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Styling Shelves
Most of us have books, mementos, art and general treasures
in our homes that we want to hold onto. If you have a smaller space, or even if
you don’t, think about taking advantage of the vertical spaces in your home to
store and display these pieces. Shelves can add architectural interest along
with aiding in your home’s organization. It’s a good thing to consider both
form and function. Shelves definitely fit the bill.
You can place shelves in any room in your home. There are
freestanding shelving units, wall hung shelf and storage units, built in
shelves and floating shelves. No matter what style of shelves you decide to go
with, a great aesthetic can be achieved in styling shelves with a few
guidelines along with your own personal flair.
In book placement, instead of having all books in the
standard vertical position, place some books in a horizontal pile for a more
modern look. You can choose to group books according to their colour. It’s nice
to place mementos among the books to add a sculptural element. These pieces can be stacked on top of a pile
of books as well. Having different heights in your groupings will add more
interest to shelves.
To incorporate art in your shelves, depending on the size of
artwork, it can be propped on the shelves. For bigger art pieces hang them on
the shelves. This is traditionally an English library type of look yet it can
still work in a contemporary home.
Use items that are meaningful to you and that reflect your
personality. For collections you can group like objects giving a more striking
effect. To add function to shelves, add boxes or baskets to house items that
you don’t necessarily want on display yet you need to keep.
The shelves themselves can be updated by painting or
papering the back of the shelves. This will add more visual interest and
beautiful colour. If you’re like me, you’ll arrange and rearrange as many times
as it takes until it looks just right. Keep form and function in mind and add
in some fun and personality and it will happen.
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