Once all your books are placed, you can bet that you may have a “twisting” experience to find it. If there is one thing about this bookcase you should remember, you have to place it in a space where you can access the front and the back or the diagonal side where that reading material or other personal things like a small clock, picture frame or a desk calendar are at.

(Source) Yanko Design

MYDNA Bookcase Twists!

Bedroom Sets have become increasingly popular within the last few years. Why is that you ask? It unites a room in furniture that you know you like. The high class effect is easy compared to tedious matching furniture. With a great bedroom set, you know exactly what you want and get just that in one fell swoop.

One way to make a room feel warmer and more inviting is through Wood Bedroom Sets. The Regency Tall Platform Storage Bedroom Set offers style and is also highly functional. This set includes the Regency Tall Storage Platform Bed, with smooth sleek lines and under-bed drawers for out of sight storage as well as a Tall Bookcase Headboard to display your library or collection of knick knacks. The Regency Nightstand with one roomy drawer and cubby comes in the same deep espresso finish. The dark color and classic style make an ideal set for any home, coming with the gift of great storage. This set is a perfect way to bring beauty and space to your room.

Prepac Furniture makes this and many other Affordable Bedroom Sets. Everyone can use a little more storage and Prepace really knows how to do it with style.

Regency Tall Platform Storage Bedroom Set

More Tetris Furniture:

Tetris Coffee Table

Tetris Wall Decal

Tetris Furniture!

Here is something that is great for people who don’t have the comfort of spy or want too many furniture items hanging around their pad. The SoundShelf is a great solution that provides a 2 for one deal. It can act as a storage shelf and at the same time a nifty speaker design providing audio output.

Why the traditional speaker has to be put away in the corner of the room or hidden in the wall? Speaker could be displaced, and the additional function could be imparted. The object becomes the item of furniture by a simple arrangement of dvd and books.

Two suggestion of shape give the possibility to arrange the interior in the modern style and to achieve a good quality of home video amplification.

(Source) Designboom

Speaker Shelf Solutions

Remember that one post long ago on how to make a hidden bookshelf door?  Well, here’s another cool DIY on how to do that better.

How to Make a Hidden Bookshelf Door!

We often find ourselves spending much time online or at the furniture shop looking for the best fit furniture we can squeeze in our homes. The problem with looking for them in these places is that you have to adjust to what is available and not the other way around. But there are craftsmen who can do the job for you and all you have to do is hand them the design and dimensions and you can get the ideal furniture you always wanted.

Meyer Welles is making furniture that is anything but mass-produced: they do commissioned pieces, constructed from salvaged urban trees.

Just imagine having personalized furniture made for you and perfect for the home. Not only does it save time, but you also help in environmental issues as far as material used for producing them.

(Source) Green Building Elements

Personalize Furniture Fantasies with Meyer Welles

Thanks to modern designs, walk-in closets and cabinets are perhaps modified according to the designs that they are wanting and varying designs which may not necessarily be the exact copy of what they see are sure to instigate everything. But as long as you can afford it and want something new, there is no stopping change. Besides, it is change for the better!

This concept of styling is not new but it has definitely adapted to a fresher look, with sleek-crisp lines and cool styling. Moreover, the materials used and styling make it more of an art work than just furniture.” Their Dama range in wardrobe units shows off a cool exterior in the completely white sliding doors with medallion decor panel. Priced at a steep Rs 5,00,000 and above, the range comes in both veneer and lacquer finishes.

The model line under step-in-closets, Varius, has functional accessories in its drawer packs on castors, shelves with hanging rails and trouser racks. Its finish in ivory, cherry and dark oak panels only lends further to its charm. And even though its priced at an expensive Rs 8,00,000+, its aesthetic beauty makes it a worthy buy!

(Source) The Economic Times

A Change of Interior for Modern Homes

Here’s some funny and weird collections of bookshelves that people managed to make?

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Weird and Funny Bookshelves!

Here’s a very creative way to make a shelf for your bedroom.

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Branch Bookshelf!