Home offices are slowly going up to the top and soon will be the most important spaces in our homes. While designing and decorating one, the first issue you need to solve is storage as home office often require much storage space. Space-savvy and smart designs are the best idea even if your home office is large – who doesn’t want a bit more space for an elegant couch or some pet furniture to keep your cat or dog around?
Smart shelving in the modern home office is an absolute must, irrespective of its size and the task that it is used for. Open, extensive shelves give the home office an organized, elegant and even sophisticated vibe without sacrificing on ‘visual space’. They also double as lovely displays when you do not really need to stack up tons of books, files or other accessories. We’ve prepared some ideas you may like, get inspired!
Wall-Mounted And Built-In Shelves
The easiest and undoubtedly most impressive way to add storage and display space to your home office is wall-mounted shelves. Convert an entire wall in the room into a series of shelves. If your home office has a double-height ceiling, even better! Now you can use a ladder to access the shelves at the top and this idea is absolutely ideal for homeowners who are also booklovers!
Wall-mounted open shelving for storage and displaying is a stylish and cool idea to try.
White shelves over the desk are a great idea to store many things and they won't take any floor space.
Thick open shelves with lights over the desk highlight the style and shade of the desk and look cool.
Wall-mounted open shelves plus an L-shaped shared desk will maximize functionality and let you work comfortably.
A feminine home office with touches of blush and wall-mounted shelving unit that is delicate and airy.
A small home office nook with built-in open shelves that provide storage and fit the space perfectly.
A wall-mounted shelving unit with lots of shelves and boxes for storage plus a built-in desk.
A whole wall taken by shelves and wire baskets below for smaller stuff is a cool and contemporary idea.
A whole wall taken with open storage units in navy will give you lots of storage space and display space.
Built-in blue shelves plus closed storage units won't take much space and will give you much storage.
Built-in metal and wooden shelves and cabinets are a great idea to save some space.
Built-in shelves and a built-in desk for a shared minimalist home office, which won't take much space.
Built-in wall shelves and a built-in desk is a perfect idea for a small home office in taupe shades.
Mismatching box wall-mounted shelving units double as decoration in a home office.
Open shelves that match the desk tabletop look chic and create a cohesive look in your home office.
Sculptural shelves over the desk is a comfy idea that always works, they can hold a lot.
Some simple open shelving over the desk is a cool idea to store your things and display some decor, too.
thick open IKEA LACK shelving will hold lots of things and a matching floating desk is a cool idea for a contemporary office.
Shelves on both sides of the window, they match the desk and a closed storage unit under the window.
Freestanding Shelving Units
A freestanding shelf unit that adds color, contrast or pizzazz to the home office! This one is all too easy to implement and it is only the color scheme, style and the overall dimensions of the room that determine your choice here. Shelves in metal and wood are currently a hot trend and they add both rustic and industrial overtones to the home office with ease.
A laconic storage unit of blackened metal is a cool and trendy idea to store a lot of things.
A slate blue shelf and storage unit is a great idea to add a touch of subtle color and give you storage space.
A white open storage free-standing unit is a timeless idea to store everything you want.
Metal and wood free-standing shelving units that match the desk create a chic industrial feel in the home office.
A free-standing white shelving unit is a timeless idea for a home office, add some closed space to declutter the office.
Two free-standing shelving units of metal and wood on both sides of the desk are a trendy idea.