![A floor-to-ceiling white shelving unit that includes hidden LED lighting.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/floor-to-ceiling-bookshelf-with-hidden-led-lighting-100721-1132-01.jpg)
Architecture and interior design firm FCstudio, have recently completed an apartment in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and included in the design is a floor-to-ceiling shelving unit by the front door.
![A floor-to-ceiling white shelving unit that includes hidden LED lighting.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/floor-to-ceiling-bookshelf-with-hidden-led-lighting-100721-1132-02.jpg)
The eye-catching white shelf is designed with deep and wide shelves that are decorated with plants, small lights, books.
![A floor-to-ceiling white shelving unit that includes hidden LED lighting.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/floor-to-ceiling-bookshelf-with-hidden-led-lighting-100721-1132-03.jpg)
Taking a closer look at the shelves, it’s interesting to see that instead of having the LED strips visible, the designers have chosen to hide them behind a small strip of matching wood, which also creates an angled shadow onto the shelf below.
![A floor-to-ceiling white shelving unit that includes hidden LED lighting.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/floor-to-ceiling-bookshelf-with-hidden-led-lighting-100721-1132-05.jpg)
Here’s a view of the shelves that shows an angled view and how the hidden lighting shines on the shelves below.
![A floor-to-ceiling white shelving unit that includes hidden LED lighting.](https://www.contemporist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/floor-to-ceiling-bookshelf-with-hidden-led-lighting-100721-1132-04.jpg)