This bookshelf needed a little TLC…
When working on your shelving the best thing I can suggest is putting all of your books, objects, pictures, art and boxes together in groupings. Try to analyze what you have a lot of or a little of. Lots of books with blue bindings? Not enough pictures frames? If you come up with a plan for how you are going to arrange everything, it won’t seem so daunting. Try to mix up your books and frames, and if you don’t like one section try to pinpoint what exactly you don’t like about it, take it out and start over. Need some more books, go hit the $1-$5 rack at the bookstore. I always find great ones to fill in with. If you aren’t sure, walk away from it and live with it for a few days before going back to it.
More from this clients house soon. Hope you like the bookshelf.
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Ooohh – much, much better! And the grouping of hydrangea at the front right outer corner softens that hard edge at the wall. Lovely.
Great tips, thanks! Bookcases are tough for me!
Bravo!
I just redid my bookshelves with help from my daughter-in law….what a diferrence1
Great work, Laura! Such an amazing yet simple transformation
How lovely! Shelves are so hard! I’ve always wanted to know some rules! Thank you, can’t wait to see the rest of the house!!
Great arrangement! I like grouping books by color as well
Nice Job!
I also like the way you brought the chair colors into the shelving…..:)
What an improvement-Nice work!
Yes! I needed this tutorial, badly. I’d been staring at our big bookshelf for months trying to figure it out. After grouping books together with similar colors, its much improved. Now its just a matter of playing with the accessories. Thanks for the wonderful example!
Nice, you are inspiring me to go style my little shelves that I hung. I think I finally have enough stuff on them!
Nice, you are totally inspiring me to style the little shelves that I hung. I think I finally have enough stuff on them, I guess we’ll see!
Lovely! I wish I had lovely built ins like these!
like?!!! I LOVE!!!! Wow it’s perfect!!! i love it!!! beautiful!!
xoxox
Great job Laura!
xo
Brooke