Besides the selfie, what’s trending these days on social media is the shelfie. What’s that you ask? Similar to the selfie but instead of a picture of yourself, it’s a picture taken of your beautiful shelf display that is posted online for all to gawk and admire.If you have recently purchased a new shelf to keep your clutter at bay, or you are looking to display your collection of pottery, books, travel momentos. or a combination of all of these items, here are five tips to help you create a gorgeous shelfie to wow your guests.
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Add dimension to your display by choosing items of different shapes and sizes.You can arrange them based on the categories or by colours, but don’t forget to have items of various heights as well.
Place the largest items first so that you can plan the spaces on the shelves most efficiently. Then, complement the look with smaller items later.
Instead of displaying items in an homogeneous material or texture. Such as only displaying ceramics or ornate glassware, create some texture by adding potted plants, or materials like rattan or linen if you wish.
Add fresh or dried leaves and flowers next to metal trays or a sleek matte photo frames to add different textures.
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If you have space above or in between your wall shelves, consider adding these adorable white cloud shelves that will definitely brighten up a children’s room or a nursery.
Books and trays can help add height to break the monotony of having items of the same size. With them, you can then place trinkets above to draw the eye to the items on the shelves. For a display shelf in your bedroom, you can drape an old necklace over a book to add a more decorative element.
You can also make use of larger accessories to keep books from toppling over, such as a heavy piggy bank, to keep the shelves looking simple and neat.
Stack vases on books to break up the rectangular shapes and to keep things interesting.Try adding this vase with marble accents, from Decoria, to add a touch of luxe to your shelf.
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Remember that you do not want to include too many items as that will make the shelves look cluttered. Leaving adequate space for each item to ‘breathe’ is important to have a good shelfie. Just like make up, the right number of items will help to enhance its beauty, and the old adage that there can be ‘too much of a good thing’ rings true in this case as well.
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