shelfie

Love how shelves are layered with mix of books and collections. Don't get me wrong, I love libraries packed with books but I think in my home decor I wanted to leave the old library look behind. I have been there, done that. After much thought and lots of purging of books and lots of painting later I have my dream shelves. I found the floating white shelves at IKEA and they were perfect for my design. I wanted to have a minimal display shelves similar to ones in some stores and I think I achieved that look. After my so handy hubby put the shelves on the freshly painted walls, I carefully choose the books and collections that are meaningful to me and yes I tried to color match the books. Some people don't like it but to me they make the eye wander easily and unified, looks less cluttered.



Here are my shelves in my office. It's a little crowded but still looks organized and pretty:)

Love the layering, bold typography and the black&white effect.

Here are some of the shelves which inspired me from my Pinterest;


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Here comes the color matching books.


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I love monochromatic book selves too. It looks soothing. Blending in the decor. It is hard to see it from the picture but think they may have displayed some of the the books backwards which is very clever idea instead of covering them with paper.


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Color matching books become a wall of art.

Do you consider books in your decor, how about color matching books, love it or hate it?

Have a great weekend!xx

diy shelves for my collections

I have several small collections from different cultures and sometimes displaying them in my tiny apartment is tricky. When you have a small space you have to put it all to use. Finally some of my collections found a place on new diy shelves in the dining area.



Collections from all over the world ( by the way, I made that cowrie shell necklace:) ) on the top shelf and gorgeous amethyst geodes from HomeGoods, Marshalls and T.J.Maxx ( who knew they sell them, right?! ) are displayed on the bottom shelf, all framed by a beautiful Chinese bed frame.

The Chinese wedding bed frame was sitting against the same wall for a while. I decided to have some fun with it. Of course my hubby was handy in this project.

Here is how the shelves look. I love thick shelves but don't know if they are a good idea in a small space, I just love their masculine, strong look. I know the shelves are not showing pretty in this picture but, all of the ugly parts are hidden behind the Chinese frame. We used 8" wide pine wood planks so they wouldn't take up much space.

This is the frame detail. The end piece was cut short so we added a thin board to cover it. We secured the shelves to the wall with a couple brackets. It was hard to do and it doesn't look so good but seriously, I don't even see the brackets:) I also painted the visible shelves with the wall color so it won't be competing with the busy frame and the collections. It also has a clean floating feel.

This is how it looks behind the Chinese frame.

Finished shelves with the Chinese bed frame. Looks like an open shelf cabinet. It was a bold decision but, I am very happy with the result. 

Have a great weekend!xx