diff --git a/data/furniture.json b/data/furniture.json
index 0938506..c65662a 100644
--- a/data/furniture.json
+++ b/data/furniture.json
@@ -166,6 +166,52 @@
           "depth_in": 9.5
         }
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Library Left Shelving",
+      "description": "To the right of the Kallax",
+      "openings": [
+        {
+          "label": "A1",
+          "zone": "",
+          "width_in": 23.25,
+          "height_in": 10.25,
+          "depth_in": 9.5,
+          "id": "library-right-shelving-2-a1"
+        },
+        {
+          "label": "B1",
+          "zone": "",
+          "width_in": 23.25,
+          "height_in": 10.25,
+          "depth_in": 9.5,
+          "id": "library-right-shelving-2-b1"
+        },
+        {
+          "label": "C1",
+          "zone": "",
+          "width_in": 23.25,
+          "height_in": 10.25,
+          "depth_in": 9.5,
+          "id": "library-right-shelving-2-c1"
+        },
+        {
+          "label": "D1",
+          "zone": "",
+          "width_in": 23.25,
+          "height_in": 10.25,
+          "depth_in": 9.5,
+          "id": "library-right-shelving-2-d1"
+        },
+        {
+          "label": "E1",
+          "zone": "",
+          "width_in": 23.25,
+          "height_in": 10.25,
+          "depth_in": 9.5,
+          "id": "library-right-shelving-2-e1"
+        }
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/static/app.css b/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
index 4840225..db88321 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
+++ b/src/bggpipe/static/app.css
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ select {
   margin-bottom: .8rem; }
 .orow { display: flex; gap: .5rem; }
 .formlabel { margin: 1.2rem 0 .35rem; }
+.editform label.attop { flex-direction: row; align-items: center; gap: .35rem;
+  text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; align-self: end;
+  padding-bottom: .45rem; }
 .renamerow:not([hidden]) { display: flex; gap: .4rem; margin: .3rem 0 .6rem; }
 .renamerow input { font: inherit; font-size: .9rem;
   border: 2px solid var(--board-edge); border-radius: var(--radius);
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/shelves.html b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/shelves.html
index 48b7e70..bf14bb9 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/shelves.html
+++ b/src/bggpipe/templates/pages/shelves.html
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ function unitBlock(u) {
       <label>Columns <input name="cols" inputmode="numeric" size="3" value="1"></label>
       <label>Label <input name="label" placeholder="wide top — for a single opening"></label>
       <label>Zone <input name="zone"></label>
+      <label class="attop"><input type="checkbox" name="at_top"> at the top</label>
       <label>W <input name="width_in" size="5" placeholder="13.25"></label>
       <label>H <input name="height_in" size="5" placeholder="13.25"></label>
       <label>D <input name="depth_in" size="5" placeholder="15.4"></label>
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ function wire() {
       name: b.dataset.unit,
       new_name: b.closest(".renamerow").querySelector("input").value,
     }));
-  document.querySelectorAll(".editunitdesc").forEach(b =
+  document.querySelectorAll(".editunitdesc").forEach(b =>
     b.onclick = () => {
       const form = b.closest(".unitdesc").querySelector(".descform");
       form.hidden = !form.hidden;
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ function wire() {
       try {
         await post("/api/furniture/add-openings", {
           unit: form.dataset.unit, zone: f.zone.value,
+          at_top: f.at_top.checked,
           ...(grid ? {rows, cols} : {label: f.label.value}),
           width_in: parseFloat(f.width_in.value) || null,
           height_in: parseFloat(f.height_in.value) || null,
diff --git a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
index d0e0504..6d11979 100644
--- a/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
+++ b/src/bggpipe/webreview.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ class OpeningsBody(BaseModel):
 
     unit: str
     zone: str = ""
+    at_top: bool = False  # new openings land ABOVE the existing rows
     label: str = ""  # single mode
     rows: int = 0  # grid mode when rows*cols > 0
     cols: int = 0
@@ -1307,6 +1308,14 @@ def create_app(
                 # a half-sized opening would silently become limitless:
                 # fit checks need all three axes, or none (virtual)
                 raise HTTPException(400, "give all three interior dimensions, or none")
+            added: list[dict] = []
+
+            def place(new_openings):
+                if body.at_top:
+                    unit["openings"][:0] = new_openings
+                else:
+                    unit["openings"].extend(new_openings)
+
             if body.rows and body.cols:
                 # a second grid on the same unit continues the row letters
                 # (A1 already exists -> next section starts at C, say):
@@ -1329,7 +1338,7 @@ def create_app(
                             break
                     for c in range(body.cols):
                         label = f"{letters}{c + 1}"
-                        unit["openings"].append(
+                        added.append(
                             {
                                 "id": new_opening_id(units, unit["name"], label),
                                 "label": label,
@@ -1341,7 +1350,7 @@ def create_app(
                 label = body.label.strip()
                 if not label:
                     raise HTTPException(400, "the opening needs a label")
-                unit["openings"].append(
+                added.append(
                     {
                         "id": new_opening_id(units, unit["name"], label),
                         "label": label,
@@ -1349,6 +1358,7 @@ def create_app(
                         **dims,
                     }
                 )
+            place(added)
 
         return _mutate_furniture(add)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_shelves.py b/tests/test_shelves.py
index a1c44ff..92a7d41 100644
--- a/tests/test_shelves.py
+++ b/tests/test_shelves.py
@@ -978,3 +978,34 @@ def test_rename_unit_keeps_openings_locations_and_description(tmp_path):
         ).status_code
         == 409
     )
+
+
+def test_add_openings_at_top(tmp_path):
+    """Things live ON the furniture too: an opening added at_top lands
+    above the existing rows and renders first in the wall diagram."""
+    web, cfg = _web(tmp_path, {})
+    web.post("/api/furniture/add-unit", json={"name": "Kallax"})
+    web.post(
+        "/api/furniture/add-openings",
+        json={
+            "unit": "Kallax",
+            "rows": 2,
+            "cols": 2,
+            "width_in": 13.25,
+            "height_in": 13.25,
+            "depth_in": 15.4,
+        },
+    )
+    web.post(
+        "/api/furniture/add-openings",
+        json={
+            "unit": "Kallax",
+            "label": "on top",
+            "zone": "display",
+            "at_top": True,
+        },
+    )
+    labels = [
+        o["label"] for o in web.get("/api/shelves").json()["units"][0]["openings"]
+    ]
+    assert labels == ["on top", "A1", "A2", "B1", "B2"]