Alcove Bookcases London – Gallery of Our Custom Alcove Shelving
Modern Floating Alcove Shelves with Traditional Cupboards — North London
This project shows a blend of modern and classic design in a North London home.The design includes floating alcove shelving for a clean, minimal look, paired with shaker-style alcove cupboards for practical storage below. Finished in a crisp white paint, the units frame the fireplace beautifully and create a bright, balanced focal point in the living room. This is a great example of how custom alcove furniture can transform a space while keeping the room feeling open and elegant.
Modern Alcove Bookcases with LED Lighting — Wimbledon, South West London
These bespoke alcove units were designed and built in Wimbledon, South West London, combining clean modern shelving with practical storage below. The floating alcove shelving includes warm LED lighting, creating a soft glow that highlights books, photos, and decorative pieces. Below the shelves, the Shaker-style alcove cupboards offer useful hidden storage while keeping the look tidy and balanced on both sides of the fireplace.
This setup is a great example of how alcove bookcases, built-in alcove units, and fitted alcove furniture can transform a living room by maximising space and adding a warm, contemporary feel.
Bespoke Alcove Cabinets and Shelving in a Victorian Living Room
This beautifully restored Victorian living room features handcrafted alcove cabinets and shelving, seamlessly built around the elegant fireplace. Each unit is designed to complement the room’s classic period detailing, from the intricate ceiling cornices to the decorative mouldings.
Painted in a timeless soft white, the cabinetry contrasts perfectly with the muted green walls, creating a sophisticated and balanced aesthetic. The herringbone oak flooring and traditional furnishings further enhance the charm and warmth of this refined living space—an ideal blend of heritage character and modern functionality.
Bespoke Alcove Shelving with LED Lighting - East London
These bespoke alcove units were built in London and designed to create a modern, elegant feature on both sides of the media wall. The floating alcove shelving is fitted with warm LED lighting to highlight books, awards, and decorative pieces, while the lower alcove cupboards provide useful hidden storage. The combination of clean shelves and classic shaker doors gives the space a smart and balanced finish.
This setup shows how bespoke alcove units and modern alcove shelving can add both style and practical storage to a living room. With lighting built into each shelf, these built-in alcove units create a warm, inviting feature on either side of the chimney breast
Shelving and cabinets in exposed brick alcoves
Thinking about putting shelves and cabinets up on exposed brick alcoves? We already did it before as you see in the photo above and it looks outstanding! Floating shelves work the best to expose brick alcoves walls because you don't want to hide these beautiful bricks behind bookcases with the wooden back.
A pair of traditional alcove bookcases
Two alcove bookcases designed to match the Victorian fireplace. The customer decided to paint it with grey color and it really transformed this living room and created a cozy atmosphere. They roughly cost £2.900+VAT for a pair
Fitted alcove bookshelves with sliding doors and LED light in the shelves, Fulham, West London
Yes, that's right we can make your alcove shelving with sliding doors as well as you can see from this example. We made these shelves in traditional style with grooves on the frame and reassessed beaded doors. They are also made with super bright LED lights inside the shelves. They look awesome!
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Alcove Bookshelves with Lighting
Elegant alcove bookshelves featuring integrated lighting to highlight your favourite books and décor. Handcrafted to fit seamlessly into any space, these units combine classic design with modern functionality, adding warmth, depth, and character to the room.
Traditional alcove bookcase with grooves and paneled doors very dark green color
Alcove floating shelves and 3 door cabinet
In some cases, alcoves can be quite wide to fit standard two-door cabinets and the rule of thumb is if your alcove is more than 1.35m then it is better to have 3 door cabinets instead of 2 doors. Like in this example we installed three alcove floating shelves with 3 door cabinets at the bottom because the alcove size is approximately 1.5m wide.
Alcove floating shelves
Beautiful Alcove Bookcase Installed in a London Home
This image shows a pair of bespoke alcove bookcases in London, built symmetrically on each side of a traditional fireplace. The design features classic tongue-and-groove alcove bookshelves, adjustable for flexible storage, along with spacious alcove cupboards below for hidden organisation. Finished in a soft, elegant paint colour with integrated picture lights, these made-to-measure units add warmth, balance, and timeless character to the room.
Simple minimalist alcoves storage solution
Very clean and minimalist example of the alcove cabinets with floating shelves.
Alcove shelves with a Desk space
An example of the fitted alcove bookshelves with the desk. We actually made few of these styles during the pandemic because people started to work from home and needed some desk space.
A three door alcove cabinet with floating shelves above
Just an example of the wide fitted alcove shelves with cupboard.
