PRODUCTION AND WORDS Annemarie Meintjes PHOTO Dook
Functional fittings turn design feature with this bookshelf.
Inspired by what we saw at Salone del Mobile in Milan, we went shopping at our local hardware store. Books need a shelf, and a wall shelf needs two L-brackets to support it – as easy as that. But why conceal the brackets underneath the shelf? Flip them and make them a feature!
Turn each bracket to an upright L and screw the long leg to the wall. Then rest the shelf on top of the two short horizontal legs.
If you have more books to display, create more modules; just line them up next to or below one another.
The brackets cost R49 each, the 80 cm shelf (an off-cut) R59, and the brass screws R18,50 – for a total of only R175,50.
