Decorating Shelves to Create Decor Appeal
I don’t know about you all but I have always had a love/hate relationship with shelving.
It seems at times to be a place that things just get put and before you know it a collection of just a bunch of stuff….no rhythm or reason.
I decided to give my shelves a little love.
No need to buy new stuff to create a more appealing look.
Let’s see what we can do………….
Left and Right
This is the left shelf which isn’t horrible but it just lacks style.
This shelf on the right is basically just a forgotten, orphaned, pitiful space……poor thing.
Clear the deck
First: I remove everything from the shelves.
I will use most of the items again but just arranged in a more eye-pleasing style
Once all is removed clean the surfaces
As you can see in the before on the left it has a lot of hodgepodge items
Some are favorites things of my husband so I wanted to keep those.
Rearrange and Access
On the after photo, you can see I keep most of the items but just rearranged.
Added storage baskets, which is a great way to store you needed items.
On the right side shelves, I added two black baskets just like the ones on the left to pull the look of the shelves together.
I then added a couple of white pitchers a white bowl.
I kept some of the bottles that we had collected from our travels
I added a green wooden platter
Finally, I added the wooden number tags I made to the baskets just to give that pottery barn look.
For the tutorial on the wooden number tags and free number printable go here
Final Look
This is a photo of the room view of the shelves after a re-arrangement of items.
I think the shelves now have a more organized, appealing look.
The black baskets were the only new items added.
The total cost for this Shelf Update: $16
I hope this has inspired you to try a little rearranging to your bookcases are shelves that you are wanting a new look.
No need to spend lots of money.
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Your styling looks great. It’s very appealing. The before looked nice,too. But the after does has more eye catching appeal. I decide to rearrange things I have on display at least every few months. My furniture placement pretty much stays the same, so to change things up, I rearrange shelves and china cabinets.
These are great tips! I have this lovely antique cabinet from my mother in law and the shelves sat bare for a full year because I didn’t have a clue what to do with them. I’ve finally begun to fill them with milk glass and cool vintage white dishes and it’s coming together. Now if you could help me do something with the ginormous wall in my family room that I don’t have a clue how to decorate I will love you forever :).
Hi Amy….I hope you will share your shelves when you complete them. I would love to see the vintage white dishes and milk glass items that you use. I am with you on the problem of decorating big walls. I haven’t come upon a good solution for that one. lol Thanks!
What an awesome transformation. Your shelves look great. Love the baskets.
it looks lovely, great tips too. I’m hopping over from the Lou Lou girls today Hugs!
Very nice! The ‘after’ look is much more appealing and the black baskets on both sets of shelves help to tie everything together. Thanks for sharing your tips and ideas. I am visiting from Share It today.
Great improvement! Thanks for the ideas. It’s amazing what a little rearranging can accomplish. Thank you for sharing this post with us at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up! See you around!
thank you for sharing at the Thursday Things Blog Hop. xo
I’m loving this! I’m always so impressed by your masterpieces. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you taking the time to party with us. I hope to see you on tonight at 7. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Those baskets have a great visual impact, they make a big difference. Thanks for posting. Hello from Inspire Me Mondays.
I love this! It’s great when you can use what you have to create new and effective looks.
Thanks for sharing.
They look fantastic! Love the new look. Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at The Round-Up from the Before & After Wednesday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link so you can check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/05/the-round-up-from-before-after-wednesday.html Hope to see you at the Before & After Wednesday bash! Have a great week. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse