3 reasons why you should never store books in your loft and where to put them instead, according to experts

Hallway with storage and bookcase and doors painted in duck egg blue, with staircase opposite with grey stair carpet and yellow and orange painted bannisters. .

Having loft space is often a godsend for storing items you only use seasonally, don’t have space for or don’t want on show in your home. But you would be wrong in thinking your loft is an acceptable space to store old books.

We all want to maximise storage in a loft, but to do this, you need to ensure you are storing the correct items in the first place. And just because you’ve run out of shelving ideas, this doesn’t mean the loft is a suitable home for your book storage ideas.