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Ditto!

I had the rainbow "styling" for a while, and I tend to find my books by the colour of the spine, so that worked great! But i found that it felt too styled and not as homey as it could feel, so now they're sorted by theme/genre and it still looks great and styled, I still find my books, and it feels homey at the same time! But having books facing pages out.... that wouldn't work for anyone who likes to read.

Same not as pretty but I can find what I want to read much easier

@@randomstudent3061 yeah

Hahaha tell me you're a real book reader without telling me!

Congratulations! Having your own house is an incredible feeling Sara Nena DIY

And that's the best~ xD A well loved bookshelf is one where it's filled with well read books~ Mine is full to the very last cm~ I file one series vertically like usual and then maybe stack the soft bound ones sort of a bookend or separator to another series that I'll file on the other half of the shelf~ Or I'll do a combination of both, 2 hardbounds then soft bounds filed on top of it~ So it sort of looks like a tetris~ xD

Mine are full of books only, too, but when arranged by colour that looks fantastic in itself. I then just have a few plants, including some drapey ones, on top of the shelves, and some smaller ones dotted around in front of the books.

Same thoughts here! I was telling myself I wish I could have some space for some type of art behind my books but mine are books for grad school and the rest just non-fiction books for reference. Not so much for decor but yeah I guess we can make it work! :)

Same. Just too many books.

I think she was just referring to the dust cover.

I just watched this and she did say to get books from the dollar tree, so not good books you already actually own, just rubbish books for decorative purposes...I love my books and I still have old school books and encyclopedias which are so obsolete it’s not funny, but I would never destroy a book just to decorate

i agree and then you can write the title in a more aesthetic way. you still have them looking beautiful, but you can find them.

This screams “tell me you don’t read and only use books as decor”

Me too- and many others by the looks of it. My books are for reading and they don't look at all bad on my bookshelves with other bits and bobs styled in front of them. Multiple colours and sizes have never been a visual 'problem' and I suspect it's something design-peeps have invented to mess with our heads 😳😳😳😳

I am a book nerd too, but I love having color coded shelves.

I’m a book worm/nerd too, but my husband and I have read most of the books on our shelves. I sort of categorize the books so we know the general idea of where a book would be if we wanted to re-read it and also have areas for books waiting to be read. I get overwhelmed by visual clutter, but my husband and I also don’t like getting rid if books, so this is a compromise.

Of course you can put rugs on top of carpet and size pretty much depends on the size of the area you want covered.

And pile is determined mainly by which room the rug is in.

Me too... giving me heart palpitations just thinking about splitting up series’ & trilogies because they are different colours! 😬

I’m totally in agreement re the books!

I organize them by title. But I looove how nice is the colour coding. Sara Nena DIY

I usually have a good sense for what a book looks like so color coding works well for me!

Definitely by author! 👍

Yes! I organize by genre and then by author within that. I have a bunch of long series (with anywhere from 3-12 books) and they almost always have a different color for each book. I can't imagine splitting up a saga!

It looks like she is missing a couple of the series, though. ;) The 3rd and the 7th, I would say.

It’s from urban outfitters!

I wouldn'y worry too much about having a designed look to kids shelves- toys are for playing with.

Omg same

If you only display things in your kitchen shelves that you actually use frequently, you will be washing them often so no worries about dust. The key, I think, is what Alexandra said about having cute/pretty dishes that are worthy of display. I've done the 'dry goods in jars' thing, which is really cute, but I didn't use them often enough to keep the dust from building up.

Ikea has a new drapey eucalyptus plant that's pretty good for a high shelf!

peach print is from society 6

I would just say spread it out more depth wise. So adding big objects to the back, some to the very front. And on some shelves you add some in the middle area. Should work fine :)

Layering is key! You can use art as a background for objects. Also don't do too much on every shelf, leave every other one with more empty space. Keep one shelf with things in the center, then the next one spread across the whole shelf, then center again

You know, before you figure out how to arrange items on your shelves, I think it’s better to figure out what the purpose(s) of the shelves is. Are they decorative or functional or both? If they are functional what are they supposed to be for? Do they divide the room and create architecture? Or do you need to store practical items like gaming equipment? Do you have these shelves just so you can display objects? And if so, what kind of objects? Like if you have a glass orb collection, for instance, and you may want special lighting. If you have lots of little figurines, you may want risers or stands to display them on. I think the purpose of the shelves should guide how you arrange the stuff on the shelves. For example, your shelves might need to store practical stuff like gaming equipment and electronics that maybe you don’t want to look at. It makes sense to put that stuff in a container and then put it on a shelf. The items that you find pleasing to look at can be arranged in a more artful manner like the other commentators suggested. Most mixed use shelves I’ve seen have the more practical stuff on the bottom and the decorative items on the higher shelves. I think you meant that your shelves are open in the front and the back, rather than all sides. Unless your shelves are supported in the center and truly have no sides? IKEA’s Kallax units have shelves that are open in the front and the back. I usually see decorative items displayed in two basic ways on these shelves. Larger items that fill most of space and are pleasing to look at from all sides are placed by themselves. Smaller items and items that definitely have a backside are layered with taller items in the center and smaller items closer to the edges of the shelves. I’ve even seen framed photos placed with their backsides facing so that a photo is displayed in the front and back.

Go old school with paper bag or any paper you love. Add details that make you happy. 😊