Do you have bookshelves in your home?

Built-ins, maybe, or those tall oak bookcases from Costco or Sam’s that weigh a ton? Or you might have a large entertainment center overloaded with books, photos, or even old mail sticking out between the DVDs.

We’ve seen all this and more.

A little time is all that is needed to create design out of disaster. And one of the best ways to get a rhythm going with your bookshelf design is to get like things together on your shelves, such as books.

There’s something very neat and pulled-together about a row of books snugly packed on a shelf, particularly hard-back books. They don’t even have to be arranged by jacket color or by height. And since books have a solid, weighty look to them, use the bottom shelves for the “book” part of your bookshelf. Take a look at this example: