Bookshelf styling for the decor challenged
Tahia Lorenzo
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Comments (10)Very pretty room, from what I can see. I don't know what style the room will be, but I picture glass shelves and some decorative items only because it appears as a focal point, to me. I would paint the sides of the walls and ceiling to the bookcase white and the back the same color as the wall. You might consider putting in some beadboard on the back to give it something extra. It's not necessary of course. You might want to coordinate that back wall with fabric you use in the room. The options are endless. Whatever you do, do not leave the back wall white! Tell hubby we love his work, but the wall cannot be white!! LOL...See MoreBookshelf arrangement, tchathcki overload?
Comments (79)As somebody who doesn't(and wouldn't) read e books, and is firmly stuck with paper ones-my bookshelves become harder and harder to style lol, and I should probably start giving some books away...but some, I'd never part with. They followed me around the world..literally..some of them look the part too:) So what-I still remember that feeling of awe when I opened them for the first time, be it 30 or 20 years ago..for that reason, I keep my kids' favorite books too even though they're less likely to enjoy these fairy tales now. Each really great book, you re able to re read many times, and find something new in it yet again. If I saw your Grisham, Rebecca, it would warm my heart, because it would remind me of my Mom-she loves Grisham, and each time she visits me she buys yet another Grisham in a library store..)) So who cares whether it's Grisham or not, paperback or hardcover-do what pleases you, and what conveys who you are, it's your home. You never know what people will think about worn out Grisham-it just might suddenly bring someone closer to you that you thought, for all sorts of reasons. Or he might be so absent minded he won't notice the books at all, and maybe the shelves too..I know people like that:) And if somebody's not that much into books that's fine..some of my friends are big music connoisseurs, but hate poems for example, would never read anything if it's a poem..I don't understand in music (I do listen to it of course; I just don't have no deep understanding, no real passion) but love poems, and deeply enjoy them. Each of us can share something with another that might temporarily take this another to a place different and maybe not comfortable but new and enlightening maybe and not like anything else. I don't care for this style to be sincere but I did follow the thread, to some degree..I do admire your attitude though. Your home will always be warm and people will flock to it..whichever way you style your shelves :)...See Moreikea bookshelf - decor ideas needed
Comments (12)msa, look for recycled glass jug or demijohn. Here's one at Wayfair, https://www.wayfair.com/decor-pillows/pdp/beachcrest-home-recycled-glass-decorative-jug-bchh2414.html?redir=SKU+BCHH2414&piid=20525727 If you're just starting, with that wider-than-the-TV print above the TV, and are planning to add more framed prints/pictures, that's a good start. If that's all you're doing, then it's unbalanced. You need to balance the width of the TV, and it helps if the depth (height) of the print over the TV is equal to or less than the TV. Look at your/phun's inspiration pic. Also look at the inspiration pic and notice that you have a large number of very small items in and on top of the bookcase. In the inspiration pic, a number of the items on top are corralled in a wire basket making them look like one larger unit. A lot of styling shelves successfully is understanding/figuring out balance and mass/weight. You can have different items on either side of the TV -- two fern prints vs. three varied size baskets -- but the mass is equivalent so they look well-balanced....See MoreBookshelf BUT no books!! Help me decorate!
Comments (44)The bookcase is a good solution to your problem, good on you. It doesn't look so bad at all from kitchen side..... the idea of pressed tin,metal to provide a splash back and fire protection gets my vote. For all the fire comments .....ensure you have a working kitchen fire extinguisher and fire blanket!...See MoreUser
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