Decorate Bookshelf Without Books

These mounted art pieces help break up the lines of books.

Decorate bookshelf without books. Get the most storage and style out of built in bookcases by filling the shelves with books. While there is something aesthetically pleasing about an entire wall just of books i mean hello there sometimes you just want to snazz things up a bit. This bookshelf video is how to decorate a bookshelf with very few books.

A bar cart similarly to a hutch or media console is a versatile piece of decor that can be incorporated into almost any room and re appropriated to hold favorite trinkets and glassware as well as a few bottles of your favorite wine. Start by pulling everything off the shelves then sort books by subject size or color suggests loi thai who owns the bethesda maryland antiques shop tone on tone and shared his ideas in the. Pick large items small items and medium items to place on your shelves.

How to decorate bookshelves without books. Let s get the most obvious bookshelf decor tool out of the way first. Add a dark stain to a vintage bookshelf.

Here s how to decorate a bookshelf and your bookcases as a whole. I threw in a bunch of these faux cabbages that i had laying around after using them on my fall fireplace mantel but you could also use decorative ceramic balls faux flowers shells. Bookshelves can be tricky to decorate.

I have lots of books in just about every room but have made an effort to make them more attractive adding baskets boxes and pictures and alternating how the books are stacked or shelved. Use the bookshelf as a room divider. Leaning books ball shaped accessory next to vase on books box.

Use books as bookshelf decor. But sometimes they can look a little meh. If all your items are the same size your displays could become visually dull.