{"id":3360,"date":"2016-07-20T17:47:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2018-02-08T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:15:49","slug":"everymans-library-display-books-beautifully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/everymans-library-display-books-beautifully\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display Your Books Beautifully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/furniture\/living-room\/storage.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heals0249_2.jpg\" alt=\"Heal's Storage Tower Shelving System\" width=\"1001\" height=\"1084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heals0249_2.jpg 1001w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heals0249_2-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heals0249_2-768x832.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Heals0249_2-946x1024.jpg 946w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest in our Everyman&#8217;s Library how tos, furniture designer Matthew Elton offers his advice on the perfect <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"\/furniture\/living-room\/storage.html\">storage<\/a> <\/span>solutions to put your\u00a0books to the best visual effect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Books play an important part in Matthew&#8217;s furniture designs &#8211; he celebrates the way they look and feel, their size, shape and even their smell! With this in mind, we asked him for a few interior tips for creating an eye-catching feature out of your library.<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u2014<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Organisation draws the eye for all the right reasons<\/span> \u2013 you\u00a0might want to display your collection alphabetically, by one\u00a0colour per shelf or even through the colour spectrum along\u00a0the shelf.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Size matters<\/span> \u2013 I find keeping larger art and design books\u00a0lower down and smaller novels and poetry collections along\u00a0the top shelves creates balance both physically and visually.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Freestanding shelving units are making a huge come-back<\/span>,\u00a0allowing you to make a real feature of your favourite tomes,\u00a0either front on to showcase the cover or side by side to\u00a0display the spine.<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u2014<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Put Matthew&#8217;s designer tips to work by shopping our collection of storage and shelving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 40px;\"><a class=\"button button-secondary\" href=\"\/furniture\/living-room\/storage.html\">Shop Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The latest in our Everyman&#8217;s Library how tos, furniture designer Matthew Elton offers his advice on the perfect storage solutions to put your\u00a0books to the best visual effect. Books play an important part in Matthew&#8217;s furniture designs &#8211; he celebrates the way they look and feel, their size, shape and even their smell! 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