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How to style books in your home

Display your favourite books and elevate your décor at the same time.

Clare Chapman
Last updated: 31 July 2024 | 5 min read
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Elevate your home décor by creatively styling your books. Experiment with different arrangements like horizontal stacks or alternating between vertical and horizontal for visual interest.

Incorporate personal items like photos, mementoes, and plants to reflect your personality. You can also use a bookcase as a room divider in open-plan spaces to add architectural interest.

For a polished finish, add stylish lighting and embrace negative space by not overfilling shelves, which helps keep rooms 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

Divide and conquer

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Clare Chapman Clare Chapman
Editor in Chief, HOME