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Have a half-wall ledge in your home? No matter what room it’s in, here are some great ideas on how you can decorate it. Read on!
Although a shelf is a horizontal component attached to a wall, a ledge can be constructed like a crest (framed and finished in the wall) on top of a half wall or made from a specific cutting. The corners can be deep or shallow and provide a range of applications. You might consider incorporating this practical design information for appeal, depth, and purpose while renovating or constructing. If you already have a package, think about how to make fair use of it.
Entryway
As part of trimming or molding, create a ledge into the wall to smoothly add function and integrate an architectural feature.
In this entry section, a rail ledge covers the board and bat molding, provides visual appeal, and adds dimension to the narrow area. Hooks are fitted underneath the shelf for bags or hats, and they are done with the cap with the ledge. A ledge is also a place for displaying 3-D decoration, such as the lettering with “Love.”
Kitchen
According to the folks behind Flat Renovation London, the kitchen is a fine place to suggest constructing a ledge, where we sometimes need a little more functionality.
A perfect example of a tile finished ledge where it’s deep enough for small potted plants, spices, or bottles, as well as other utensils and kitchenware.
Bedroom
Small bedrooms are also a challenge for designers to position essential pieces of furniture and still have space for our lamps, books, and other accessories. The solution can be built-in ledges, so they don’t need precious floor property.
A bold wall treatment of horizontal wooden planks with an extended wooden ledge is applied around the bed, which provides a dramatic and imaginative alternative to a bedside table.
Living Room
Often we inherit strange stuff in our homes, such as walls set up in places for no particular cause. Sometimes, plumbing, electric, or HVAC parts were upgraded in older homes, and the wall was boxed to match them. If you have such a quirk in your house, make it work for you. Add some decorative cut and create a ledge for books, art, and other objects to be displayed.
Many of us radiators know how hard they are to furnish. So in place of a cover, you may construct a large bookcase made out of the wall. It adds visual weight and mounds the room painted black. It’s a sleek yet practical approach, and the radiator almost vanishes.
Bathroom
Ledges are often of great use in the kitchen since they can function as dividers between the bathroom and the toilet areas.
You want a half-wall ledge in the shower when constructing or renovating a bathroom. Who wants bottles of shampoo lying on the floor in the corner? Here a shallow, tiled marble ledge is formed from the wall of the tub. And see the incentive replacement? A deeper corner is built into the tub — it is a corner that we really should call a table.
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