How to make bookshelves look nice

Discover creative ideas for decorating a shelf that you can use to style any size bookcase or floating shelf in your home!

Once I decided to build a Pottery Barn knock-off desk for my husband, I knew the desk would be lonely without a pair of classic bookshelves. Its hard to find good bookshelves people, especially tall ones. When you look online, you find a sea of particle board and bad laminate. Luckily, once upon a time (like... the 90's) you could easily find solid wood bookshelves. The best news is, since "they" decided oak is ugly, you can pick up a pair of these babies for peanuts on Craigslist. After a…

I'm hoping that today's post is really helpful for you in learning how to style your bookshelves and why you're doing what. I took so...

In this 'real life' interior style inspiration, you'll get some practial, realistic tips on bookshelf styling when you have a lot of books.

Bookshelves can be hard to style the way you want them. These 5 tips will help you style any bookcase in your home.

Bookshelf styling is one of our favourite hobbies. It's always fun to look at our book collection and consider which titles we'd like to showcase. This can be driven by content, genre, theme or cover artwork. We go with our instinct and whatever interests us at the time, but we always try to present the

If you're just lining up your books alphabetically on metal shelving units, you're missing out on a great decorating opportunity. A well-styled bookcase pairs functionality with aesthetics, letting your books become part of the decor and an expression of your personal style. With a selective arrangement of books, collectibles, and objects of art, you can create a tableau that’s both practical and beautiful. Try these styling tips to give a boring bookcase a sophisticated makeover.

Create something beautiful with these easy DIY bookshelf makeover ideas that won't break the bank.

When I was growing up, my family’s living room bookshelf was full of my parents’ law books. It wasn’t until I developed my own style that I realized I don’t have to stock my shelves like attorneys—and my bookshelves no longer have to be boringEven though I’m a literary buff, bookshelf trends have helped me see that shelves don’t always have to be exclusively for books, either. Looking to upgrade your own bookshelf game?

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