Article : Coloured bookcase: custom-made to create a unique piece of furniture

Bookcases and colour: our tips for customising your design furniture

The bookcase: a classic decorative element, it brings charm and life to your home. It allows you to display your books or easily hide bulky objects by equipping it with doors or drawers. So how do you turn a fairly classic-looking wooden bookcase into a colourful, designer bookcase using our configurator? We tell you all about it!

Bookcase with a mix of colours to give character

Mixing colours on a fairly classic-looking piece of furniture, such as a bookcase, will allow you to give it cachetand to modernise it. The best combo: neutral (black or white), wood and a flashier colour (green, yellow, red, blue). In fact, contrasting a neutral-coloured piece of furniture with more colourful elements will contrast it and thus dynamise your interior.

Our configurator gives you the opportunity to change the colour of each element of your furniture: uprights, shelves, tops, doors... So why not take advantage of it to create a harmonious and unique contrast thanks to coloured touches. With over 80 shades of colour to choose from, there must be a few that caught your eye? Then don't hesitate any longer: the sur-mesure gives you infinite possibilities to colour your furniture with elegance.

A sober coloured bookcase by marrying wood types
A wooden bookcase can quickly become a basic piece of furniture, seen and seen again... But do you love the look of wood? Do you find that the colours don't have such a high-quality look? We've got a solution for you: simply combine different types of wood! In fact, a piece of furniture in a single wood colour can have a classic look. Thanks to made-to-measure and the different wood colours we offer on our configurator, you have the option of marrying several types of wood, like here: the Stone Oak and Smoked Liberty Elm colours blend perfectly and give a modern, designer contrast to this made-to-measure bookcase.
Play with colour contrasts for your bookcase
Playing with contrasts is a great aesthetic choice on a piece of furniture and helps to modernise it. Here are our tips if you want to accentuate the contrasts on your bookcase! First of all, it's best to choose two colours: one light (white is best) and contrast it with a darker colour (Black, Wenge, Natural Burgundy Walnut...). You're sure to find what you're looking for in our colour palette! The choice of these two colours will already give contrast to your designer bookcase. To accentuate this effect, don't hesitate to opt for the "enclosed" option on your doors and drawers using our configurator. This choice will directly give a modern and harmonious contrast to your bespoke bookcase thanks to the choice of colours.
Choose a coloured bookcase to brighten up your room
Finally, our ultimate tip is to opt for a 100% coloured bookcase. These days, wooden bookcases are being replaced bycoloured bookcases within your interiors. It gives dynamism, modernity while brightening up a room. Once again, an infinite number of possible variations for your made-to-measure coloured bookcase. We approve:
The bookcase in the same colour as your wall so that it blends in with the decor;
The bookcase with doors in flash colours to create an elegant contrast with the structure of your furniture;
The dark bookcase that adds character while highlighting the items stored within its shelves;
Thebookcase in a single colour in a neutral room for cachet and contrast to your interior (yellow for a traditional room with touches of wood or blue in a bright white room).