When we built our house in 1999, we had this bookshelf built with the corner space created for a tv screen. We never put one there. We had a nice family area in the basement and decided we wanted that to be our media room. Ten years later, we still have no tv in that space. I don’t want one in this room, and I have tried everything I can think of to fill the space, but nothing looks good there. I was motivated to try again when we got a new furniture last week. The space is 29 inches wide and 36 inches high, but the back of the space is very deep and widens it goes back. I would love some sort of creative lighting or color in there, but nothing seems to fit just right. Anyone have suggestions on what to do with this space? I want to do something simple but creative, and with some light! Here are is a closer picture of the same space. The hole in the back leads to an electrical outlet in the bottom. I would also like to get more creative ( and less cluttered) with my bookshelf. ( Maybe a little Pottery Barn-ish with some baskets?) Would love to hear any suggestions!
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Since you have so many books, Mary Anne, why not try sorting them by colors? I’ve seen this done and it gives it a organized feel and really makes a neat impact. And it helps to organize the books by size, too. If you want to break it up with baskets, you could put some of your smaller books in them, to break up the books if you like. I’ve also seen books stacked on the sides, with the pages showing out instead of the binders of the books. This is done in Christine’s NYC apartment building’s lounge. The books were also covered in white jackets, but that would be a year long project for you to cover all your books!! 😉 But I really didn’t like this near as well as the color-coordinated look.
As far as your corner space goes, have you considered one of your beautiful photographs on an easel? You could have a “featured print” for each season, if you wanted to change it up. Or maybe a featured family portrait on an easel, with some smaller individual portraits on frames below.
Just some ideas…I know you’ll come up with something fabulous!!