I agree. I love seeing my shelves filled with up-right standing books, especially if there's multiple series in a row that are completed or just a full shelf of oneshot books.
As someone with crouwded shelves... yeah, I like the crowded shelves! I think its pretty to have trinkets and such, but at the end of the day, my bookshelves are for books so they usually get ousted to make space for more stories.
I adore bookshelves entirely packed with neatly ordered, spine-out books. Not messy or with vertical piles or trinkets in the way or anything like that, just "basic" rows of books with their spines all lined up neatly, filling every shelf.
I think you’re seeing a lot of “apartment white” walls. In America you can’t paint your walls in apartments and they are almost always a vanilla white, and in medium light they can look a little greenish.
You beat me to it - yes, I think the lighting in the photos just make them look a different shade but I assume all those walls are just variations on white. Painted walls in many places is the privilege of homeowners.
Whoever is bookshelf number five that was described as chaotic I’m so envious of you! It’s the clutter I strive for, a great ratio of trinkets and books. Love how there is random room at the end of the shelves to stuff what you want.
I personally LOVE an overstuffed bookshelf, probably because I've always dreamt of living in an old library or a used bookstore. 🤓❤ I find the fullness of it cozy and inviting.
My second comment I know but when she said: “this is not a bookshelf, this is a funko pop display,” she reminded me so much of Daniel Greene it was genius
@@nonabgo Ok we can all tell who has literally never been bullied before, upset that someone makes jokes about people who own funko pops??! I am getting second hand embarrassment from reading this, you must be baiting or something
You never have to get rid of books! Books don't need to breathe, they need to be read! I love every bookshelf that has books, whether half-filled or overflowing.
I organize by genre but that always looks like I've organized by color. Romance is normally pink/red/pastels. Horror/Thriller is normally black. Historical fiction is black and yellow.
Instead of buying new bookshelves, especially if you have the Billy ones, you could also resort to round the edges with black colored wood or maybe crochet something to alter the form. There are lots of ways to alter them in a way that makes them more personalized and not as common! Added bonus: you wouldn't need to pay half a liver for new shelves.
for sure! I also took the backs off mine and I'm considering painting them to look more like wood but that's a bit more of a labour intensive project haha
Anyone with any open shelf space on their bookshelf is astonishing to me. I don’t think I’ve had an open inch on my book shelf… ever. Breathing room who? Loved this; seeing real book shelves, rather than Pinterest and Instagram-perfect shelves is refreshing! Hope you’ll do more of these!
yeah, i have 492 books in my room, space? what is she? I have 2 more books coming as well. also: I dont get not liking white shelves? mine are white and pink, fits with my soft girly room better than dark colors ever would.
Not the Billy bookshelf slander! I actually like them because I feel like they make books stand out more, while brown shelves kind of blend in with the books.
I moved recently and got dark wooden bookshelves (also Billy just not white) and my old white Billy got a mid life career change and is now a kitchen shelf.
coming to say as someone who has painted my walls that light greenish colour i do lowkey regret it, it feels very cold, so id recommend getting it slightly darker and very warm toned
I’m moving soon as well and this vid motivates me to make my shelves even MORE witchy and atmospheric (also your dress has the vibe of the vintagy Dutch Delfts Blauw porcelain and I love it)
Love your videos! And I love crowded, but organised, bookshelves. I think it's a waste of space not having books every single inch of the bookshelf 😂😂😂
I don't have a bookshelf and I'm an e-reader. I have a couple of books in my cabinet. I may not have a sense of aesthetics, but I only care about the content of my books anyway :D
I can't wait to watch the decorating vlogs, you had such good inputs, I literally noted down almost everything, the salt tealight lamps, the mushroom battery powered lamps, the fake potions. Love all of it!!
my book shelf aesthetic rn is I ran out of space and I can't get another bookshelf so I'm just going to organize best on how it fits in the space. You can tell because I have a regency romance series sitting on top of my Nancy drew books because that is how it fit on the books shelf. oh yes and random trinkets everywhere. I also have a shelving unit that was in my closet that just has all my shadowhunter books on them. it used to be organized alphabetically when I had space
I have to say, I'm living for your outro - the song, the ghibli (?) picture, it creates such a lovely atmosphere. Just know that at the end of every video I'm sitting there, doing a little dance and singing along to the melody :)
I just bought a white bookshelf from target and thought it was adorable 😭 I got into reading (book collecting if we’re being honest) two years ago and had no idea those shelves were outdated. Time to thrift new ones and give the new ones to my brother it seems😂 Edit: I will be keeping my shelves I was just being silly!! I just respect Leonie’s opinions so I was making a joke!
If you love your white shelves I don't think you should give them away, It doesn't matter if it's seen as outdated or not, if you love it then you love it and that's great! But also if you do want new ones, good for you (and your brother who will get them xD)!
