Bookcases: Product Overview

How much longer can you let that stack of books or journals clutter up your office? Is it really useful to use a common area desk as a makeshift library? A bookcase can provide the storage you need while making your office look more professional. But what should you look for in a bookcase?

For starters, you need to have enough space to accommodate a bookcase. Measure the height, width, and depth where you intend to place the furniture. If it’s for your office, you need to be able to easily access your items. For common areas, you need to make sure the book case has enough room to support your items without getting in people’s way.

Next, consider what you plan to store in your bookcases. If it’s just standard-sized books, journals, or magazines, a typical three, four, or five-shelf wooden bookcase will probably be a good fit. Otherwise, you’ll need a unit that allows you to remove and replace shelving as needed to accommodate more awkward items like thick binders or small office equipment.

You may be searching for bookcases for your personal use or to create convenient storage for a department or even an entire company. Bookcases are available in several different sizes from a small personal unit that can fit in a standard cubicle to full bookcase systems that look like they’re built into the wall. Think about how many people will use the bookcase and how much you need to store before you pick one out.

Bookcase styles
You may think all bookcases look the same, but they actually come in many flavors. Here’s a sampling of the type of bookcases you’ll find:

Standard – This is probably what most people think of when they envision a bookcase. It’s typically a dark grain wood color that’s intended to rest against a wall.

Corner bookcases – As you might expect, these bookcases fit neatly in corners. Their triangular design makes the most out of limited available space.

Cabinet Bookcases – These units balance both appearance and privacy. Half-cabinet bookcases reserve part of the space for books out in the open while leaving another section available for items behind a set of doors. If you want to keep everything hidden from view, full cabinet bookcases feature doors to encase all your belongings.

Cube bookcases – As your storage needs grow, so does your need for more space. Cube bookcases are modular solutions that allow you stack multiple small cubes on top or next to each other.

Barrister Bookcases – These high-quality models offer the most professional appearance with glass-etched doors to both protect and display items. The doors either slide away or tilt up to provide access to stored items.

Bookcases are intended to hold books and other material that you can leave out in the open. However, if you need a structure to hold and protect important documents or files, you’re probably better off with a file cabinet which you can keep under lock and key.

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