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This month's Amish Originals Furniture Co. eNews is called Shelf Life, spotlighting our selection of hardwood bookcases and shelving.
Going vertical via bookcases and shelving are a smart, creative way to best utilize space.
This month's Amish Originals Furniture Co. eNews is called Shelf Life, spotlighting our selection of hardwood bookcases and shelving.
Going vertical via bookcases and shelving are a smart, creative way to best utilize space.
A 24–inch wide, 60-inch tall Amish Originals Furniture Co. Open Front Bookcase changes a bathroom into a spa by holding towels and bath accessories, adds drama to a corner or niche in the master bedroom, accommodates easy access to cookbooks and wine in the kitchen, and provides age-appropriate bedroom storage that adapts to the needs of growing children.
We found some great ideas on HGTVs website that we’d like to share:
Display Your Passion
▪ Interior Designer, Debbie Wiener advises, “Kids’ framed artwork, books, decorated plates, baseball cards, or boomerang collections. Your home should look like you.”
Group Like with Like
▪ Group items by theme, color, shape, tones, texture, or material.
Showoff Collections
▪ If you love it, display it prominently.
Go Big and Bold
▪ Large art books.
▪ Oversized pottery.
▪ Put smaller items in bigger containers.
Forget Symmetry and Be Odd
▪ There is balance in odd numbers. Arrange items in threes, fives, or sevens.
▪ Change the height of shelves.
Vary Accessory Height.
▪ Bring depth and dimension.
▪ Keep the eye moving.
▪ Combine short, medium, and tall.
▪ Stack books vertically.
▪ Use pedestals, cake plates, and risers.
Add Sparkle and Shine.
▪ Glass, crystal, silver.
▪ Mirrors beneath and behind.
▪ Include rough texture for contrast.
Create Layers on Shelves
▪ Add depth.
▪ Use large, tall items as anchors.
▪ Fits nicely into a Traditional or Eclectic space.
Keep it Spare and Simple
▪ Fits nicely with Modern and Contemporary spaces.
▪ Minimalist and uncluttered.
▪ Simple, careful.
Vary Book Displays
▪ Stack horizontally and display vertically.
▪ Group by subject, size, or meaning to you.
▪ Got favorite books that are a bit tattered and worn? Display them proudly on an easel or keep in baskets or boxes.
Mix Art with Books
▪ Shelving makes a great home art gallery.
▪ Shelving makes a great home art gallery.
▪ Place framed art among books.
▪ Hang art from shelves. (With new no-nails hangers, like the Command hangers, hanging favorite items anywhere has become much simpler.)
▪ Lean art on books.
▪ Include art in groupings and vignettes.
Display Art in Creative Ways.
▪ It doesn’t have to be exact or perfect, it just has to please you.
▪ It doesn’t have to be exact or perfect, it just has to please you.
▪ Mix frames (even empty frames) in all shapes and styles. Antique and vintage frames work nicely with new.
Look Up and Look Down
▪ Think about the tops of bookshelves and cabinets for storage and display. (Support carefully placed items with museum putty.)
▪ Highlight tall ceilings.
▪ Visually anchor the shelves or cabinets at the base with items like oversized pottery.
Let There Be Light.
▪ Illuminate.
▪ With wireless lighting like LEDs, solar, flameless candles, and battery powered lights, accent lighting is simplified.
▪ Use picture lights, track lighting, puck lights, and up-light cannisters.
▪ Backlight your favorite books or arrangements.
▪ Backlight your favorite books or arrangements.
To learn more, visit these additional links:
Amish Originals Bookcases online.
Amish Originals Furniture Co. eNews January 2012: Shelf Life.
HGTV's Tips for Creating Space with Shelving.
HGTV's Decorating Tips for Shelves and Bookcases.
Real Simple's Bookshelf Ideas.
Looking for more ideas? Stop by your local library to check out home decor periodicals and books.