How to decorate your bookcase?

You have just bought a bookcase for your living room or your office, and you can't wait to decorate it properly? Don't wait any longer and follow our advice for a beautiful decoration!

The bookcase is a piece of decorative storage furniture. It allows you to display a summary of your personality and offers you the opportunity to make your interior more warm and friendly. Far from the library of yesteryear, exclusively reserved for books, today the library has become a real must-have for a modern and charming decoration. There are many more possibilities today to add a touch of freshness.

Bookcase Antoinette, solid wood

Before thinking about decorating your bookcase, you need to start tidying it up. Whether you have books or decorative items, they still need to be put away.

Start by putting away the most cumbersome items, such as fashion books, decorative vases or even maps. Remember to space them out so that they are not all in one place. To store your books, alternate vertical positions for paperbacks in particular, and horizontal positions for larger books. This will create a certain dynamic in your storage, and will be more aesthetic. In addition, you can place small decorative knick-knacks on the horizontal book stacks for a touch of colour.

In order to organise the storage of your books, you can sort them in many ways. You can sort your books by genre, author, cover colour, book size or type (magazines, paperbacks, limited editions or collectibles). The main thing is that you need to find your way around and keep everything organised.

Bookcase Sidonie, solid wood

A beautiful decoration depends on the choice of the right accessories. To decorate your bookcase, there are some perfect accessories: sculptures, vases, candles, frames, framed posters, pictures...

In addition to decorating accessories, think about accessories that will allow you to store some of your personal belongings, but that will also serve as decoration. These two types of accessories will give an impression of harmony in your space: a pretty coloured box to store your small knick-knacks, small wicker baskets, bins to store your papers or even book dividers to help you tidy up your books.

When tidying and decorating your bookcase, keep in mind that your bookcase should be kept airy. If your books and decorations are taking up all the space on the shelves, your bookcase is not the right size and you should choose a larger one. Or, sort out your books and knick-knacks.

In order to create different volumes, it is necessary to vary the colours by grouping several objects together: a green plant in a coloured pot and a coloured frame behind it. This will provide contrast and volume. It is important not to overdo the decoration. How do you say "enough is enough"? You have to find the right balance between all the elements. For example, if you put a frame on the left of one of your shelves, put the second one two shelves down and on the right, to create an alternation.

Finally... Don't forget the green plants! This is one of the best tips for decorating your home. There is nothing more lively. You can choose a plant with a nice volume or a small cactus in a pot to decorate your shelf.

Bookcase Albane, solid wood - Bookcase Rosalie, solid wood

Create a reading corner to integrate your boockase into a dedicated environment. By creating a cosy and warm reading area, your bookcase will stand out. You can also add a comfortable armchair, a nice carpet and lighting for your evening reading.

The reading corner should be set up away from screens and traffic to avoid distraction. It will be perfect near a wall, a corner, or even better... near a window! On your chair, add comfortable cushions and a soft blanket. Use a rug to define the space of your reading corner.

The centrepiece is the bookcase, so match the furniture and accessories to it for a beautiful harmony. If you choose a solid wood bookcase, consider a green velvet armchair to add a nice contrast. Solid wood has many qualities. The finish of solid wood is very warm. Bookcases made from this material enhance the beauty of the room in which the bookcase is to be placed. Solid wood is a material that blends with a wide variety of colours, and works well with other materials such as glass and metal.