Shelving is what turns a desk in a room into an office. Seldens carries bookcases from Stickley, Hooker Furniture, Four Hands, Lexington and BDI, in solid wood with glass and metal detail, from single bunching cases to full media wall units, sized to sit alongside a desk in the home office.

Shelf Depth and What Actually Fits

Twelve inches of depth holds almost every book you own with room to spare. Push to 14 or 16 inches when the shelves are going to carry binders, storage baskets or framed pieces set at an angle, and know that deeper cases eat floor space fast in a small room. Adjustable shelves are worth insisting on, because the tallest thing you own today is not the tallest thing you will own in five years. Glass doors keep dust off books and objects you do not handle often, which is a real advantage on high shelves nobody reaches.

Building a Wall Instead of Buying One Case

Bunching bookcases are designed to sit side by side and read as built ins, which is usually the better looking and cheaper route to a full wall. Leave the run symmetrical around a window or the desk, and mix closed base storage with open shelving above so the eye has somewhere to rest. Anchor tall cases to the wall studs, always. For a bigger project, look at Stickley cabinets and hutches or the Mission collection.

Shop Office Bookcases in Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia

Case joinery and shelf thickness are what separate a bookcase that sags in three years from one that does not, and both are easier to judge with your hands than your eyes. See them at our Tacoma, Bellevue and Olympia showrooms, or check home office in stock for what ships now.