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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Shelf styling with holiday finds

I have realized often that shelves need a lot of STUFF on them to look like they do in magazines. Over the holidays I found a few extras to put on my shelves in the guest room and I think it's starting to get where I want it to be.

One of my new favourite items has to be this bookend from HomeSense:

I just love how masculine it is. I couldn't find a good combination of book spines so I just turned the books around to have the neutral pages showing.

To balance the Ox, I picked up a more feminine bookend from Winner's:

Also from Homesense, I found this treasure box (they had 3 or 4 in various sizes, and I loved them). I added the "object" that I found at Chapters on boxing day:

Here is the bookshelf as it stands now...I'm sure it will get switched up many times in the coming months, but I'm happy "enough" with it right now.

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7 comments:

  1. Alena: Oh, Its Just Perfect!January 5, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    You found some great items!! I love how you styled them too. I have such a hard time with my bookcases and making all my stuff look pretty.

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  2. Kelly @ View Along the WayJanuary 5, 2012 at 8:14 PM

    Very pretty! I can never find bookends that I love but those are so cute!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    looks great! I don't have enough bookends in my life....need to change that!

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  4. Tamra {ever swoon}January 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM

    Love those bookends! Obviously, I'm a sucker for anything with animals, but they look fantastic!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    Pretty! On a total other note, loooooove that trellis bedding! xo

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  6. JulieJanuary 6, 2012 at 5:45 PM

    Love the styling Heather and great idea to turn the spine around. Updating our big bookshelf is on my 2012 to do list and I"ll have to use that trick.

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  7. KerryJanuary 9, 2012 at 3:10 PM

    It's looking great Heather! I hear you on needing a lot of things. I can't quite figure out our living room shelves. They are dominated by magazines that I haven't had the time to sort through and/or relocate. I'm dying to get built-ins finished so that I can clear them off and start from scratch with some truly beautiful pieces!

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