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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 displays by experimenting with horizontal and vertical stacking or using front-facing shelves to showcase beautiful covers as art.
Personalise your bookcase by incorporating other items like plants, photos, and mementoes. You can also use a bookcase as a stylish room divider in open-plan areas to add architectural interest. Remember to include lighting and embrace negative space for a curated, airy look.
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
Divide and conquer
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