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If you weren’t blessed with a gorgeous built-in shelving unit and you’re looking to compete with some of the best bookshelves ...

Shelves full of books can make a space—but they’re also one of the most notoriously tricky elements of a room to get right. Whether you’re aiming for minimal and airy or cluttered yet collected (an ...

"I can't focus on what Stanley is making with that crisis unfolding on that top bookshelf in the background. Leaning books on the right, no bookend holding them back on the on the left, and a ...

Dawn Promislow’s bookshelf essay last weekend sparked a flurry of letters from readers, who were eager to share the ‘rules’ that governed their own bookshelves. Turns out, almost anything goes – ...

Before the early 20 th century, public libraries typically used wooden bookcases with fixed shelves to house their volumes. In the 1910s, new public literacy initiatives like Andrew Carnegie’s library ...