There are pros and cons when it comes to deciding whether to install book shelves or book cases in your home. Although it may seem like a simple decision, it is one that should be considered with a wealth of knowledge.

The advantages of a book case are:

• It can be moved from one place to another in the room, and it can also be moved from one room to another.
• It is generally easy to assemble and indeed disassemble to make for ease of transport if you are moving house.
• It is versatile in that you can use it to store not only books but DVDs, CDs and computer games.

The disadvantages of a book case are:

• It is a fixed unit in terms of height and width and cannot be designed to be narrower, wider or higher unless you are building it from scratch.
• If it becomes too full, you will need to buy another book case that might only have one or two of its shelves being used.

The advantages of using book shelves:

• They are easy to make, even if you have only the most basic of workshops.
• You can make them as wide or as narrow as you like.
• There is no limit to the number of shelves that you can install.

The disadvantages of using book shelves:

• If you do not have a workshop at all, you will have to buy them separately and usually pre-packed. This will eventually make them more expensive than a book case.
• Storing DVDs and CDs on them is more risky as if they are not stored carefully, for example they are attached too high, they may fall off.