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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 book collection. Go beyond traditional shelving by mixing horizontal and vertical stacks for visual interest or using front-facing bookshelves to display covers like art.
Incorporate personal items like plants and mementoes to add personality. You can also use a bookcase as a room divider in open-plan spaces to add architectural interest. When doing so, remember to embrace "negative space" to keep the area feeling light and airy.
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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