Shelving is essential for both organization and decor, and the right design can add character and functionality to any room. Whether you’re looking for floating shelves, built-ins, or freestanding units, custom shelving ideas can help you stay organized while enhancing your space.
I used AI tools like Ideogram and Midjourney to generate 15 custom shelving designs that fit perfectly into different rooms. Each image includes the exact prompt used, so you can see how these designs came to life and get inspired to create your own personalized storage solutions.
In order to come up with the very specific design ideas, we create most designs with the assistance of state-of-the-art AI interior design software.
1. Floor-to-Ceiling Library Shelving in the Living Room
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a spacious living room transformed into a personal library, featuring floor-to-ceiling custom shelves filled with diverse books. The room includes a classic reading chair, a cozy rug, and a rolling ladder against the shelving. The entire room should be visible, showing the integration of the library into the living space.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a spacious living room transformed into a personal library, featuring floor-to-ceiling custom shelves filled with diverse books. The room includes a classic reading chair, a cozy rug, and a rolling ladder against the shelving. The entire room should be visible, showing the integration of the library into the living space.
2. Built-in Entertainment Center Shelving
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a family room with custom built-in shelves surrounding a flat-screen TV. The image should include the entire room to show the shelves filled with multimedia items, personal decor, and integrated lighting, illustrating how the design brings aesthetics and functionality together.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a family room with custom built-in shelves surrounding a flat-screen TV. The image should include the entire room to show the shelves filled with multimedia items, personal decor, and integrated lighting, illustrating how the design brings aesthetics and functionality together.
3. Walk-in Closet with Customized Shelving
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a walk-in closet featuring custom shelving and drawers tailored to organize shoes, accessories, and apparel. The image should show the entire closet space, with shelves for shoes at different heights, drawers for accessories, hanging space for clothing, and integrated LED lighting to enhance visibility and style.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a walk-in closet featuring custom shelving and drawers tailored to organize shoes, accessories, and apparel. The image should show the entire closet space, with shelves for shoes at different heights, drawers for accessories, hanging space for clothing, and integrated LED lighting to enhance visibility and style.
4. Corner Shelving Units Optimizing Space
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a small room corner featuring custom corner shelves. The image should capture the entire corner area with shelves adorned with a mix of plants, framed photos, and decorative objects, illustrating how the design maximizes space and adds personality to the room.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a small room corner featuring custom corner shelves. The image should capture the entire corner area with shelves adorned with a mix of plants, framed photos, and decorative objects, illustrating how the design maximizes space and adds personality to the room.
5. Rustic Open Shelving in a Farmhouse Bathroom
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a farmhouse bathroom featuring reclaimed wood shelves above the vanity. The image should encompass the entire bathroom space, showing shelves filled with rolled towels, toiletries, baskets, and small decorative items, accentuating the rustic charm and functionality of the room.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a farmhouse bathroom featuring reclaimed wood shelves above the vanity. The image should encompass the entire bathroom space, showing shelves filled with rolled towels, toiletries, baskets, and small decorative items, accentuating the rustic charm and functionality of the room.
6. Built-in Pantry Shelving in the Kitchen
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a walk-in kitchen pantry featuring custom shelving filled with groceries, kitchen appliances, and cooking tools. The image should show the entire pantry space, highlighting how the shelving system organizes items efficiently, contributing to an organized and functional kitchen.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a walk-in kitchen pantry featuring custom shelving filled with groceries, kitchen appliances, and cooking tools. The image should show the entire pantry space, highlighting how the shelving system organizes items efficiently, contributing to an organized and functional kitchen.
7. Home Office with Wall-to-Wall Shelving
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a stylish home office with wall-to-wall custom shelving. The image should capture the entire office room, showing shelves filled with books, files, and decor, creating an inspiring and organized workspace.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a stylish home office with wall-to-wall custom shelving. The image should capture the entire office room, showing shelves filled with books, files, and decor, creating an inspiring and organized workspace.
