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How to style books in your home
Display your favourite books and elevate your décor at the same time.
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Elevate your home décor by creatively styling your books. Go beyond traditional methods by using horizontal stacks or alternating stacking styles for visual interest. Front-facing bookshelves can also turn beautiful covers into art.
Personalise your shelves by mixing in plants, photos, and mementoes. Consider using a bookcase as a stylish room divider in open-plan areas, but remember to embrace "negative space" to keep the room feeling light. These simple tips can make your bookcase a central design feature.
Stacked in your favour
Integrated cabinetry creates a space for books and other personal items to be displayed without taking up valuable floor space in a home by LeLa Architects. Image: Larnie Nicolson
Save room for something else
This barn-style interior of a Queenstown home by Bureaux has been mirrored in the steel tube and timber bookcase with library ladder. Image: Simon Devitt
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