Next week I'll posts "no.2" and share more pretty pictures...
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Grouping books by color...and love the idea of hanging art on a bookcase.
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Can't find an end table you love in your budget? Use a stack of books! Also love the idea of displaying a large book with particularly lovely pages on a console table or sideboard.
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ReadyMade suggests turning a vintage suitcase into a bookcase...but I really like the idea of tall bookshelves complete with a ladder. Maybe when the kids are older :)
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The perfect solution for not-so-pretty books (including paperbacks that have seen better days)--display them turned around, spine showing. If they were books you didn't care to reference, but couldn't bear parting with, it's a good solution! And this apartment featured in Living a handful of years ago has never left my mind. It's gorgeous in every way and I love the way the books are displayed on simple, white shelves and below the coffee tables as well.
images 1, 3, 4, 6 - Pottery Barn; image 2 - Elle Decor; image 5 - ReadyMade; image 7 - Apartment Therapy; image 8 - Martha Stewart
have you seen all the bookshelf plans on Knock Off Wood? (Liz Stanley linked to the plans for a West Elm table a few weeks ago...)
ReplyDeleteI simply ADORE floor-to-ceiling bookshelves packed with books of every size, shape and color. I've seen the "books as end table" solution before and have loved that as well. We have kind of a similar thing where we took a smaller, square trunk and stacked it with a few great coffee table books. So fun!
ReplyDeleteWe are building a home right now and bookshelves are on my mind as well. Hoping to include some builtins. Love your suggestions and photos- eps arranging by color and size.
ReplyDeletefeeling your pain in the built-in bookshelf department. And in the rubbermaid bins full of books in my storage room. boo.
ReplyDeleteI love pictures hanging on bookshelves. I think I might have to work that in somehow...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of our 100-plus-year-old house is the built-in, floor-to-ceiling bookshelf. I finally have a place for most of my books!
ReplyDeleteI do love all these other ideas you've posted here, and I've been toying with the idea of rearranging my book display to add a little bit of visual oomph, so these provide some great inspiration. Thanks!
Thanks Steph, I love the ideas. I use books as decor in every single room of my house! I love the color and inspiration they add.
ReplyDeleteI think books make a house a home :) Any idea where that great yellow and white cushion in the second photo could come from? Gorgeous!
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