Open shelves are the storage people actually use. This category covers the Impulse bookcase in four sizes, desk high and mobile versions, open shelf cupboards, and reference shelving from the Qube range, so there is a match for whichever desking you already run. Paperwork behind closed doors gets forgotten; folders on an open shelf at arm's reach get used and put back. That is the whole case for a bookcase, and it has not changed in fifty years of office fit outs.
Choosing a bookcase
Height is the first decision. A desk high bookcase from the Impulse range sits level with a standard desktop, which turns it into extra work surface and keeps sight lines open across the room. Full height units hold far more per square metre of floor, and because the Impulse bookcase comes in four sizes you can step heights along a wall rather than settling for one monolithic run. The Impulse mobile bookcase adds castors, handy in training rooms and anywhere the layout changes more often than the furniture should.
Think about what the shelves will actually carry. Lever arch files are heavy, so keep them low and spread them across bays rather than stacking one unit to the ceiling. The Qube roll out reference shelf is a clever answer for catalogues and manuals that get consulted standing up, and the Qube side tambour with shelves keeps the same footprint when some contents need a door after all. For suspension files you want filing cabinets, and for personal odds and ends give each desk a unit from pedestals and drawers.
Building the full storage wall
Most offices end up mixing open and closed storage, and finishes are shared across our storage and filing ranges, so bookcases sit happily beside office cupboards in the same run. Archives and anything valuable belong in steel storage, staff bags in lockers, and if you are matching woodgrain, the Impulse finishes line up with our rectangular desks exactly.
Bookcases in Belfast and across Northern Ireland
Office Interior Solutions supplies and installs office storage across Northern Ireland, with regular deliveries into Belfast, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, Antrim, Bangor and beyond. We build the units, place them where you want them, level them and take every scrap of packaging away.
Tall storage should be fixed to the wall in any busy office, and we will do that as part of the installation rather than leaving you a leaflet about it. If you are planning a storage wall and want the bays worked out properly, send us the wall dimensions or ring +44 (0)2890 770019 and we will spec it with you.