Library & Studies

Floor-to-ceiling shelving and reading rooms.

Shelving for serious collections

Whether you house art books, legal volumes, or a mixed library, we calculate shelf spans and thicknesses to prevent sag over time. Adjustable shelves on concealed pins suit growing collections; fixed shelves with integrated LED strips suit display-heavy rooms. We allow for the weight of folio editions — a common request in Verona's professional households.

Reading room furniture

Desks are built to chair height and knee clearance with cable routes for modern equipment hidden in the leg frame. Ladder rails in brass or steel can span floor-to-ceiling units for upper shelves. Window seats with storage beneath make use of deep alcoves found in historic Verona apartments overlooking internal cortili.

Panelled walls and cornices

Full-height libraries often combine open shelving with lower cupboards behind panelled doors. Boiserie wainscoting in oak or painted poplar ties the room to existing architectural mouldings. Cornice details are scaled to ceiling height — a 3.2 m room carries a deeper cornice than a standard 2.7 m stud partition.

Climate and light

Timber is acclimatised before installation and finished with breathable oil rather than heavy polyurethane where rooms fluctuate in humidity. We position downlights and shelf lighting to avoid glare on spines and heat damage to leather bindings. UV-filter film on adjacent windows is recommended for rare book collections.

Typical investment

A single wall of floor-to-ceiling shelving, 3.5 m wide in oak with six adjustable shelves, starts around €6,200 fitted. A full study with desk, ladder rail, and panelled lower cupboards typically ranges from €14,000 to €28,000. We quote precisely after measuring ceiling irregularities on site.