Display your books like art

• Shelving ideas - living with books
• Build shelving under the stairs
• Display your books like art
• Create your own library
• Use a bookcase as a room divider
• Install tailor-made shelves
• Create compact shelving
• Colour block your books

Unsightly book collection? Turn them into a quirky yet eye-catching feature by arranging them at different angles.

Alternatively, fit face-out book shelves to show off your more attractive tomes.

‘Though you might want to stash away your trashy novels, some books just beg to be kept on display,' says Carolyn Robinson, Director of Interiors at interior architecture and design company FT2. ‘Displaying your favourite art and photography books is also a subtle way of saying a little bit about yourself.'

Layer colours and sizes over one another for best effect, and shuffle them round to create an ever-changing display that can be added to whenever you choose.

Get the look: Find great value shelving at IKEA and face-out shelves at Twentytwentyone.

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