The built-ins in our great room probably see the most “action” and rotation throughout the seasons. Ok, so now that I’ve given fair warning, let’s jump into my method of designing my bookshelves. Or keep a select few and coordinate their frames. Maybe think about creating a gallery wall. You don’t have to have every family photo piled on three shelves. You have have functional and pretty shelves. We’ll talk about how you can incorporate a lot of the sentimental items but look for other homes to display them, also. You may too and you just don’t know it □ If you like the look of simplified, cohesive bookshelves but don’t think you can do it because you have too many “special things”, you totally can. Or, do you have a lot of special family moments you like to display? Special memories from travels? Do you view your bookshelves as an opportunity to create “art”? I fall in the latter category. If you are in this group of people, consider this your warning to head up to the “x” at the top of your screen and skip this post haha. I have seen bookshelf extremists actually become offended if they don’t see what they deem as “enough” books on a shelf (or Heaven forbid, they are turned backwards). I say this because there are some people (you may be one) who 100% believe the only intended use of a bookshelf is to hold books. Click HERE for full disclosure* Tips and Ideas for Styling Bookshelvesīefore you even look at your bookshelf, you’re gonna need to determine what you consider as the “purpose” of shelving in general. I’ve rounded up areas around my house over the last year and I’m gonna give some tips and ideas for styling bookshelves. I had requests for a lot of how-to’s and my method for styling areas like console tables and coffee tables but one space that showed up repeatedly was how I style my built-ins. Something that was clear from my reader survey a few months ago is that while I show a lot of styled areas, I don’t necessarily explain as to how I “arrived” at the finished “moments”.
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