Wooden Bookcases With Doors
Buy the best wooden bookcases with doors selected and recommended by interior designers. By Chloe Hughes.
If you're a book collector, you'll know that one of the biggest drawbacks bookcases have is the dust they allow to collect on and behind your books. If you've ever had to spend time dusting the tops of books, you know how much time it can take to clean when you have more than a shelf full. This selection of eight wooden bookcases provides a solution by giving you options with doors. Glass doors are a perfect choice because they offer the protection you need against dust and dirt while still allowing you to see what's on the shelves.
Wooden Bookcases With Doors
Buying Guide
Chloe Hughes
Interior Design Expert
Chloe is a highly-regarded expert in all things vintage and antique. She’s excited to share her vast knowledge with readers and clients wishing to infuse their homes with a mixture of old-time warmth and modern comfort. In addition to her design work, Chloe regularly volunteers at her local community center, teaching DIY projects to adults and kids.
The size of the wooden bookcase with doors you should get will mainly depend on your book collection and available space.
If space is a concern, consider getting a tall, narrow bookcase that’s around 55” tall and 30” wide. Remember, you can always adorn your bookcase with decorative objects if your books aren’t enough to fill the shelves.
You can also find more compact designs with only 2 shelves if you’ve only got a handful of books to store.
Those who own at least a hundred books should opt for a wooden bookcase with at least 4 spacious shelves.
Wooden bookcases with doors offer plenty of decorative possibilities.
The safest trick is to display your books and ornaments on your open shelves or, if you have glass doors, behind the see-through panes. For example, if they’re divided into smaller compartments, you could alternate them by having one with books, one with decorative items, then more books in the one diagonally below the first one, and so on. Alternatively, you could use these decorative items as bookends, too.
If, on the contrary, you have wooden doors, you can use these cupboards to store less glamorous items while showcasing your favorite ones on your open shelves.