Dated, in or out of style, cool, not cool - those are subjective and totally irrelevant to what you should love. If you love it, it's adorable, it's perfect, it's right for you. And remember, whatever is "in style" now will someday be OUT of style. Just think of yourself as ahead of the game, when white bookshelves are back in. Or better yet, don't give a crap about what other people think and love what you love. To quote Pee-Wee Herman - "I'm a rebel Dottie!"
A good topic Leonie for discussion. Sometimes a bookshelf describes the person's personality & overall exposure to different topics even if they don't know how to read a book😀. The same is applicable for game & movie collection. The last time I made a proper book shelf was during my school years. Now I have a small bookshelf for design books & catalogues since I am a designer.
I have a passion for books, I love them so much. Always been a loner in my life, books are my best friends...they are a voice that reaches out to me like a familiar colleague from the past. They don't judge, they don't criticize, they just share their ideas and they are there whenever i want. I know it makes me look a bit like a loser, but honestly my bookshelves are my biggest pride in the home...i dust them and maintain them regularly...people say i don't have friends but i disagree...i am surrounded by friends!!
I mean this is cute and all, but it also seems quite sad. Do you have NO friends? Like not even one or two actual human friends? I like reading also, but I also do have a single friend I talk to. It just sounds so lonely saying I am "surrounded by friends" and just talking about books.
@@efinah2305 I am not lonely and it isnt sad, i can have friends but i dont want to, i rather spend my time reading...it is a choice i make. Actually i do have a friend, my dog loves when i read to her =D
17:00 I actually love this one it's probably my favourite out of all of them :] Even though there's so many books, they are still organised and i love the "chaotic" stacking✨️
I discovered you through your secondary chanel and I really love your vibe !! Your videos are peaceful and nice to watch/listen to. Can't wait to see what you're going to do with your appartment 😄
Sometimes it's not about buying a new shelf, it's more about letting some books go. Because I sure have the money to buy another shelf, but I dont have the space to put it at, AND I do not have the money to live in a bigger flat. I love the concept of this video tho.
"If you have the money to buy special editions, you have the money to buy another shelf." - Money, maybe. Space to put another shelf? That's a different story altogether. We don't all live in huge houses.
Psychoanalyzing a person's bookcase/book displays! Yes! Have you ever seen a bookshelf with a fish tank on it? Or a hamster's enclosure? There's gotta be someone whose pet fish or hamster or rat or chinchilla or guinea pig shares real estate with books.
I decided not to share mine since I had put a lot of my history books into books, leaving this massive gap on the one shelf, which were subsequently filled halfway with textbooks and some of my classics. But my shelf was made by my dad and I a few years back. I have my CD collection on it. My books are generally split by author, it may look like a scatterbrain went loose but there's a method to my madness
You had good advice and you weren't terribly judgy. Good on you. What I got most from your narrative is how subjective bookshelf style can be. I'm the opposite of "let them breath" - I look at bookshelves that aren't primarily all books and think of all that wasted space! I wonder if they really read or if they just like to use books as decor. Admittedly, my shelves are too full, literally overflowing onto the ground, but I still prefer the aesthetics of a bookshelf that's 80-90% books.
Witch hat atelier manga spotted! I know Leonie doesn't read manga but this one I feel like is the perfect introduction for a fan of fantasy it's just so whimsical and gorgeous.
I can't wait for the day I can have an actual book shelf, my books are all crammed and stuffed into random places all over my room just wherever they'll fit :')
I really need to save money and finally overhaul the whole furniture in my room. I dream of a huge corner wardrobe so I can have wall space for a giant bookshelf with a hidden vanity in between. My books (and kpop albums) need SPACE 😫
So I did a fun thing when reorganising my bookshelves this year, I put all my to read books on 2 shelves (lmao help) and chose the shelves that are like at the right height for me to grab. So the middle of my bookshelf has been changing quite a lot but I love it, it’s so handy. I’ve also got a section for books that I have read this year so I can see my progress and can sort through which ones I want to keep at the end of the year ✌️
Hi Leonie! I have a question - are you planning on doing the second part of this video? I've recently decorated my new bookshelf and would be excited to show it ❤
I have very little space so i have placed my books in the part of my wardrobe that has a hole in it. That way i can access the books from two sides and use the full depth of the shelf. On one side are the cooking and study and music books, on the otherside the "pleasure reads". The other side is also faced towards a window and sofa. The little space i have also dictates that i need to sort my books by height so that i can place more books in the same space because somewhere they have to hold residence.
I have hoarding in my family, and I have the gene, so I dont own any books for my mental health. Minimalism was rough at first, but honestly, I feel so much happier in my place now. I am an avid library book and Kindle reader now. I love all the bookshelves people have. It's fun to see even if I dont have one for myself.
Fun video! And a lot of inspiration for my own bookshelves. First up - get rid of my DVDs and BlueRays. I haven't watched a single one in 5+ years. Then my books can BREATHE. I love the idea of some pretty lights to warm up the area. And plants.
Hey, color-coordinated book nerds - check out the British Library's Tales of the Weird collection. The covers slap and the collected stories are always interesting
