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Adding Color and Texture with Books

Apart from those who color-coordinate their shelving, most of us don't think of books as part of our home's color scheme, but they are. Bookshelves add another layer of color and pattern to a room....

Hallways Lined with Books
Inspiration Gallery

Kyle from Apartment Therapy Boston recently had the idea to utilize a hall space for book storage. As lovers of shelving and books, we're into it. Browsing through some old house tours and posts, we...

8 Ways to Label Your Bookshelves

My mom is in the middle of a big project: organizing her bookshelves. She wants to label the shelves with general sections (poetry, fiction, reference), but she doesn't want to use a basic label-mak...

Inspiration: Walls of Bookshelves

Bookshelves are the original modular furniture. Stacked up, down, and side-by-side, they can line a whole wall or just a little nook. They look great in pairs, even better in threes, and if you've g...

Bookshelves in the Kitchen

We have a pretty big kitchen with large windows but very little storage space, so one day we decided to use a pair of narrow bookshelves to hold some of our dishes. It felt a little funny at first, ...

Bookshelf Arrangements from AT:CHI House Tours

Our favorite place to look for inspiration? AT:Chicago House Tours. We always get doable, livable ideas from the homes we feature on the site. After spending some time last week working on a bookshe...

How To: Declutter Your Bookshelves

We've been working towards getting rid of one third of our books. Our bookshelves have overflowed to the point where we have books lining the mantelpiece and the tops of cabinets. Our goal is to whi...