From what many of you have told me styling your bookshelves is as hard for you as filing for taxes is for me – daunting and stressful, where you aren’t sure where to start and you are sure it will never end. But, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and maximizing your shelving for whatever purpose bests suits your home, whether that be storage, housing your collections, or a place to actually hold all your books, is something that everyone can achieve in a few easy steps. I promise.

I personally think February, not January, is the best place to start when planning for the new year. In December,…

Maybe you are someone blessed/cursed with built-in shelves in your home. Or maybe you are someone that can’t throw a book away. Or worse yet, an object hoarder in need of shelving to house your collection of vintage baby doll heads. Either way making your shelving in your house look pulled together, interesting and stylish is challenging and poorly styled shelves is a problem riddling America.

As a stylist your job is to give objects and spaces a personality – to create a context that highlights […]