![]() ![]() 'This is only really practical if your books are more for display purposes than reading,' says Melanie Lissack. ![]() Channel a vintage displayĪnother idea for color coordinated books is to turn the books around so that the page edges are visible rather than the spines. True, it doesn't follow Rayman's decree about showcasing your own story, but doesn't it look oh-so-pretty? 3. They’re actually organised in numerical order of publication.' 'They’re not deliberately color coordinated but, because each series is a different color (the main series is orange, crime is green, Pelicans blue, etc), they appear that way. I asked my builder to make some shelves for me and started to fill them with the vintage Penguin books I already owned. The effect is shown off beautifully in the home of content creator (above),who says the look was actually created organically.Ĭhristen says: 'When we renovated our house a few years ago, it occurred to me that the shallow alcove at the back of the living room was the perfect depth for paperbacks. (Image credit: books by color creates great visual interest, but if you aren't a fan of the rainbow effect, try to concentrate on one color of book: the orange spine of Penguin classics look fantastic all grouped together,' suggests Melanie Lissack, of Melanie Lissack Interiors. What to do instead of a rainbow book shelf 1. It's a refreshing take on decorating bookshelves, where your own spirit and life comes through to the fore. The result is a bookcase that tells stories, rather than just looks aesthetically pleasing, and that's a far more meaningful way to live.' 'You might end up putting books together on a similar subject, or that remind you of a particular moment. 'When choosing how to put books together on a bookshelf, instead of grouping by color, group by theme,' he says. The New York-based interior designer Rayman Boozer of Apartment48 suggests a different approach, as showcased in his apartment, above. Plus with the rise of transitional style, which is all about creating spaces that are filled with personality and vitality, does following a very obvious, rote system really seem very individual to how you live? And the fact that people were first doing this a decade ago does give us pause to wonder if, in fact, there are any new ideas. ![]()
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