8. Floating Shelves Showcasing Indoor Plants
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room wall featuring staggered custom floating shelves filled with a variety of indoor plants. The image should capture the entire room context, showing how the lush vertical garden integrates into the home design and brings an element of nature indoors stylishly.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room wall featuring staggered custom floating shelves filled with a variety of indoor plants. The image should capture the entire room context, showing how the lush vertical garden integrates into the home design and brings an element of nature indoors stylishly.
9. Ladder Shelving Units in a Loft Space
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a loft apartment featuring ladder shelving units against an exposed brick wall. The image should capture the entire living area, showcasing how the ladder shelves integrate with the industrial aesthetic, filled with books, art, and decor while maintaining an open and stylish environment.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a loft apartment featuring ladder shelving units against an exposed brick wall. The image should capture the entire living area, showcasing how the ladder shelves integrate with the industrial aesthetic, filled with books, art, and decor while maintaining an open and stylish environment.
10. Wine Cellar Shelving in a Basement
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a basement transformed into a sophisticated wine cellar, featuring custom wooden wine racks filled with bottles. The image should capture the entire cellar, showing the integration of natural stone walls, warm lighting, and elegant design elements that create a refined atmosphere for wine storage.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a basement transformed into a sophisticated wine cellar, featuring custom wooden wine racks filled with bottles. The image should capture the entire cellar, showing the integration of natural stone walls, warm lighting, and elegant design elements that create a refined atmosphere for wine storage.
11. Entryway Mudroom Shelving and Storage
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of an entryway mudroom featuring custom shelving and cubbies. The image should capture the entire space, displaying cubbies filled with shoes, overhead shelves holding seasonal items, and hooks for coats and bags to illustrate the functional and organized design.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of an entryway mudroom featuring custom shelving and cubbies. The image should capture the entire space, displaying cubbies filled with shoes, overhead shelves holding seasonal items, and hooks for coats and bags to illustrate the functional and organized design.
12. Alcove Shelving Enhancing Living Spaces
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room featuring custom alcove shelves filled with art, family photographs, and decorative objects. The image should capture the entire living area, showcasing how the shelves fit seamlessly into the alcoves without encroaching on the room, providing an attractive and integrated display space.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room featuring custom alcove shelves filled with art, family photographs, and decorative objects. The image should capture the entire living area, showcasing how the shelves fit seamlessly into the alcoves without encroaching on the room, providing an attractive and integrated display space.
13. Industrial Pipe Shelving in a Studio Apartment
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a studio apartment featuring custom pipe shelving units made from iron pipes and reclaimed wood. The image should capture the entire living area, showing how the shelves divide the space and provide stylish storage, combining industrial elements with practical design.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a studio apartment featuring custom pipe shelving units made from iron pipes and reclaimed wood. The image should capture the entire living area, showing how the shelves divide the space and provide stylish storage, combining industrial elements with practical design.
14. Kitchen with Open Corner Shelving
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a kitchen featuring open corner shelves filled with a curated display of dishware and pottery. The image should capture the entire kitchen space, showing how the open shelves replace traditional corner cabinets, enhancing accessibility and aesthetics within the room.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a kitchen featuring open corner shelves filled with a curated display of dishware and pottery. The image should capture the entire kitchen space, showing how the open shelves replace traditional corner cabinets, enhancing accessibility and aesthetics within the room.
15. Built-in Shelves Framing a Fireplace
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room featuring a fireplace flanked by custom built-in shelves. The image should capture the entire room, showcasing the shelves filled with books, art, and decorative items, illustrating how they enhance the room’s symmetry and focal point around the fireplace.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle shot of a living room featuring a fireplace flanked by custom built-in shelves. The image should capture the entire room, showcasing the shelves filled with books, art, and decorative items, illustrating how they enhance the room’s symmetry and focal point around the fireplace.
