Styling bookshelves.....

Well hello..............

Are we all back-to-school coffee'd out? Are the little darlings

happily immersed in their schedules, routines, lessons, practices,

etc....?  I feel like this year has been a whole new chapter in our back-to-school,

with a high school freshman and a very independent middle schooler it's as

if I am hardly needed and eh, I skip the back-to-school coffee's - it's official

I.AM.THAT.OLD.MOM.   But that's a whole different post....today

we are going to talk about book shelf styling.

My design business really kept me busy this summer - which

was awesome!  {Awesome, but quite the juggle with kids home.}

I worked with many of you via email, which is super fun but I

also worked with many local clients on fluffing and feathering

their nests LIVE and in PERSON - which is great but also means I have

to get showered and dressed!  

Let's just say,it was the summer of bookshelves - styling that is!

What I have discovered is you all are afraid of the bookshelf -

and I am here to tell you, don't be afraid of the bookself!

Bookshelves are there to let your personality and collections

shine in your home!

The photos above and below are from my Pinterest board "Shelves and Vignettes" -

both are beautiful examples of well styled bookshelves {in my humble opinion}.

I love that they include books {duh!}, and collections, art, organic materials,

boxes, frames and quirky items too!

I am working with an eDesign client on bookshelf styling - which can

be tricky, what I wouldn't give for cheap airline tickets and be able to show

up on your door step sort of like Publisher's Clearinghouse Giveaway but

without the big check and balloons but with lots of fun stuff to style

your bookshelves like nobody's business.

But since I haven't gotten the call from Delta Airlines

to sponsor my eDesign business, a design board

and a detailed email had to suffice.

Above is the design board I quickly put together that represented

some of my favorite bookshelf styling items. 

And this photo is of a recently styled bookshelf in a client's home using

items the client already had!

And above is my bookshelves in my great room - about 4 bookshelf stylings ago!

{I might have a problem!}

And finally, the photo above is also from a client project - pay no attention to 

the upper left corner - needs something, huh?  Well I am posting this photo

to demonstrate how important balance is.  I actually broke the 

client's daughter's clay figure that we were going to include 

in the book shelf - YES, I did!  Well, good thing for me we were able

to glue the masterpiece back together, but it needed to dry so therefore was

not photo-ready in time for this picture.  

The moral of today's story......if you are local, I will come dressed

and showered and ready to style your bookcases.....however,

I may break your precious child's clay masterpiece......

And to Delta Airlines....call me, maybe?