School library themes your pupils will love

October 8th 2021

If your school library needs a makeover but you don’t know where to start, then you’re sure to be inspired by our imaginative school library themes that your pupils will love. 

Our library design team can help you choose the perfect theme for your library from our diverse range of products or they can work with you to create a bespoke theme to suit your school’s requirements using tailored artwork and colours. 

Whichever option you choose, our experts will help you put together a theme that will delight your pupils, fire up their imaginations and give them a place where they want to go and get lost in a book.

What to consider before choosing a theme for your school library

A room that is dedicated to books has to be special and unique – a place where children feel safe and relaxed – and having a theme can help achieve this. 

In a primary school, often the library has to work for a broad age range of children, usually from early years through to year six, so it’s important to make the room comfortable and not too young or too old by using colours and products that will appeal to all ages. 

Our design experts will help you decide whether having one theme across your library or introducing different themes in distinct zones will work best for your space. Zoning can be a good way to organise a library and books for different key stages.

Benefits of a themed school library

A themed school library can bring fun and excitement to your space, spark engagement and increase children’s imagination and creativity. A striking and artistic theme adds the ‘wow’ factor and becomes a talking point for pupils. It also creates memories and can prompt storytelling and creative writing.

How to choose the right theme for your school library

Our design experts have years of experience in creating themed libraries for schools and can easily dream up a design that’s perfect for your space. We can help you to choose an inclusive theme that will appeal to all your pupils, taking into account their age and interests. We will share our ideas for potential themes and explain how you could develop them. We will also discuss bespoke theme options using products, colours and wall art. 

In short, we can design and install everything you need for a themed library including shelving, vinyl wall art and furniture.

Popular school library themes

Our design experts know that it’s the little details that bring a library to life so we use soft seating and wall stickers to extend the theme beyond the furniture. It’s important to build your library with what your pupils would like in mind – whether it’s minimal or eccentric. Adding extra design touches will increase their want and need to go into the library.

Our most popular school library themes are:

• Nature (woodland/forest, jungle/tropical, under the sea, dinosaurs)
• Rainbow
• Space
• Books

Rather than being limited to one theme, you can introduce various themes across the space in a designed area or corner.

Choose your school library theme

If you’d love our experts to help you create a themed school library that will inspire and delight your pupils, contact our library design team at designservices@peters.co.uk. They can’t wait to get started.