If you've always wanted to incorporate well-styled shelves into your home but have been daunted about starting the process, I'm here to help. I've decorated many different built-ins and bookshelves in ...

Play off the room's decor. “As a stylist, I like to have places to arrange accessories on,” says homeowner Lindsey Ellis Beatty, who chose a lively color scheme for her den, down to the books that ...

If you’ve got champagne interior design taste but a beer bookshelf budget, here’s how to bridge that gap. When it comes to interior design, everyone’s taste is different, but whether you think animal ...

Hello! (*Taps mic.*) And welcome to the first iteration of How Do I Decor?, Cosmo's little corner of the internet where we're asking (some pretty damn famous!) interior designers your burning home ...

Starting from scratch? Consider your shelves' height. When building your built-in bookcases from the ground up, carefully consider how big you want them to be. The two major details to nail down ...

Sure, bookshelves are for books. There is no denying that. My preferred look for a bookshelf in an office is the simplest design: all books from left to right, top to bottom. But bookshelves in living ...

At what point in a project, readers often ask, should an interior designer be called in to help. I can only respond, "Before it starts to hurt." Professional designers don't come cheap, it's true, but ...

Interior designer Betsy Burnham doesn’t buy many bookcases these days. She’s more likely to create built-in bookshelves for the homes she designs. Ditto for custom-made desks, built-in beds, window ...

Built-ins are essentially pieces of furniture or storage spaces that are permanent parts of the home — such as a bench seat nestled below a window or a set of bookcases flanking a fireplace. Built-ins ...